The West
Native Americans were forced to these when "white" settlers moved westward.
What are Reservations?
Political views of minimal government regulation within business.
What is Laissez-Faire?
Low rent apartments built in the slums.
What is tenements?
Sweatshops, accidents and fines.
What is Worker Hardships?
First Union; open to all workers regardless of race, genders or skill.
What is Knights of Labor?
The idea of adapting and absorbing a smaller culture into a smaller one.
What is Assimilation?
An easier and cheaper way to convert iron into steel.
What is Bessemer Process?
For a small fee, a person could obtain 160 acres of land out West.
What is Homestead Act?
Pullman Company cut wages by 50%, did not cut cost in company towns and President Cleveland sent the Army to end the strike.
What is Pullman Strike?
Natural competition weeds out the weak and strong survive.
What is Social Darwinism?
Native American ritual performed in hope the white settlers would leave their land.
What is Ghost-Dance?
The population tripled, largely due to immigration, providing a large labor force
What is population growth (rising population)?
Many workers lived in communities owned by business and rented to employees.
What is Company Towns?
Federal troops were called to re-open the factory with replacement workers at Carnegie's Steel Plant.
What is Homestead Act (1892)?
Most successful union and was led by Samuel Gompers.
What is American Federation of Labor (AFL)?
The most significant battle that was won by the Native Americans.
What is Battle of Little Big Horn?
Produced first car in 1896.
Who is Henry Ford?
Supported and helped immigrants with naturalization, jobs and housing.
What is Political Machine?
Unionists demanded an 8 hour day but violence broke out and public turned against unions and viewed them as violent and "non-American".
What is Chicago Haymarket Strike (1886)?
Fuel Industrialization by investing in products or ideas to make a profit.
What is Entrepreneurs?
Nearly 300 Native Americans, almost half unarmed women and children killed.
What is Wounded Knee Massacre?
Invented the light bulb and figured out how to distribute electricity to homes and factories.
Who is Thomas Edison?
Provided new immigrants with a sense of community and security.
What is enclaves?
B&O Railroad cut wages and protest sparked violence and massive destruction in several cities and government sent troops to restore order.
What is Great Strike of 1877?
Companies that control nearly all of a particular industry.
What is Monopolies?