Save
Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or
show password
Forgot Password?
Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or
Username is available taken
show password


Make sure to remember your password. If you forget it there is no way for StudyStack to send you a reset link. You would need to create a new account. Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.
focusNode
Didn't know it?
click below
 
Knew it?
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
0:00
edit
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how

Stufflet APUSH U6P2

Unit 6--Part 2-- APUSH

TermDefinition
Bessemer Process allowed or mass production of steel; process by which blasted air through molten iron made stronger steel
Andrew Carnegie steel magnate whose steel company used vertical integration to control every phase of the steelmaking process; he became major philanthropist after selling his steel company
J. P. Morgan businessman who bought Carnegie Steel in 1900 for $400 million and formed US Steel
John D. Rockefeller formed Standard Oil and utilized horizontal integration
horizontal integration process by which one company buys out all other companies within the same level of the supply chain
vertical integration process by which one company buys up all other companies at every level of the supply chain
Robber Barons negative term used to describe rich capitalists who were supposedly harming the common man by making millions off products they sold
laissez faire (“let it be”) idea that said business should NOT be regulated by govt, BUT instead by laws of supply and demand
Social Darwinism idea that said rich people were more “fit” of human species; poor people were “unfit”; said welfare would hurt human species by preserving the “unfit”
Thomas Edison invented phonograph, light bulb, generator; set up research facility at Menlo Park, NJ; mass produced electricity
Scientific management/Taylorism idea that to increase efficiency, large jobs were broken into small steps and workers did one thing ALL day
Knights of Labor union led by Terence Powderley; desired socialist society (more radical); included African-Americans and women
American Federation of Labor union led by Samuel Gompers; concentrated on wages and working conditions (less radical); skilled, white, males
Haymarket Riot riot of radical workers in Chicago in 1886 that caused decline in Knights of Labor
Lockouts pressures workers into accepting management’s offer by not letting workers come to work
Blacklisting circulating names of pro-union people so they can’t be hired in industry
Yellow-dog contracts contract that said if workers wanted a job, they couldn’t join union
Pinkerton Guards private guards hired by management to break strikes by force
Homestead Strike strike of Pittsburgh steelworkers in 1892 broken by Pinkerton Guards hired by Andrew Carnegie
Great Migration movement of African-Americans north between 1890 and 1930
Settlement houses community houses run usually by young Protestant women that provided social services for poor immigrants in cities
Jane Addams ran Hull House (settlement house in Chicago)
Foran Act made it illegal for a company to aid in the immigration of laborers by giving them a contract; aimed at unskilled immigrants
Sears and Roebuck one of the 1st mail order catalog companies
"new" immigration comprised of southern and eastern Europeans
Created by: stufflsb
Popular U.S. History sets

 

 



Voices

Use these flashcards to help memorize information. Look at the large card and try to recall what is on the other side. Then click the card to flip it. If you knew the answer, click the green Know box. Otherwise, click the red Don't know box.

When you've placed seven or more cards in the Don't know box, click "retry" to try those cards again.

If you've accidentally put the card in the wrong box, just click on the card to take it out of the box.

You can also use your keyboard to move the cards as follows:

If you are logged in to your account, this website will remember which cards you know and don't know so that they are in the same box the next time you log in.

When you need a break, try one of the other activities listed below the flashcards like Matching, Snowman, or Hungry Bug. Although it may feel like you're playing a game, your brain is still making more connections with the information to help you out.

To see how well you know the information, try the Quiz or Test activity.

Pass complete!
"Know" box contains:
Time elapsed:
Retries:
restart all cards