US Historymrs. Whaley

US Historymrs. Whaley

US HistoryMrs. Whaley

Unit 3 – America: 1860 – 1900

The Industrial Age (1865 -1900)

(Vocabulary and Essential Questions)

Vocabulary: In two or three sentences, identify each important person, event, or concept in terms of its importance relative to the unit topic above. Remember who, what, when, where, and why?

Essential Questions: Write the correct answer in the blank provided. The answers will be found in Sections 1-3 of Chapter 4.

  1. laissez-faire (P. 102) –
  1. time zones (P. 104) –

_____ 3. The inventor of the light bulb, phonograph, and motion picture who would receive more

than 1000 patents for new inventions was

a. Elisha Otisc. Alexander Graham Bell

b. Thomas Edisond. George Westinghouse

_____ 4. Alexander Graham Bell patented the first ______in 1876.

a. telephonec. telegraph

b. radiod. elevator

_____ 5. The development of the Bessemer process led to

a. refrigeration in every home.c. the creation of Morse Code.

b. higher crop yields for farmersd. a new era of construction using better steel

6. corporations, monopolies, and trusts (PP. 107 -109) –

_____ 7. The Interstate Commerce Commission was formed to

a. regulate railroads and ensure the fair treatment of customers.

b. make laws to regulate the meatpacking industry.

c. investigate labor unions accused of unfair practices.

d. monitor sweatshops that utilized child labor.

_____ 8. In 1890, Congress passed the ______, which outlawed any trust that operated “in

restraint of trade or commerce among the states.”

a. Clayton Antitrust Actc. Mann Act

b. Espionage Actd. Sherman Antitrust Act

9. Andrew Carnegie (PP. 107,109, and 113) –

_____ 10. John D. Rockefeller made his fortune in the ______industry during the late 1800’s.

a. steelc. railroad

b. tobaccod. oil

11. horizontal integration vs. vertical integration (PP. 109-111) –

_____ 12. Supporters of Social Darwinism believed that if government did not intervene in

business

a. the economy would suffer and poverty would increase.

b. minorities would never be able to find jobs in industries.

c. the nation would grow strong because the “fittest” would rise to the top.

d. all workers would be able to find jobs.

13. Robber Barons/ Captains of Industry (P. 110) –

14. collective bargaining (PP. 117)-

15. socialism (PP. 117) –

_____ 16. Labor leaders Uriah Stephens and Terrence Powderly were associated with which

labor union?

a. American Federation of Laborc. Teamsters

b. Knights of Labord. United Steel Workers

17. American Federation of Labor (P. 118) –

_____ 18. What was one result of the Haymarket Riot of 1886?

a. Congress approved an eight-hour workday for all industrial laborers.

b. Steel workers wages increased.

c. Public support for labor unions increased.

d. Membership in the Knights of Labor declined as people shied away from radicalism.

19. Homestead Strike (PP. 118-119) –

_____ 20. The violent Pullman Strike of 1886 was ended when

a. President Grover Cleveland sent in federal troops to break the strike.

b. railroad owners agreed to raise wages for workers.

c. Eugene Debs, leader of the American Railway Union, condemned the strike.

d. George Pullman, owner of the Pullman Palace Car Company, agreed to let his workers

live in the company town rent-free.