Westward Expansion
Political movement that sought advancement for farmers and laborers
A railroad that crosses the entire country
transcontinental railroad
Made it illegal to form a trust that interfered with free trade.
Sherman Antitrust Act
Negotiations between labor and management to win higher wages and shorter workweeks.
collective bargaining
Inspection station for immigrants arriving on the East Coast
Ellis Island
Backing dollars solely with gold
Interstate Commerce Act
Head of Standard Oil Company
John D. Rockefeller
Event in which a bomb exploded at a labor strike at Chicago's Haymarket Square in support of striking workers.
Haymarket Affair
A mixture of different cultures and races who blended together.
Melting Pot
Organizations/Groups that included people who sympathized with farmers.
Farmers' Alliance
How did the creation of time zones aid the railroad as well as different parts of the United States?
Railroad schedules were hard to keep when communities set their own time - officials devised a plan for 4 time zones: Eastern, Central, Mountain, and Pacific to establish a standard time across the country.
Process in which a company buys out its suppliers
vertical integration
In 1911, which a factory caught fire and made the public aware of the terrible working conditions in factories.
Obvious favoritism toward native-born Americans.
Nativism
named after a British manufacturer, provided a useful way to turn iron into steel.
Bessemer process
Capitalism that allows companies to conduct business without government intervention.
laisseq-faire
Scottish immigrant who became a giant in the steel company
Andrew Carnegie
An early labor union formed in 1866 that persuaded Congress to legalize an 8-hour day for government workers.
National Labor Union (NLU)
Act that limited Chinese immigration
Chinese Exclusion Act
Resources that played crucial roles in industrialization
oil and steel
Complete control over an industry's production, wages, and prices
monopoly
Theory that taught only the strong survived
Social Darwanism
Negotiations between labor and management to win higher wages and shorter workweeks for workers in the unions.
collective bargaining
The growth of cities
urbanization