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| biggest problem was breaking up the sod in the earth |
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| who invented barbed wire? |
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| Let the Sioux stay there forever |
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| movement to return to traditional Indian ways |
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| assimilation of the native americans was a response to? |
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| helen hunt jackson's book -- "a century of dishonor" |
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| indians that went to live up in canada; americans stopped them at the border, forced them to live on reservation |
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| culturally insensitive, quit dealing with native americans as tribal nations, like homestead act but for indians |
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| causes of america's industrial growth? |
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| abundant labor supply, natural resources, advanced transportation network, plentiful capital, new technology, talented entrepeneurs |
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| pioneer of the railroad industry? |
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| two major results of the RR industry? |
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| 1. promoted settlement on the great plains 2. linked east and west, created a nat'l market |
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| JP morgan bought up the railroad industry, had a monopoly. farmers & ranchers suffered because of the monopoly. |
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| Granger laws/Interstate Commerce Act? |
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| states started regulating interstate commerce; unconstitutional |
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| the bessemer process did what? |
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| allowed HQ steel to be made but also made it more affordable |
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| vertical integration? who used it? |
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| andrew carnegie. he controlled every step of the production process. |
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| oil industry started where? who was the biggest name in the industry? |
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| titusville, PA. John D. Rockefeller |
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| horizontal integration? who used it? |
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| rockefeller. taking over competitors in a given market like walmart vs. albertsons |
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| adam smith is considered the father of what? |
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| The "invisible hand" was an early name for what? |
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| Herbert Spencer did what? |
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| took Darwin's idea and applied it to society; "natural selection"/survival of the fittest |
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| idea that philanthropy was very important |
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| light bulb, personal camera, telephone, telegraph |
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| Who invented the telegraph? the transatlantic cable? the telephone? |
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| Samuel F.B. Morse. Cyrus W. Field. Alexander Graham Bell. |
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| results of industrialization? |
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| concentration of wealth was not balanced, more women working, expanding middle class |
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| management tactics against unions and strikes? |
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| lockouts, blacklists, yellow-dog contracts, state militias, court injunctions |
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| they were often divided; cohesiveness was difficult to achieve |
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| most significant workers' strike and why? |
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| Great Railroad Strike of 1877. Crippled transportation network. Spread to 11 other states. Pres. Hayes used military to stop the strikes. |
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| Nat'l labor union was important because? |
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| first attempt to organize all workers in all states, skilled or unskilled. |
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| Pullman strike was significant because? |
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| the U.S. gov't was directly affected by the strike. linking RR cars to mail trains. |
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| ruled that court injunctions could be used against strikes |
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