U.S. History – Urbanization ; Immigration – Flashcards
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What were "Wildcatters"?
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Oil prospectors
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What does the term laissez-faire mean?
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Economic system in which transactions between private parties don't have affiliation EITH the government
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What is social Darwinism
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Natural selection/survival of the fittest applied to the industrial society
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What company did Andrew Carnegie own?
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Steel magnate
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Who did he sell his company to?
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J.P. Morgan
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What was the Haymarket riot?
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1886
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Who was the "Wizard of Menlo Park"? And three items he invented.
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Thomas Edison; lightbulb, photograph, motion picture cameras