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Industrialization
#1 This invention increased expansion and development in the West, connecting the region to vital markets in the cities railroads
#2 A place of business where laborers worked long hours for low wages in unsafe conditions factories
#3 This political party helped the expansion of big business and industry Repubicans
#4 This federal law made it illegal for businesses to form trusts, or to conspire together to eliminate competition Sherman Antitrust
#5 Landmark Supreme Court case that allowed the federal government to regulate private industry in order to protect the public interest Munn vs. Illinois
Unions
#1 action that unions take to temporarily stop work in order to achieve goals/redress strike
#2 a replacement worker used to continue business operations when regular employees strike scabs
#3 tactic unions used to negotiate between groups collective bargaining
#4 leader of the mine workers union and the American Railway Union Eugene Debs
#5 event/riot that turned very violent and allowed the public to turn against unions Haymarket Riot
Potuck
#1 a settler on Western land provided by the government Homesteader
#2 Why did the U.S. have unrestricted immigration during the 19th century labor demand
#3 ethnic group that worked on building the transcontinental railroad chinese
#4 explain why farmers were upset with the railroad companies price gouging of transportation costs
#5 The Dawes Act pushed for Native Americans to do this assimilation
Urbanization
#1 home that shared similar walls with other similar homes rowhouse
#2 population of people that made up more than half the population of 18 major U.S. cities by 1910 immigrants
#3 what were three things that affected living conditions in the cities? sanitation, plumbing, fire hazard, overcrowding,
#4 why did immigrants come to the cities? opportunities, jobs
#5 what was the reform movement that used the teachings of Christianity to help the poor? Social Gospel
Robber Barons / Captains of Industry
#1 situation where one industry controls an entire industry monopoly
#2 Scottish immigrant who became a giant in the steel industry Carnegie
#3 the theory that taught that only the strong survive, survival of the fittest Social Darwinism
#4 Rockefeller controlled this industry while Vanderbilt controlled this industry Oil, Railroad
#5 why do corporations have more of an advantage over companies owned by a single person? market power
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