Big Business
Political Changes
Immigration
Reform Movements
Misc.
100
By the end of his life, he held over 1,000 patents, and is best know for perfecting the home use of electricity.
Who is Thomas Edison
100
These journalists uncovered wrongdoings in politics or business.
What is a Muckraker.
100
Term for run-down apartment buildings which often housed more than one family at a time.
What is a Tenement.
100
These journalists uncovered wrongdoing in politics and business.
Who are Muckrakers.
100
A special fee that must be paid before a person was allowed to vote. Used primarily in the South.
What is a Poll Tax.
200
The economic concept that demonstrates how as production increases, the cost of each product is lowered.
What is economies of scale.
200
The nickname for Progressive Party led by Theodore Roosevelt.
What is the "Bull Moose" party
200
Factors that promote immigration into one country and emigration from another are known as this.
What are push and pull factors.
200
The 1900's saw a decrease of child in the work place due to the growth of what?
What is the public school system.
200
The term coined by Mark Twain to describe the Post-Reconstruction Era.
What is the Guilded Age.
300
An unofficial city organization designed to keep a particular party or group in power, usually led by a single "boss."
What is a Political Machine.
300
Political system where high government officials would appoint friends and supporters to government positions, rather than focusing on qualifications.
What is the Spoils System.
300
This act passed by Congress in 1882 prohibited new Chinese immigrants from entering the country.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act.
300
This Muckraker sought to improve the tenement system by publishing a series of photos.
Who was Jacob Riis.
300
This Supreme Court decision declared that "separate but equal" is constitutional.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson
400
Several factors made the industrial boom possible. Name three of them.
What is immigration, railroad expansion, republican control of government, and increase in the coal energy.
400
Under President Wilson, this government institution broke up the nation into 12 districts, each with its own federal bank.
What is the Federal Reserve System.
400
Immigrants travelled west in the early 1890's to compete in this event.
What is the Oklahoma Land Rush.
400
This system was created so that citizens could propose laws to go directly on the next ballot, if enough signatures were collected.
What is a Voter Initiative.
400
Term to describe the policy of no government involvement in business practices.
What is Laissez-faire business.
500
The philosophy that the wealthy are the most valuable members of society.
What is Social Darwinism
500
This act passed by President Wilson reduced tariffs and created a federal income tax to make up for lost revenue.
What is the Underwood Tariff Act of 1913.
500
Process by which people of one culture become part of another culture.
What is Assimilation.
500
Labor unions were organized to benefit their workers. Name at least three of their major goals.
What are shorter work hours, higher pay, workers compensation, and better working conditions.
500
Segregation by law.
What is De Jure Segregation.
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