Industries
Monopoly in Oil
Rockefeller
Lakota Sioux Indian who was killed when resisting arrest when being put in a guard house.
Crazy Horse
When one company controls all means of production or all stores in an industry (vertical, horizontal)
Monopoly
Location of the United States that experienced rapid development after the Civil War, long drive, cattle drive, cowboy
Great Plains
People who come to another country, many Europeans immigrants, often seeking to better their life and seeking the American Dream
Immigrants
Monopoly in Steel
Carnegie
One of the leaders of the Rough Riders in the Spanish-American War
Theodore Roosevelt
Little to no government regulation on industries and their practices
Laissez Faire
This group of people were encroached upon by the Americans as manifest destiny resumed, led to multiple conflicts
Plains Indians
Organized protests by using strikes, advocating for better working conditions, wages, job stability, and shorter hours
Labor Unions
What was J.P. Morgan's monopoly in?
Banking
Authored the Origin of Species (1859)
Charles Darwin
The theory that individuals, groups, and peoples are subject to the same laws of natural selection as plants and animals. Led to imperialism and resistance to reform.
Social Darwinism
This event/ discovery established boomtowns and motivated many to seek their fortunes in the west
California Gold Rush (1848-49)
American ship sunk in the Havana Harbor initiating the Spanish-American War
U.S.S. Maine
Thomas Edison created this invention which enabled longer working days in factories
Electricity/Light
President when the Spanish-American War took place
William McKinley
Economic system that thrives on private ownership of business and competition
Capitalism
Places that rapidly grew due to miners going west to become rich, saloons, most successful ran stores
Boomtowns
Last battle of the Plains Indian Wars, 200 Plains Indians were massacred
Wounded Knee
Who controlled the Railroad industry?
Vanderbilt
What American General was defeated at the Battle of Little Big Horn
General Custer
Parcels of land given to the Plains Indians by the government to be their new home
Reservation
The government promised 160 acres to settlers willingly to cultivate and settle the frontier
Homestead Act of 1862
This invention put an end to the long drive and the life of the cowboy on the Frontier
Barbed Wire