Chapter 6: American Society in Transition

During the late 1800s, which development led to the other three?

• formation of labor unions
• growth of industry
• federal regulation of business trusts
• increased demand for natural resources

This period during the 1870s to 1900 is known for it's rise of railroads, big business, industrialization and social problems in the United States.

• World War I
• Progressive Era
• Gilded age
• Roaring Twenties

in 1882, the Government passed this legislation that restricted immigration for 10 years from a certain group into the United States.

• Nativist Act
• Mexican Repatriation Act
• Dawes Act
• Chinese Exclusion Act

During the Gilded age, workers came together to work for better pay, working conditions, and less hours. Leaders such as Samuel Gompers helped lead many of this workers in....

• Philanthropy
• Labor Unions
• Political Bosses
• Credit Unions

The innovation of this transportation help open up the national market? 

• boats
• railroads
• automobiles 
• horse drawn carriages 

Because of the rapid growth of Industrialization in the North people moved out of rural towns to ...

• Rural farms
• Urbanized cities
• Suburbs
• California

One reason nativists worried about influx of immigrants in 1880s...

• Feared immigrants gain control of city and state governments
• Believed immigrants receive preferential treatment from federal government and receive land
• Thought country's ports could not handle increasing numbers of immigrants and exports
• Considered immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe a threat to traditional American cultural values

The tactic enabled Samuel Gompers to develop the AFL into the largest labor union in US?

• Allowing women and minorities to join
• Signing up low-wage, unskilled immigrant laborers
• Lobbying Congress to pass laws limited activities of rival unions
• Concentrating on higher wages and better working conditions

The most important invention/improvement responsible for the growth of American industry 

• factories
• railroads
• corporations
• telephone

What is a Robber Baron?

• A Marxist of the latter part of the 19th century who encouraged the workers of the world to unite.
• A capitalist of the latter part of the 19th century who became wealthy through exploitation 
• A capitalist of the latter part of the 19th century who became wealthy through hard work and honesty
• An anarchist