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| When did the 2nd Industrial Revolution begin in America? |
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| Who controlled the steel industry? |
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| Who controlled the oil industy? |
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| Who controlled the banking system? |
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| Who made his fortune with steamships and railroads? |
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| Who owned more miles of railroad than anyone else in America? |
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| What are "Robber Barrons"? |
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| people of great wealth because they bribe officials, manipulate economic markets, and exploit their workers and resouces |
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| economic system where ALL businesses (big and small) are owned by individual people or corporations, NOT the government |
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| economic system where SOME businesses are run by the government |
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| economic system where ALL businesses are run by the government |
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| when colonies are controled by a different country |
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| How much iron was produced in the colonies by 1776? |
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| about 1/7 of the world's iron |
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| What infuriated the colonists and was one of the reasons that contributed to the American Revolution? |
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| What was the "high-tech" weapon of the time? |
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| Where was the first iron factory to be in a city? |
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| What natural resources need to be around an iron/steel factory? |
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| timber (later, coal was used), iron ore deposits, and water power (river) |
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| What is "manifest destiny"? |
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| the idea of wanting to go west |
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| Andrew Carnegie was a poor immigrant from Scotland when he came to America. Why was his job as a telegram delivery boy so important to him? |
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| Carnegie met a lot of business men (some invested and helped him make a lot of money). |
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| Who came up with a way to make steel from iron by adding cold air? |
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| How much did Andrew Carnegie pay his workers each week? |
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| How many hours a week did Andrew Carnegie's employees have to work? |
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| a time when wealthy people were competing against each other in businesses |
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| What is Social Darwinism? |
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when a higher class doesn't think they are doing anything wrong when they exploit the lower class
(predjudice, not science) |
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| Who was shot by an anarchist? |
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| Who was sent to stop the strike at the Homestead Mill? |
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| a police force that were originally went to be a detective agency |
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| What finally ended the Homestead Mill strike and broke the union? |
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| the Pennsylvania State Militia |
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| Who later bought Carnegie Steel? |
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| J. P. Morgan and other steel company owners who wanted Carnegie "out of the picture" |
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| What is United States Steel? |
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| what was Carnegie Steel plus 11 other steel companies combined |
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| Many steel mills closed during the Great Depression. What brought them back to life and why? |
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World War 2;
many weapons needed to be built such as ships, tanks, planes, and guns |
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| Why was America no longer the world's major suport for steel products in the 1970s and '80s? |
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| Europe and Japan "modernized" after World War 2 but America didn't |
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| a small steel mill that converts scrap iron into steel |
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