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Ch. 10 Flashcards

1
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travois

A

a sled pulled by a dog or a horse

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2
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dividends

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share of a corporation’s profit

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3
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triangle fire

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fire in 1911 at the triangle shirtwaist factory that killed nearly 150 people

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4
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jerky

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dried meat

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5
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who invented the moving assembly line

A

henry ford

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6
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first american corporation to be worth $1 billion

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US steel company

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7
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when did airplanes become widely used

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during/after world war 1- useful because they could be used to see the enemy location, they could travel 40 mph, and could drop bomb on enemy positions

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8
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john d. rockefeller

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bought up oil refineries, slashed prices to eliminate competition, and utilized supply and demand to increase sales

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9
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wounded knee creek

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shot mistakenly fired, led to people shooting at each other

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10
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andrew carnegie

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controlled the steel industry by buying out rivals, buying iron mines, railroads, steamline ships, and warehouses- gave millions to charities because he believed in the “gospel of wealth”

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11
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j.p. morgan’s industry

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US steel company

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12
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tepee

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tents made by stretching buffalo skin on tall poles

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13
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where was sitting bull killed

A

wounded knee creek

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14
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supply and demand

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an economic theory in which the price of a resource is determined by the availability of the resource and the demand for it

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15
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haymarket riot

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labor rally in chicago that ended in violence when a bomb exploded

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16
Q

4 examples of what bulls were used for

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food
shelter
clothing
tools

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17
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wright brothers

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orville and wilbur wright flew the first plane which flew 150 feet in 12 seconds

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18
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anarchists

A

people who oppose all forms of organized government

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19
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where did sitting bull get killed

A

wounded knee creek

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20
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andrew carnegie’s company

A

carnegie steel

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21
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strikebreaker

A

replacements for striking workers

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22
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reservation

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a limited area of land set aside for native americans

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23
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who bought who’s company and what were the names of the companies

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j.p. morgan bout andrew carnegie’s industry- carnegie steel became the US steel company

24
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afl (american federation of labor )

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organization of trade unions that represented skilled workers

25
Q

sherman antitrust act

A

a law that banned the formation of trusts and monopolies of the US

26
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trade union

A

a union of persons working in the same trade

27
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battle of little bighorn

A

battle where 225 soldiers from the 7th calvary where col. george a. custer were killed by indians led by sitting bull and crazy horse

28
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corral

A

enclosure

29
Q

corporation

A

business owned by investors

30
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fort laramie treaty

A

native americans had to stay in one place in exchange for gov. protection and aid

31
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who created the standard oil company

A

john d. rockefeller

32
Q

3 captains of industry

A

andrew carnegie- carnegie steel industry
j.p. morgan- US steel industry
john d. rockefeller- standard oil company

33
Q

thomas edison

A

built a research lab in ny, invented the light bulb, phonograph, first electric power plant, and moving pictures and short movies

34
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bessemer process

A

william kelly and henry bessemer discovered a new way to make steel, it enabled the production of steel at a low cost; railroads replaced iron with steel

35
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why were trusts good and why were they bad

A

they were good because they could compete by selling the best products at the lowest prices and the wages increased; they were bad because they eliminated competition and hurt smaller businesses

36
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what did capitalism own and what did this allow companies to do

A

private citizens with a free market; to sell and buy goods as needed

37
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vertical integration

A

gaining control of all the steps used to change raw materials into finished products

38
Q

another creek where 150 innocent people were killed

A

sound creek massacre

39
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sweatshops

A

workplace where people labor long hours in poor conditions for poor pay

40
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ilgwu (international ladies’ garments workers union)

A

union of garment workers

41
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trust

A

a group of corporations run by a single board of directors

42
Q

where did the first airplane fly

A

kitty hawk, north carolina

43
Q

what happened on the plains with the buffalo and who did this hurt and why

A

buffalo were killed by buffalo hunters, this hurt the plains’ indians because they used the buffalo for a lot of things

44
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alexander graham bell

A

invented the phone

45
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when did planes first catch on

A

after world war II

46
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scarcity

A

a state of limited sources

47
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standard oil company

A

company created by john d. rockefeller, it was a monopoly that controlled 95% of america’s oil company

48
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moving assembly line

A

greatly reduced time to make an automobile and mass production of cars and other products started soon after

49
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capitalism

A

business owned by private citizens

50
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collective bargaining

A

the right of unions to negotiate with management for workers as a group

51
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j.p. morgan

A

used banking skills to make high profits to control corporations, bought up troubled corporation and reduced competition

52
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monopoly

A

a company or group having control over all or nearly all of the business in an industry

53
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knights of labor

A

american labor organization to protect the rights of workers

54
Q

stock

A

partial ownership of the company

55
Q

dawes act

A

gave land to native americans by dividing reservations for farming to adopt to white customs; land was not good for farming so the native americans sold the land to white settlers

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