Ayers Chapter 17 Review
"The Economic Transformation of America" (1877-1887)

Terms

Interstate Commerce Act
robber barons
Rockefeller, John D.
horizontal integration
trust
Carnegie, Andrew
vertical organization
Edison, Thomas A.
National Labor Union
Knights of Labor
Haymarket Riot
AF of L
Social Darwinism
Geronimo
Dawes Act
Homestead Act
Glidden, Joseph
Redeemers
sharecropping
Civil Rights Cases

Questions to Consider

1) What was the impact of railroads on American life?
2) How did Carnegie and Rockefeller change American business?
3) What were the problems farmers in the West and South following Reconstruction?