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310475631Why was the US so economically successful after 1865?natural resources, immigration, high wages, laissez-faire, railroads
310475632the #1 reason the US was economically successfulrailroads
310475633company of transcontinental railroad that built westward from Nebraska using mainly Irish laborUnion Pacific
310475634company of transcontinental railroad that built eastward from San Francisco using mainly Chinese laborCentral Pacific
310475635these provided the railroad with moneygovernment subsidies
310475636effects of transcontinental railroadmass immigration to cities, industrialization, growth of agriculture
310475637the division of businessespools
310475638how was the railroad corrupt?stocks were inflated, monopolies (pools) were created, people were overcharged, and officials were bribed
310475639stated that states could not regulate interstate because it required federal action; outlawed poolsInterstate Commerce Act
310475640what was the main significance of the Interstate Commerce Act?the first attempt to regulate big business
310475641revolutionized the steel industry in PittsburghAndrew Carnegie
310475643a company controls every stage of the industrial processvertical integration
310475645owner of Standard Oil; controlled 95% of nation's oil refineriesJohn D. Rockefeller
310475648owning every company of a certain industryhorizontal integration
310475650which integration is legal today?[??]
310475653businessmen who dominate their respective industries and amassed huge personal fortunes typically as a direct result of pursuing various allegedly anti-competitive or unfair business practicesrobber barons
310475655a market containing a single firmmonopoly
310475657a situation where many companies join together to make business decisionstrust
310475660establishing the price of a product or service rather than allowing it to be determined naturally through free market forcesprice fixing
310475662selling the same product at different prices to different peopleprice discrimination
310475664putting your officers on the board of directors of other companiesinterlocking directorates
310475667selling a product at very low price with the intent of driving competitors out of the market or create a barrier to entry into the market for potential new competitorspredatory pricing
310475669America's business philosophybusiness should not be regulated by the government (laissez faire)
310475671survival of the fittest in societysocial darwinism
310475674the idea that wealth is a gift from God due to hard workGospel of Wealth
310475676government attempt to stop trusts; was against bigness, not badness; curbed the power of unionsSherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890
310475679inventor of the phonograph, the light bulb, the motion picture cameraThomas Edison
310475681inventor of the air brake and the TransformerGeorge Westinghouse
310475684inventor of the telephoneAlexander Graham Bell
310475686impacts of innovationsurbanization, women workers, immigrants, factory jobs
310475688first attempt to organize workers nationwide; gave 8hr work days, higher wages, and some rights for womenNational Labor Union
310475690closing a factorylockout
310475693list of union membersblacklists
310475695agreements not to join unionsyellow-dog contracts
310475698who had the upper hand?employers
310475700four largest railroad companies cut wages by 10% so workers went on strikeGreat Railroad Strike of 1877
310475702results of organized laborsome work improvements; loss of support of unions
310475704goals of Knights of Laborend child labor, end trusts and monopolies
310475706pro-labor rally in Chicago; bomb was thrown which killed 7 policemenHaymarket bombing
310475709result of the Haymarket bombingloss of support and popularity for Knights of Labor
310475711promoted "bread and butter" issuesThe American Federation of Labor
310475713what were "bread and butter" issues?better wages, better hours, better working conditions
310475715legacy of American Federation of Labor23,000 strikes, labor day created, unions would not prosper until the 1930s
310475718first truly organized labor strikeHomestead Steel Strike
310475720Eugene Debs organized a rail workers boycott of Pullman train cars due to wage cutsPullman strike
310475722how many Americans lived in a large city?1 out of every 3
310475724what was the world's 2nd largest city?New York
310475727largest problem for New Yorklots of horses, lots of manure, lots of urine
310475729what invention allowed the skyscraper to become commonplace?[???]
310475732from northern and western Europe, Protestant, English speakingOld Immigrants
310475735from southern and eastern Europe, Catholic, Orthodox, Jewish, uneducated, non-English speakingNew Immigrants
310475737which type of immigrant assimilated better?Old
310475740what percent of population was immigrant in 1900?15%
310475743attempted to spread ProtestantismChristian Socialists
310475745created the most prominent settlement house called Hull House designed to assimilate immigrants into American lifeJane Addams
310475748fiercely anti-Catholic group that feared immigrants would bring socialism or communismnativists
310475750started teh Tuskegee Institute to teach black useful trades; pushed for economic equality over social equalityBooker T. Washington
310475752founding member of the NAACP; demanded immediate full equality for the "talented tenth" of the black communityW.E.B. Dubois
310475754provided public lands to the states for education and created 'land grant' colleges, most state universitiesMorrill Act of 1862

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