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federal regulation of railroads where government argued that railroads had to provide “reasonable and just” prices, but did not fix rates.
What is Interstate Commerce Act
A very large farm
What is a Bonanza Farm
Railroad Company laid off workers and slashed their wages, the American Railway Union led a national strike that shut down the country's railroad system.
What is the Pullman Strike
assignment of different parts of a manufacturing process or task to different people in order to improve efficiency.
What is Division of Labor
a contract between a worker and an employer in which the worker agrees not to remain in or join a union.
What is a Yellow Dog Contract
An Industrialist of the steel industry, using technology and methods that made manufacturing steel easier, faster and more productive
Who is Andrew Carnegie
a contiguous network of railroad that crosses the continental U.S. connecting the country from New York to Californian.
What is the Transcontinental Railroad
industrialist built his first oil refinery, Standard Oil Company, had a near-monopoly of the oil business in the U.S
Who is John Rockefeller
racist ideas about "survival of the fittest" in commerce and human societies as a whole, and led to claims that social inequality, sexism, racism and imperialism were justified.
What is Social Darwinism
economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.
What is Socialism
business leader whose means of amassing a personal fortune contributed positively to the country in some way.
What is a Captain of Industry
Outlaws any combination of companies or company practices that limit trade or commerce, goal is to prevent monopolies and/or break up current monopolies.
What is the Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Era of new technologies, enabling the industrialization process to continue to evolve and formed a class of industrial workers
What is the Industrial Revolution
US government gave land to states to set up agricultural and technical colleges.
What is the Morrill-Land Grant Act
gives an inventor the right to stop other people making or using their invention/idea.
What is a Patent
160 Acres, 21 yrs. Old or Head of family (to include women), Citizen or filing for citizenship, Live on property for 6 months out of year, Farms for 5 consecutive years
What is the Homestead Act
an era of rapid economic growth, industrialization, and mechanization of farming displacing workers that led to poverty and inequality, as millions of immigrants came to the U.S.
What is the Gilded Age
the process by which a person or a group's (Immigrants) language and/or culture come to resemble those of the dominate culture (U.S.), abandoning their own ethnic heritage.
What is Assimilation
movement of settlers into the American West, began with the Louisiana Purchase and was fueled by the Gold Rush, the Oregon Trail and a belief in "manifest destiny."
What is Westward Expansion
a party headed by a single boss that commands votes to maintain political control and rewards his voters with favors in the form of jobs or housing.
What is a Political Machine
French for “Let (people) do (as they choose).” view that opposes regulation or interference by the government in economic affairs beyond the minimum .
What is Laissez Faire
1. Common Americans supported the ongoing struggle by Cubans & Filipinos for independence.
2. Mysterious explosion of the battleship U.S.S. Maine.
3. U.S. Government gave Cuba independence but kept the Philippines as new market for American goods and bc close proximity to China’s massive markets.
All reasons for what war??
What is the Spanish-American War
political party that emphasis the idea of helping "the people" (i.e. farmers, factory workers) and often fight against "the elite" (i.e. factory owners, railroad owners).
What is Populism
Factors like Expensive land in the East, Overcrowding in the East, and Mistreatment of Minorities that forced people west;
Factors like Cheap land, Adventure, New beginning, Lure of success, Government Incentives: Hope to unify nation that encouraged people to move west.
What are Push & Pull Factors
Relationship between Native Americans & Settlers. WHY??
Negative as lifestyles different; Native Americans felt settlers threatened way of life by settling on hunting grounds. Settlers felt that natives were wasting God’s gift of land.