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Stack #207205 Mr. Poley VUS 8 Vocabulary

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Trust when one company controls the making of a product, and is able to control the pricing of said product in a dominant fashion. A group of related companies are placed under the control of a single managing board.
Monopoly when a business buys out all of its competition and their products to dominate and have control of a market.
Tariff a tax on imported goods.
Nativism movement to restrict immigration and promote American culture and language.
Assembly line Henry Ford’s solution for producing cars where each worker added a particular part to the car as it went down the line.
Model T The first car Henry Ford Mass produced by assembly line.
Theodore Roosevelt President in 1901, hero of the Spanish American War, helped America acquire the Panama Canal, trustbuster, and conservationist.
Woodrow Wilson President during WW1, advocate of “New Freedom” policies.
Booker T Washington African American civil rights leader, believed equality could be achieved through vocational education and economic success.
W.E.B. Dubois African American civil rights leader, wanted equality now, one of the co-founders of the NAACP.
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) 1914 Commission established by Wilson and congress to enforce the Clayton act and set up fair-trade laws.
NAACP organization founded in 1909 by Blacks and Whites to abolish segregation and discrimination, to oppose racism, and to gain civil rights for African Americans.
Sherman Anti-trust Act law passed by congress in 1890 that outlawed any combination of companies that restrained interstate trade or commerce.
Clayton Anti-trust Act law passed in 1914 to strengthen the Sherman Act, specified big business activities that were forbidden.
Chinese Exclusion Act law passed in 1882 that prohibited Chinese laborers from entering the country, but did not prevent entry of those who had previously established U.S. residence.
Open Door Policy American approach to China around 1900, favoring open trade relations between china and other nations.
Homestead Act 1862 law that gave 160 acres of land to citizens who met certain conditions. Build a home and a farm for a specified length of time.
Ethnic neighborhood ghettoes where different groups of immigrants lived and worked upon arriving in America. i.e. China town, little Italy, little Havana
Immigration Restriction Act of 1921 limited immigration from Europe and Asia.
Wright Brothers 1903 Wilbur and Orville Wright built and flew the 1st engine powered airplane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
Bessemer Process A process of turning iron into steel.
Thomas Edison Inventor of the light bulb and the phonograph and hundreds of other inventions in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s.
Andrew Carnegie Industrialist who mad ea fortune in steel in the late 1800’s through vertical consolidation; as a philanthropist he gave away some $350 million. i.e. Carnegie Hall, Carnegie Mellon Business School
J.P. Morgan Banking tycoon who made millions off of investments and investment companies
John D. Rockefeller Founded Standard Oil and established a monopoly in 1870, and was very successful.
Cornelius Vanderbilt Made a fortune in the railroad business. Introduced the use of steel rails and a standard gauge (distance between rails).
Square Deal Teddy Roosevelt’s policy of flexing his political muscle for the benefit of the people.
New Freedom Woodrow Wilson’s policy of looking out for the interests of the people.
Referendum a proposed law is voted on by the people
Recall a government official is removed from office by special election before his term ends.
Progressive Movement Government seeks to provide greater representation to the people, greater economic opportunity, through better government regulation.
Susan B Anthony One of the chief organizers of the women’s rights movement.
17th amendment direct election of senators by popular vote.
19th amendment women’s sufferage (the right to vote).
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