mckay test

What did Carnegie believe about industrialists?

He believed they should use their wealth for the greater good of society.

What company did John Rockefeller found?

Standard Oil Company.

What type of town did George Pullman create?

A company town for his workers.

Explain America’s standard of living by 1900:

By 1900, America's standard of living had significantly improved, with increased wages and availability of consumer goods.

Where did the Transcontinental Railroad meet?

Promontory Summit, Utah.

In what way did railroads influence industry?

Railroads facilitated the movement of goods and raw materials, spurring industrial growth.

What quote is Carnegie known for?

'The man who dies rich, dies disgraced.'

What quote is Charles Darwin known for?

'Survival of the fittest.'

Explain socialism:

An economic system where the means of production are owned and regulated by the community as a whole.

What did the Communist Manifesto denounce?

It denounced the capitalist class and argued for the working class to rise against it.

What did the American Federation of Labor press for?

Higher wages, shorter hours, and better working conditions.

How was President Cleveland able to end the Pullman Strike?

He sent federal troops to enforce a court injunction against the strikers.

What was the Morrill-Land Grant and the Homestead Act?

The Morrill-Land Grant Act provided land for agricultural colleges, while the Homestead Act granted land to settlers.

Why did African American Exodusters migrate west?

To escape racial oppression and seek better economic opportunities.

What was explained in Helen Hunt Jackson’s, A Century of Dishonor?

It detailed the injustices faced by Native Americans and criticized U.S. policies towards them.

What did the Dawes Act do?

It aimed to assimilate Native Americans by allotting them individual plots of land.

Why did Americans feel justified in taking Native American lands?

They believed it was their right, often viewing it as part of manifest destiny.

What was the nation’s first national park?

Yellowstone National Park.

What did Fredrick Jackson Turner’s thesis state?

It argued that the American frontier had shaped the nation’s character and democracy.

What political party came out of populism?

The Populist Party.

Andrew Carnegie – founded what?

Carnegie Steel Company.

John Rockefeller – what did he give away?

A large portion of his fortune to charitable causes.

George Pullman – what did he construct?

The Pullman sleeping car and the town of Pullman, Illinois.

Charles Darwin – what was his quote?

'It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.'

Karl Marx – What did he write?

The Communist Manifesto.

Oliver Kelley – What did he found?

The Grange, a farmers' organization.

Juliette Low – what did she found?

The Girl Scouts of the USA.

Henry Frick – What did he do in Homestead, PA?

He was involved in the violent confrontation during the Homestead Strike.

What is the Morrill-Land Grant Act?

An act that provided grants of land to states to finance the establishment of colleges.

What is the Homestead Act?

An act that provided 160 acres of public land to settlers for a small fee.

What is the Sand Creek Massacre?

A massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho people by U.S. troops in 1864.

What is the Battle of Little Bighorn?

A significant battle where Native American forces defeated U.S. Army troops in 1876.

What is the Dawes Act?

An act aimed at assimilating Native Americans by allotting them individual plots of land.

What is the Comstock Lode?

A major silver ore discovery in Nevada.

What is the Bland-Allison Act?

An act that required the U.S. Treasury to buy a certain amount of silver and put it into circulation.

What is the Sherman Silver Purchase Act?

An act that increased the government's purchase of silver, intending to inflate currency.

What is the Battle of Wounded Knee?

A massacre of Lakota Sioux by U.S. troops in 1890, marking the end of the Indian Wars.

What is the Interstate Commerce Act?

An act that regulated railroad rates and required fair practices.

oligopoly

few firms dominate a market

monopoly

one company controls market

cartel

group of firms collide to control the prices

vertical consolidation

company controls all production stages

horizontal consolidation

merging companies

trust

companies controlled by a board

piecework

paid per unit of work completed

sweatshop

bad conditions low wage

division of labor

special task for effiancy

craft union

union for skilled workers

collective bargaining

negotiation between employers & workers

scab

worker who replaces striker

anarchist

opposes gov authority

industrial union

union for all industrial workers