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100 200 300 400 500 InventionsCorporationsUnions Vocab 1Vocab 2 Misc. Final Question
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Describe the first flight and the reaction to it. A 100
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Was largely ignored by the press and the public Lasted for 12 seconds and flew 120 feet A 100
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Why was the invention of the light bulb significant? A 200
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it allowed people to work at night increasing factory productivity Created demand for electricity and the growth of the power plant industry A 200
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Which 2 inventions had the greatest impact on women? A 300
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Typewriter Telephone A 300
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Describe Henry Bessemers contribution to the 2 nd Industrial Revolution A 400
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Creates the Bessemer process which greatly reduces the price of steel A 400
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This man made the invention of cheap steel available in the US A 500
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Andrew Carnegie A 500
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This business model involves owning the companies that provide the materials and services upon which your enterprise depends to increase profit. B 100
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-Vertical Integration B 100
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This business model involves owning several companies that make the same product to increase profit. B 200
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-Horizontal Integration B 200
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This business model involves buying supplies in bulk and producing goods in massive quantities to increase profit. B 300
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Economies of Scale B 300
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Define Trust, why do they form B 400
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Is created when multiple companies combine under one board of trustees To control price and prodcution
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Define Corporation B 500
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Company that sells shares of ownership, called stock, to investors in order to raise money. B 500
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Define Labor Union C 100
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Organized associations of workers, formed to protect and further the rights and interests of the workers C 100
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Describe 3 goals of unions C 200
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8 hour workday Reserve western land for settlers Raise the wage to a livable standard Abolish child labor Graduated Income Tax Government ownership of telephone, telegraph, and railroads Better working conditions Stop immigration Overthrow wage system Tariffs on imported goods C 200
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Describe 3 tactics of unions in this time period C 300
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Collective bargaining Strike Boycott Pressuring Government to pass laws Violence and Vandalism C 300
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What are the 3 philosophies behind labor unions? C 400
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Power in numbers American Revolution Ideals: Believes in social equality, celebrates honest labor, and relies on an independent, virtuous citizenship Karl Marx and communism C 400
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Describe the events surrounding the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. How did this event effect the labor movement? C 500
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With the main stairway on fire and the other doors locked, the trapped workers had no escape routes. They burned to death on the factory floor, stampeded toward the elevator shaft or jumped to their deaths from the windows. Firemen, whose ladders were too short to reach the ninth floor, watched helplessly with thousands of onlookers as the workers died. Public opinion supports unions Government reforms workplace safety laws C 500
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Describe the Homestead Act of 1862: D 100
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Opened land to the average person Required a person to apply, live on land for 5 years and improve it, and then to file for the deed D 100
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Manifest Destiny D 200
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Is the idea that that the expansion of the US throughout the American continent was both justified and inevitable. D 200
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A Monopoly D 300
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Is created when one business removes all of their competition and controls the market Was one of the reasons the US saw such amazing growth in manufacturing during the late 1800s Uses vertical and horizontal integration Has been accused of corrupting government and taking advantage of workers and the public D 300
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A small business D 400
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Is a business that is privately owned and operated, with a small number of employees and relatively low volume of sales. D 400
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Stockholders D 500
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Buy ownership of a business and receive a percent of the companies profits in return
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Social Darwinism: E 100
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Believes that the fittest members of society will rise to wealth and power, the unfit will fail. E 100
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Laissez Faire E 200
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That the government should not interfere in the economy. E 200
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Communism E 300
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Believes that the capitalist system allows the wealthy to take advantage of the workers and will result in revolution, therefore there should be no private ownership and the community should provide all needs for the people equally E 300
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Collective bargaining E 400
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negotiations between the union and the employer involving wages, hours, and working conditions E 400
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Boycott E 500
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A decision by consumers to stop buying a particular product, in order to achieve a political or economical goal. E 500
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Bicameral Legislature: F 100
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A legislative body with two parts Was created by the Constitution F 100
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Elects the President F 200
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Electoral College F 200
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What were three specific benefits that resulted from building the railroad? F 300
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Various F 300
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How did construction of the railroad affect the lives of Native Americans on the plains in 3 ways. F 400
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Various F 400
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Describe the events surrounding the Homestead Strike. How did this event effect the labor movement F 500
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Economy downturn for steel –carnegie and frick want to lower wages and break union – union agrees to wage but not break – frick builds wall hires pinkertons – battle between strikers and pinkertons – men die – scabs- union breaks Public opinion doesnt know who to support, the steel union is broken and owners institution lower wages F 500
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