Industries | ||
#1 | John D. Rockefeller was a successful businessman in which important industry? | Oil |
#2 | Andrew Carnegie was a successful businessman in which important industry? | Steel |
#3 | Cornelius Vanderbilt was a successful businessman in which important industry? | Railroad |
#4 | What was the name of the private police force that was often called in to break up strikes? | Pinkertons |
#5 | Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearts became pioneers for their work on what? | Newspaper |
Union Actions | ||
#1 | The negotiation of contracts as a group, for instance by labor unions, is known as what? | Collective Bargaining |
#2 | In the election of 1896, who did Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Morgan all support for president? | William McKinley |
#3 | Which strike occurred in 1894 and included 300,000 railroad workers across the country? | Pullman Strike |
#4 | What was the name of the riot in Chicago in 1886 that resulted in the deaths of dozens of protesters and police? | Haymarket Riot |
#5 | Which strike occurred in Pennsylvania in 1892 when a steel plant cut workers’ wages and later resulted in the attempted assassination of Henry Frick, Andrew Carnegie’s partner? | Homestead Strike |
Immigrants | ||
#1 | Which location outside of New York City processed most European immigrants starting in 1892? | Ellis Island |
#2 | Where did the “new” immigrants from Europe in 1870s tend to come from? | Southern & Eastern Europe |
#3 | What were the worst accommodations on board ocean liners that transported new immigrants to America between the 1870s and 1920s? | Steerage |
#4 | Which group of immigrants was excluded from the country in 1882, which ended up hurting the economy of California since it relied on their cheap labor? | Chinese |
#5 | Which location outside of San Francisco processed most Chinese immigrants after 1910? | Angel Island |
Victorian Society | ||
#1 | America was considered to be a place where white people of all different nationalities blended together to create a single culture. What was this commonly known as? | Melting Pot |
#2 | Starting in the 1830s, which economic and political philosophical movement spread to the U.S. that opposed capitalism and favored the public control of property and wealth? | Socialism |
#3 | What was the term for the belief that only the best would and should survive in the rough-and-tumble world of American business and capitalism? | Social Darwinism |
#4 | A tendency towards native-born white Americans over “new” immigrants was called what? | Nativism |
#5 | What was the name of the movement to help immigrants learn English and to adopt American dress and diet? | Americanization Movement |
Hodge Podge | ||
#1 | What is the term for the process in which cities and the people living in them increase? | Urbanization |
#2 | What was the name given to small, hot, dark, and dirty workhouses? | Sweatshop |
#3 | Who became the President of the United States after the assassination of William McKinley? | Theodore Roosevelt |
#4 | What is the term given for a culture that is more and more alike due to improvements in communication and transportation and everyone wants the same clothing and goods? | Mass Culture |
#5 | What was a name for a culture in which people want and quickly buy the many new products on the market as soon as they are available? | Conspicuous Consumption |
Final Question | |
(1) Which labor union did Uriah Stephens found in 1869 that included all workers of any trade, skilled or unskilled?; (2) Which labor union did Samuel Gompers help found in 1886 that was a loose organization of some 100 unions of skilled workers?; and (3) Which labor union did Eugene V. Debs found in 1893 that opposed the Pullman Palace Car Company’s layoff of many of its workers and its 25% salary cut? | (1) Knights of Labor; (2) American Federation of Labor; and (3) American Railway Union |