Question | Answer |
Explain how electricity affected manufacturing facilities? | Enabled industry to grow as never before. |
Describe Social Darwinism. | Biological theories to explain the evolution of human society. |
How did the development of steel production affect the country? | It made innotative construction possible. |
List ways business owners reduced their competition. | Make products more cheap. |
What factors led to the industrial boom of the late 1800’s? | Industrial growth, the south was still trying to recover. |
Explain how Andrew Carnegie gained control of the steel industry. | Began investing in other companies. |
Describe the Sherman Anti Trust Act. | Outlawed efforts to consolidate business under trusts. |
What was the reason for adopting standardized time zones? | Railroads can move. |
Describe the ICC Act. | A permanent international court established to investigate, prosecute and try individuals accused of committing the most serious crimes. |
What was Angel Island? | Immigration center. |
What is a Graft? | The illegal use of political influence for personal gain. |
What was the purpose of the Chinese Exclusion Act? | Response to complaints by workers on the West Coast. |
Explain the purpose of the Americanization Act. | It was to the immigrate to the United States from eastern and southern Europe. |
What was Tammany Hall? | The name given to the democratic political machine. |
Describe the regulations of the Pendleton Civil Service Act. | To regulate and improve the civil service. |
What was the purpose of the Social Gospel Movement? | Emerged among protestant Christians to improve the economic. |
Explain the importance of the Supreme Court case Munn v. Illinois? | Its growth has been rapid. |
Explain horizontal integration. | Occurs when there is a merger between two firms in the same industry. |
Who was John D Rockefeller? | He was the co-founder of the standard oil company. |
Who did the term Robber Baron describe? | Business tycoons. |
Explain vertical integration. | The combination in one company of two or more stages of production normally operated by separate companies. |
What was the effect of the Haymarket Affair on the Labor Movement? | 8 hour work day. |
Describe the immigration shift of the late 1800’s. | Patterns. |
Explain the movement of African Americans in the late 1800’s. | Freed people seeking a better life. |
Who was William Tweed? | The "Boss of the Tammany Hall" |
Who coined the term Gilded Age? | Mark Twain |
Who was Grover Cleveland? | The 22nd and 24th president. |
What time period is described as the Gilded Age? | 1873 |