The most significant thing the US government did to contribute to the development of the RR was

land for the track and 10 miles2 of land for every mile laid

The number one pull factor for immigrants coming to the US in the late 1880s was

the chance to obtain the "American Dream"

people-usually WASPs-who had extreme anti-immigrant feelings

In the 1820s factories were built near their power source-rivers in the northeast, in 1870s

they were built near whatever raw material they needed

The number one objective of a corporation was to develop a monopoly - this was achieved by

eliminating all of the corporation's competition

The first industry in America to expand from coast to coast and impact other industries was

The Union and Central Pacific Railroads

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Gilded Age Industrialization

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1
Controlling every aspect of the production process"
Pools
Vertical Integration
Horizontal Integration
Consolidation
2
legislation passed by the federal govt. to regulate railroads in the interest of the public
Homestead Act
Interstate Commerce Act
Morrill Land Grant Act
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
3
applied the theory of natural selection to human competition-justified economic inequalities
Social Darwinism
Social Gospel
Gospel of Wealth
Consolidation
4
belief that wealth was God's will and that one's wealth should be donated for the public good
Social Gospel
Integration
Social Darwinism
Gospel of Wealth
5
The most significant thing the US government did to contribute to the development of the RR was
land for the track and 10 miles2 of land for every mile laid
US Army protection from Native American attacks
promise cash payments and loans for every mile of track laid
as much buffalo for food that the workers could eat
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The number one pull factor for immigrants coming to the US in the late 1880s was
a desire to escape the wars and persecution in Europe
family who had come to the US prior to the Civil War
financial incentives provided by corporations
the chance to obtain the "American Dream"
7
Most immigrants arriving in the US after 1890 settled
in New York City or Chicago
in the Great Plains and Great Basin
on cheaper land in the South
on farms in the midwest
8
Nativists were
immigrants who arrived prior to the Civil War
people-usually WASPs-who had extreme anti-immigrant feelings
Native Americans living in the cities
ranchers & farmers who fought Native Americans for land
9
In the 1820s factories were built near their power source-rivers in the northeast, in 1870s
they were built near whatever raw material they needed
they were built out west, close to the Pacific Ocean
they were built in the south where land was less expensive
they were built in cities like Chicago near the railroad
10
The number one objective of a corporation was to develop a monopoly - this was achieved by
eliminating all of the corporation's competition
getting all workers to purchase the corporation's stock
increasing profits by hiring workers for cheaper wages
starting a business no one else is involved in
11
consolidating with competitors to monopolize a given market
Horizontal Integration
Vertical Integration
Social Darwinism
Pools
12
The first industry in America to expand from coast to coast and impact other industries was
The Union and Central Pacific Railroads
Carnegie Steel
Standard Oil
Swift Meat Packing

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