U.S. Presidents
He is the only U.S. president whose grandfather also served as president.
Who is Benjamin Harrison?
This author coined the term "Gilded Age."
Who is Mark Twain?
These are just three of the many goals of labor unions.
Any 3 of the following:
What is 1) Better Pay, 2) Better or Safer Working Conditions, 3) End Child Labor, 4) Shorter Work Week, 5) Shorter Workdays 6) Better treatment of employees?
Lord Palmerston, Benjamin Disraeli and William Gladstone all held this position.
What is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom? (Great Britain / England also acceptable)
This is the term for compulsory enrollment of persons, especially for military service; also know as the "draft."
What is conscription?
This President served two, non-consecutive terms and was the only president to be married in the White House.
Who is Grover Cleveland?
These two opposing titles were used to describe wealthy industrialists in the Gilded Age.
What are Captains of Industry and Robber Barons?
This company had its own town where workers lived, but pay cuts, without lower rent, led employees to strike.
What is the Pullman Company?
Not including the U.S. or parts of Africa, these countries were at one time British colonies. (name at least 3)
Any three of the following:
What is India, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, or the Caribbean?
Definition of Xenophobia
What is the hatred or fear of foreigners or strangers?
Under Benjamin Harrison how many states were admitted to the Union, and name two of them.
6: North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, & Washington.
This wealthy philanthropist did not believe in handouts, but believed in using his money to help people help themselves.
Andrew Carnegie
This organization also joined the strike to show solidarity.
What is the American Railway Union? Or Railroad workers, or Railroads - anything along those lines.
Two African nations remained free of European domination. Name one.
What is Ethiopia or Liberia?
A theory that different classes of society or ethnic groups are more or less advanced than others; "Survival of the fittest" mentality.
What is Social Darwinism?
Benjamin Harrison and Grover Cleveland had difference stances on tariffs. Of these two men, this one raised tariffs to appease Americans.
Who is Benjamin Harrison?
These are 3 of the top fortune-building industries of the Gilded age.
Any three of the following:
What is shipping, railroads, steel, petroleum/oil, or banking?
Of these two labor unions - The Knights of Labor and the AFL (American Federation Labor led by Samuel Gompers) -this on leaned toward the Marxist philosophy of redistribution of wealth.
What is The Knights of Labor?
This European country kicked off the African land grab when King Leopold went looking for more land to conquer.
What is Belgium?
This ideology believes change is beneficial and embraces new political policies and societal changes (as opposed to traditional norms / the way their particular government has always been run).
What is Liberal?
This president was shot after four months in office, and seemed to initially recover. He died a couple of months later from a blood infection from the unrecovered bullet.
Who is James Garfield?
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act did this to monopolies.
What is Outlawed? ("Ended" or "Broke up" or something similar can be accepted)
This is a derogatory name for laborers that will cross the picket line and work, making fellow strikers angry and reducing their efforts.
What is a scab?
Otto von Bismarck called the ______________ Conference so that European leaders could meet and carve up African land into European Colonies. (Hint: Where was it held?)
The Berlin Conference
The practice of colonizing less-developed nations for the purpose of serving the nation in authority.
What is Imperialism?