8403294340 | Thomas Jefferson | Believed in an agrarian future for the United States, on the basis that the US economy would serve a purpose because of the inalienable need to eat. | 0 | |
8403303094 | Samuel Slater | Travelled to England to study the textile mills present there, and returned to the United States with the designs memorized. | 1 | |
8403309076 | Eli Whitney | You already know who this is. (Cotton Gin Joe) | 2 | |
8403316769 | Cornelius Vanderbilt | The textbook bad capitalist, railroad industry | 3 | |
8403330705 | George Eastman | A pretty good guy. Made cheap cameras. Suddenly (a century and change later) everyone was taking low-quality photos of themselves making the duck face. Kodak | 4 | |
8403569479 | Alexander Graham Bell | Invents the telephone | 5 | |
8403574500 | Thomas Crapper | inventor of indoor plumbing | 6 | |
8403580532 | Goodyear | rubber production | 7 | |
8403603673 | Edwin Drake | Drills for oil in Pennsylvania, 1859 | 8 | |
8403626428 | John D. Rockefeller | Standard Oil Company | 9 | |
8403629566 | Andrew Carnegie | United States Steel Co., philanthropist | 10 | |
8403736830 | Horatio Alger | Wrote numerous classic 'rags to riches' stories, focusing on hard work and a little bit of lots of luck. "Ragged Dick" series | 11 | |
8403764793 | Adam Smith | Byron's worst nightmare. Advocated for completely free enterprise without state intervention. Believed that competition between private entities produced more and reduced cost. Writes "Wealth of Nations" | 12 | |
8403795692 | Interstate Commerce Commission | Created in response to the alleged partnerships between railroads and coal/oil companies. Was at best a token gesture to satiate the public without upsetting the business owners. | 13 | |
8403825139 | Charles Boycott | The guy who's name you all should know, because of that certain term. | 14 | |
8403888717 | Samuel Gompers | American Federation of Labor leader | 15 | |
8403922928 | Pinkerton's National Detective Agency | "The hired assassins of plutocracy" | 16 | |
8403951408 | Governor John Peter Altgeld | Gov. of Illinois, pardons three Haymarket conspirators | 17 | |
8403972641 | Henry Clay Frick | Running the show at Homestead at the time of the strike | 18 | |
8403987792 | Alexander Berkman | Archarist, attempts to assassinate Henry Clay Frick | 19 | |
8404008245 | George Pullman | Owns a railroad car company, creates town of Pullman (failure) | 20 | |
8404030795 | Eugene Victor Debs | American Railroad Union leader, eventually runs for U.S. presidents, reps the socialists | 21 | |
8404034240 | Mother Jones | The most famous woman in America. Lost her entire family, and thus decided to spend her old age participating in labor organizations and events. | 22 | |
8404114343 | Industrial Workers of the World (unite) | Radical group, wants to abolish wage system, "wobblies" | 23 | |
8404118902 | Joe Hill | Singer/ songwriter of the IWW | 24 | |
8404140740 | Thomas Nast | Political cartoonist that was critical of labor movements. | 25 | |
8404153100 | Frederick Taylor | Devised the system of scientifically extracting maximum value from workers. "Taylorism" | 26 | |
8404224240 | Gospel of Wealth | Book written by Carnegie, defends the inequality of wealth | 27 | |
8404228371 | Hero Fund | Carnegie's donations to heroes | 28 | |
8404233086 | Ragged Dick | The name of one of Alger's main series, which George Sears finds hilarious. | 29 | |
8404244944 | Wealth of Nations | The book by Adam Smith | 30 | |
8404256744 | Laissez-Faire Economics | A system of economics centered on an unrestricted private sector which, through competition and the free market, increases quality while reducing prices. | 31 | |
8404261108 | Social Darwinism | If your life sucks, it's your own fault, and that's just how it is. The application of Darwin's 'survival of the fittest' to social contexts. | 32 | |
8404276481 | Trusts | Companies join to eliminate competition | 33 | |
8404283962 | Sears-Roebuck Catalog | Catalog with basically everything in it. Like amazon, you order stuff and it was shipped to your door. | 34 | |
8404289354 | Socialism | The Red Death. Compelled sharing of resources that don't belong to you | 35 | |
8404307606 | Communist Manifesto | Written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, this bestseller depicted all of history as a class struggle, and said "workers of the world, unite!" | 36 | |
8404311523 | Collective Bargaining | Instead of trying to negotiate with your boss and getting fired, you can collectively bargain for higher wages/better conditions if you unite with your fellow workers. | 37 | |
8404315051 | Solidarity | Uninvolved third-parties showing support for 'their fellow man' #FreeTalleri | 38 | |
8404321526 | Strike | Employees of the company refusing to work in protest of the company's conduct. | 39 | |
8404325314 | Picket-line | Protesting with signs to try to gain popular support, but still working for the company. Also for shaming scabs and strike-breakers. | 40 | |
8404331180 | Boycott | Protesting a company's conduct by refusing to purchase their products. | 41 | |
8404336813 | Scabs | Workers that defy a strike, undermining solidarity. | 42 | |
8404340767 | Scrip | Company issued currency that was only valid at company stores. | 43 | |
8404367039 | Blacklist | A list of troublesome employees shared between business owners, such that the individuals inscribed cannot find work. | 44 | |
8404371236 | Yellow-Dog Contract | Companies requiring that their employees not join any labor organizations. | 45 | |
8404375016 | Lockout | A business owner preemptively closing down his business to deprive employees of the funds they need to sustain a strike. If it's gonna close, it's happening on the boss's schedule. | 46 | |
8404381245 | May Day | May 1st, day of the international commie worker. | 47 | |
8404385160 | Anarchy | The complete absence of any government, including democracy. | 48 | |
8404433599 | Arbitration | Conflict decided by a third party | 49 | |
8404449916 | Mediation | middle man attempts to come to an agreement between two parties | 50 | |
8404467939 | Injunction | A court order to cease an action. | 51 | |
8404473231 | Wobblies | Nickname/pejorative for members of the IWW. | 52 | |
8404477479 | Bread and Roses Exile | Families around the nation offered to house the children of the Lawrence strikers in solidarity with the movement. | 53 | |
8404480626 | Dynamite Plot | Mill owners planted dynamite in establishments owned by labor leaders, with the hope of portraying them as terrorists. | 54 | |
8404484986 | Taylorism/Scientific Management | Seeking to extract the maximum value from a labor force, with minimal respect for individual health or happiness. Based on micromanaging workers down to what shovels they use and how many steps they take. | 55 | |
8404488185 | Right to Work | Restrictions on the power of unions, which prevent membership being a requirement for employment. | 56 | |
8404545267 | Munn v. Illinois, 1877 | Railroad case in which the court ruled that the company has an obligation to its community | 57 | |
8404545268 | Wabash v. Illinois | Railroad case on interstate commerce, rules that only the federal government (not the state) has control over interstate commerce. | 58 | |
8404559324 | Vanderbilt Jr. | "The public be damned" | 59 | |
8404563939 | Thomas Edison | "Genius is one-percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration" | 60 | |
8404567451 | Nelson Rockefeller | "My grandfather broke no laws, but a lot of laws were made because of him." | 61 | |
8404573236 | Andrew Carnegie | "The man who dies rich dies disgraced." | 62 | |
8404584150 | Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations | "It is not from the benevolence [that we expect services], but from their regard for their own interest." | 63 | |
8404593800 | James Madison | "If all men were angels, we would need no government." | 64 | |
8404601390 | Eugene Debs | "Lawrence was the most decisive and far-reaching victory won by workers" | 65 | |
8404621865 | McCormick Strike | Farming industry strike | 66 | |
8404665407 | Homestead Strike | Strike at the Carnegie steel plant, (Fort Frick) | 67 | |
8404670920 | Pullman Strike | Strike at the town of Pullman | 68 | |
8404675005 | Bread and Roses, 1912 | Strike in Lawrence, MA. Workers wanted both money for bread (food) and roses (comforts, not just food). | 69 |
AP US History Labor Flashcards
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