Vocabulary
Fake gold layer used to cover something rotten.
Who was elected president in 1880?
James Garfield
The four major industries during this time period?
Oil, Steel, Railroad, and Banking
What was the first ever long distance communication made during this time and who made it?
Telegraph that Samuel Morse made
Three types of jobs
Trades, professions, & unskilled labor
Political Machine Definition
Organized groups/ gangs that control a city's politics.
At what time period were there 193,000 miles of track?
1900
What did the Sherman Anti-trust act do?
Banned all monopolies
What is the bessemer process?
converting iron to steel
Which type of immigrants entered the US through Ellis Island?
Europeans from Italy, Germany, etc.
Laissez-faire definition
A way of governing in which the government has a mostly hands-off approach to the economy.
When was the American Federation of Labor created?
1886
What did companies come together to do during trust meetings?
Negotiate prices, lowering quality, as well as create rules and regulations they agree to follow.
Where did Thomas Edison create the light bulb and what did it change for society?
He created the lightbulb at his lab in Menlo Park, New Jersey. This led to traveling at night as well as safer working conditions.
Which immigrants entered the US through Angel Island and mostly worked on the transcontinental railroad?
Asian immigrants
What is horizontal integration
The act of buying out all of your competition
When was the Knights of Labor created?
Which method of Monopoly was Rockefeller most notably known for?
Horizontal
Who created the telephone and what did that do for society?
Alexander Bell created the telephone which allowed for people to hear each other from hundreds of miles away
(better communication)
What were the two major unions created and what were their goals?
Knights of Labor wanted better conditions for workers without the use of strikes as well as the acceptance of skilled & unskilled workers. American Federation of Labor wanted an 8hr workday, abolishment of child labor, pay increases and workers compensation and used strikes to get their point across.
What did labor unions use to get their message across?
strikes
When did the rise of big businesses take place?
1870-1910
What type of person would JP Morgan be considered based on how he acquired his fortune?
Captain of Industry
What did all of these inventions do for society in the US?
Helped advance the US society into one of the forerunners of the New Age with all of the technological advancements and changes to the way of life
What were the three strikes/riots we spoke on and what were their impact to society
Great Railroad Strike- 1877, employees began to strike at several railroad companies. 100+ dead
Haymarket Riot-May 4, 1886, Workers were striking until someone throw a bomb, police began to shoot. 11 dead.
Pullman Strike- 1894 in Pullman, Chicago. Cut wages and raised rent. Eugene V. Debs led the strike. Slowed trains throughout the U.S. Ended when government troops were sent by Grover Cleveland