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PopulismBig
BusinessesUnions &
LaborKey People Misc.
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Miscellaneous
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head of the Standard Oil Company and one of the world’s richest men; he used his fortune to fund ongoing
philanthropic causes
What is:
John D. Rockefeller
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The idea that the government should stay out of business policies
What is:
Social Darwinism/Capitalism
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The nickname for workers, not part of a union, who would work as replacement
workers during a strike
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The nickname for workers, not part of a union, who would work as replacement
workers during a strike
What is:
scabs
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a farmer, he started the Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry and was devoted
to improving conditions for farmers
What is:
Oliver Hudson Kelley
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Founded by radical unionists and socialists, also known as
wobblies, this group promotes the idea of “one big union”
What is:
Industrial Workers of the World
Big Businesses
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complete control of a product or service
What is:
monopoly
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when one corporation controls every aspect of production
What is:
Vertical Consolidation
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loose association of businesses that make the same product
What is:
cartel
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The private detectives hired by Frick to protect the workers during the
Homestead Strike
What is:
Pinkertons
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outlaws any combination of companies that restrained interstate trade or
commerce, the vague wording favored capitalists
What is
Sherman Antitrust Act
Key People
Identify
self-made steel tycoon and one of the wealthiest 19th century U.S. businessmen, donated towards the expansion of the New
York Public Library
Who is:
Andrew Carnegie
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head of the Standard Oil Company and one of the world’s richest men; he used his fortune to fund ongoing philanthropic
causes
Who is:
John D. Rockefeller
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hired by the Seneca Oil Company to drill into the oil reserves; brought the world a
new energy source
Who is:
Edwin Drake
Identify
labor organizer and the Socialist Party’s candidate for U.S. president five times
between 1900 and 1920
What is:
Eugene Debs
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industrialist whose company produced standard railroad cars and elegant sleeping cars. His company town, which he hoped
would ensure a stable workforce, was criticized as “un-American.”
What are:
George M. Pullman
Labor & Unions
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How did the introduction of machinery impact the workplace
What is:
Increased danger, lessened the need for
skilled labor
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What was the name of the first industrialized Union?
What is
American Federation of Labor
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Who was the first leader of the AFL?
Who is
Samuel Gompers
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3 tactics business owners would use to prevent/break union action/strikes
What is:
Hire replacement workers, write into contracts no unions, lockouts, undercover workers, blacklist
workers
Identify:
The 3 Goals of the AFL
What is
1. Business owners will recognize Unions2. Business owners create closed shops3. 8 hour work day
Populism
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What movie is suggested to be a parable to Populism
What is:
The Wizard of OZ
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the liberal leader of the Democratic Party, endorsed by the Populists; a
magnetic orator who ran unsuccessfully three times for the
U.S. presidency
What is:
William Jennings Bryan
Identify:
elected president in the 1896 and 1900 presidential election; pushed for the
gold standard as a means for saving the economy
Who is:
William McKinley
What was the name of Bryan’s famous speech
at the Democratic National Convention in
1896
What is:
“Cross of Gold” Speech
What were 3 key proposals in the Populist Platform
What is
•Direct Election of Senators•Ballot Initiatives & Referendum•Secret Ballot•Graduated Income Tax•Unlimited Coinage of Silver•Nationalization of Railroads