VUS.8 (2015) Industrialization and Progressives Questions

"We crossed into Missouri out of the Indian country, near what is now known as Baxter Springs. I saw on my horse every night while we were coming through the Indian country; I was so afraid something would scare the cattle that I could not sleep in the tent, but we had no stampede." - Tom Candy Pointing, 1853

This description concerns the -

transportation of cattle to markets in the Midwest

claim a homestead in the West

Pioneers, 1886

The family shown in this picture is most likely on the way to -

From 1880 to 1910, populations increased in cities such as Detroit and Pittsburgh. What most contributed to the increase?

Industrialization in the North

Henry Ford had an impact on the United States economy by -

improving manufacturing to make goods more affordable

Industrialization of America

- Growing Labor Supply

- Limited Liability Corporations

- Abundant Natural Resources

- ?

What economic factor completes this diagram?

Laissez-faire Policies

Giants of Innovation

- Thomas Edison

- Henry Ford

- Wright Brothers

- ?

Who would best be added to this list?

Henry Bessemer

During the Industrial Revolution, new technology affected the economy of the United States by -

increasing worker productivity

During the 19th century, Chinese immigrants played a major role in the -

building of the Transcontinental Railroad

The Great Migration of the early 20th century refers to the movement of -

African Americans from the South to northern cities

What individual helped found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People?

W.E.B. DuBois

What civil rights leader believed African Americans could earn equality by learning vocational skills?

Booker T. Washington

In 1896, the Supreme Court ruled in Plessy v. Ferguson that -

separate by equal facilities for African Americans were legal

"Standard Oil Company to Break Up: Supreme Court Declares it an Unlawful Monopoly" - May 16, 1911

This event was a result of the passage of the -

Sherman Antitrust Act

mucrkacker

This photograph demonstrates conditions exposed by a -

What aspect of American life was most challenged by the passage of the 19th amendment?

Role of women

Investigative journalists of the early 20th century who exposed social and political corruption were known as -

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