Mastery Test AKS 40-41 Urbanization and Industrialization

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What derogatory negative/name was given to wealthy entrepreneurs and businessmen during the Industrial Age, who were referred to positively as "Captains of Industry" but exploited workers?

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robber barons

Front

Associated with oil business. His company, Standard Oil, was the nation's first trust.

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John D. Rockefeller

Front

The merging of companies that make similar products.

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Horizontal Integration

Front

What was the strike in Homestead, Pennsylvania, that involved Carnegie Steel Company and the trade union?

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Homestead Strike

Front

This was a nationwide railroad strike in the United States on May 11, 1894 and a turning point for US labor law. It pitted the American Railway Union against the Pullman Company, the main railroads.

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Pullman Strike

Front

The name of the last battle between the Americans and the Indians.

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Battle of Wounded Knee

Front

This technological advancement was made possible by government allowing Railroad companies to take acres of public land.

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Transcontinental Railroad

Front

This act was passed during the Gilded Age to reduce the number of Chinese immigration coming into the US. It showed the anti-Asian sentiment in the USA.

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Chinese Exclusion Act

Front

Who created the American Federation of Labor, the first form of labor unions?

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Samuel Gompers

Front

What was one of the GREATEST contributions Chinese immigrants made to the development of the western United States?

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They played a significant role in the constructing the nation’s railroads.