Gilded Age Politics
Labor
Big Business
Vocab. Mash-Up
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Immigrants who were largely responsible for the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad?

Chinese immigrants

100
This was the first major, successful labor union in the United States.
What is Knights of Labor.
100
John D. Rockefeller became a billionaire after he started this company.
What is Standard Oil Co.
100
The most common, and effective, method used by labor unions.
What is Strikes.
100

Court case where the state of Illinois attempted to regulate railroad trade? 

Illinois v Wabash Railroad

200
Tammany Hall was an example of this type of political group.
What is Political Machines.
200

Why did American born workers despise Chinese immigrant workers?

Immigrant workers were willing to work harder for less money

200
Method used to own all means of production, from resource extraction to retail sale.
What is Vertical Integration.
200

The two terms used to describe powerful business men...they could be one or both of these.

What is a robber baron or a captain of industry

200

Who is the greatest running back of all time?

Walter Payton

300
This law forced the Sioux Nation to cede their communal lands and divide them into private, individual parcels.
What is Dawes Severalty Act.
300
Method used by labor companies to negotiate contracts for their members.
What is Collective Bargaining.
300

Name the process used to make steel faster and cheaper, allowing for taller buildings

What is the Bessemer Process.

300
Political tactic and Civil War reference used by the Republican Party to promote party loyalty during the Gilded Age.
What is "Waving the Bloody Shirt."
300

Lebron James or Michael Jordan?

Michael Jordan. Shame on you for thinking otherwise..

400

This type of politician would often meet immigrants at the docks to offer services in exchange for votes

What is a political boss

400

Labor tactic in which a union refuses to show up for work.

What is a strike

400

This mans book called "The Jungle" detailed the terrible conditions of the meat packing industry.

Who is Upton Sinclair

400

The transcontinental railroad destroyed the life style of these people...

What is the Plains Indian

400

What is the term used for run down, cheap, overcrowded apartments?

Tenements

500

This act was passed in order to create a test before someone could take on a government job to ensure competence. 

What is Pendleton Civil Service Act.

500

Name the place where most immigrants first arrived when coming to the US.

What is Ellis Island.

500

This was the governments first attempt to curb the power of big business

What is the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887

500

Name THREE innovations that made farming the great plains possible

What are the steel plow, chemicals, and pesticides

500

What was the name of the journalist who revealed the terrible conditions of the poor through his photography, and his book "How the other half lives"?

Jacob Riis

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