Term 1: Industrialization and Urbanization in America, Quizzes of Humanities

Download Term 1: Industrialization and Urbanization in America and more Quizzes Humanities in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Where were factories located? DEFINITION 1 Close to rivers & major bodies of water so goods and supplies could be transported TERM 2 Pullman Town DEFINITION 2 carefully laid out and strictly controlled towns build by Railroad car company owner William Pullman TERM 3 Social Darwinism DEFINITION 3 Some individuals of a species flourish & pass their things along to the next generation TERM 4 How is Social Darwinism used to justify? DEFINITION 4 Inferior people who deserved their lot in life TERM 5 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire DEFINITION 5 The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city of New York, started from machine oil and cloth TERM 6 Scab DEFINITION 6 Strike Breaker TERM 7 Industrial Consolidation & Trust DEFINITION 7 Forming Industrial Unions ( Eugene Vs. Debs) TERM 8 Industrial Workers of the World DEFINITION 8 an international union, organized by radical unions and socialists for unskilled workers. TERM 9 Interstate Commerce Act DEFINITION 9 law that was designed to regulate the railroad industry, particularly its monopolistic practices. TERM 10 Chinese Exclusion Act DEFINITION 10 law that only let students, teachers, merchants, tourists, & government officials to enter the U.S.