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 RailroadStandard 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 EdisonStandard 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 11Trusts = 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 BullStandard 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 KneeStandard 12

Last major battle between the US government and Native Americans

Ended Native American resistance

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Ellis IslandStandard 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 EuropeStandard 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 12Overcrowding 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 LawsStandard 13

Laws designed to keep blacks inferior to whites following Reconstruction

Segregated blacks and whites

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Plessy v. FergusonStandard 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 StrikeStandard 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 JungleStandard 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 HouseStandard 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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NAACPStandard 13

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (first “civil rights” organization)

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Ida TarbellStandard 13

Ida Tarbell was a muckraker who wrote “The History of the Standard Oil Company”

Exposes Rockefeller’s monopoly

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InitiativeStandard 13

Legislation originating from the people, not law-makers• spreads democracy

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RecallStandard 13

Special election to remove an elected official• spreads democracy

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ReferendumStandard 13

The people get to vote on proposed legislation (can vote on initiatives)• spreads democracy

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Direct Election of SenatorsStandard 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 LawsStandard 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

citiesStandard 13

Hull House (settlement houses)Building codes for housingWater treatment facilities

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The role of Theodore Roosevelt in the

Conservation MovementStandard 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 WarStandard 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 PhilippinesStandard 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 14Should 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