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Miscellaneous
Identify: 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
Identify: The idea that the government should stay out of business policies
What is: Social Darwinism/Capitalism
Identify: The nickname for workers, not part of a union, who would work as replacement workers during a strike Identify: The nickname for workers, not part of a union, who would work as replacement workers during a strike
What is: scabs
Identify: a farmer, he started the Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry and was devoted to improving conditions for farmers
What is: Oliver Hudson Kelley
Identify: 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
Identify: complete control of a product or service
What is: monopoly
Identify: when one corporation controls every aspect of production
What is: Vertical Consolidation
Identify: loose association of businesses that make the same product
What is: cartel
Identify: The private detectives hired by Frick to protect the workers during the Homestead Strike
What is: Pinkertons
Identify: 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
Identify: 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
Identify: 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
Identify: 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
Identify: How did the introduction of machinery impact the workplace
What is: Increased danger, lessened the need for skilled labor
Identify: What was the name of the first industrialized Union?
What is American Federation of Labor
Identify: Who was the first leader of the AFL?
Who is Samuel Gompers
Identify: 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 UnionsBusiness owners will recognize Unions 2.Business owners create closed shopsBusiness owners create closed shops 3.8 hour work day8 hour work day
Populism
Identify: What movie is suggested to be a parable to Populism
What is: The Wizard of OZ
Identify: 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