Period 6 by https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds Made with a wink and a smile en-us 2017-02-02 20:51:24 UTC 2017-02-02 23:13:06 UTC hello@padlet.com Transcontinental Railroad kwilliams011100 https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151299399 it linked the eastern railroad system with California's railroad system, revolutionizing transportation in the west, A railroad that stretches across a continent from coast to coast. The Transcontinental Railroad made it so that it was easier to for mail and goods to travel faster and cheaper.]]> 2017-02-02 21:00:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151299399 Boom Towns kwilliams011100 https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151299913 Towns that would pop up near mining areas that was practically built over night. It started out with some men looking for gold.

]]> 2017-02-02 21:03:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151299913 Ghost Towns kwilliams011100 https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151312612 towns that did not have railroads going through them; attracted little business.]]> 2017-02-02 22:11:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151312612 Ghost Dance kwilliams011100 https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151312846 A cult that tried to call the spirits of past warriors to inspire the young braves to fight. It was crushed at the Battle of Wounded Knee after spreading to the Dakota Sioux.]]> 2017-02-02 22:13:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151312846 Reservation System kwilliams011100 https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151313250 The system that allotted land with designated boundaries to Native American tribes in the west, beginning in the 1850s and ending with the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887.]]> 2017-02-02 22:15:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151313250 Dawes Severalty Act 1887 kwilliams011100 https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151313478 An act that broke up Indian reservations and distributed land to individual households.]]> 2017-02-02 22:16:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151313478 Gilded Age kwilliams011100 https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151313639 The time of economic growth, the second industrial revolution, urbanization, immigration, and political/economic corruption.]]> 2017-02-02 22:17:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151313639 Stalwarts kwilliams011100 https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151313795 FRACTION OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY; led by Roscoe Conkling; favored machine politics; support patronage]]> 2017-02-02 22:18:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151313795 Half Breeds kwilliams011100 https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151313888 FRACTION OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY; led by James G Blaine; favored reform; against patronage]]> 2017-02-02 22:19:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151313888 Pendleton Civil Service Act 1883 kwilliams011100 https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151314009 was the federal legislation that created a system in which federal employees were chosen based upon competitive exams. ]]> 2017-02-02 22:19:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151314009 The " Solid South" kwilliams011100 https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151314204 After Reconstruction, the South became extremely Democratic. Once they gained control, the Democrats cut back expenses, wiped out social programs, lowered taxes, and limited the rights of tenants and sharecroppers. These white southerners remained a major force in national politics ]]> 2017-02-02 22:21:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151314204 Exodusters kwilliams011100 https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151314770 Name given to African Americans who fled the Southern United States for Kansas in 1879 and 1880 because of racial oppression and rumors of the reinstitution of slavery.]]> 2017-02-02 22:24:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151314770 Jacob Riis- How the other half lives kwilliams011100 https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151314946 A journalist, photographer, and reformer, Jacob August Riis publicized the plight of immigrants in New York City slum tenements. His photographs, articles, and books focused on the squalid living conditions of the city's poor and spurred legislation to improve those conditions.]]> 2017-02-02 22:25:09 UTC https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151314946 Ethnic Enclave kwilliams011100 https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151315247 urban areas, within which culturally distinct minority communities maintain ways of life largely separate from those of the generally larger communities that surround them.]]> 2017-02-02 22:27:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151315247 Americanization kwilliams011100 https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151315425 A movement designed to assimilate people of wide ranging cultures into the dominate culture. This social movement was sponsored by the government and concerned citizens.]]> 2017-02-02 22:28:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151315425 Tammany Hall, Williams " Boss" Tweed and George W. Plunkitt kwilliams011100 https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151315556 Founded by anti-federalist William Mooney, it is the name for the New York Democratic party machine. It gained a great reputation for its corrupt practices, and was opposed by reform groups. It began to gain power with the rise of Boss Tweed in 1868. Its leader, Alfred E. Smith, ran for president of the United States.He was an important figure in New York's political machine, the Tammany Society.]]> 2017-02-02 22:29:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151315556 Thomas Nast kwilliams011100 https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151316015 A famous caricaturist and editorial cartoonist in the 19th century and is considered to be the father of American political cartooning. His artwork was primarily based on political corruption. He helped people realize the corruption of some politicians]]> 2017-02-02 22:32:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151316015 Chinese Exclusion Act kwilliams011100 https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151316197 882, halted Chinese immigration to America; Started when people of the West Coast attributed declining wages and economic troubles to the hated Chinese workers]]> 2017-02-02 22:33:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151316197 Laissez Faire economics kwilliams011100 https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151316380 government keep hands off business and according to some, help guide business along the path to profits.]]> 2017-02-02 22:34:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151316380 " New South" kwilliams011100 https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151316755 government keep hands off business and according to some, help guide business along the path to profits.]]> 2017-02-02 22:36:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151316755 Social Darwinism kwilliams011100 https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151317423 This was a belief held by many that stated that the rich were rich and the poor were poor due to natural selection in society. This was the basis of many people who promoted a laissez fairee style of economy.]]> 2017-02-02 22:40:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151317423 Vertical and Horizontal Integration kwilliams011100 https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151318415 Vertical Integration
A single company owns and controls the entire process from raw materials to the maufacture and sale of the finished product.
Horizontal Integration
The combining of many firms engaged in the same type of business into one large corporation.
]]> 2017-02-02 22:48:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151318415 Monopolies, Trust, and holding companies kwilliams011100 https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151318854 Monopoly
When a single company achieves control of an entire market. Trusts
A legal concept that allows one person, called a trustee, to manage another person's property.Holding Company
A company that owns the stock of companies that produce goods, but doesn't actually produce anything itself.
]]> 2017-02-02 22:52:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151318854 Robber Barons kwilliams011100 https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151319090 Refers to the industrialists or big business owners who gained huge profits by paying their employees extremely low wages. ]]> 2017-02-02 22:54:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151319090 Cornelius Vanderbilt kwilliams011100 https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151319296 Owned New York Central Railroad]]> 2017-02-02 22:55:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151319296 Andrew Carnegie kwilliams011100 https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151319389 A Scottish immigrant who grew to monopolize the steel industry through vertical integration, but eventually sold out to JP Morgan.]]> 2017-02-02 22:56:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151319389 John D. Rockerfeller kwilliams011100 https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151319442 Created the Standard Oil Company through the use of trusts/horizontal integration, vertical integration, hiring scientists, and being thorough and ruthless.]]> 2017-02-02 22:57:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151319442 JP Morgan kwilliams011100 https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151319512 Banker who took control of railroad industry through cutting fixed costs, eliminating competition and rebates, and establishing a "voting trust".]]> 2017-02-02 22:58:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151319512 Knights of Labor kwilliams011100 https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151319560 Established by Uriah S. Stephens, platform included an 8 hour work day and abolition of child labor; taken over by Powderly.]]> 2017-02-02 22:58:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151319560 American federation Of Labor kwilliams011100 https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151319645 Loose alliance of national craft unions calling for higher wages, shorter hours, and vetter working conditions; established by Samuel Gompers]]> 2017-02-02 22:59:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151319645 Industrial Workers of the World kwilliams011100 https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151319672 This radical union aimed to unite the American working class into one union to promote labor's interests. It worked to organize unskilled and foreign-born laborers, advocated social revolution and led several major strikes. ]]> 2017-02-02 22:59:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151319672 Great Railroad Strike of 1877 kwilliams011100 https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151320072 A group of railroad workers on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad rose up and began to strike due to wage cuts. This spread up and down the railroad line across the nation. Railroad roadhouse were torched. President Rutherford B. Hayes sent in troops to stop the strike. 100 people died in the strike.]]> 2017-02-02 23:04:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151320072 Gibson Girl kwilliams011100 https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151320373 The personification of a feminine ideal as portrayed in the satirical pen-and-ink-illustrated stories created by illustrator Charles Dana Gibson during a 20-year period spanning the late nineteenth and early twentieth century in the United States.]]> 2017-02-02 23:06:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151320373 The Progressive Era kwilliams011100 https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151320660 A movement, or groups of different reform movements, that took place at the turn of the 20th century until WWI directly caused by industrialization and urbanization. ]]> 2017-02-02 23:09:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kwilliams011100/c4u472y3e9ds/wish/151320660