 | Term | Definition |
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lewis latimer |
invented the lightbulb, african american |
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elisha otis |
invented the elevator |
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george washington carver |
invented 100 uses for the peanut |
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alexander grahm bell |
phone |
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charles goodyear |
rubber for tires |
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thomas edison |
phonograph |
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henry ford |
first car assembly line |
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describe upward and outward expansion |
skyskrapers, industrial buildings, immingrants |
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corporations |
a company owned by two or more people, stocks, trusts, dividends |
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stocks |
a portion of a corporation's profit |
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Laizze Faire capitalism |
when the government doesn't have control of an industry, no government regulation of goods. |
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horizontal integration |
when someone owns many similar companies |
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vertical integration |
when someone owns many different types of companies |
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J.D. Rockafeller |
owned standard oil, born into wealth, philanthropist |
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Andrew Carnegie |
owned a steel monopoly at a young age and sold it, born into wealth, philanthropist |
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Steel |
andrew carnegie owned a steel monopoly |
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Philanthropy |
when someone donates something to charity, but expects their name attached. |
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monopoly |
ownership of many companies, either alike of different, good for owner, bad for the government, eliminates competition |
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sherman anti trust act |
eliminated monopolies |
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conspicuous consumption |
when people bought things to show off |
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tenement houses |
crowded, run down houses where the poor lived |
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nativist views |
thinking that your culture is better than anyone else's |
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political machines |
Boss Tweed-took advantage of immigrants |
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gilded age |
the time period when things looked good from the outside, but were bad in reality |
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progressives |
tried to reform problems in society, such as child labor, low wages, etc |
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muckrakers |
writers who wrote about the problems in society, similar to progressives, except the expressed themselves through writing |
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upton sinclair |
wrote, The Jungle, about a Lithuanian immigrant working in an unsanitay meat packing industry |
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secret ballots |
ballots that eventually became secret, before, politicions could influence immigrants and voters |
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settlement houses |
houses where the poor could stay for free, have immigrants' children learn english |
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jane adams |
created the hull house, a progressive |
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hull house |
a house where the poor could stay, get food, immigrants could learn english |
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labor unions |
AFL, american federation of labor, only accepted talented workers |
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american federation of labor |
only accepted talented workers, gave people jobs |
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sam gompers |
created the american federation of labor |
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knights of labor |
labor union, accepted any worker, skilled or unskilled |
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mary harris jones |
"mother jones" fierce old woman who fought for child rights |
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yellow dog contracts |
a contract you signed saying you wouldnt join a labor union |
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blacklists |
a list you were put on so that companies couldn't hire you |
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florence kelly |
fought for child rights, formed public education |
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child labor |
very commmon |
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teddy roosevelt |
the first president to win the nobel peace prize |
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nobel peace prize |
teddy roosevelt was the first president to win the nobel peace prize |
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bully pulpit |
having the ability to convince the public of youre believes, or doing things you want them to do when in power |
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US imperialism |
the US was an imperialistic country |
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spanish american war |
splended little war, very few casualties, little lost, much gained |
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hearst pulitzer stories |
yellow journalism, exaggerated the news |
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delome letter |
a letter sent insulting president mckinley |
