Industrialization and Technology
Which invention by Alexander Graham Bell allowed people to communicate over long distances?
Telephone
What economic system is based on private ownership and competition?
Capitalism
What labor union led by Samuel Gompers represented skilled workers?
American Federation of Labor
What movement aimed to reduce or ban alcohol consumption?
Temperance Movement
Which president introduced the Square Deal?
Theodore Roosevelt
What process developed by Henry Bessemer made steal cheaper and faster to produce?
Bessemer Process
What term describes one company controlling an entire industry?
Monopoly
What violent strike occurred at Carnegie‘s steel plant in 1892?
Homestead Strike
Who founded Hull House and supported settlement houses?
Jane Addams
What law targeted monopolies but was weak at first?
Sherman Antitrust Act
What research center founded by Thomas Edison symbolized American innovation?
Menlo Park
What business strategy involves controlling every stage of production?
Vertical integration
What law restricted Chinese immigration in 1882?
Chinese Exclusion Act
What journalists exposed corruption and social problems?
Muckrakers
What amendment granted women the right to vote?
19th Amendment
What transportation development connected the East and West and boosted industrial growth?
Transcontinental railroad
What oil company created by John Rockefeller became a major trust?
Standard Oil
What term describes reasons people leave their home countries?
Push factors
What book by Upton Sinclair exposed unsafe conditions in meatpacking plants?
The Jungle
What act created a central banking system in the U.S?
Federal Reserve Act
Why did skyscrapers become possible in the late 1800s?
Steel frame construction and elevators
What idea claimed that wealthy individuals succeeded since they were the fittest?
Social Darwinism
What overcrowded urban housing was common for the working poor?
Tenements
What reforms allowed voters more direct control over government?
Initiative, referendum, and recall.
What was one major limitation of the Progressive Movement by 1920?
It did not fully address racial inequality