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Edwin L Drake made steam engine to drill oil
bessemer process easy and cheap way to make steel
Lewis latimer helped make the lightbulb, invented carbon filament
christopher sholes invented typewriter
alexander graham bell invented telephone
george pullman built town for his RR car factory employees, very restrictive
transcontinental RR RR line linking pacific and Atlantic coasts
Cornelius vanderbilt linked smaller RR to a larger network, one of the wealthiest men in the US
Credit Mobilier construction company owned by Union Pacific RR to skim off RR profits for themselves
munn v illinois 1877 case giving gov the right to regulate private industry
interstate commerce act 1887 law giving fed gov right to supervise RR
Andrew carnegie vertical/horizontal integration, controls most of steel industry
laissez faire ‘Hands off policy’ gov can’t interfere w economy
JP Morgan gained most control over RR, steel, and farm equipment industries
john rockefeller formed trusts, controlled 90% oil refining business
trust competing companies under control of 1 group of trustees
sherman anti trust act 1890 law preventing monopolies and trusts interfering with free trade
Gentleman’s agreement 1882 law prohibiting all Chinese except students, teachers, tourists & gov officials from entering US
Social gospel movement reform movement, Christian’s improve working conditions & poverty
political machine group that offers services to voters & businesses in exchange for financial & political support
graft illegal use of political influence
patronage hiring gov officials if they helped an office holder get elected rather than merit system
civil service non military branches of gov administration
pendleton civil service act 1883 law prohibiting patronage & giving gov jobs thru merit system
rutherford hayes 1877 republican president
james garfield 1880 independent presidential candidate, assassinated
chester arthur 1880 vice president candidate to garfield
grover Cleveland 1884 first dem president in 28 years
benjaman harris 1888 repub president who defeated cleveland
Why was there a rush to get black gold fuel & medicine made by oil
where was most steel produced texas
where was the continental RR utah territory
why were time zones created solve RR chaos of uncoordinated local times
was George pullman helpful or harmful both bc he built a town for his employees but he was very strict and restrictive
who were captains of the industries JP Morgan, Rockefeller, and Carnegie
goals/services of settlement houses provide medical/economic services for the poor & homeless
how do social stratification and social mobility connect social mobility allowed for people to move up in social stratification
tweed ring scandal political machine defrauding cities millions of $$$
examples of what a graft could look like kickbacks & bribery
political changes made regarding civil service pendleton civil service act
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