Westward Expansion| Industrialization
Match the person to their industry:
1. J.D. Rockefeller
2. Andrew Carnegie
3. Cornilius Vanderbilt
_______________________________
A. Railroads
B. Oil
C. Steel
J.D. Rockerfeller: Oil
Andrew Carnegie: Steel
Cornilius Vanderbilt: Railroads
What is the message of the image "Bosses of the Senate?"
Monopolies are controlling the government. The people are suffering because of monopolies (or large businesses), and they don't have a say to fix it.
What is a labor union?
A labor union is a group/organization that fights/advocates for workers rights.
What was one major reason immigrants came to the United States during the late 1800s?
A. To find jobs and better economic opportunities
B. To avoid cities
C. To become wealthy business owners
D. To receive free college education
A. To find jobs and better economic opportunities
What was the main goal of the Populist Party?
A.To increase the power of monopolies
B. To help farmers and workers by pushing for economic and political reforms
C. To support the gold standard
D. To reduce farmers’ political power
B. To help farmers and workers by pushing for economic and political reforms
What did the Bessemer Process do?
It allowed for steel to be produced faster (efficiently) and cheaper.
What does laissez-faire mean?
Hands off
Why were strikes often difficult for workers to win during the Gilded Age?
A.Factory owners were required by law to meet workers’ demands.
B. Workers were not allowed to organize into labor unions.
C. Workers could lose their jobs, while employers could use replacement workers and sometimes receive government support.
D. Striking workers continued receiving their regular wages.
C. Workers could lose their jobs, while employers could use replacement workers and sometimes receive government support.
What is nativism?
Nativism is the belief that people native to the U.S. should have more rights than immigrants.
What was the biggest goal of the Grange Movement?
To regulate railroads
What is the greatest difference between the first and second industrial revolution?
The growth of corporations. Businesses grew WAY larger than before. *THINK monopolies
"This, then, is held to be the duty of the man of
wealth ... bringing to their service his superior
wisdom, experience, and ability to administer,
doing for them better than they would or could
do for themselves. . . ."
- Wealth, Andrew Carnegie
How did American industrialists during the Gilded Age use Social Darwinism?
A. to support labor movement
B. to justify monopolistic actions
C. to encourage an even distribution of wealth
D. to encourage charitable organizations to help the poor based on biblical ideals
B. to justify monopolistic actions
Why did workers form labor unions during the Industrial Revolution?
A. To increase factory owners’ profits
B. To demand better wages, shorter hours, and safer working conditions
C. To prevent immigrants from getting jobs
D. To eliminate all factories
B. To demand better wages, shorter hours, and safer working conditions
Based on the political cartoon given below, how would the cartoonist describe the Chinese Exclusion Act?
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A. The Act placed a ban on communists, socialists, and Chinese immigrants.
B. The Act closed off the "Gate of Liberty" to peaceful industrialists.
C. The Act allowed for Chinese immigration but excluded communists.
D. The Act restricted immigration from China but allowed admittance to other new immigrants
D. The Act restricted immigration from China but allowed admittance to other new immigrants
What economic problems caused many farmers to join the Grange movement during the late 1800s?
A. Chronic debt, overproduction, and high railroad shipping rates.
B. High factory wages, low taxes, and increased profits.
C. A shortage of farmland and rising crop prices.
D. Too many government benefits and low farming costs.
A. Chronic debt, overproduction, and high railroad shipping rates.
How did U.S. immigrants assist in the country's transition to an industrial society during the late 1800s and early 1900s?
A. by using low interest loans to purchase industries with potential for growth
B. by persuading family members to work in industries that paid higher wages
C. by taking part in social events sponsored by the industries where they worked
D. by agreeing to work in industries that paid them lower wages than was standard
D. by agreeing to work in industries that paid them lower wages than was standard
How did John D. Rockefeller create a monopoly in the oil industry?
A. By using horizontal integration to buy or control competing oil companies
B. By giving control of his company to the government
C. By refusing to compete with other oil companies
D. By creating labor unions for oil workers
A. By using horizontal integration to buy or control competing oil companies
In the 19th century, slogans like the one displayed below, demonstrated the growing influence of which of the following?
A. Social Darwinism
B. Granger Movement
C. new immigration
D. labor unions
D. labor unions
Which law was the first major federal law to restrict immigration based on nationality?
Chinese Exclusion Act
What was the main purpose of William Jennings Bryan's Cross of Gold speech?
A. support the rights of African Americans in the South
B. a policy of bimetallism that would help farmers by raising crop prices
C. to control the flow of immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe
D. higher tariffs to protect American manufacturers from foreign competition
B. a policy of bimetallism that would help farmers by raising crop prices
How did the growth of industrialization contribute to the rise of nativism in the United States during the late 1800s?
The increased competition for jobs and lower wages, led some native-born Americans to blame immigrants for economic problems (like lower wages)
ow did laissez-faire capitalism and Social Darwinism help justify the growth of monopolies during the Gilded Age?
These ideas supported limited government interference in business and argued that wealthy industrialists succeeded because they were more capable, helping justify the growth of monopolies.
How did events like the Haymarket Riot and the Homestead Strike affect unions?
It discredited them. Because these strikes led to violence and the government would use these events to justify their anti-union stance.
Where did many “new immigrants” coming to the United States in the late 1800s and early 1900s come from?
A. Australia and New Zealand
B. Northern and Western Europe only
C. Canada and Mexico only
D. A. Southern and Eastern Europe
D. Southern and Eastern Europe
Explain how the economic problems faced by farmers led to the creation of the Populist Party and its demand for government reform.
Farmers faced falling crop prices, debt, and high railroad shipping costs. They formed the Populist Party to demand reforms such as free silver, railroad regulation, and government policies that would help farmers.