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U.S. History Honors

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Thomas Edison Inventor of the lightbulb, telegraph, phonograph etc
Bessemer process Efficient method of making steel; developed by British inventor Henry Bessemer and American William Kelly in the 1850’s.
Elijah McCoy Inventor and Engineer, made many uses of Oil
Telegraph Machine patented by Samuel Morse in 1837 that sent messages over long distances by using electric current to transmit a system of dots and dashes over wire.
Andrew Carnegie Ran a successful industrial steel factory
Social Darwinism Theory adapted by philosopher Herbert Spencer from Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution; argued that society progressed through competition, with the fittest rising to positions of wealth and power.
Mary Harris Jones active female union organizer for the Knights of Labor
Great Upheaval (1886) Year of intense workers strikes and violent labor confrontations in the United States.
Monopoly Exclusive economic control of an industry
Trust Arrangement grouping several companies under one board of directors to eliminate competition and to regulate production
Steel -Bessemer Process- Help make better and stronger railroads, bridges and frames for homes.
Black Gold Oil
Transcontinental Railroad Railroad that crossed the continental United States; completed in 1869
Telegraph Samuel F. B. Morse- messages over long distances by using electric current to transmit a system of dots and dashes over wire.
Capitalism Economic system in which private business runs most industries, and competition determines how much goods cost and workers are paid.
Free Enterprise Belief that the economy will prosper if businesses are left free from government regulation and allowed to compete in a free market
Communism Political theory that proposes individual ownership should not be allowed, but rather all people should collectively own property and the means of production.
Social Darwinism Theory adapted by philosopher Herbert Spencer from Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution; argued that society progressed through competition, with the fittest rising to positions of wealth and power.
Corporation - Company that sells shares of ownership, called stock, to investors in order to raise money.
Andrew Carnegie Ran a successful industrial steel factory hired the best workers. Carnegie Steel Company.
Gospel of Wealth (1889) Essay written by Andrew Carnegie stressing the importance of recirculation of money in the society and Charity work.
Vertical Integration Ownership of businesses involved in each step of a manufacturing process.
John D. Rockefeller Founder of the Standard Oil Company
Horizontal Integration Ownership of several companies making the same product
Cornelius Vanderbilt pioneer of the railroad industry. He extended the railroad system by purchasing smaller lines.
immigrants group of people who entered the workforce in response to the demand for labor
anarchists people who were against all types of government
Sherman Antitrust Act made monopolies and trust illegal
Haymarket Riot violent confrontation in Chicago stemming from the strike against the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company
Great Upheaval a period of time when there were many strikes and violent confrontations between union members and police
African Americans People who were prevented from holding factory jobs in the South
Working Conditions characterized by long hours and low wages
Pullman strike that resulted at a sleeping-car factory when workers' wages were cut but prices at the company store were not
Samuel L. Gompers created the American Federal of Labor (AFL)
Mary Harris Jones active female union organizer for the Knights of Labor
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