Dcush 1302 Final Review Questions and Answers
Dcush 1302 Final Review Interstate Commerce Act - Answer- law passed to regulate railroad and other interstate businesses John D. Rockefeller - Answer- -created standard oil and gained control of 90% of the nations oil refining -set up trusts to help keep control of all buisness in each state, without allowing for state regulations -horizontal integration Andrew Carnegie - Answer- -steel production -vertical integration -Bessemer Steel Process -Gospel of Wealth: "not evil, but good" of the accumulation of wealth Social Darwinism - Answer- -survival of the fittest -wealthy people were rich due to being fittest and should not be prevented from acquiring more wealth Herbert Spencer - Answer- created the concept of social darwinism Dawes Severalty Act - Answer- -surveryed native lands, apportioned the natives each 160 acres to farm individually -had to assimilate to customs of white man Thomas Edison - Answer- -created Direct Current(DC) -beat Tesla by partnering with J.P. Morgan, creating General Electric J.P. Morgan - Answer- -bought out smaller fledgling buisnesses -bought out Carnegie Steel -first billion dollar corporation Samuel Gompers - Answer- Created the American Federation of Labor Knights of Labor - Answer- embraced all labor, including women and blacks, increasing its members and power Booker T. Washington - Answer- -equal treatment for blacks -emphasized hard work and personal development rather than rebellion -popular figure among white reformers Pendleton Act - Answer- -limited practice of campaign contributions from federal employees -established rules on how officials could raise funds Urbanization - Answer- -major cities experience boom in population -problems of sanitation and usable water
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