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Mrs. Green US History 1877
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09/09/2010

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Thomas Edison
Definition
who was an inventor during the late 1800s who had a tremendous
impact on the industrialization of America and patented over 1,000 inventions?
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Alexander Graham Bell
Definition
Created the Telephone
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Social Darwinsim
Definition
 was a philosophy that “survival of the fittest” also applied to
society and business.
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Laissez- Faire
Definition
Although Andrew Carnegie believed in the philosophy of Social Darwinism and what?
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The Pendleton Act
Definition
which classified certain
government jobs as available only by passing a competitive exam
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Gospel of Wealth
Definition

Giving away money to better society,

became known as the

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Knights of Labor
Definition
was first formed in 1869, and it was the first national
industrial union
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disenfranchise
Definition
simply means to
take away the right to vote
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Samuel
Morse
Definition
Telegraph
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TRUST
Definition
was a group of men who controlled more than one corporation
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Jane Addams
Definition
One of these settlement houses was started by a
young social reformer. It was called Hull House and was located
in Chicago, Illinois
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The Gilded Age
Definition

1875 to 1900

was a time of tremendous wealth, but underneath it was
a period of intense greed and corruption

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Marconi
Definition
Radio
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robber barons
Definition
because they made their
millions by paying low wages to their workers to increase profits
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Horatio Alger
Definition
wrote a series of very
popular “rags to riches” novels in which a poor person worked hard and became
successful.
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John D. Rockefeller
Definition
Already a successful businessman became interested in the
new petroleum industry and created Standard Oil Company.
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monopolies
Definition
the big business that could charge whatever prices they wanted,
and American consumers suffered
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injunction
Definition
is a court order issued by a
federal judge that demands an action be stopped.)
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Andrew Carnegie
Definition
It took a young immigrant from Scotland and to turn steelmaking
into an industrial empire
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Haymarket Riot
Definition
In 1886, a protest in Haymarket Square turned ugly when someone threw a bomb
into a group of policemen
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Convict Leasing
Definition
A convict is someone who has been convicted of a
crime and sent to prison and has to do work.
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collective
bargaining
Definition
A union with many members could make itself heard through
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mergers
Definition
by combining with other companies
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Sherman Anti-trust Act
Definition
This law made trusts (business monopolies) that
limited trade or commerce among several states illegal
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Urban Migration

 

Definition
Two sources provided cheap labor: the migration of farm workers to
the cities and the immigration of unskilled laborers from Europe
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