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Standard Oil had dominated the oil industry. What is it called when one company controls over 90% of the market?
A monopoly
By the late 1800s, Carnegie had achieved control of what industry?
This invention by Thomas Edison allowed workers to work longer hours.
the light bulb
Immigrants coming from Europe were processed where?
Ellis Island
Immigrants coming from Asian countries were processed where?
Angel Island
During the Industrial Revolution, what helped people migrating west open and operate successful businesses? (2 things)
Railroads & canals
This term refers to industrialists who utilized unethical business practices to expand their wealth and influence
robber barons
Industrialization in the late 1800s created significant demand for labor, leading to a massive increase in what group of people seeking to find work in cities?
immigrants
What two groups of immigrants contributed largely to the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad?
Chinese & European
Investigative journalists whose work sought to bring about social reform and relief for the lower classes
muckraker
This had the largest impact on the expansion of railroads because it enabled steel to be mass-produced cheaply
Bessemer process
this is a policy of protecting native citizens and their interests to the detriment of others
nativism
Describe two factors that led to the creation of labor unions
unsafe & unsanitary working conditions and low wages
Who was the labor leader who helped found the American Federation of Labor?
Samuel Gompers
What did the federal government give to companies to help the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad?
land grants
Who wrote How the Other Half Lives that sought to show the conditions that poor, urban immigrants were living in?
Jacob Riis
US soldiers killed nearly 300 men, women, and children of the Sioux tribe. Considered the last major conflict between settlers and Native Americans.
Battle of Wounded Knee
This person sought to expose the methods Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller used to eliminate his competition.
Ida Tarbell
This term describes how the U.S. government forced Native Americans to reservations, the destruction of buffalo herds, required attendance at residential schools and forced American culture and traditions on Native Americans?
assimilation
Which law was passed, in part, due to the public outrage caused by The Jungle?
the Federal Meat Inspection Act
Settlers violated this treaty by invading Sioux territory in order to claim gold discovered in the Black Hills, leading to the Great Sioux War.
Treaty of Fort Laramie
This person founded the Hull House and sought to improve the lives of the urban poor by providing education, healthcare, and programs intended to improve their lives.
Jane Addams
What did the Supreme Court rule in Plessy v. Ferguson?
Separate but equal was constitutional
W.E.B. DuBois cofounded an organization to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination. What was the name of this organization?
NAACP
This movement wanted to make government more efficient and responsive to the people
Progressive Era/Movement