Flashcards Mod 4 Immigration & Urbanization (AD)

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In order to control the raw materials and transportation systems, Andrew Carnegie 

used________________________________, a process by which he bought out his suppliers.

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Vertical integration

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Created a monopoly in the steel industry by using vertical and horizontal integration.  He first increased profits by using new machinery and accounting systems to cut costs.

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Andrew Carnegie

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The key figure in the labor movement creating the American Federation of Labor.  He pushed for worker rights to picket, boycott, and strike to gain better pay and working conditions.

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Samuel Gompers

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Created the American Railway Union for both skilled and unskilled workers.  He will turn to socialism and by the Socialist Party candidate for US president 5 times.

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Eugene V. Debs

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Purchased small railroads and linked them together creating a transportation network called the New York Central Railroad.  When he died he controlled 4,500 miles of railroad and was one of the richest men in America.

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Cornelius Vanderbilt

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New York City reporter who wrote the book How The Other Half Lives, exposing the horrors of tenement housing.

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Jacob Riis

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Cofounder of Hull House, the first social service center in the United States located in Chicago.  Later she will push for equal rights for women and African Americans, joining the NAACP, 

and wins the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Jane Addams

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Political Boss of the Democratic Party’s Tammany Hall in New York City. Exposed and convicted of fraud and extortion in 1873 and died in prison in 1878.

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Boss Tweed

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Democratic President who signed the Interstate Commerce Act, used federal troops to end the Pullman strike, vetoed 414 bills in his first term, and only non-consecutive term president.

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Grover Cleveland

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Republican President who signed the Sherman Antitrust Act which outlawed trusts and Monopolies, and signed the McKinley Tariff Act of 1890, the highest tariff at that point of U.S. 

history.

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Benjamin Harrison