2nd Industrial Revolution, 2nd Hour, U.S History

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The Homestead Strike

- Private Guards killed 18 strikers

The Pullman Strike

- Railroad workers refused to hook Pullman Cars to trains - Federal troops ran off strikers by attaching mail cars to Pullman Cars

The Great Railway Strike

-Workers bloked trains bc of wanting higher wages. - Army broke strike to stop violence - Fight lasted 12 days, 100 killed

The Haymarket Riot

-Workers protesting low wages attacked police After bomb thrown, 11 killed, more than 100 injured -7 German Speaking men Arrested, 4 executed

How did New Technology in oil and steel change American Life?

..

What effects did the railroad have on the United States?

..

Describe each Tatic used by Labor Unions

1. Boycott- workers convincing ppl not to buy a product until the union gets what it wants 2. Negoiation- Workers make a deal to satisfy both sides of the argument 3. Strike- workers refusing to work until their demands are met

Define vertical integration

A way of combining companies in which the owner buys everthing that jas to do w their business

Who invented: Telephone

Alexander Graham Bell

Wants/Demands of labor Unions

Better working conditions Better Pay Safer Workplace

Workers that were members of labor unions could be fired or.....so no company would hire them again

Blacklisted

Industrail Tycoons that strengthened the economy and did charitable work

Captains of Industry

What time zones is it in Louisiana

Central Time Zone

Who invented: Automobiles

Charles & Frank Duryea

Who Invented: Typewriter

Christopher Latham Sholes

An organization owned by many ppl but treated by law as it were one single person

Corporation

Who invented: Mechanized Elevator

Elisha Otis

Ppl who own and run their own business to make a profit

Entrepreneur

Founder of the American Railway Union

Eugene V. Debs

Before the 2nd Industrial Revolution,where did most Americans live?

Farms or Rural Areas

Which Industrial Tycoon used horizontal and vertical integration to gain control of their industry

John D Rocketfeller

First Modern Labor Union

Knights of Labor

Belief that the government should not interfere in the economy or w businesses

Laissez Faire Capitalism

When a single company achieves control of an entire market

Monopoly

First Advertising Company

N.W. Ayer & Son

What fueled the 2nd Industrial Revolution?

Oil discoveries

Who Invented: Airplane

Orville and Wilbur Wright

The ..... Act gave each railroad company building the Transcontinental Railroad land along the path of the railway

Pacific Railway

What uses of steel advanced America?

Railroad locomotives and rails Bridges Skyscrapers, Taller Buildings Nails and Wires

Industrial Tycoons that became wealthy unethically l,destroyed competion and treated workers unfairly

Robber Barons

Who invented: Telegraph

Samuel FB Morse

Founder of the American Federation of Labor

Samuel Gompers

Belief that the strongest ppl l, business or nations would survive and the weaker ones would fail

Social Darwinism

What was the location of the first major oil discovery?

Spindle Hill Top

Law that made it illegsl to form trust

The Sherman Anti Trust Act

Define the Bessemer Process

The cheapest and most efficient way to produce steel

Which Inventor has a lab at Menlo Park, NJ and invented many things such as the film projector and light bulb?

Thomas Edison

Why were time zones created?

To fix the problem of schduling trains

Why do corporations sell stock?

To make large amounts of money

Corporations that merge into mega companies

Trust

The two railroad corporations that built the the transcontinental railroad

Union Pacific Co Central Pacific Co

Define horizontal integration

Way of getting monopoly in which company owner buys out everyone who is in the same business

Name the Industrial Tycoon of each Industry: a. Railroads b. Oil c. Steel d. Banking e. Luxury Sleeper Railcars

a. Vanderbilt b. Rocketfeller c. Carnegie d. Morgan e. Pullman

Made shopping esier in rural areas

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