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Chap 22 hist t 3
hist II test 3 chapter 22
Question | Answer |
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Name the leading industry in the mass production movement. | Automobiles |
Explain how Henry Ford transformed the auto industry | Introduced mass production |
Name the industries dominated by trusts from 1898 to 1903 | Oil;Copper;Tobacco; Rubber; Railroads; NOT SHIPPING |
Describe the important business developments from 1898 to 1909 | Development of oligopoly- control of a commodity or service by a small number of large, powerful companies |
Discuss the important aspects of mass production in the early 20th century | size, system, organization and marketing became increasingly important;assembly line technology changed the goal to make each product come off the line exactly alike;AND developed new product; |
Describe the costs to workers of mass production | workers lost control/power;new machines ended demand for skilled workers |
List the principles of Frederick Taylor's scientific management | management must take responsibility for job-related knowledge;enforced standardization;enforced adoption of the best implements and working conditions;enforced cooperation. |
Discuss the major aspects of U.S. farm life in the early 20th century | prosperity; expanded urban markets; parcel post/mail order; NOT increased rate of tenant farmers |
Explain the conditions faced by working women in 1900 | Low pay; Few held skilled jobs; most held clerical jobs; Had to buy their own equipment such as needles, thread, and pay for electricity and chairs to sit on; Were expected to resign when married |
Name the leader of the Niagara Movement. | W.E.B DuBois |
Explain the main characteristics of immigration to the U.S. 1901-1920. | From Southern and eastern Europe, Asia, and Mexico;Immigrants moved both to and from their homelands |
Name the the major unions and their leaders in the early 20th century U.S. labor movement | The Women’s Trade Union League - Margret Dreier Robins (WUTL);The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) – William (Bill) D Haywood |
Describe the important demographical characteristics of the U.S. population in 1920 | Median age was 25;Increased life expectancy;cities adopted zoning ordinances |
List the important leisure activities of the early 1900's | not television |
Describe the important changes in the traditional arts in the early 1900's | Dance: Isadora Duncan;Painting: Ashcan School, post-Impressionists;Poetry: T.S. Eliot and Ezra Pound |