WorksheetsChanging America Review
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 15mins
What was the Bessemer Process?
Process of bringing immigrants into the country
Production of steel would be cheaper, easier, and more efficient
Improving the meat factory conditions
The process of being a muckraker
How did refrigeration impact the cattle industry?
The cattle industry would soon fail
People would make their cows live in fridges
Cattle could be sent on train cars for long distances and stay fresh
It didn't have an impact
What are transformers (the kind invented by George Westinghouse) ?
A piece of technology that allowed for the widespread use of electricity
Autobots and Decepticons
Powerful engines that run the machines in factories
A new way to communicate with people over long distances
This was one of the most influential developments during the Gilded Age because it connected the East and West coasts of the United States
Refrigeration
Tenement housing
Muckraking
Transcontinental Railroad
Define industrialization
The process by which an economy shifts from hand-made production to machine made goods
Giving all of your money away for the greater good
The process in which steel becomes a higher quality
Putting immigrants in poor housing conditions
Who was responsible for creating the Standard Oil company?
JP Morgan
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
Cornelius Vanderbilt
What is a trust?
the faith you have in someone else, right before you fall into their arms
a group of companies that combine assets without formally combining their businesses
A better way of making steel that is introduced in the Gilded Age
propaganda created to get the US to convert to socialism
If a government sets limits, mandates a minimum wage, sets prices, regulates mergers, trades, and business in general, what economic principle is it violating?
Laissez-Faire
Muckraking
Tenement Housing
Rockefeller
What is Social Darwinism?
people should have a fight with anyone they don't agree with and the correct person wins
the idea that governments should bail out the companies that need help
people should make as much money as possible and donate it when they don't need it
the idea that the companies that were the biggest and strongest would be more fit and outlive the smaller weaker companies
What is a robber baron?
muckrakers who would try to expose the bad conditions that existed in American society
Kind-hearted gentlemen who would donate their money to charity when they no longer needed it
Stole from the public in order to create their own wealth. Ruthless businessmen that were willing to do anything necessary to get ahead
political bosses who control places such as New York City
What is a Captain of Industry?
a political boss who makes all the decisions for an area such as New York City
Someone who makes their fortune by stealing from the public and not donating to the greater good
a new superhero created by Marvel
Leader in their field of expertise and also gave back to the communities that they were in
What is 'division of labor'?
Each person in the factory is responsible for only their part of the process of making a product
the area of the hospital where babies are delivered
a new government agency created to help improve factory condtions
a way to keep the workers from talking to each other on breaks
He was responsible for establishing an extremely powerful railroad company and having a University named after him. Frequently viewed as a Robber Baron
John D. Rockefeller
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Henry Ford
JP Morgan
In the late 19th century, Congress tried to limit the power of monopolies by passing what law?
14th Amendment
Laissez-Faire
law of gravity
Sherman Anti-trust act
What is horizontal consolidation?
owning all of the phases of production for one industry
owning a whole building
combining assets with other companies without actually merging with those companies
Buying out all of a company’s competition in order to create a monopoly
What is the role of government in a laissez-faire economy?
to stay out of the affairs of business
to make sure all citizens have voted in an election
to ensure housing conditions are good for immigrants
to ensure food is being properly prepared
Define philanthropy
Keeping all of the money made during your life and taking it to the grave
Doing charity work, giving money to worthy causes, building facilities for public use
Opening up multiple businesses in the same area
Investigating terrible conditions in the US, such as the poor living conditions
Why were trusts formed instead of Monopolies?
a trust sounds better to citizens than a monopoly
it allows companies to ensure their workers are receiving rights and good working conditions
Monopolies are illegal, but trusts were very similar and were not… yet!
The Monopoly Man has a monopoly on monopolies
Due to their small size and ability to fit into tight spaces _______________ were used during Industrial Revolution in factories
children
immigrants
slaves
dogs
The quota system, the Gentleman’s agreement, and Exclusion Act were targeted to keep out what group of people?
Italians
Mexicans
Irish
Asians
The policy of favoring Americans over immigrants is called...
democracy
muckraking
nativism
being right
What was the purpose of the Ghost Dance?
get Native American's excited before going into battle
blend Native American and Christian traditions
practice dancing rituals so they wouldn't be forgotten
call on ancestors for advice on getting rid of the American settlers
Cities being overcrowded and overpopulated forced immigrants to live in...
mansions
tenements
a van by the river
apartments
Custer's Last Stand, where Native American troops defeat American soldiers, is also called...
the Battle of Little Bighorn
the Spanish-American War
the Malice at the Palace
the Massacre at Wounded Knee
Which of these is NOT one of the three main jobs settlers did in the West?
Mining
Ranching
Farming
Fishing
The process of many people moving to the cities is called...
Muckraking
Urbanization
Assimilation
Nativism
What industry did Andrew Carnegie deal with?
Oil
Steel
Railroads
Banking/Financing
What industry did J.P. Morgan deal with?
Oil
Steel
Railroads
Banking/Financing
What does the term 'Gilded' mean?
investigating rough working conditions
stealing from the public
covered in a thin layer of gold
talking about society's problems and conditions
