What is a business owner who is good for the economy, donates most of their money, and is good to their workers
100
Name two reasons immigrants wanted to come to America
What is religious freedom, to get a job, escape political persecution, to gain freedom
100
Describe how bad working conditions were during the industrial age.
What is they worked 12 hour days, they didn't get paid much, they worked 6 days a week
100
What is a patent?
What is a copyright on the idea or invention
200
What item did the bessemer process make cheap?
What is steel
200
What is a Robber Baron?
What is a business owner who is selfish with their money, doesn't donate, and does not have the workers interest in mind
200
Double Jeopardy! Name at least two reasons immigrants could get sent back home.
What is they had an illness, they lied on their application, they didn't have enough money
200
What are some positives of labor unions?
What is they fight for workers rights, they get better working conditions for workers
200
What is a monopoly?
What is a business that has all of the control in an industry
300
Double Jeopardy! Who created Morse code?
What is Samuel Morse
300
How did Rockefeller make all of his money
What is in the oil industry (He had a monopoly on the business)
300
Where did most asian immigrants arrive when they came to the U.S.?
What is California
300
What is a Yellow Dog Contract?
What is a contract where you sign your right to protest away
300
Double jeopardy - What is a scab?
What is a person who is hired to work while the workers are striking
400
What president gets credit for building the transcontinental railroad?
Who is Abraham Lincoln
400
What is a cartel?
What is a group of businesses that set the prices on goods
400
What was America's reaction to many of the immigrants?
What is racial hatred
400
What is collective bargaining?
What is where workers will argue for better rights and services
400
What is a sweatshop?
What is a factory where you work for long hours, little pay, and with bad working conditions
500
Why is Edwin Drake important to history?
What is he is the first to successfully drill for oil
500
Explain Carnegie's Gospel of Wealth
What is the rich should donate at least 80% of their money
500
What did Roosevelt do as a result of Jacob Rii's photography?
What is passed new housing laws and improved the parks
500
Explain the difference between socialism and capitalism.
What is socialist systems are usually government controlled and paid for by taxes. Capitalist systems are privately run and success is based off of profits.
500
What is cartel?
What is several businesses that get together and set the prices on goods