US history Chapter 6 Test Review – Flashcards
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which of the following made possible the american industrial growth of the late 1800s
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technological advances
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the governmany contributed to the building of the transcontinetal railroad by
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giving away free land grants
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which of the following revolutionized american communications in the late 1800s
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telephones/ telegraphs
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critics of powerful industrialists reffered to them as
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robber barrons
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the goal of the sherman antitrust act was to
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promote fair competition
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according to the theory if social darwinism, the government should
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stay out of affairs of business
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economists call periods of boom and bust
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business cycle
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how did industrial growth affect the distribution of wealth in the US
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wealth was concentrated in the hands of a few
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the american federation of labor organized
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craft unions (only skilled workers)
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the government responded to the Pullman Strike by
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using Federal troops to stop it
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the expansion of american industry was sparked mainly by
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technological advances
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one of Thomas Edison's major accomplishments was
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making electricity more widely accessible
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John D. Rockefeller gained control over mich of the oil industry by
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forming a trust and creating standard oil
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during the late 1800s, children often worked in factories because
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families needed more income
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the nations first major labor strike was started by
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railway workers angered by wage cuts
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some employers forced workers to sign "yellow dog contracts" stating that
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they promised to never join a union or participate in a strike
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the ability to communicate with a moving train improved railroads by
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preventing accidents
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in 1885, alexander graham bell helped set up a company to build
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long distance telephone lines
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thomas edison and george westinghouse both worked wonders with
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electricity
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without the Bessemer process, americans might not have been able to create
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the brooklyn bridge
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why were industrialists during the age if big business called "captians of industry"?
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increased supply of goods & created more jobs
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how did andrew carnegie gain control of the steel industry
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vertical consilidation
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according to the theory of social darwinism, what was the rold of government in economic matters
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government shouldnt interfere with business
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unlike the kings of labor, the american federation of labor included in its membership
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only skilled workers
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employers used all of the following in their attempts to crush labor strikes except
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collective bargining
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the strike at the Carnegie plan kn Homestead eventually ended after Henry Frick
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was almost assinated by anarchists
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as a result of the Pullman Strike, for the next 30 years the government
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denied recogination to unions
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inventor who established the American Telephone and Telegraph company
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alexander graham bell
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inventor who developed the idea of a central electric power station
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Thomas A. Edison
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inventor who developed a new way to make steel
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Henry Bessemer
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industrialist who preached the "gospel of wealth"
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Andrew Carnegie
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industrialist who established standard oil
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John D Rockefeller
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workers called in to replace striking workers
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scabs
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political radicals who oppose all government
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anarchists
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inventor who patented the telegraph
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samuel morse
