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Late 1800s
eighth grade
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| how did ownership attempt to control labor unions | they placed injunctions, coart orders forcing employees to go back to work and a blacklist which was a list of union members that should never be hired |
| what did the pendelton act finally help get rid of in America | spoils system |
| Why is 'Laissez-Fair" a fitting term for industrial age | it meanshands off/ layed back.... goverenment was hands off buisnesses and corruptions |
| Explain horizontal monopoly once controlled by standard oil | controlled 90 percent of oil and no competition, everyone had to go to you and he could raise prices because no other oil to buy |
| describe Carnegie steel vertical monopoly | he owned every steep to make steel |
| a successful reform movement in late 1800s | Pendelton Act |
| book about poor tenements | How the Other Half Lives by Jacob A Riis |
| two unfair things of the life of an American worker | work in dangerous sweatshopd with low pay and long hours and dangerous conditions, and no bemfefits so it was hard to support family |
| what is a political machine | powerful supporters in a political party, controlled city gov. (city boss) and they controlled the election on all levels.no one ever elected if machine didnt agree |
| jane aadams started what for the poor and immigrants | hull house |
| what problems did urbanization bring for america | brought many people/immigrants....overcrowding, crime, disease |
| old immigration | before 1865...came from northern and western europe |
| new immigration | after 1865-1920... came from southern and eastern europe |
| factories famous for poor working conditions | sweatshops |
| collective bargaining? | when labor unions meet to speak with business owner about issues |
| what city was controlled by the "Tweed Ring" | NYC |
| kickback? give example | you recieve money from gov to do work but do a cheap job and keep the remaining government money for yourself. given 15 million to build a bridge but i only spend 10 million on a junky bridge and get the extra 5 million for myself and construction co |
| which prez between 1876-1900 server two nonconsecutive terms? | Cleveland |
| janek came from what country | Poland!! WHOOP WHOOP |
| AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR WAS MORE SUCCESSFUL THAT KNIGHTS OF LABOR BECAUSE.... | allowed only skilled workers in |
| why called the gilded age | on the outside usa looked great but hidden underneath their was poverty and corruption. |
| how did spoils system contribute to the death of prez garfield | was assassinated by charles guiteau because he thought he deserved to be in garfields cabinet because he helped him get elected |
| how did lives of women improve during this age | gained more respect, they started womens suffrages and passed the 19th amendment |
| trust? | big business doesn't want to get caught with a monopoly so creates an illusion and allows other companies to stay in business of they are actually just under control of the bigger business |
| once prez of Princeton college and NJ Governor | Wilson |
| served the least amount as president... one full term | Taft |
| was once vice president and our youngest president | Roosevelt |
| he later became cheif justice... dream job | Taft |
| was the lone democrat of the 4 men | Wilson |
| once ran as the "Bull Moose" Party candidate | Roosevelt |
| was assassinated by madman leon czolgosz | McKinley |
| resigned assistant-secretary of the navy to fight in cuba | Roosevelt |
| pushed for reform in his new freedom plan, had a stroke | wilson |
| mediated the russo-japan war and won nobel peace prize | Roosevelt |
| was a rough rider who kept chargin up sand juan hill | Roosevelt |
| prez during spanish american war | mckinley |
| spoke softly and carried a big stick in foreign affairs | roosevelt |
| heaviest president at 300+ lbs | taft |
| established FTC and federalreserve system | wilson |
| passed meat act, drug act, and usa's first conservation acts | roosevelt |
| tried to keep usa out of WW1... didnt happen | wilson |
| brokeup more trusts than the trust breaker, but lost his support | taft |
| felt usa should "police" the western hemisphere | roosevelt |
| his "dollar diplomacy" is still followed today | taft |
| on mount rushmore | roosevelt |
| made peace after WW1 and formed the leage of nations | wilson |
| was the losing 1912 republicsn csnidate for prez | taft |
| was intrumental in the planning and building panama canal | roosevelt |
| last president of 1800's | wilson |
| who are titans of industry | JOHN D ROCKEFELLER- oil ANDREW CARNEGIE-steel CORNELIUS VANDERBUILT- railroads JJD MORGAN-banking |
| Muckraker | reporters who exposed the truth and corruption in society |
| william tweed | NYC city boss (Dem) made and sold millions, kickbacks, bribes DIRTY DIRTY BUSINESS |
| philanthropist | gave money to charity |
| triangle shirt waist factory | had a fire in new york killed many women. didn't have a proper fire escape |
| stock watering | selling countless shares of company stock (useless) allowed most endless money to be expanded |
| Hay Market Square riot | chicago riot in which eight people died |
| Chester A Arthur | Garfields VP, 21st Prez Pendelton civil service reform act |
| Undercut | big business drops prices until the small businesses go out of business |
| Holding Companies | companies that existed only to buy stocks in other companies |
| 4 causes of Spanish-American war | imperialism yellow journalism Spain, which treated Cubans poorly revenge for the blowing up of the maine |
| what 2 places was the Spanish-American war mostly fought in | cuba and philipeans |
| besides Cuba what 4 other places made up usa's new empire during early 1900's | Puerto rico quam hawaii Phillipeans |
| explain how Wilson won 1912 election | both Roosevelt and taft were running as republican votes, just Roosevelt as a progressive party, but it split the republican votes allowing Wilson, a democrat, to win |
| what is the role of the FTC | in charge of making sure there is no corruption going on in usa |
| what is the purpose of the Federal Reserves System | it managed the u.s currency system |
| what was the league of nations | was founded by Wilson and goal was to help keep peace with other nations |
| nationalism | a feeling of strong devototion to ones country. ex. usa was improving economically and socially which made americans proud |
| isolationism | being isolated from the rest of the world ex. since GW they believed staying out of foreign affairs |
| expansionism | wanting and achieving territorial expansion ex. manifest destiny was complete, now goal was to extend us trade worldwide |
| imperialism | a powerful country takes over a smaller country ex. Europe was over powering small countries in the east, and usa wanted to start a new empire |
| yellow journalism | a biase and exaggerated headlines and news ex. usa made biase newspapers about the blown up maine, blaming it on spain |
| progressivism | the progress of social reform ex. usa was attacking corruption with reform polocies |
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