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Am History
Chapter 13 15 16
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Be able to list inventions in communication, transportation, and electric power, and explain how each improved American life. | Communication: telephone, telegraph, Transportation: trans continental railroad, automobiles (mainly in the cities), trolleys (mainly in cities), brooklyn bridge, subways, elevator, planes Electric Power: light bulb, refrigeration, outlets, phonograph |
| Robber Baron | “rob” workers of a just wage “rob” resources out West by getting generous government contracts “rob” competitors by using unfair business practices to drive others out of business “rob” the public through higher prices of scarce goods |
| Captain of Industry | created jobs production of goods improved quality and reduced prices changed look of cities (steel skyscrapers, Brooklyn Bridge) faster transportation (steam locomotive trains, steamboats) stabilized oil, steel, and railroad “boom and bust” cycles |
| Cornelius Vanderbilt | one of the richest men in America, and the most powerful railroad baron |
| Andre Carnegie | involved in library |
| J. Pierpont Morgan | banker to purchase other major corporations |
| Capitalism | individuals or businesses |
| Socialism | government |
| Sherman Antitrust Act | an or restricted any business combination that retrains trade (trust/monopoly) |
| Pendleton Civil Service Act | you must pass a test to get a public job, it limited corruption in political jobs |
| Interstate Commerce Act | outlawed rebates to railroads best customers (monopolies) more fair to farmers to disallow rebates to the rich people, both rich and poor both had to pay the same price per mile Weakness: government could not lower the rates |
| Chinese Exclusion Act | banned all chinese immigration |
| “Gentlemen’s Agreement” | understanding between U.S and Japanese government that we would not discriminate people of the Japanese descent so we promised not to discriminate and Japan promised not to send any more of their people here. |
| Immigration Restriction Act | allowed people to come here but only buy quotas (a certain number and no more) |
| Plessy vs. Ferguson | supreme court ruled that racial segregation was legal, Plessy was a mixed race (african american/white) went to the white train because he considered himself white so he was arrested |
| Business Cycle | 1. Peak (full employment 4%) 2. Recession (unemployment rate is high) 3. Depression (businesses start to close) 4. Recovery (businesses start opening) 1. Peak |
| Immigrants | -Ellis Island - Statue of Liberty - Ethnic Ghettos - Quarantine - Chinese Exclusion Act - Segregation of Japanese - Alien - Immigration Restriction Act of 1921 - Jane Addams and Hull House -Nativism |
| African Americans | “Jim Crow” System: white area and black area African American Colleges Booker T. Washington: said we need to be taught a skill so we can get a job Du Bois’: said we deserve and can get the same education as white males get lynching |
| Knights of Labor formed in 1869 as the first labor union in the nation | Goal #1: Shorter work day Goal #2: End child labor Goal #3: Equal pay for men and women Goal #4: Unskilled as well as skilled |
| Haymarket Riot | pipe bomb thrown into police; killed 7 police, injured more then 60 in Chicago many works were detained; some beaten and a number of forced confessions end, 8 anarchists put on trial and 7 convicted of conspiracy 4 hung |
| American Federation of Labor (AFL) | in 1886, Samuel Gompers founded this only skilled unions |
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