unit 4 u.s history flashcards

Sherman Anti-trust Act

prohibits business practices that are anti-competitive

Interstate commerce Act

regulates railroad industry

Chinese exclusion act

prohibited Chinese laborers from entering the country

Gentlemans agreement

U.S and Japan limit immigration, in turn U.S educates Japanese children

Americanization movement

A period of organized effort to assimilate immigrants into american culture

which of the following men was the first to successfully use a steam engine to drill for oil?

edwin drake

the transcontinental railroad combined which of the two following railroads?

union pacific railroad and central pacific railroad

more efficient railroad schedules were created by?

eugene debs

the right of the states to regulate railroads was determined by?

interstate commerce act

the right of the federal government to regulate trade between the states and to set railroad rates was created by:

Interstate commerce act

Which of the following industrialists dominated the financial industry during the gilded age?

j.p morgan

which of the following industrialists practiced vertical consolidation within his industry?

andrew carnegie

which of the following industrialists practiced horizontal consolidation within his industry?

john d rockerfeller

the standard oil trust was controlled by:

john d rockerfeller

the social gospel movement preached salvation through service to the

poor and marginalized