IBHA Review

Factors affecting growth of the American economy in the late 1800s were the development of railroads between factory towns and the transcontinental railroad , reducing shipping time for goods . The Bessemer process made high-quality steel cheaper to produce . The telephone and telegraph made communication possible over long distances Immigrants provided an abundant , cheap , supply of labor

The Homestead Strike of 1892 pitted the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers (AA ) against Carnegie Steel . It was the first organized large-scale strike . The AA eventually gave in and lost support among other labor

unions . It eventually disbanded . For the next forty years , Carnegie steel plants were not unionized

In 1877 , Baltimore and Ohio railroad workers in West Virginia went on strike . The strike spread as far east as Philadelphia , and as far west as Illinois . As a result , unions became better organized , and the number of strikes increased

Holding companies , trusts , and mergers reduce competition . Less competition means fewer choices in the market place , and a tendency towards fixed prices

Yellow journalism is reporting that emphasizes sensational stories with little informative content over real news . Its modern day equivalent is tabloid journalism

As a result of the Spanish-American War , Spain lost her remaining colonies in the western hemisphere . The United States annexed them built naval bases in the Pacific , iand became a more powerful nation

After the Spanish-American War , the United States annexed the Phillipine Islands . At the same time , a revolutionary group on the islands declared independence from Spain . Neither the...