Identify Cornelius Vanderbilt.

Railroad investor who owned New York Central Railroad and over 4,500 miles of railroad track.

Immigrant who died fighting for an 8 hour work day

Son of the man who became famous for striking oil

Political leader known for giving anybody money who needed it

Bought Carnegie Steel Company for $480 million.

The man who inspired the guy on the Monopoly box

An immigrant who worked his way up

Identify Samuel Gompers.

Led a group of skilled workers known as the American Federation of Labor

Spoke to his boss about better wages and got them

Lawyer that represented business owners whose employees were going on strike

Immigrant that won the fight with the company he worked for to get an 8 hour work day

What was the purpose of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890?

It made it illegal to form trusts that interfered with free trade. Also prohibited monopolies and activities that hindered competition in the marketplace.

It made it to where people named Sherman were not to be trusted by anyone

It made it to where immigrants could work anywhere they wanted to

Made it legal to interfere with businesses trying to make it in the marketplace

What is the primary purpose of a labor union?

To attempt to push employers to make the workplace safer, the workdays shorter, and to pay reasonable wages

To have a common group of people to talk about how much you enjoy the work that you are doing

To help organize the different people on different shifts and what jobs they were needing to do for the day

To set up debates with the employers about how the work place really should be ran

Give examples of major strikes that occurred in the United States from the 1870s to the late 1890s.

Great Railroad Strike, Homestead Strike, Pullman Strike

Immigrant Strike, Workplace Strike, Carneige Strike

Mexican American Strike, Asian American Strike, Native American Strike

Oil Strike, Steel Strike, Railroad Strike

What caused the collapse of the Knights of Labor?

They were unfairly blamed for the bomb being thrown into the crowd during the Haymarket Riot

The members eventually got bored and slowly started to drift away

The government made it illegal for them to meet

They started charging a membership fee to help raise money and nobody could afford it

Identify the Knights of Labor.

Founded in Philadelphia in 1869 under Terence Powderly. Fought for 8 hour workdays, ending child labor, and equal pay for equal work.

Men who were interested in going to different businesses dressed as knights

Men who fought for the right to be nurses in the baby unit at the hospital

Men who preferred to work at night time but were uneducated so they misspelled the word as knight

Identify Eugene Debs.

The leader of the American Railway Union who urged members not to work on trains that had Pullman cars during the Pullman Strike

The man who struggled throughout his life for having a girl's name for a last name

The man who formed the Knights of Labor

The man who became known for his artwork on the trains

List characteristics of a robber baron.

Rich people who profit unfairly by squeezing out competitors and using other though tactics, ruthless and cut throat, cheated workers

A man who flew an airplane to steal things

A man who specializes in robbing rich people

A man who made up a name to make people ask questions to distract them from him doing nothing

How did the invention of the typewriter impact the United States?

It opened up new jobs for women as typists and sped up communication between businesses due to legible documents quickly

Helped support small business owners through donations from every purchase

Had to train and employ more handy men because they would break often

Started the revolution of writing a love letter

Identify the Gilded Age.

The time between the Civil War and World War I in which the United States quickly grew in economy and population

The time in America when all segregation was over

The time after the Civil War when the Transcontinental Railway was finished

The time before World War I when all immigrants went straight into the military so Americans wouldn't have to risk their lives

List items located or found in American cities.

Amusement parks and Skyscrapers

How did Orville and Wilbur Wright impact the United States on December 17th, 1903 at Kitty Hawk?

They had the first successful plane flight

They bought the first typewriter and typed up a letter to their mother

They were the first ones to ride a train from coast to coast without getting off anywhere

List inventions created by Thomas Edison.

Improved telegraph, phonograph, motion picture camera and projector, practical electric lighting

Tubberware Bowls and their matching lids

Glasses with bifocal lenses and the cases to keep them in

The dvd cases that have the extra two little clips on the side that no one ever knows is there

List reasons why immigrants came to the United States.

Wanted a voice in government, wanted to escape political turmoil, wanted to find economic opportunity

They liked the way white people looked

They thought that they could do better than the Americans were at trying to start a better society

Their governments kicked them out for multiple reasons and they didn't know where else to go

What were some of the results of rapid immigration into the United States?

Cities did not have enough housing, inadequate water supplies, poor sanitation, poor transportation and increased crime

Extra people to call if you needed to take a sick day to cover your shift

A boom of biracial babies being born

New language classes were added to school curriculums so that everyone could understand each other

What were the conditions like for Asian immigrants who were detained at Angel Island?

They were locked in barracks and were only allowed outside if supervised; prison-like

They were given food and water on command and were made to feel like they were at home

They went through extensive training to become the new face of the FBI

They were asked to see how long they could sit in one place with nothing to do before going crazy

What was the purpose of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?

To ban Chinese immigration for 10 years and to keep Chinese already in the U.S. from becoming citizens

To exclude Chinese immigrants from public activities

To ban Chinese immigrants from working the jobs that white people wanted

To ban immigrants from ever becoming citizens in America

What was the Social Gospel Movement? What American was closely associated with this movement?

A movement that believed religious faith could be expressed through good works. Middle class is responsible for solving societal problems; Jane Addams

A movement where religious people attempted to share the gospel in social situations

A movement in which immigrants attempted to share their religion with Americans

A movement in which all religious activities tried to take place in social areas such as parks and town squares

What was the primary purpose of settlement houses?

To teach immigrants many skills they could use to help themselves out of poverty

To provide a place for immigrants to settle if they weren't successful with anything else

To provide handouts to the immigrants

To provide a place for government officials to all meet

Identify Jane Addams.

Opened one of the first settlement houses, pushed for reforms of city government, voting rights for women, and spoke out against racial discrimination and war

An immigrant who worked hard to try and move up in the world but never had any luck until later on in life

The first woman to be involved with politics involving immigrants

An author who wrote many books about the immigrants coming over to America during her time on both coasts

Identify Tammany Hall.

Most notorious political machine which ran the Democartic Party in New York City. Led by William Tweed who created the Tweed Ring

The place where it was decided that segregation was legal

One of the first settlement houses built in the city

The meeting place of the Social Gospel Movement where they would decide how they would branch out to reach the community

What were some of the services provided by political machines to immigrants?

They would help them find jobs or housing, supplied coal during the winter, and would help them become citizens

They offered classes to teach them how to be more like Americans

They provided insurance to make sure that the immigrants were covered no matter what happened

They didn't provide any services. They claimed they did just to trick immigrants into signing contracts to work for them

How did Charles Guiteau impact U.S. History?

Was denied work in Garfield's administration so he killed him. Chester Arthur became president and passed the Pendleton Civil Service Act

Was the first immigrant to begin working the 8 hour work day

Was the person responsible for starting the Labor Union

Was the first immigrant to make it out of a settlement house

What was the primary purpose of the Pendleton Act?

Required that promotions be based on merit, not on political connections. Was the first step in reducing corruption in the federal government

Required that businesses take the weekends off

Required that businesses hired a certain number of people from different races

Require that businesses pay a decent minumum wage to immigrants

List problems experienced by farmers during the Gilded Age.

Crop prices falling, debt levels rising due to new equipment or land, expensive fees to transport crops by railroad

Not producing enough crops, too much demand for crops, horses unable to pull crops long distances

Too much mud, children not wanting to help with crops, weather that is too hot

Farmers planting wrong crops on accident, animals eating crops, nothing available to transport crops

List specifics of the Populist Party Platform.

Supported National Grange and Alliance demands, called for income tax, bank regulation, government ownership of railroad and free coinage of silver

Supported strong united central government, close ties to Britain, centralized banking system, close ties between government and men of wealth

Supported social justice, social liberalism, a mixed economy, the welfare state

Supported 2 day work weeks, minimum wage set at $21 an hour, and free tacos every Tuesday

What was the result of the court case Wabash v. Illinois?

Ruled that the federal government had the power to regulate railroad traffic moving across state boundaries

Ruled that railroads had to start using the same traffic laws as vehicles

Ruled that trains could only make trips within states borders

Ruled that the government had no say in anything that happened with the railroads

What type of money supply was supported by farmers?

They wanted the government to print more paper money instead of using the gold standard

They wanted paper money with pictures of farm equipment or farm animals

What was the purpose of the "Cross of Gold" speech given by William Jennings Bryan in 1896?

Wanted to make it known that he would resist the gold standard alongside business people, workers, and farmers

Wanted to make it known that his grandmother had a necklace that he loved that was a golden cross

There was no purpose, he just happened to be there and it was the first thing he thought of

Wanted to make it known that he loved gold and wanted everything he had to be gold

Identify the court case Plessy v. Ferguson.

Decision that "seperate but equal" was legal and did not violate the 14th amendment

Made it illegal to have certain public places labeled as "whites only"

Decision that started integration between the races

Identify the different between de facto and de jure segregation.

De Facto=segregation through custom and practice. De jure=exists by law

De facto=segregation based on fact. De jure=segregation decided by a jury

De Facto= segregation is right. De Jure= segregation is wrong

What were the philosophies of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois in regards to integration in American society?

Washington believed African Americans should accept segregation and acquire the farming and vocational skills; Du Bois wanted full and equal rights immediately

Neither one of them wanted integration

They both believed that integration needed to happen eventually

They both believed that segregation needed to continue for a while longer

One of the founders of the NAACP

Co-founder of the settlement houses with Jane Addams

First women elected into a government official position

Identify ways that discriminated against African Americans.

Denied education or given second hand supplies if attending

Forced to use separate railway cars and go to designated public places

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Which continents were responsible for sending the majority of immigrants into the US after 1860?

Antartica

South America

Australia

Northern/Western Europe and Asia

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How did immigration change in the United States after the Civil War?

They came from Europe and brought over religions and cultures different from the Americans.

The immigrants changed their minds and quit coming

It didn't change

They came and asked what they needed to do to be "American"

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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What were two immigrant groups that helped build the transcontinental railroad?

Caucasions

African American & Chinese

Eskimos

Northerners

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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Identify facts of the Transcontinental Railroad.

Union Pacific started in Ohmaha and progressed westward over praries; Central Pacific started in Sacremento and wored east through deserts and mountains.

Measures 300 miles long

Both meet in the middle in Colorado and is the shortest railway

Spanned the entire country from the east coast to the west coast

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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What invention was created by Alexander Graham Bell?

Lightbulb

Doorbell

Telephone

Rocking Chair

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How did Edwin Drake impact American society in 1859?

Became the first person to get rich

Vice President

Built the first steel building

He struck oil in Pennsylvania drilling the first commercial oil well.

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Identify Horizontal Integration.

When one owns all the businesses/companies in a certain field

When one owns half of all the businesses/companies in a certain field

When one owns none of the businesses/companies in a certain field

When one builds a line of buildings along the horizon

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American History Chapter 14 & 15

Which continents were responsible for sending the majority of immigrants into the US after 1860?

How did immigration change in the United States after the Civil War?

What were two immigrant groups that helped build the transcontinental railroad?

Identify facts of the Transcontinental Railroad.

What invention was created by Alexander Graham Bell?

How did Edwin Drake impact American society in 1859?

Identify Horizontal Integration.

In what industry did Andrew Carnegie create an empire?

Identify Cornelius Vanderbilt.

Identify JP Morgan.

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