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Cumulative Flashcards AP US

This is a set of flash cards that covers the entire year of US History.

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vertical integrationCarnegie's combining all phases of manufacturing into one organization
horizontal integrationRockefeller's- allying with competetos to monopolize a given manufacturing
HillbilliesPeople who work in factories
Henry GradyEditor od Atlanta Constitution; Wanted the south to outplay the north at the commercial and industrial game
The Atchison (1884); Topeka and Santa Fe (1884); Southern Pacific New Orleans-San Francisco(1884)Did not recieve government land grants but did recieve land from donations
Standard OilCartoon making fun of Standard Oil- an octopus holding all branches of the government
Bessemer Processproces of making cheap steel
190192,536 miles of railway(1865-35,000 miles
Haymarket Square BombingMay 4, 1886; killed several people and police; 8 anarchists were arrested; John P. Altgold pardoned some of them in 1892
1901U.S. Steel Corp. formed
Assembly Lines; Bob Mill Macon,GA1890-assembley lines provided jubs for sime-skilled immigrants;Many children under 16 worked in factories until Fair Labor Srandards Act in 1938
Cornelius VanderbiltEstablished a shipping-land transit accross Nicaragua; Ran from New York to Chicago on more than 4,500 miles of track
The Knights of Labor1869- Welcomed all except liquor dealers, professinal gamblers, lawyers, bankers, and stokbrokers
Samuel GompersAmerican Federation of Labor President
James HillThe Great Northern (Finished in 1893)
James BuchannanMass produced ciggarettes; American Tobacco Company; Duke University, NC
The Big FourEx-governor of California Leland Stanford; A lobbyist-Collis Hunntington
Federal Land Grants to RailroadsRight of way 100 yards; One sqaure mile granted on either side
Industrial AmericaBy end of 19th century America produced world's largest Industrial output
1879Edison invents the electric light (Genius is one percent inspiration and 99% perspiration)
TRUSTlong scale business organization
Colored National Labor Unionblacks formed this in response to being rejected from the National Labor Union
J.P. MorganMost influential banker of his day- he symbolizes the arrogance of financial capitalism.
MorganInterlocking Directories
VanderbiltHelped popularize steel tracks instead of iron ones; made over $100 million dollars; donated $1 million to Vanderbilt University in Tennessee
Northern Pacific RailroadStarts in Duluth, MN and ends in Washington; Cut path through Beaver Creek Valley in North Dakota (Big Cut); Opened in 1883
Russell Cornwell"Not a poor person in US that was not made poor by his own shortcomings
Credit MobilerConstruction Company which pocketed $73 million with only $50 million worth of construction
Lockout; yellow dog contractsCorporation bosses would lockout rebelious subjects until submission
Central Pacific RailroadBuilt U.P. from Sacramento eastward


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