Us History Industrialization

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what was the goal of the interstate commerce

to lower excessive railroad rates

What was the main purpose of this 1886 poster?

to organize a protest against acts of police brutality against workers

And what industrial accident did 146 female workers die in a fire that could have been presented by adequate safety measures

triangle shirtwaist fire

Why did business form trusts, pools, and holding companies?

To increase profits while eliminating competitors.

Why did many wealthy American Insustrialists of the late 19th century use the theory of social dwarfism

To justify monopolistic actions

What new type of business organization permitted a small group of capitalists to control the stock of a large number of individual corporations without actually becoming one company? The term later came to refer generally to any huge economic concentration.

Trusts

What conditions cause the growth of labor unions in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?

Unsafe working conditions, long work hours, low wages and child labor

From 1865 to 1900, how did the growth of industry affect American society in significant ways?

Urbanization

According to the theory of laissez faire, his does the economy function best?

When the government doesn't interfere

during the late 1800s, what was the major governmental reaction to the activities of labor unions in the United States

court issued injections to stop workers from striking

What did did 19th-century philosophy of social dwarfism say about success in our society

economic success comes to those who are hardest working or competition

How does a "vertically integrated" system of production control manufacturing?

A single company that controls the entire industrial process, from raw materials to final market

Which African American leader supported the use of technical training to obtain economic independence to raise the standard of living for African Americans?

Booker T. Washington

In the late 19th century, why did owners of big businesses generally embrace SocialDwarfism?

Economic success demonstrates fitness too

What factor most allowed manufacturers to build their factories away from rivers.

Electricity

What factors contributed to the immense industrial boom known as the Industrial Revolution?

Government support for businesses, increasing urban population, and abundance of natural resources

Who organized the Industrial Workers of the World and what distinguished them from other unions of the time?

IWW Wobbly, they were radical unionists and accepted african americans got their ranks

during the 1870s and 1880s, how did the railroad industry affect its infrastructure?

It increased the amount of railroad tracks

How did the government adoption of laissez-faire policies influence big businesses

It lead to military regulated business enviroment

In the decades after the Civil War, what was the major result of the shift from single proprietorship to corporate organization?

It raised sums of money

During the late 1800s what economic system would the defenders of Social Dwarfism most likely have supported?

Laissez faire capitalism

What was the significance of the Haymarket Square indigent in 1886?

Lead to federal intervention or labor unions

which made abuse to the passage of the interstate commerce act in 1887 address?

Lower excessive Railroad rates

Why was the oil industry important in the late 19th century?

Lubricant for machinery, replacement for cool energy source

Which factor most limited the growth of labor unions during the late 1800s

Most employers were very hostile towards workers efforts to organize

How did John D Rockefeller make his principal fortune?

Oil and Petrolium

How did the Industrial Revolution affect the population of the US?

Population increase, immigration increase

what was the central factor the further industrialization in the United States between 1865 and 1900

Railroad expansion

In what industry did Andrew Carnegie make his principal fortune?

Steel

Social Dwarfism was based on what aspect of Charles Darwin's theory of biological evolution?

Survival of the fittest

Why were John D Rockefeller, Andre Carnegie, and J. Postponing Morgan sometimes called robber barons?

They used ruthless business tactics against their competitors

According to the map, what region of the country was iron and steel a leading industry?

The Mid Atlantic and Mid West

What made it possible to construct skyscrapers in the 1800s?

The bessemer process/New methods

List the central influences, benefits, and detriments of the railroads between 1860 and 1900

The federal government gave s subsidies economic development nations biggest investors six times more traps and benefits

Where practice is symbolized by the feud figures in the back row of this cartoon

The formation of trusts

Investors Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse made the use of electricity safer and less expensive. What was the most important effect of their innovations?

The use of electricity was widespread in households and business, changing life forever

During the period from 1865 to 1900, so we're disputes between labor and management often settled

The use of violence by both sides

After the civil war, what was one common way business leaders tried to eliminate competition?

They all tried forming monopolies and trusts

What do the Bessemer-Kelly process and the open-hearth process have in common?

They are both methods of producing steel

what is the economic doctrine of laissez-faire

a The marketplace should have no regulations. Natural selection governs whether a business is a success or a failure

Why prior to 1880 were there so to restrictions on immigration to the United States

because industry owners wanted cheaper labor

How were the Homestead strike of 1892 and the Pullman strike of 1894 similar?

both started when management ordered payment cuts for some workers

In the late 1800s what was the common condition of industrial workers in the United States

low wages, long hours, and unsafe working conditions

During the late 1800s, what was the labor unions greatest success in the United States

organized skilled workers and to craft unions

why did the American Federation of labor become the first long lasting successful labor union in United States

they fought for the rights of skilled workers

how did the United States government aid the development of the west during the period from 1865 to 1900

they granted land to railroad companies

During the late 19th century what were Samuel Gompers, Terrence Powderly, and Eugene Debs trying to do?

they try to improve working conditions by organizing labor unions

Why were scabs unpopular with striking workers during the late 1800s?

workers used to break strikes


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