Gilded Age Politics
Labor
Big Business
Various
The Indian Wars
100
Who is Grover Cleveland?
The only Democratic President elected during the Gilded Age.
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 first large-scale, organized agrarian movement of the 19th century.
What is Granger Movement.
100
The most common, and effective, method used by labor unions.
What is Strikes.
200
Groups who offered services to voters and businesses for political power and reelection.
What is a Political Machine?
200
Samuel Gompers was the head of this major labor union.
What is American Federation of Labor.
200
Method used to own all means of production, from resource extraction to retail sale.
What is Vertical Integration.
200
Candidate endorsed by the Populist Party in the 1896 election.
Who is William Jennings Bryan.
200
Replacement worker for laborers on strike.
What is Scab.
300
What is patronage?
Patronage is the giving of government jobs to those who helped the elected leader get in office.
300
Method used by labor companies to negotiate contracts for their members.
What is Collective Bargaining.
300
DAILY DOUBLE!!! Name the TWO processes used by Carnegie to mass produce steel.
What is Open Hearth & Bessemer Process.
300
African-American farmers who moved out west to escape discrimination and own land.
What is Exodusters.
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."
400
This Supreme Court case ruled that manufacturing was not under the jurisdiction of interstate commerce.
What is US v. EC Knight Co.
400
Labor tactic in which an employer can only hire people who become members of the union.
What is Closed Shops.
400
Gustavus Swift monopolized this industry in the United States.
What is Meat-Packing.
400
This Supreme Court case forbid the government from regulating grain elevator prices, a big blow to western farmers.
What is Munn v. Illinois.
500
This act established a merit system for civil jobs; which meant one had to deserve a government job based on credentials to be hired.
What is the Pendleton Service Act?
500
The most common, and effective, method used by labor unions. Employees refuse to work until their demands are met
What are strikes?
500
This famous author promoted the "myth of the self-made man."
Who is Horatio Alger.
500
Name THREE laws passed during the Gilded Age that dealt with the bi-metallic issue.
What is 1.) Coinage Act 2.) Sherman Silver-Purchase Act 3.) Bland-Allison Act 4.) Gold Standard Act
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