People/Groups
This woman created the Hull House in Chicago
Jane Addams
The exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service
Monopoly
This law gave women the right to vote
Bonus 50: Which year was it passed?
19th Amendment
Bonus: 1919
Housing units in cities that were made to fit many people into a small space.
Tenements
A fierce belief that native born Americans were better than new immigrants
This man was in charge of the Standard Oil monopoly and was a key business leader of the Gilded Age
John D. Rockefeller
What is a robber baron?
What is a captain of industry?
A business leader who earned their wealth through unethical practices.
A business leader who gained their wealth through innovative methods and contributed positively to the economy.
A federal law that regulated the railroad industry
Bonus 100: What group was established to enforce this law?
Interstate Commerce Act
Bonus: The Interstate Commerce Commission
This muckraker documented poor living conditions in the cities through photographs
Bonus 100: Name the book they published
Jacob Riis
Bonus: How the Other Half Lives
What is a push factor?
What is a pull factor?
Bonus 100: Give an example of both
Push factors are things that cause someone to leave their home country.
Pull factors are things that attract someone to a new place.
Bonus: Poverty, unemployment, oppression OR safety, jobs, opportunity, freedom
What is a muckraker?
An activist who uses journalism to expose the issues in society
Which industry was the first to be regulated in the United States?
Bonus 100: Which law allowed it?
Railroads
Bonus: Interstate Commerce Act
A federal law that prohibits agreements and actions that limit competition and restrict trade
Bonus 100: Which year was it passed?
Bonus: 1890
List three of the major problems that arose in big cities
WILL TAKE ANY 3 OF THE FOLLOWING:
-Crime
-Fire
-Poor Sanitation
-Overcrowding
-Poverty
How did immigration contribute to urbanization?
Many immigrants settled in cities because of the access to jobs and transportation
One of the first progressive presidents who earned the name "trust buster"
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
What is a political machine?
Bonus 100: Who is one of the most famous political machines that we talked about?
A party, headed by a single boss that had enough votes to maintain political control of a city.
Bonus: Boss Tweed in NYC
Teddy Roosevelt's domestic policy aimed at promoting fairness for all Americans
Bonus 100: Name the 3 "C's"
The Square Deal
Bonus: Consumers, Corporations, Conservation
A NYC law that improved tenement housing and set minimum size requirements. It also mandated the installation of lighting, better ventilation, and indoor bathrooms.
Bonus 50: Which year was it passed
Tenement House Act
Bonus: 1901
Which group of immigrants was banned from coming to the United States?
What was the name of the law?
Chinese immigrants
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
A social organization that advocated for farmers and agriculture in the United States
The Grange Party
The part of the Constitution that allows Congress to regulate business in the United States
The commerce clause
A law that built upon the Sherman Antitrust Act by banning corporations from buying stocks to create monopolies
Bonus 100: Which year was it established?
Clayton Antitrust Act
Bonus: 1914
What is civil service? What types of jobs are considered civil service positions?
Bonus 100: What is the name of the act that ended the spoils system?
The professional branches of a government's administration (secretaries, police, firefighters, town hall employees)
Bonus: Pendleton Civil Service Act
Why were immigrants so important for business in the U.S?
Immigrants provided a steady source of cheaper laborers for rapidly growing businesses