Unit 4 Flashcards Growth of Industries - Imperialism Standards 11 – 14
Dec 27, 2015
Unit 4 Flashcards
Growth of Industries - ImperialismStandards 11 – 14
Standard 11 Flashcards1. Impact of railroads on steel industry2. Impact of railroads in the development
of the West3. Transcontinental Railroad4. Use of Chinese labor on railroads5. Inventions of Thomas Edison6. Organization of Big Business7. John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil
Company8. Rise of trusts and monopolies
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Impact of railroads on steel industry
Standard 11
Railroads are made out of steelLeads to growth of cities, which need steel to buildTransports tell to West
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Impact of railroads in the development of the West
Standard 11
Made it easier to move out WestMore cities were builtForced Indians off of land
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Transcontinental Railroad
Standard 11
Connects the East coast of the US to the West coast
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Use of Chinese labor on railroads
Standard 11
Chinese labor was used to build railroads because it was cheap
Led to anti-Asian sentiment on the West coast (over jobs)
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Inventions of Thomas Edison
Standard 11
Electric Light Bulb: allows greater use of electricity to homes and businesses (electric company)Motion Pictures: entertainment, documenting history, propaganda, eposes people to more issuesPhonograph: radio, transmits sound (pres. speeches, media)
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Organization of Big Business
Standard 11
Created through monopolies and/or trusts
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John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil Company
Standard 11
Monopolized 90% of oil industry (Standard Oil Company)• Used money to influence politicians
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Rise of trusts and monopolies
Standard 11
Trusts = businesses working together to control industries
Monopoly = 1 person or company controls an industry (eliminates competition)
Standard 12 Flashcards1. Sitting Bull2. Battle of Wounded Knee3. Ellis Island4. Change in immigrants’ origins to
southern and eastern Europe5. Impact of immigration on urban
America
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Sitting Bull
Standard 12
Chief of Sioux Indian TribeSurrendered at the Battle of Little BighornLast major Indian leader to oppose the US government
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Battle of Wounded Knee
Standard 12
Last major battle between the US government and Native Americans
Ended Native American resistance
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Ellis Island
Standard 12
Immigration station on the East CoastAsked questions, literacy test, medical evaluationsMethod of interrogating immigrants was not always fair
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Changes in immigrant’s origins to southern and
eastern Europe
Standard 12Increasing number of immigrants arriving from southern and eastern EuropeDifferent languages, ethnicities, religions made it harder to assimilate
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Impact of immigration on urban America
Standard 12
Overcrowding of cities, poor and unsanitary conditionsDevelopment of ethnic communitiesMost immigrants are unskilled workers (factories, mines, etc)
Standard 13 Flashcards1. Jim Crow Laws2. Plessy v. Ferguson3. American Federation of Labor and Samuel Gompers4. 1894 Pullman Strike5. Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle6. Jane Addams and Hull House7. NAACP8. Ida Tarbell9. Initiative10. Recall11. Referendum12. Direct Election of Senators13. Reform of Labor Laws14. Efforts to improve living conditions for the poor in cities15. The role of Theodore Roosevelt in the Conservation
Movement
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Jim Crow Laws
Standard 13
Laws designed to keep blacks inferior to whites following Reconstruction
Segregated blacks and whites
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Plessy v. Ferguson
Standard 13
“Separate but Equal” is LEGAL (segregation)
Overturned later by Brown v. BOE
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American Federation of Labor to Samuel Gompers
Standard 13
Labor Union that combined different crafts
Founded by Samuel Gompers
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1894 Pullman Strike
Standard 13
George Pullman owned a company that made railway cars…created a town for his employees to live in (Pullman, IL)• Raised prices in town, but not wages• Employes went on strike
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Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle
Standard 13
Upton Sinclair was a muckraker
Wrote a book called “The Jungle” which exposed bad conditions in the meat-packing industry
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Jane Addams and Hull House
Standard 13
Social worker who created a settlement house (Hull House)
Purpose of Hull House was to help the poor and immigrants to get “on their feet” in America
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NAACP
Standard 13
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (first “civil rights” organization)
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Ida Tarbell
Standard 13
Ida Tarbell was a muckraker who wrote “The History of the Standard Oil Company”
Exposes Rockefeller’s monopoly
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Initiative
Standard 13
Legislation originating from the people, not law-makers• spreads democracy
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Recall
Standard 13
Special election to remove an elected official• spreads democracy
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Referendum
Standard 13
The people get to vote on proposed legislation (can vote on initiatives)• spreads democracy
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Direct Election of Senators
Standard 13
17th Amendment – allows the people of a state to vote for their state’s senators (this power which was previously held by the state governments)• spreads democracy
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Reform of Labor Laws
Standard 13
Government begins passing legislation to regulate working conditions• Child labor• Labor Unions
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Efforts to improve living conditions for the poor in
cities
Standard 13
Hull House (settlement houses)Building codes for housingWater treatment facilities
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The role of Theodore Roosevelt in the
Conservation Movement
Standard 131st President to urge Americans to conserve natural resourcesEstablished conservation areas (parks, etc.)
Standard 14 Flashcards1. Chinese Exclusion Act of 18822. Spanish-American War3. War in the Philippines4. Debate over American expansionism5. Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe
Doctrine6. Creation of the Panama Canal
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Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Standard 14Bans Chinese immigration due to anti-Asian sentiment on the West Coast
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Spanish-American War
Standard 14
US goes to war with Spain to help Cuba win independence (business interests)• Yellow Journalism• USS Maine• De Lome LetterUS wins
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War in the Philippines
Standard 14
US obtained the Philippines through the Spanish-American War• Filipinos want their independence from US• Fought for 3 years• US grants independence on July 4, 1946
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Debate over American expansionism
Standard 14
Should the US expand its “empire”• Business interest = yes• Progressive = No (deal with US problems 1st)• Imperialist = yes (military strength, new markets, cultural superiority
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Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
Standard 14
Establishes the US as an “international police power” in Latin America• Makes it more likely that US will intervene in world affairs
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Creation of the Panama Canal
Standard 14Panama Canal connects Atlantic and Pacific Ocean = shortens trade route• US helps Panama win independence from Columbia before building canal• US has to protect canal