HST 110 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Homestead Strike, Progressive Tax, Industrial Style
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Las goras blancas: a group active in the american southwest in the late 1880s and early 1890s who wanted mexican reclamation of the land that was taken from them. Conflicts over land ownership/usage, fences were cut, railroad ties destroyed, bridges burned. Industrial agriculture/ agribusiness: development of and industrial style of agriculture in. California dominated by a small elite group (corp. ). Industrial style agriculture needed a cheap and seasonal labor force(mexicans, chinese). Migrant workers: some of the mexican or chinese workers who would work for cheap rates year round, push pull effect was used. Chinese exclusion act of 1882: a ban on chinese immigration which was initially supposed to last ten years. Forced growers to experiment w/ different sources of labor. Vertical integration/horizontal integration: vertical integration is a type of management control. Vertically integrated comp. in a supply chain are united through a common owner.
