Unit 5 Test Review

Unit 5 Test Review U.S. History

SSUSH 11 U.S. History

Expansion and Reform Was influenced by the railroads and new technological advances Big Business

Expansion and Reform Railroads contribute to this happening in the U.S. after 1870 on a large scale Westward Expansion

Expansion and Reform Expansion of Railroads in the 1860s caused Big Business to dominate the economy

Expansion and Reform This caused interruption in the lives of Native Americans Railroads

Expansion and Reform New technology that made steel stronger and cheaper Bessemer Process

Expansion and Reform A way to create a monopoly by buying out all your competitors Horizontal Integration

Expansion and Reform A way to create a monopoly by buying not only competitors but buying out natural resources, production, and distribution Vertical Consolidation

Expansion and Reform A business arrangement where there is one owner that sets prices, wages and controls the industry Monopoly

Expansion and Reform Main goal in the creation of Monopolies Eliminate Competition

Expansion and Reform A conglomeration of monopolies joined together to eliminate Competition Trust

Expansion and Reform Used Vertical Integration to form a monopoly over steel Carnegie

Expansion and Reform Railroad, completed in 1869, that run from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean Transcontinental Railroad

Expansion and Reform Main labor source on the western leg of the Transcontinental Railroad Chinese Labor

Expansion and Reform Used Horizontal and Vertical integration to form a monopoly on Oil John D. Rockefeller

Expansion and Reform The name of John D. Rockefeller’s business Standard Oil Company

Expansion and Reform Inventor that created the Light Bulb Thomas Edison

Expansion and Reform Edison invention that allowed people to work at night and see in the dark Electric Light Bulb

Expansion and Reform Invention of Edison’s that allowed people to enjoy themselves at the Movies Motion Pictures

Expansion and Reform Edison invention that allowed people to listen to records and recorded sound Phonograph

Expansion and Reform An Increase in Railroads stimulated National economic growth

Expansion and Reform Immigration station located in New York Harbor; entrance point for immigrants entering on the East coast of U.S. Ellis Island

Expansion and Reform New Immigration after the Civil War; Immigrants did not speak English and were Jewish or Catholics and come from Southern & Eastern Europe

Expansion and Reform Concept used to explain the overpopulation of cities due to increased Immigration Urbanization

Expansion and Reform First organized and National labor union in the United States American Federation of Labor (AFL)

Expansion and Reform Leader of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) Samuel Gompers

Expansion and Reform Samuel Gompers can best be described as a Union Leader

Expansion and Reform Samuel Gompers helped Laborers / Workers

Expansion and Reform Strategy used by Unions to stop work by workers refusing to work until demands are met Strike

Expansion and Reform This grew quickly because of the Railroad Western Population

Expansion and Reform Sioux leader that fought U.S. soldiers; led his people in exile in Canada, and finally agreed to settle on a reservation; later shot to death by government agents Sitting Bull

Expansion and Reform Massacre of Sioux in South Dakota where 300 women, children, and men killed by U.S. Soldiers Wounded Knee

Expansion and Reform Congressional law that attempted to assimilate native Americans into American Culture Dawes Act

Expansion and Reform Conflict that occurred when an owner of a cart company cut workers wages but did not lower their rent 1894 Pullman Strike

Expansion and Reform In the Pullman strike workers had a desire to Protect their wages

Expansion and Reform Political reform movement where people supported increased government regulation of business & industry Progressive Era

Expansion and Reform Novel that revealed the unsanitary conditions in the Chicago meat packing industry The Jungle

Expansion and Reform Journalist and author of The Jungle Upton Sinclair

Expansion and Reform Law made by Congress to force meat packers to make sure their food was safe to consume; Influenced by The Jungle Meat Inspection Act

Expansion and Reform Female progressive that opened a settlement house in Chicago to help the inner city poor Jane Addams

Expansion and Reform Settlement house that provided immigrants learn home economics, basic medical care, English, legal rights; established by Jane Addams Hull House

Expansion and Reform Concept that explains segregation laws that required separate public and private facilities for African Americans Jim Crow

Expansion and Reform Court case in 1896 that ruled that segregation in public and private facilities is acceptable Plessy v. Ferguson

Expansion and Reform Legal standard established by Plessy v. Ferguson Separate but Equal

Expansion and Reform Group formed to promote full social and economic equality for African Americans NAACP

Expansion and Reform NAACP stands for National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Unit 5 Test Review