APUSH The Industrial Era: 1876-1900 Review

What is it called when a capitalist controls all aspects of the production process?

vertical integration

True or False:

By the late 19th century most workers standard of living improved but they became mechanisms in the production process.

True

Who believed that the wealthy were morally obligated to use some of their wealth for the improvement of society?

Andrew Carnegie

By 1900, who produced more steel than any other industrialized nation?

United States RAHHH

Which national trade union engaged in industrial sabotage and violent action against businesses and business owners?

Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)

Which of the following contributed to the growth of the farming boom in the West?

Answers A and C:

* The Homestead act and pacific railway acts
* the development of the bessemer process (such as steel plow)

The government’s effort to promote the assimilation of Native Americans into white culture was exemplified by

The Dawes Severalty Act

The first time a president (Hayes) ordered U.S. troops to stop a strike was

the Railroad Strike of 1877

Andrew Carnegie created the nation’s first billion-dollar corporation later called

U.S. steel

What act had a loophole in it that Big Business used to limit union activity in the “restraint of trade”?

The Sherman Anti-Trust Act

What represented how westerners adapted to the Great Plains?

they constructed sod houses (sad houses :( )

What 2 railroad companies built the Transcontinental Railroad?

the Union Pacific & Central Pacific

In 1887, this act forced railroads to publish their rates and forbade pools and rebates; it was the

Interstate Commerce Act

Industrialists tried to justify their extreme wealth by stating they were the “fittest” and deserved it; this was called

Social Darwinism

In the Wabash Railway Co. v. Illinois, the Supreme Court ruled that corporations had the same 14th Amendment rights as

citizens with due process rights

The formation of trusts meant that

* former competitors colluded together
* stockholders of competing corporations turned in their stocks to trusts
* industries created monopolies
* all of the above

The U.S. had every possible advantage in industrialization; which of the following was NOT a reason

minimal government assisstance

Who did NOT speak out against the excesses of American capitalism?

capitalists and politicians

Who were industrial capitalists against then and now?

trade/labor unions

Which of the following was NOT a mediocre “do-little” president in the late 1800’s, early 1900’s?

Theodore Roosevelt

The “billion-dollar Congress” passed many pieces of legislation that favored instrialists, such as the

McKinley Tariff Act of 1890

What did the nation’s farmers advocate in the late 19th century?

the government should print greenbacks & have a bimetallic (silver) standard

Which of the following agricultural developments contributed to declining farm profits in the late 19th century?

private grain elevators and storage facilities

Which industry, more than any other, became the symbol and source of agrarian discontent in the post Civil war period?

Railway companies

Which U.S. Supreme Court decisions gave farmers some success?

Munn v. Illinois and Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co. v. Illinoi

All of the following were political objectives of the Populists EXCEPT:

creating a national system of unemployment insurance

Which of the following groups was NOT identifies with the Populist party?

Supporters of the gold standard

Which of the following statements regarding the Populist is accurate?

They favored government ownership of utility companies.

William Jennings Bryan became the presidential candidate of both the Democrats and Populists because of his support for

unlimited and free coinage of silver

A major reason why William McKinley (Republican) was able to defeat William Jennings Bryan (Democrat) in 1896 was due to

industrialists spending millions of money and strong republican urban votes