Unit 5 test

What do you call a tax on imported goods?

Import tax

Whose side did the government usually take in labor disputes?

Employers

Type of economic policy that calls for very limited government regulations, almost a “hands off” approach?

Laissez Faire

Tammany Hall would be an example of what political organization?

Political machine

Name of the Civil Service Act that required written examinations for certain government jobs?

Pendleton civil service act

Nicknamed “Mr. Wizard”, he had over 1,000 patents for all of his inventions like the light bulb & Phonograph?

Thomas Edison

Who did most of the labor in Northern cities in the late 1800s?

Immigrants

Which billionaire was able to bail out the US Government in the Depression of 1893?

Jp Morgan

What new government agency was created in 1913 to help stabilize the US economy?

Federal reserve system

Why did Labor Unions form in the late 1800s?

Better working conditions, fair wages, and increased social and political power

When a company dominates an entire market, they have created what?

A monopoly

What was the first major labor union led by Terrence powerderly that fell apart after the haymarket riots?

Knights of labor

What is the danger of allowing monopolies in an economy?

Reduced competition, price control, economic inefficiency, Ana stifled innovation

What is the process of turning iron ore into steel called?

Steelmaking

______ integration is dominating an entire step in production.  (a.k.a. monopoly; illegal)

Horizontal

______ integration is controlling all the steps in production to cut any middle man.  (Legal)

Vertical

Who was the crime boss who ran Tammany hall in New York City?

Boss tweed

What was the trade union in 1886 put together by Samuel Gompers that organized skilled workers?

American federation of labor (AFL)

Nickname for Progressive writers in the 1800s that address the social ills of society?

Muckrakers

Political Party organized by farmers in the late 1800s that pushed for bimetallism currency, train regulations, 8-hour workday & subsidies?

Populist party

Bimetallism means which two metals?

Sliver and gold

Who was the photographer and author of How the Other Half Live?

Jacob Riis

Who was the author of the book about meat packing plants titled The Jungle?

Upton Sinclair

What woman was a key leader in the prohibition movement and supported the 18th Amendment?

Frances Willard

What woman pushed for the first Anti-lynching laws in the U.S.?

Ida B. Wells

What Progressive Party did TR lead in the 1912 Election?

Bull moose party

Who won the election of 1912?

Woodrow Wilson

Which two Amendments did the Populists Party support and get passed through Congress?

16th and 17th amendment

Which Act called for the elimination of ALL monopolies under President Wilson?

Clayton Anti-Trust act

What were the “Three Rs” that Teddy Roosevelt supported during his presidency?

Regulation, Reform, And Recovery

Which amendment granted women the right to vote?

19th Amendment

Which African American leader pushed for vocational education & created the Tuskegee Institute?

Booker T. Washington

What was the social movement at the turn of the century that addressed the political corruption & urban problems?

Progressive Movement

Where did the women’s rights movement start in 1848?

Seneca Falls, New York

Which group of immigrants were excluded from coming to the U.S. in 1887?

Chinese Immigrants

How were the “New Immigrants” different from the “Old Immigrants”?

The global conditions and the diverse fabric of American society

Which amendment created an income tax?

16th Amendment

What were some of the challenges of living in urban cities in the late 1800s?

Overcrowding, Poor sanitation, economic struggles, and social issues

What was the name of the crowded housing that immigrants had to live in?

Tenements

Who invented the steel plow?

John Deere

Who invented blue jeans in the mining camps of California?

Levi Strauss

What was the name for those Americans who opposed the new wave of immigrants in the late 1800s?

Nativists

What invention did Joseph Glidden invent that ended the cowboy way of life?

Barbed Wire

The process of changing Native Americans into the more acceptable white culture in the late 1800s is called what?

Assimilaion

What animal almost became extinct because of the building of the transcontinental railroad?

American Bison

What act tried to assimilate the Native Americans?

Dawes Act

Where was the first transcontinental railroad completed in 1869?

Promontory Summit Utah

What led to the major population growth of the West in the late 1800s?

Economic opportunities, railroads, and influx of immigrants

Which amendment called for the prohibition of alcohol beverages?

18th amendment

How did Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Dubois differ in their opinions about the civil rights of blacks?

Washington rooted in economic advancement and gradualism while Du Bois wanted immediate action and political engagement

Who was the first Progressive President who supported the Square Deal policies?

Theodore Roosevelt

Which Republican US President got stuck in the bathtub?

Willian Howard Taft

Which US President made the first attempt to try and end child labor?

Woodrow Wilson

Which US President passed the Clayton Antitrust Act to end all monopolies?

Woodrow Wilson

Which US President protected the environment and established the National Parks Service?

Theodore Roosevelt

Which US President created the Federal Reserve System?

Woodrow Wilson

Which US President passed the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food & Drug Act to protect consumers?

Theodore Roosevelt

What government agency regulates the railroads?

Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)

The only victory of Native Americans where General Custer made his last stand was?

Battle of little Big Horn

What was the name of the plots of land Native Americans were forced to live on?

Reservations

Site where the Army attacked Native Americans for practicing the “ghost dance?”

Wounded Knee

How did political bosses the corrupt elections?

What nickname did Mark Twain give the industrialization era after the Civil War?

Who dominated banking in the late 1800s?

Who dominated the oil refinery business in the late 1800s?

Who dominated steel production in the late 1800s?

Who dominated the railroads and ferries in the late 1800s?

What did President Wilson create in 1913 to stabilize the banking system?

What so you call a business that comes to dominate an entire market?

Why were children hired as workers in factories?

What was the name of the famous strike that ruined the knights of labor?

What was the name of the Famous strike at Carnegies steel plant in Pittsburgh?

What was the name of the famous strike that the army put down?

What was the name of the skilled workers union in 1886 led by Samual Gompers?

Who was the muckraker who went after John D. Rockefeller?

The Populists wanted to regulate what industry?

Prohibitionists Carrie Nation was the Christian woman who pushed for the passage of what amendment?

What women fought for anti-lynching laws?

What candidates ran in 1912?

What amendment called for the direct election of senate?

What act got rid of ALL monopolies?

Who was the President who passed the Meat inspection act and the Pure food and drug act?

Who was the black civil rights leader who pushed for vocational education and started Tuskegee Institute?

Who was the black civil rights leader who demanded immediate equality and started the NAACP?

Which immigrants were brought in to build the railroad, but were quickly excluded from entering the country afre 1882?

Nickname for the mixture of the different cultures that make up American society?

More people were living in the cities than the rural areas by what decade?

In 1921 the government passed laws to put a ______ on the number of immigrants entering the country?

Who invented Barbed wire?

Where did MOST European immigrants enter the country?

Where did MOST Asian immigrants enter the country?-

What process did MOST Indian children endure in the 1800s?

What impact did the railroad have on the Buffalo population?

What happened to the population of the west coast after the railroad was completed?

Nickname for segregation laws in the south?

What court case upheld segregation laws in 1896?

Most African Americans did what for a living in the south after the Civil War?