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Unit 5 Test Review. U.S. History. SSUSH 11. U.S. History. Expansion and Reform. Was influenced by the railroads and new technological advances. Big Business. Expansion and Reform. Railroads contribute to this happening in the U.S. after 1870 on a large scale. Westward Expansion. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
UNIT 5 TEST REVIEWU.S. History
SSUSH 11U.S. History
Expansion and Reform
Was influenced by the railroads and new
technological advances
Big Business
Expansion and Reform
Railroads contribute to this happening in the U.S. after
1870 on a large scale
Westward Expansion
Expansion and Reform
Expansion of Railroads in the 1860s caused
Big Business to dominate the
economy
Expansion and Reform
This caused interruption in the lives of Native
Americans
Railroads
Expansion and Reform
New technology that made steel stronger and
cheaper
Bessemer Process
Expansion and Reform
A way to create a monopoly by buying out all
your competitors
Horizontal Integration
Expansion and Reform
A way to create a monopoly by buying not only competitors
but buying out natural resources, production, and
distribution
Vertical Consolidation
Expansion and Reform
A business arrangement where there is one owner that
sets prices, wages and controls the industry
Monopoly
Expansion and Reform
Main goal in the creation of Monopolies
Eliminate Competition
Expansion and Reform
A conglomeration of monopolies joined together to
eliminate Competition
Trust
Expansion and Reform
Used Vertical Integration to form a monopoly over
steel
Carnegie
Expansion and Reform
Railroad, completed in 1869, that run from the Atlantic
Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
Transcontinental Railroad
Expansion and Reform
Main labor source on the western leg of the
Transcontinental Railroad
Chinese Labor
Expansion and Reform
Used Horizontal and Vertical integration to form
a monopoly on Oil
John D. Rockefeller
Expansion and Reform
The name of John D. Rockefeller’s business
Standard Oil Company
Expansion and Reform
John D. Rockefeller’s business trusts led to the
formation of
Monopolies
Expansion and Reform
Inventor that created the Light Bulb
Thomas Edison
Expansion and Reform
Edison invention that allowed people to work at night and see in the dark
Electric Light Bulb
Expansion and Reform
Invention of Edison’s that allowed people to enjoy
themselves at the Movies
Motion Pictures
Expansion and Reform
Edison invention that allowed people to listen to
records and recorded sound
Phonograph
Expansion and Reform
An Increase in Railroads stimulated
National economic growth
Expansion and Reform
An Increase in Railroads stimulated
National economic growth
SSUSH 12U.S. History
Expansion and Reform
Immigration station located in New York Harbor; entrance
point for immigrants entering on the East coast of U.S.
Ellis Island
Expansion and Reform
New Immigration after the Civil War; Immigrants did not speak
English and were Jewish or Catholics and come from
Southern & Eastern Europe
Expansion and Reform
Concept used to explain the overpopulation of cities due to
increased Immigration
Urbanization
Expansion and Reform
First organized and National labor union in the
United States
American Federation of Labor (AFL)
Expansion and Reform
Leader of the American Federation of Labor (AFL)
Samuel Gompers
Expansion and Reform
Samuel Gompers can best be described as a
Union Leader
Expansion and Reform
Samuel Gompers helped
Laborers / Workers
Expansion and Reform
Strategy used by Unions to stop work by workers refusing to work until demands are met
Strike
Expansion and Reform
This grew quickly because of the Railroad
Western Population
Expansion and Reform
Sioux leader that fought U.S. soldiers; led his people in exile in Canada, and finally agreed to settle on a reservation; later shot to death by government
agents
Sitting Bull
Expansion and Reform
Massacre of Sioux in South Dakota where 300 women, children, and men killed by
U.S. Soldiers
Wounded Knee
Expansion and Reform
Congressional law that attempted to assimilate native
Americans into American Culture
Dawes Act
Expansion and Reform
Conflict that occurred when an owner of a cart company cut workers wages but did not
lower their rent
1894 Pullman Strike
Expansion and Reform
In the Pullman strike workers had a desire to
Protect their wages
Expansion and Reform
The Pullman strike was a factor that directly
contributed to
Industrial Unrest
SSUSH 13U.S. History
Expansion and Reform
Political reform movement where people supported increased government
regulation of business & industry
Progressive Era
Expansion and Reform
Novel that revealed the unsanitary conditions in the
Chicago meat packing industry
The Jungle
Expansion and Reform
Journalist and author of The Jungle
Upton Sinclair
Expansion and Reform
Law made by Congress to force meat packers to make sure their food was safe to
consume; Influenced by The Jungle
Meat Inspection Act
Expansion and Reform
Female progressive that opened a settlement house in Chicago to help the inner city
poor
Jane Addams
Expansion and Reform
Settlement house that provided immigrants learn home
economics, basic medical care, English, legal rights;
established by Jane Addams
Hull House
Expansion and Reform
Concept that explains segregation laws that required
separate public and private facilities for African Americans
Jim Crow
Expansion and Reform
Court case in 1896 that ruled that segregation in public and private facilities is acceptable
Plessy v. Ferguson
Expansion and Reform
Legal standard established by Plessy v. Ferguson
Separate but Equal
Expansion and Reform
Group formed to promote full social and economic equality
for African Americans
NAACP
Expansion and Reform
NAACP stands for
National Association for the Advancement
of Colored People
Expansion and Reform
First African American to graduate from Harvard
University and founder of the NAACP
WEB Dubois
Expansion and Reform
Journalist that exposed the corrupt business practices of
Standard Oil Company
Ida Tarbell
Expansion and Reform
Title of Ida Tarbell’s novel criticizing the unfair practices used by John D. Rockefeller
History of Standard Oil
Expansion and Reform
Reform journalists that investigated and exposed
political corruption, child labor, slum conditions, social issues
Muckrakers
Expansion and Reform
A form of direct control of government by state citizens by forcing a public vote on an issue on the ballot bypassing
state legislatures
Initiative
Expansion and Reform
A process where state legislators place a proposal
for a law on the ballot to allow citizens to vote the law into
effect
Referendum
Expansion and Reform
The power of state citizens to remove public officials from
office before their term expires
Recall
Expansion and Reform
Initiative, referendum, recall increase ordinary citizens
direct control of government which is also known as
Direct Democracy
Expansion and Reform
The 17th Amendment of the United States Constitution
requires this
Direct Election of Senators
Expansion and Reform
The direct election of senators meant that who would elect
the 2 senators from each state
Voters (Citizens of the State)
Expansion and Reform
The 17th Amendment increased ordinary citizens direct control of government
which is also known as
Direct Democracy
Expansion and Reform
Before the 17th Amendment, this is who selected U.S.
Senators
State Legislatures
Expansion and Reform
Progressive era movement that reserved millions of acres
of wilderness lands, particularly in western states
Conservation Movement
Expansion and Reform
This President’s efforts led to the establishment of a national
park system that included Yosemite & Yellowstone
Theodore Roosevelt
Expansion and Reform
Immigrants in urban neighborhoods benefited from
Jane Addams
SSUSH 14U.S. History
Expansion and Reform
American feelings caused by Chinese immigrants accepting low wages for jobs whites had held causes wages to go down
Anti-Asian sentiment
Expansion and Reform
Law passed in 1882 by Congress banning all future
Chinese Immigration
Chinese Exclusion Act