Save
Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or
show password
Forgot Password?
Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or
Username is available taken
show password


Make sure to remember your password. If you forget it there is no way for StudyStack to send you a reset link. You would need to create a new account. Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.
focusNode
Didn't know it?
click below
 
Knew it?
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
0:00
edit
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how

Tribeca Test

Invention, Industrialization, Wealth, and Corruption

TermDefinition
Entrepreneur organizer and operator of the business. He takes on greater financial risks than normal
Capital money or property used in a business; used to build factories, buy raw materials, and hire the employees
Profit a financial gain
The American Dream the idea that anyone could be financially successful no matter how humble their beginnings
philantrophist generous donation of money to good causes.
Assembly line introduced by Henry Ford a continuous moving belt carrying parts past workers
Mass production manufacturing of large quantities of the same item, need for more unskilled labor
Working conditions no programs for the unemployed, high temperatures poisonous gasses
Company Towns believed keeping workers healthy and happy would make them more productive
Labor unions: a workers organization that would try to obtain better wages and better working conditions
Knights of Labor: first influential union in the US goal was to organize all workers supported equal pay for men and women in the same job
American Federation of Labor: sought gradual improvement in working conditions
Homestead Strike: AFL steelworks ask for raise at Carnegie steel plant workers locked out of by managemen
C’oeur d’Alene, Idaho miners reject a wage reduction are locked out
Pullman Strike buisness declined lowered wages by 1/3 w/o lowering prices in company stores workers went on strike plant shut down established precedents of using court orders and federal troops to end strike
nativism a policy of favoring native born inhabitants over immigrants-fear they would American culture
Created by: Jessica_
Popular U.S. History sets

 

 



Voices

Use these flashcards to help memorize information. Look at the large card and try to recall what is on the other side. Then click the card to flip it. If you knew the answer, click the green Know box. Otherwise, click the red Don't know box.

When you've placed seven or more cards in the Don't know box, click "retry" to try those cards again.

If you've accidentally put the card in the wrong box, just click on the card to take it out of the box.

You can also use your keyboard to move the cards as follows:

If you are logged in to your account, this website will remember which cards you know and don't know so that they are in the same box the next time you log in.

When you need a break, try one of the other activities listed below the flashcards like Matching, Snowman, or Hungry Bug. Although it may feel like you're playing a game, your brain is still making more connections with the information to help you out.

To see how well you know the information, try the Quiz or Test activity.

Pass complete!
"Know" box contains:
Time elapsed:
Retries:
restart all cards