Unit 2 Vocab by Julian Luna https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70 Made with a creative frenzy en-us 2017-10-19 23:44:58 UTC 2017-10-24 02:26:29 UTC hello@padlet.com Laissez Faire- Laissez Faire was a doctrine opposing governmental interference in economic affairs beyond the minimum necessary for the maintenance of peace and property rights rustyhawkeye1141 https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198902196 2017-10-19 23:50:59 UTC https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198902196 Trust- During the progressive Era trusts were used to produce capitalist money and were bad for workers. rustyhawkeye1141 https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198902241 2017-10-19 23:51:18 UTC https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198902241 Robber Baron- They were engaging in unethical business practices, exploiting workers, and paying little heed to their customers or competition. rustyhawkeye1141 https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198902263 2017-10-19 23:51:34 UTC https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198902263 Vertical Integration- vertical integration is the process in which several steps in the production and/or distribution of a product or service are controlled by a single company or entity, in order to increase that company's or entity's power in the marketplace. Like Rockefeller businesses and he controlled all the businesses. rustyhawkeye1141 https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198902379 2017-10-19 23:51:59 UTC https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198902379 Horizontal Integration- means a strategy to increase your market share by taking over a similar company. This take over / merger / buyout can be done in the same geography or probably in other countries to increase your reach. Having all the competitors buying one another to produce more money. rustyhawkeye1141 https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198902417 2017-10-19 23:52:15 UTC https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198902417 Political Machine- During the Progressive area political machines ensured that the votes went their way by giving immigrants things they needed when they first go to the US. rustyhawkeye1141 https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198902449 2017-10-19 23:52:32 UTC https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198902449 Ellis Island- Ellis island was one of the two major immigration spots in the US during the progressive era. rustyhawkeye1141 https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198902520 2017-10-19 23:53:16 UTC https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198902520 Tenements- During the time there was little housing and overcrowding and many people lived in unsanitary tenements. rustyhawkeye1141 https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198902553 2017-10-19 23:53:39 UTC https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198902553 Ethic Enclaves- They made the immigrants come together and made their own diverse cities based on the immigration that happened there. rustyhawkeye1141 https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198902584 2017-10-19 23:53:54 UTC https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198902584 Nativism- It made the nativists the US Americans hate the new immigrants coming into the US. rustyhawkeye1141 https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198902619 2017-10-19 23:54:10 UTC https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198902619 Gilded Age- During this time all the bad and nasty was hidden underneath the good and prosperity. rustyhawkeye1141 https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198902637 2017-10-19 23:54:22 UTC https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198902637 Social Darwinism- This was a time in history where the wealthy and best lived and the ones who were poor and not wealthy had their fate death. rustyhawkeye1141 https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198902929 2017-10-19 23:57:20 UTC https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198902929 Americanization- To make or become an American in character; assimilate to the customs and institutions of the U.S for the new immigrants. rustyhawkeye1141 https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198902950 2017-10-19 23:57:35 UTC https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198902950 Pop party- Organized in St. Louis in 1892 to represent the common folk—especially farmers—against the entrenched interests of railroads, bankers, processors, corporations, and the politicians in league with such interests. rustyhawkeye1141 https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198902993 2017-10-19 23:58:06 UTC https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198902993 Gospel of Wealth- This was the belief of one man named Andrew Carneige who believed the wealthy needed to help the poor. rustyhawkeye1141 https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198903258 2017-10-20 00:00:30 UTC https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198903258 Social Gospel Movement- Arose during the second half of the nineteenth century. Ministers, especially ones belonging to the Protestant branch of Christianity, began to tie salvation and good works together. They argued that people must emulate the life of Jesus Christ. rustyhawkeye1141 https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198903317 2017-10-20 00:00:52 UTC https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198903317 Progressivism- It was the responses to the economic and social problems rapid industrialization introduced to America. rustyhawkeye1141 https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198903379 2017-10-20 00:01:25 UTC https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198903379 Muckraker- During the progressive Era they exposed the horrible conditions of the workers and the reality that no one saw. rustyhawkeye1141 https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198903425 2017-10-20 00:01:52 UTC https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198903425 Meat Inspection Act- The act passed under Teddy Roosevelt ensured the new ways of keeping food sanitary to eat and give to the public. rustyhawkeye1141 https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198903467 2017-10-20 00:02:11 UTC https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198903467 ICC- It was charged with regulating the economics and services of specified carriers engaged in transportation between states. It played a key part in the industries taking advantage of the farmers. rustyhawkeye1141 https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198903511 2017-10-20 00:02:35 UTC https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198903511 Children Bureau 1912- Signed into law by President William Howard Taft in 1912, during the Progressive Era, the U.S. Children's Bureau (CB) is the oldest federal agency for children Protecting children. rustyhawkeye1141 https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198903560 2017-10-20 00:02:55 UTC https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198903560 Sherman Anti Trust Act- The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 was the first measure passed by the U.S. Congress to prohibit trusts. It was named for Senator John Sherman of Ohio, who was a chairman of the Senate finance committee and the Secretary of the Treasury under President Hayes. rustyhawkeye1141 https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198903609 2017-10-20 00:03:19 UTC https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198903609 16th Amendment- The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration. This was implemented by Taft after the Pollock case that involved major trusts. rustyhawkeye1141 https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198903652 2017-10-20 00:03:41 UTC https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198903652 17th Amendment- The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people during the presidential election in 1912. rustyhawkeye1141 https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198903683 2017-10-20 00:03:58 UTC https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198903683 18th Amendment- This is was a sign of prohibition for alcohol banning consuming saying it was illegal. rustyhawkeye1141 https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198903709 2017-10-20 00:04:10 UTC https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198903709 19th Amendment- Allowing women to vote during the mid 19th century. rustyhawkeye1141 https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198903792 2017-10-20 00:04:38 UTC https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198903792 John D Rockefeller- He was the founder of the Standard Oil Company, became one of the world’s wealthiest men critics accused Rockefeller of engaging in unethical practices, such as predatory pricing and colluding with railroads to eliminate his competitors, in order to gain a monopoly in the industry. rustyhawkeye1141 https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198903856 2017-10-20 00:05:00 UTC https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198903856 Andrew Carnegie- Andrew Carnegie was a self-made steel tycoon and one of the wealthiest businessmen of 19th century. rustyhawkeye1141 https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198903914 2017-10-20 00:05:25 UTC https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198903914 JP Morgan- Financed railroads and helped organize U.S. Steel, General Electric and other major corporations. e faced criticism that he had too much power and was accused of manipulating the nation’s financial system for his own gain. rustyhawkeye1141 https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198903945 2017-10-20 00:05:41 UTC https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198903945 Cornelius Vanderbilt- He was a self-made multi-millionaire who became one of the wealthiest Americans of the 19th century. He shifted his focus to the railroad industry, where he built another empire and helped make railroad transportation more efficient. rustyhawkeye1141 https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198903992 2017-10-20 00:06:01 UTC https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198903992 Thomas Edison- Thomas was a American inventor who is considered one of America's leading businessmen. Edison rose from humble beginnings to work as an inventor of major technology. rustyhawkeye1141 https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198904068 2017-10-20 00:06:30 UTC https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198904068 Nikola Tesla- He came to the United States in 1884 and briefly worked with Thomas Edison before the two parted ways. He contributed to the development of the alternating-current electrical system that's widely used today. rustyhawkeye1141 https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198904102 2017-10-20 00:06:48 UTC https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198904102 Henry Ford- Henry Ford revolutionized assembly-line modes of production for the automobile. went on to develop the assembly line mode of production, which revolutionized the industry. rustyhawkeye1141 https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198904118 2017-10-20 00:06:59 UTC https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198904118 Samuel Gompers- American labor leader and first president of the AFL. Shifted the primary goal of American unionism away from social issues and toward the “bread and butter” issues of wages, benefits, hours, and working conditions, all of which could be negotiated through collective bargaining. rustyhawkeye1141 https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198904145 2017-10-20 00:07:16 UTC https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198904145 William “Boss” Tweed- Remembered for political machine, through which he bilked the city of New York of massive sums of money. he and his cronies had control of the city government, corruption became shockingly widespread until his eventual arrest in 1873. rustyhawkeye1141 https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198904222 2017-10-20 00:07:48 UTC https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198904222 Upton Sinclair- Involvement with socialism led to a writing assignment about the plight of workers in the meatpacking industry, eventually resulting in the best-selling novel The Jungle, known as a muck writer he made the people see reality. rustyhawkeye1141 https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198904300 2017-10-20 00:08:21 UTC https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198904300 Jacob Riis- Led by his interest in New York City's tenement life and the harsh conditions people living there endured, he used his camera as a tool to bring about change. 1890 book How the Other Half Lives, Riis put those living conditions on display in a package that wasn't to be ignored, and his career as a social reformer was launched. rustyhawkeye1141 https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198904333 2017-10-20 00:08:37 UTC https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198904333 Lincoln Steffens- American journalist, lecturer, and political philosopher, a leading figure among the writers. Steffens discovered abundant evidence of the corruption of politicians by businessmen seeking special privileges. In 1901 after he became managing editor of McClure's Magazine, he began to publish the influential articles later collected as The Shame of the Cities (1904) rustyhawkeye1141 https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198904383 2017-10-20 00:08:55 UTC https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198904383 Theodore Roosevelt- he brought a new energy to the White House, and won a second term on his own. became known as the great “trust buster” for his strenuous efforts to break up industrial combinations under the Sherman Antitrust Act. rustyhawkeye1141 https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198904409 2017-10-20 00:09:08 UTC https://padlet.com/rustyhawkeye1141/96h5w7vx1m70/wish/198904409