Growth of Industries - Imperialism Standards 11 – 14 Unit 4 Flashcards Growth of Industries - Imperialism Standards 11 – 14

Standard 11 Flashcards Impact of railroads on steel industry Impact of railroads in the development of the West Transcontinental Railroad Use of Chinese labor on railroads Inventions of Thomas Edison Organization of Big Business John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil Company Rise of trusts and monopolies

Impact of railroads on steel industry #181 Impact of railroads on steel industry Standard 11 Railroads are made out of steel Leads to growth of cities, which need steel to build Transports tell to West

Impact of railroads in the development of the West #182 Impact of railroads in the development of the West Standard 11 Made it easier to move out West More cities were built Forced Indians off of land

Transcontinental Railroad #183 Transcontinental Railroad Standard 11 Connects the East coast of the US to the West coast

Use of Chinese labor on railroads #184 Use of Chinese labor on railroads Standard 11 Chinese labor was used to build railroads because it was cheap Led to anti-Asian sentiment on the West coast (over jobs)

Inventions of Thomas Edison #185 Inventions of Thomas Edison Standard 11 Electric Light Bulb: allows greater use of electricity to homes and businesses (electric company) Motion Pictures: entertainment, documenting history, propaganda, eposes people to more issues Phonograph: radio, transmits sound (pres. speeches, media)

Organization of Big Business #186 Organization of Big Business Standard 11 Created through monopolies and/or trusts

John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil Company #187 John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil Company Standard 11 Monopolized 90% of oil industry (Standard Oil Company) Used money to influence politicians

Rise of trusts and monopolies #188 Rise of trusts and monopolies Standard 11 Trusts = businesses working together to control industries Monopoly = 1 person or company controls an industry (eliminates competition)

Standard 12 Flashcards Sitting Bull Battle of Wounded Knee Ellis Island Change in immigrants’ origins to southern and eastern Europe Impact of immigration on urban America

Sitting Bull Chief of Sioux Indian Tribe #189 Sitting Bull Standard 12 Chief of Sioux Indian Tribe Surrendered at the Battle of Little Bighorn Last major Indian leader to oppose the US government

#190 Battle of Wounded Knee Standard 12 Last major battle between the US government and Native Americans Ended Native American resistance

Ellis Island Immigration station on the East Coast #191 Ellis Island Standard 12 Immigration station on the East Coast Asked questions, literacy test, medical evaluations Method of interrogating immigrants was not always fair

Changes in immigrant’s origins to southern and eastern Europe #192 Changes in immigrant’s origins to southern and eastern Europe Standard 12 Increasing number of immigrants arriving from southern and eastern Europe Different languages, ethnicities, religions made it harder to assimilate

Impact of immigration on urban America #193 Impact of immigration on urban America Standard 12 Overcrowding of cities, poor and unsanitary conditions Development of ethnic communities Most immigrants are unskilled workers (factories, mines, etc)

Standard 13 Flashcards Jim Crow Laws Plessy v. Ferguson American Federation of Labor and Samuel Gompers 1894 Pullman Strike Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle Jane Addams and Hull House NAACP Ida Tarbell Initiative Recall Referendum Direct Election of Senators Reform of Labor Laws Efforts to improve living conditions for the poor in cities The role of Theodore Roosevelt in the Conservation Movement

#194 Jim Crow Laws Standard 13 Laws designed to keep blacks inferior to whites following Reconstruction Segregated blacks and whites

Plessy v. Ferguson “Separate but Equal” is LEGAL (segregation) #195 Plessy v. Ferguson Standard 13 “Separate but Equal” is LEGAL (segregation) Overturned later by Brown v. BOE

American Federation of Labor to Samuel Gompers #196 American Federation of Labor to Samuel Gompers Standard 13 Labor Union that combined different crafts Founded by Samuel Gompers

#197 1894 Pullman Strike Standard 13 George Pullman owned a company that made railway cars…created a town for his employees to live in (Pullman, IL) Raised prices in town, but not wages Employes went on strike

Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle #198 Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle Standard 13 Upton Sinclair was a muckraker Wrote a book called “The Jungle” which exposed bad conditions in the meat-packing industry

Jane Addams and Hull House #199 Jane Addams and Hull House Standard 13 Social worker who created a settlement house (Hull House) Purpose of Hull House was to help the poor and immigrants to get “on their feet” in America

#200 NAACP Standard 13 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (first “civil rights” organization)

Exposes Rockefeller’s monopoly #201 Ida Tarbell Standard 13 Ida Tarbell was a muckraker who wrote “The History of the Standard Oil Company” Exposes Rockefeller’s monopoly

Initiative Legislation originating from the people, not law-makers #202 Initiative Standard 13 Legislation originating from the people, not law-makers spreads democracy

Recall Special election to remove an elected official #203 Recall Standard 13 Special election to remove an elected official spreads democracy

#204 Referendum Standard 13 The people get to vote on proposed legislation (can vote on initiatives) spreads democracy

Direct Election of Senators #205 Direct Election of Senators Standard 13 17th Amendment – allows the people of a state to vote for their state’s senators (this power which was previously held by the state governments) spreads democracy

#206 Reform of Labor Laws Standard 13 Government begins passing legislation to regulate working conditions Child labor Labor Unions

Efforts to improve living conditions for the poor in cities #207 Efforts to improve living conditions for the poor in cities Standard 13 Hull House (settlement houses) Building codes for housing Water treatment facilities

The role of Theodore Roosevelt in the Conservation Movement #208 The role of Theodore Roosevelt in the Conservation Movement Standard 13 1st President to urge Americans to conserve natural resources Established conservation areas (parks, etc.)

Standard 14 Flashcards Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 Spanish-American War War in the Philippines Debate over American expansionism Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine Creation of the Panama Canal

Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 #209 Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 Standard 14 Bans Chinese immigration due to anti-Asian sentiment on the West Coast

#210 Spanish-American War Standard 14 US goes to war with Spain to help Cuba win independence (business interests) Yellow Journalism USS Maine De Lome Letter US wins

#211 War in the Philippines Standard 14 US obtained the Philippines through the Spanish-American War Filipinos want their independence from US Fought for 3 years US grants independence on July 4, 1946

Debate over American expansionism #212 Debate over American expansionism Standard 14 Should the US expand its “empire” Business interest = yes Progressive = No (deal with US problems 1st) Imperialist = yes (military strength, new markets, cultural superiority

Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine #212 Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine Standard 14 Establishes the US as an “international police power” in Latin America Makes it more likely that US will intervene in world affairs

Creation of the Panama Canal #213 Creation of the Panama Canal Standard 14 Panama Canal connects Atlantic and Pacific Ocean = shortens trade route US helps Panama win independence from Columbia before building canal US has to protect canal