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Factory System
A method of manufactoring first adopted in England at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution -
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Manifest Destiny & Settlement Of The West
expansion of the nation westward -
Nativism
the political position demanding a favored status for certain established inhabitants of a nation -
Trusts & Anti-Trusts
this was the trusts between governenments and how they ran things together as a unit. -
Boss Tweed
a Democratic New York politicaian during the nineteenth century -
Andrew Camegie
A scottish-american industrialist who led the enormous expansion of the Americsn steel industry in the late 19th century. -
John D. Rockefeller
an American industrialist and philanthropist. -
Politicsl Corruption
the use of power by government officials for illegitimate private gain. -
Bessemer Process
the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass- production of steel from molten pig iron. -
Eugene V. Debbss
an American Union leader, one of the founding memebers of the Industrial Workers of the World. -
Teddy Roosevelt
the 26th president of the United States -
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Urbanization
the physical growth of urban areas which result in rural migration and even in suburban concentration into cities. -
The Homestead Act
United States federal laws that gave an applicant ownership of land -
New Inventions
this was a period of a rapid technological process -
The Invention Of The Automobile
Karl Benz invented the first automobile (Benz Patent-Motorwagon) -
Assembly Line
a manufactoring process in which parts are added to a product in sequential manner to create a finished product much faster than with hand-crafting methods. -
Barbed Wire
a type of steel fencing wire -
Growth of Railroads
the railroads gave peopple the ability to travel places faster -
Industrialization in the Gilded Age
had its roots in the civil war, which spurred Congress and the northern states to build more railroads and increased demand for a variety of manufactoring goods. -
Upton Sinclair
an American author who wrote close to one hundred books in many genres. -
The Dawes Act Federal Indian Policy
authorized the President of the united states to survey American Indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual indians -
Assimilation
the process by which a person or a group's language and or culture come to resemble those in another group -
Battle Of Wounded Knee
It was the last battle in the American indian War. -
Political Machines
a political organization in which an authoriative boss or small group commands the support of corps. -
Pure Food And Drug Act
a key piece of progressive era legislation signed by Theodore Roosevelt -
Americanization
influence the united states has on the culture of other countries -
Vertical Integration
it describes a style of growth and management control. -
Horizontal Integration
a strategy where a company creats ir aquires production units for outputs which are alike -
The American Dream
a set of ideals in which freedom includes the oppurtunity for prosperity and sucess -
Labor Unions
legally recognized as representitives of workers in many industries in the United States. -
Immagration
the movement of people into another country or region to which they are not native in order to settle there
