Indian chief that defeated General Custer and then fled to Canada.
Who is Chief Sitting Bull
100
Difference between the most wealthy and the most poor in society
What is income gap
100
Industry that expands the nation and impacts society.
What is superindustry
100
Creation of the first super industry, innovation, and consolidation
What were 3 effects of the railroad in Corporate America
100
Was popular in the upper class because it was associated with education and wealth; reflected the gap between high and low culture
What is football
200
Worked in the steel industry; rags to riches; "watch the costs, control the costs, and the profits will take care of themselves."
Who is Andrew Carnegie
200
Place for social mobility (plenty of land for expansion and prosperity)
What is safety valve
200
Banned trusts and conspiracies to restrict commerce and monopolies
What is Sherman antitrust act
200
Pools, trusts, and holdings
What were 3 ways Rockefeller attempted to create monopolies
200
Represented the last of Native resistance
What is Wounded Knee
300
Follower of vertical integration; evolved business structures; created a monopoly (implemented pools, trusts, and holdings)
Who is John D. Rockefeller
300
Psychological warfare to not necessarily kill, but make life harder on the enemy (ex: Sherman's march)
What is "Hard war"
300
Informal agreement/alliance between companies
What is a pool
300
1. Combining a controlled labor force with advanced technology (coal)
2. Goal - control costs
What lessons did Corporate America learn after the Civil War
300
Society was known for independence, but depended on the government and companies to clear out and prepare the land.
What is the irony of the West
400
Indian chief who went before Congress to plead the case of the tribe/resign his fate to the government
Who is Chief Joseph/Nez Perce
400
Controlling all parts of the means of production
What is vertical integration
400
Single entity that runs many companies
What is a trust
400
1. Brought settlers
2. Provided means by which to clear the west
3. Brought cattle and seed necessary to make a living
What was the importance of the railroad when settling the west
400
From less educated and less wealthy countries; began the change in American attitude toward immigrants
What are "new immigrants"
500
Initiated the process of consolidation (with the railroad)
Who is J. Piermont Morgan
500
Movement that argues that true Christianity is as concerned about people's physical state as it is their spiritual state.
What is "Social gospel"
500
Umbrella organization that gives the company over to public ownership, with one company owning a majority of the shares (so it indirectly runs all the other companies)
What are holdings
500
1. Money
2. Education
3. Lack of technological training
What were the effects on Southern Industrialization after the Civil War
500
Recognized the need for the South to modernize to survive: utilize resources, bring in foreign investments, and work bi-racially.