2.1
What was a result of the Louisiana Purchase?
America nearly doubled in size, expanding out amount of natural resources vastly
What are the goals of monopolies?
To get rich!
List 2 reasons why people moved to THE WEST
Economic booms and busts hit which group in America the hardest?
The working class
The result of what striked was:
7 anarchists were eventually convicted and executed
By 1902, the Knights of Labor had 0 members
The Haymarket Strike
What is the idea of Manifest Destiny?
Term coined by John L. O’Sullivan = Believe that it is the U.S.’s duty by God to expand throughout North America
What was the key to America’s industrial success?
Our abundance of Natural Resources
What are 2 reasons why immigrants were coming to America?
Jobs, religious freedom
What is a Labor Union?
An organized association of workers, often in a trade or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and interests.
The Great Railroad strike was the first nation wide strike, and caused what other significant impact?
marked 1st time federal troops put down strikes, siding w/business → businesses would now rely on govt troops to put down labor unrest
What was the Homestead Act?
For a small fee, any adult citizen, or intended citizen, who had never borne arms against the U.S. government could claim 160 acres of surveyed government land
What 3 factors led to rapid industrialization in the US? You need ALL THREE.
Geography, Demography, and Law
Old Immigrants generally came from where?
Western/Southern Europe such as England
What types of workers could join the Knights of Labor Union?
Both skilled and unskilled workers, including women and African Americans
In what strike did Carnegie Steel’s, Henry Frick, try to cut wages of workers at the Homestead Steel Plant in Pennsylvania
The Homestead strike
What caused to creation of timezones?
U.S. expansion West and the need to train schedules to line up from east to west
What is Vertical Integration?
One company controls all phases of production
New immigrants were coming from where?
Eastern Europe and Asia
Samuel Gompers led the American Federation of Labor union, and used which two UNIQUE tactics to achieve his goals?
Collective bargaining - workers negotiate as a group w/employers and closed shops
Which strike ended with Eugene V Debbs being arrested and riots ensuing as well as a continued a pattern of fed. gov. siding w/ big business.
The Pullman Strike
The battle of Little Bighorn
What is Horizontal Integration?
Acquiring other similar company in their industry
What was the Chinese Exclusion Act and why was it passed?
The Chinese Exclusion act banned immigration from China and limited the education of Chinese immigrants already in the U.S.
What are THREE things that labor unions advocated for?
Better working conditions, 40 hour work week, fair pay, preventing child labor
Around ________ strikes took place in the United States factories, mines, mills, and rail yards from 1881 - 1900 (Will except within 2,000)
24,000