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Industrial Age
American Destiny Chapters 17 & 18
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What helped American manufacturing to flourish after the Civil War? | Discovery of new natural resources and the rapid, energetic growth of the country |
| What was the most significant element in 1866 in American economic development? | Railroads |
| What present day system was created by the railroads? | Time Zones |
| Iron was used to produce what great metal? | Steel |
| What is the French term laissez-faire referring to? | The absence of government interference in business |
| The National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry eventually led to what? | Railroad Regulations |
| The Sherman Antitrust Act outlawed what? | Monopolistic organizations that functioned to restore trade |
| What was the chief weapon of the American Federation of Labor? | Strikes |
| Where were 300 private guards attacked in a struggle between capital and labor in the steel industry? | Andrew Carnegie's Homestead steel plant near Pittsburgh |
| Who created the Standard Oil Company of Cleveland? | John D. Rockefeller |
| After the war middle-class American energy was focused on what? | Building institutions |
| What kind of problems did industrialization cause workers? | Machines began taking over jobs |
| Women found new jobs in fields such as... | Nursing, teaching, secretaries, and salespersons |
| The English liner Great Eastern was the cause of what? | A new era in transatlantic travel |
| Nativism means a fear or hatred of... | immigrants, ethnic minorities, or alien political movements |
| What changed the character of big-city life? | Streetcars |
| What three major team games developed during the last quarter of the century? | Baseball, Football, and Basketball |
| What were settlement houses? | Community centers that sought to Americanize immigrant families and provide them with social services and a political voice |
| What were social gospels focused on? | Improving living conditions rather than saving souls |
| What did the Foran Act of 1885 outlaw? | Bringing in skilled workers (immigrants) under labor contracts |
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