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History Mid-Term
History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What Scottish Immigrant believed in Vertical Operation | Andrew Carnegie |
| Who Founded Carnegie Steel | Andrew Carnegie |
| Who was a son of a Peddler and believed in Horizontal Operation | John D. Rockefeller |
| Who Founded the Standard Oil Company | John D. Rockefeller |
| Who Built his Wealth on shipping/railroads and monopolized the East Coast Shipping Company | Cornelius Vanderbilt |
| Who Cut wages at a Sleeping-Car company and refused to lower the rent where his workers live | George Pullman |
| Who Started the Pullman Strike | George Pullman |
| Who was the Founder of "The Knights of Labor" | Uriah Stephans |
| Who was the Founder of the "American Federation of Labor" | Samuel Gompers |
| Who was the Head of Tammany Hall and stole $40 Million from taxpayers | William "Boss" Tweed |
| What NY Senator provided goods to poor people in exchange for their vote | George Washington Plunkitt |
| What Political Cartoonist despised "Boss Tweed" (Also created political Donkey/Elephant) | Thomas Nast |
| Who wrote the Poem on the Statue of Liberty | Emma Lazarus |
| Who wrote the book "How the Other Half Lives" (Exposed poor life to rich people) | Jacob Riis |
| Who Ran against William McKinley | William Jennings Bryan |
| What President didn't want to further his goals but wanted to improve conditions for the Common Man | William Howard Taft |
| Who gave a speech against the "Triangle Waist Factory" and wanted to improve Fire Safety | Rose Schneiderman |
| Who wrote "Tweed Days in St. Louis" (against Government Corruption) | Lincoln Steffens |
| Who wrote "The History of the Standard Oil Company" (against Standard Oil) | Ida Tarbell |
| Who wrote "Following the Color Line" (against Racism/Lynchings) | Ray Stannard Baker |
| Who wrote "The Jungle" (against poor food conditions) | Upton Sinclair |
| And Her Ax! Wanted Equal Rights for women and fought against alcohol. | Carrie Nation |
| What African American, who went to Harvard, believed that "Equality should be immediate" | W.E.B. DuBois |
| What African American, who founded Tuskegee Institute, believed that "Equality takes time" | Booker T. Washington |
| Who led NAWSA and was a huge leader for Woman's Rights | Alice Paul |
| What Republican was elected President in 1896 | William McKinley |
| What President wanted to further his own goals and wanted to improve life for the lower/middle class | Teddy Roosevelt |
| What President wanted Civil Rights and used Government for change. (He formed League of Nations) | Woodrow Wilson |
| Name 2 journalist who used Yellow Journalism in New York Publications | William Hearst & Joseph Pulitzer |
| Who was sent to Cuba, by Spain, to stop the Cuban Revolt. | Valeriano "The Butcher" Weyler |
| Why was Valeriano Weyler, known as "The Butcher" | He sent so many Cuban Natives to concentration camps |
| What Letter, that was leaked to the press, was sent to President McKinley that insulted him | The DeLome Letter |
| What U.S. Battleship was sunk in the Havana Harbor in Cuba | U.S.S. Maine |
| Name the "Big Four" | U.S.-Woodrow Wilson Britain-David Lloyd George France-Georges Clemenceau Italy-Vittorio Orlando |
| Who was heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne but was assassinated by a Serbian Nationalist | Archduke Franz Ferdinand |
| What was "The American Dream", encouraged by the Government, that said to Americans to move West | Manifest Destiny |
| What act was made to Establish settlers on public domain | Homestead Act of 1862 |
| What Act constructed a Railroad and a Telegraph Line from Montana to the West Coast | Pacific Railway Act of 1862 |
| What was the reason for the emergence of the Middle Class (a law) | Education Laws |
| What economic system are Business's controlled by the citizens and prices are controlled by the competition | Capitalism |
| What Economic system are the business's controlled by the Government and prices are determined by the Government | Communism |
| What is it called when people elect the political figures | Democracy |
| What is it called when Supply is Low=Demand is High and Supply is High=Demand is Low | Supply and Demand |
| What is it called when 1 company controls that good/service | Monopoly/Trust |
| What First Federal Law regulated the abuse of Monopoly Power | Interstate Commerce Commission Act |
| What Act outlawed Monopolies and Trust, but didn't define Monopolies and Trust | Sherman Antitrust Act |
| What Act prevented the creation of Monopolies (specified Illegal Practices) | Clayton Antitrust Act |
| What is the name of well organized political parties that dominated local and state governments | Political Machines |
| What League set a quota of 2% of each nationality in the country (besides Asians) | Immigration Restriction League |
| What was it called when Paper Money was backed by Gold | Gold Standard |
| What did farmers want Paper Money to be backed by? (It was very abundant) | Silver Standard |
| What Political Machine was controlled by the Democrats and ran NYC Politics | Tammany Hall |
| What Era was an Era of "Moving Forward" and "Rapid Development" | Progressive Era |
| What Act's fixed poor food conditions | Pure Food and Drug Act & Meat Inspection Act |
| What is it called when people elect the candidates and not the Political Machines | Direct Primary |
| What Amendment freed the Slaves | 13th |
| What Amendment defined Citizenship | 14th |
| What Amendment gave African American Men the right to vote | 15th |
| What Amendment said the Senators are elected by the people | 17th |
| What Amendment banned the Sale, Manufacturing, and Transport of Alcoholic Beverages | 18th |
| What Amendment said that States cannot deny a person a right to vote, based on sex | 19th |
| What is it called when all options are on 1 ballot (no obvious siding) | Secret Ballot |
| What is the ability to introduce new laws | Initiative |
| What is the ability to oppose laws and possibly take those laws down | Referendum |
| What is it called to take a Political Figure out of position | Recall |
| What did Roosevelt think that Every American should get, "no more, no less" | A Square Deal |
| What was it called when Roosevelt preserved the National Parks and Wildlife | Conservation |
| What did Roosevelt bring in when he needed to Settle disputes and needed a final decision | Third Party Aid |
| What is the Quest for Colonial Empires | Imperialism |
| What declared the U.S. the protector of the Western Hemisphere | Monroe Doctrine |
| What is it called when a country has control of mines/railroads/trade in a certain area | Spheres of Influence |
| What did Roosevelt add to the Monroe Doctrine that said "Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick...you will go far" | Roosevelt Corollary |
| What did the U.S. build because the U.S. wanted to cut traveling time between the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean | The Panama Canal |
| What War was caused by the Teller Amendment, Yellow Journalism, The DeLome Letter, and the sinking of the U.S.S. Maine | Spanish-American War |
| What is it called to acquire Land/Territory | Annexation |
| What Policy stated that all Nations have equal access to trade with China | Open Door Policy |
| What was the U.S. Cavalry unit that was led by Teddy Roosevelt called | Rough Riders |
| What Act made men between ages 21-30 register for the draft | Selective Service Act |
| What Act increased the amount of soldiers in the Army from 90,000 to 175,000 | National Defense Act |
| What is misleading information used to publicize called | Propaganda |
| What group led a Propaganda Campaign in support of the war | Committee on Public Information |
| What Administration regulated the production and supply of resources | Food & Fuel Administration |
| What Act made written criticism of the government a crime | Sedition Act |
| What act outlawed acts of Treason | Espionage Act |
| What is an agreement by both side to stop fighting for a period of time called | Armistice |
| What International Organization was founded as a result of the Treaty of Versailles | League of Nations |
| What was Woodrow Wilson's blueprint to keep peace in Europe called | Fourteen Points |
| What workers have education and are difficult to replace | Skilled Workers |
| What workers have no training and are easily replaceable | Unskilled Workers |
| What Were some Worker's Problems | No Right to Speech, Need the Job, Could Get Fired... |
| What were the Worker's Tools | Strike, Union, Petition... |
| What were the Employer's Tools | Fired, Lockout, Blacklist... |
| What theory says that Society progresses through Competition | Social Darwinism |
| What theory applies Christian Principals to Society | Social Gospel |
| What Union was open to all workers and fought for an 8-Hour workday | Knights of Labor |
| What Union was only open to Skilled Workers and fought for Better Wages, Better Hours, Better Working Conditions | American Federation of Labor |
| What strike did workers, at Carnegie Steel, go on to protest Wage-Cut | Homestead Strike |
| What Riot did 40,000 Chicago workers go on to want a 8-Hour workday | Haymarket Square Riot |
| What is a workplace called,when all the workers belong to a union | Closed Shop |
| What Strike did workers at a Sleeping-Car factory because of a wage-cut and no lowered rent | Pullman Strike |
| What Period of time did a lot of strikes happen | The Great Upheaval |
| What group of Immigrants were Catholic, from South/Mid Europe, and Lived in Ghettos | New Immigrants |
| What group of Immigrants were Protestant, Northern European, and had Jobs like Lawyer/Doctor | Old Immigrants |
| Jewtown, Little Italy, and Chinatown were all names of ________? | Ghettos |
| What are Tenements | Ghettos |
| What Does Nouveau Riche mean | Newly Rich |
| What is it called when someone spends money to just show off | Conspicuous Consumption |
| Upper class modeled their lives after this specific culture | Victorian Culture |
| What Period of time was made to seem wonderful but under the surface, there were many problems | The Gilded Age |
| What was the name of the party of farmers, Labor Leaders, and Reformers who wanted Graduated Income Tax, Bank Regulation and Unlimited Coinage of Silver | The Populist |
| What was the nickname of the journalist who wrote/exposed corruption in business and politics | Muckrakers |
| What does NAWSA stand for and what did they want | National American Woman Suffrage Association and they wanted woman's right to vote |
| What group was made up of Unskilled Workers and wanted better wages, less hours, and where a.k.a. the Wobblies | Industrial Workers of the World |
| What Union Led the Crusade against Alcohol | Women's Christian Temperance Union |
| What addressed the Political and Economic problems that affected farmers | National Grange |
| What was it called when farmers pooled all their resources and the goods on bulk | Cooperatives |
| What Amendment stated that U.S. would leave Cuba when Cuba won its' independence | Teller Amendment |
| What exaggerated news events were used to sell more newspapers | Yellow Journalism |
| What group handed out flyer's blaming foreigners for their troubles | The Fist of Righteous Harmony (aka Boxers) |
| What event did the Boxers attack Missionaries and Traders | The Boxer Rebellion |
| Who was Susan. B Anthony | A Women Suffragist |
| Who designed Central Park | Frederick Law Olmsted |
| What Railroad ran from Montana to the West Coast | Transcontinental Railroad |
| Name both Railroad companies that worked on the Transcontinental Railroad | Central Pacific Railroad Union Pacific Railroad |
| What Service did Teddy Roosevelt start to preserve Nature | Wildlife Refuge/National Park Service |
| What is Foreign Policy | How the U.S. relates to other countries |
| What was the Second Industrial Revolution | New Inventions were created |
| What class emerged from the Lower Class because of education laws | Growing Middle Class |
| What was the meting point of both The Transcontinental Railroads called and where was it located | Promontory Point (Utah) |
| What is Philanthropy | To Donate Money |
| What was the "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People" | 1st Civil Rights Organization |
| What did the "Moral Reform & Temperance Movement" fight against | Alcohol |
| What President in the 1920's didn't do anything to help the Great Depression | Herbert Hoover |
| WHat President helped America a lot to get out of the Great Depression | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| What was the Date of the Stock Market Crash? | October 29th, 1929 |
| What is "Buying on Margin" | Buying stocks with money you don't have |
| What was "Agricultural Over-Production" | Farmers produced too much |
| What were "Bank Runs" | People attempted to get their money out of the banks at once |
| What were some results of the "Great Depression" | 25% Unemployment Rate Deflation |
| What is Deflation | A Decrease in price levels of goods/services |
| What was a "Bank Holiday" | Banks were closed so they wouldn't run out of money |
| What was the "Civilian Conservation Corps" | Young Men (18-25) were hired to conserve the forest |
| What was the "Public Works Administration/Works Progress Administration" | 1/3 of the unemployed were hired to work on the highways, sewers, dams... |
| What was the "Agricultural Adjustment Administration" | Government paid farmers to not grow certain crops |
| What was the "National Recovery Administration" | Was in control of the "National Industrial Recovery Act" |
| What was the "Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation" | Insured the deposits put into the banks |
| What was "Social Security" | Old-Age Pensions Unemployment Insurance |
| What was "Alphabet Soup" | All of the new Relief Programs were nicknamed "Alphabet Soup" |
| What were Lynchings | Mobs would Hang people because of anything (Excuse for Racism) |
| What was the "Dust Bowl" | A Severe Drought in the Great Plains that led to Dust Storms |
| What were "Hoovervilles" | Towns built by the homeless during the Great Depression |
| What was the "Red Scare" | Americans were afraid of Communism because of the on-going Bolshevik Revolution |
| What was the "Great Migration" | African-Americans moved from the South to the North after the War |
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