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Chapter 4
history exam!
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History
10th Grade
12/18/2012

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George Westinghouse
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I patented the air-brake system
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Henry Frick
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I was shot by an anarchist @ Homestead
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Eugene Debs.
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I was the leader of the American Railway Union (ARU)
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Gustavus Swift
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I was a butcher who invented a refrigerated railway car
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Alexander Graham Bell
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I invented the telephone
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Bessemee
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I used a process to purify steel to make it stronger and lighter
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John D. Rockefeller
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I owned Standard Oil
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Samuel Morse
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When using the telegraph system a code is named after me
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James Duke
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owner of the American Tobacco Company
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George Pullman
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My company built luxury railroad cars
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Kinghts of labor
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accepted both skilled and unskilled workers
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Knights of labor
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allowed both African American's and Women in their union
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American Federal of labor
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only skilled workers within a specific trade could join this union
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Knights of labor
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this union had goals of broad social reform
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American federal of labor
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the goals of this union were aimed @ improving working conditions and wages
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American Federal of labor
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this union opposed women members
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Hay market square
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Eight anarchists were put on trial for murder after this event
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Homestead
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this event occurred @ Andrew Carnegie's steel mill
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Homestead
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Henry Frick was shot during this event
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Pullman Workers
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this event ended with the arrest of Eugene V. Debs.
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Pullman Workers
Definition
High rent and the high cost of goods @ the company store were part of the reason for this event.
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Pullman Workers
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this event started when luxury railroad car workers were laid off and their wages were cut.
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Laissez-Faire
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limited government involvement
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Monopoly
Definition
complete control of a product or service
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Trust
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companies assign their stock to a board and that board runs the organization
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Protective Tariff
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taxes that made imported goods more costly
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Entrepreneur
Definition
people who invest money in a product in order to make a profit
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Cartel
Definition
business who make the same product agree to limit production so prices remain high
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Corporatization
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a group of investors share the ownership of a business
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Social Darwinism
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this theory believed that wealth is achieved by the smartest ans strongest
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Patent
Definition
the right given to an inventor to develop and sell an invention for a set period of time
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Company town
Definition
housing owned by business and rented out to employees
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