Rise of Industry
Immigration and Urbanization
West Ward Expansion And Political Corruption
Labor Movement Organization
It's a Mix
100
What 3 things allowed the Industrial Revolution to happen?
Natural Resources, Growing workforce, Inventions
100
Term that refers to people moving from small villages to the towns and cities; growing of cities
Urbanization
100
Measure of land the Homestead Act of 1862 allowed citizens to claim in exchange for living on and improving the land
160 acres
100
Term referring to organize group of workers who join together to improve their employment conditions
Labor Union
100
If a government is "hands off" you would say they are...
Laissez Faire
200
What is this image describing?
Vertical Integration
200
What are cheaply made, densely packed housing structures called?
Tenements
200
Years of the Plain Wars
1860-1890
200
Labor tactic use by workers were they refused to work in order to forced owners to accept their demands
Strike
200
Author who coined the term Gilded Age
Mark Twain
300
What process is this describing?
Horizontal Integration
300
Region where majority of the new immigrants came from
Southern and Eastern Europe
300
These rushes created conflict between the native americans and the white settlers
Gold and Silver
300
Labor organization founded by Samuel Gompers and was considered the most successful at organizing skilled labor
American Federation of Labor
300
A steelmaking technique that revolutionized the steel industry in the 1800s.
Bessemer Process
400
Who was the first person to successfully use steam engine to drill oil?
Edwin Drake
400
Immigration processing center for Asian immigrants
Angel Island
400
Who is the head of NYC political machine?
William "Boss" Tweed
400
The Strike that ended the Knights of Labor
Haymarket Square Riot
400
In 1853, he invented a safety device that prevents elevators from falling if the hoisting cable fails.
Elisha Otis
500
What philosophy is central to Social Darwinism?
Survival of the fittest
500
Law that prohibits immigration of Chinese laborers in 1882
Chinese Exclusion Act
500
The Final clash between federal troops and the Sioux in 1890 that resulted to the death of 150-300 Native Americans
Massacre of Wounded Knee
500
Written agreement between an employer and an employee that prevents the employee from joining or remaining a member of a labor union
Yellow Dog Contract
500
Name the 4 Titans of Industry and what industry they had a monopoly in...
Rockefeller, Oil; Carnegie, Steel; JP Morgan, Banking; Cornelius Vanderbilt, Railroads