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USI Jeopardy Unit V Round II Answer Key

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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