Module 5 Flashcards

Module 5 Flashcards

Assessment

Flashcard

Social Studies

9th - 12th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

Created by

Leah Swinson

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

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John D Rockefeller

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Founder of the Standard Oil Company, he later became a philanthropist and donated much of his personal fortune

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

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Andrew Carnegie

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Born in Scotland, he moved with his family to Pennsylvania where he later worked for the railroads. He founded a steel works company that later merged into US Steel, the first corporation to be valued over $1 billion. He later retired, founded a university, and donated much of his personal fortune.

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

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Henry Bessemer

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An English businessman and inventor who patented a better method of making steel in the 1850s

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

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Homestead Steel Works Strike of 1892

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A strike provoked by Henry Clay Frick and Andrew Carnegie that began when they refused to negotiate a new union contract and shut workers out of the factory. The state militia was summoned to bust the union. Steel remained nonunionized until the Great Depression.

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

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Henry Clay Frick

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Andrew Carnegie's deputy at US Steel, he was deeply anti-union and sought to bar union participation in the factories.

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

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US Steel

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The first corporation to be valued at more than $1 billion, it was a merger of all the major steel manufacturers into one company headed by Andrew Carnegie.

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

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The Great Railroad Strike of 1877

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A strike that began in Martinsburg, West Virginia when workers brought trains to a standstill after two successive pay cuts. Nonunion strikers were forced back to work, leading to distrust between workers and management.

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