2nd Industrial Revolution, 2nd Hour, U.S History
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?
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What effects did the railroad have on the United States?
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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
catalogs