Tammany Hall of the late 19th century was -a democratic political machine that controlled New York City politics Which of the following is most related to the oil industry? -John D. Rockefeller The Credit Mobilier scandal involved what business? -Railroad Which author is credited with coining the term Gilded Age? -Mark Twain The Pendleton Act was in response to the -assassination of President Garfield In the last third of the nineteenth century‚ steel became a more widely used material
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education but not in the contained walls. Gatto says “Throughout most of the American history‚ kids generally didn’t go to high school‚ yet the unschooled rose to be admirals‚ like Farragut; inventors‚ like Edison; captains of industry‚ like Carnegie and Rockefeller; writers‚ like Melville and Twain and Conrad; and even scholars‚ like Margaret Mead”. I on the other hand half disagree with him. I believe we do need some sort of routine. Obviously these men did not go through a 20th century high school
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to achieve that purpose. The Flexner Report was embraced as the definition of the academic model that was to characterize American medical education up to the present. Its success was importantly assured by the huge financial gifts of the Rockefeller and Carnegie Foundations. The powerful stimulus of philanthropy money also affected the fashion in which medical
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How a Changing Economy can impact the rest of the Country The economy has helped people in America throughout different periods of time. Immigration had a decent impact on American life. The immigrants came to America for a better life rather than being in their own country where there was probably a crisis going on or maybe even a war. Sometimes this meant taking hundreds of our American jobs. The Progressive era also had an effect on our country’s economy. The changing economy has helped our country’s
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Princeton University Press‚ 1957. Kaplan‚ Edward S. The Bank of the United States and the American Economy. West Port‚ CT: Greenwood Press‚ 1999. Markham‚ Jerry. A Financial History of the United States Volume 1 From Christopher Columbus to the Robber Barons (1492-1900). Armonk‚ NY: M.E. Sharp Inc.‚ 2004. Thomas Jefferson‚ Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank‚ February 15‚ 1791 Samuelson‚ Paul and Krooss‚ Herman‚ Documentary History of Banking and Currency in the United States (Boston
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period during the Gilded Age‚ late 18th century to early 19th century‚ America’s industrial economy exploded‚ creating pioneering opportunities for individuals to erect substantial wealth. Industrial giants like Andrew Carnegie‚ Cornelius Vanderbilt‚ J.P. Morgan‚ and John D. Rockefeller transformed business and launched in the modern corporate economy‚ but also‚ at times‚ eliminated free-market economic competition through the use of monopolies. Overall national wealth increased significantly‚ but many
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Indiana‚ Ohio)‚ or D (Nor. Carolina‚ So. Carolina‚ Georgia)? Group D‚ (Georgia‚ Nor. Carolina‚ So. Carolina). 8. The railroad building boom during the 19th century contributed to? It contributed to the coal and oil industry‚ helped Rockefeller and Carnegie
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Unit 2 Study Guide Industrialization/Immigration 1. Importance of Steel 2. John D. Rockefeller 3. Andrew Carnegie 4. Mass production 5. Thomas Edison 6. Monopolies 7. Horizontal/vertical integration 8. Entrepreneur 9. Corporation 10. American Federation of Labor 11. Haymarket Riot 12. Pullman Strike 13. International Commerce Commission (ICC) 14. Steerage 15. Sweatshop 16. Sherman Anti-Trust Act 17. Karl
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Vocabulary Lesson 1 1. gauge- width of a train track 2. network- system of connected railroad lines 3. consolidate- combine 4. rebate- discount 5. pool- system in which several railroad companies agreed to divide up the buisness in an area Lesson 2 1. Bessemer process- method developed in the 1850s to produce strongersteel at a lower cost. 2. vertical integration- practice in which a single manufacturer controls all of the steps used to change raw materials into finished products. 3
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influence and character shaped the business world more so than any other person at the turn of the century. Morgan was a banker‚ railroad czar‚ industrialist‚ financier‚ philanthropist‚ yachtsman‚ and ladies’ man. He was king to a handful of millionaire barons who controlled the country’s wealth in an era of little government regulation. The wealth of the Morgan family did not begin with Pierpont but with his grandfather Joseph Morgan. Joseph prospered as a hotelkeeper in Hartford‚ Connecticut. He helped
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