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11th Grade US History EOC
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the belief (theory) that it was the right of the United States to occupy all of America from Sea to Shining Sea!
Manifest Destiny
The Census of 1890 announced the official end of the American Frontier (Frederick Jackson Turner)
Turner's Frontier Thesis
this war between the states (CSA v. USA) promoted the growth of industrialism in the late 1800s (steel, railroads, communication, weapons, mass production of pre-made goods)
The Civil War
railroad baron, a true symbol of the "Gilded Age," known as the Commodore. A college in Tennessee bears his name.
Cornelius Vanderbilt
owned U.S. Steel and used Vertical integration to monopolize the steel industry. Gave millions to build libraries and schools.
Andrew Carnegie
developed the air-braking system and alternating current - this allowed power to be sent over long distances.
George Westinghouse
the sleeping car made him a very wealthy man. 1894 Strike resulted in the death of 34 people.
George Pullman
he invented the telephone and was a pioneer in communication not only for the hearing, but for the deaf and hearing impaired as well.
Alexander Graham Bell
the light bulb is his most famous invention, he also invented the phonograph, and the first motion pictures.
Thomas Edison
owner of Standard Oil, he used Horizontal Integration to control the oil business
John D. Rockefeller
developed the food processing industry (meat packing)
Gustavus Swift and Philip Armour
the belief that the strongest societies will survive. This idea was also used to justify monopolies and trusts. If a business is meant to survive - it will. Laissez - Faire: government should keep out of business limit regulations.
social darwinism-survival of the fittest
distillers conspired with political parties to cheat the U.S. Govt. out of millions of dollars of tax revenue. Citizens would demand reform within the government. Money was going to political parties instead of where it should go.
Whiskey Ring
political machine that controlled politics in NYC in the late 1800s. Controlled by Boss William Marcy Tweed who was exposed by the political cartoons of Thomas Nast in Harpers Weekly. Nast is the father of the symbols of political parties, the modern image of Santa Claus.
Tammany Hall
he invented barbed wire and brought an end to the open range.
Joseph Glidden
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