Modern Tools
The opposite of machine labor is known as:
Manual (by hand) Labor
The person most responsible for making the OIL Industry a "big business" in the United States was:
John D. Rockefeller
Which UNION, formed in 1869, allowed "non-skilled" workers to be members?
the Knights of Labor
What were urban ethnic neighborhoods called where immigrants lived, worked and assimilated to the American way of life:
Ghettos/Slums
The journalists of the Gilded Age that exposed the problems and corruption of society were known as:
MUCKRAKERS
The inventor that founded the communications company AT&T was:
Alexander Graham Bell
Businesses that sell portions of ownership or stock shares are known as:
CORPORATIONS
In the late 1800’s, which industry employed more women than any other?
the GARMENT/TEXTILE industry
Which region of Europe were the "New" Immigrants entering the U.S. at the turn of the 20th century from?
Southern and Eastern Europe
Who was the leading SUFFRAGIST of the “Women’s Rights” movement?
Susan B.Anthony
What is the name of the company founded by the man who "electrified" America?
Con(solidated) Ed(ison)
The Federal law that made it illegal to create monopolies or trusts that restrained trade and has been "in-effect" since 1890 is known as:
The Sherman Anti-trust Act
These worker protests stopped national railroad transports in 1894, forcing the Government to crush the American Railway Union:
the Pullman Railcar STRIKE
What were the "POW" factors that pushed immigrants to leave their homelands?
Poverty, Oppression and Wars (POW).
Which Constitutional Amendment authorized Congress to levy and collect a National income tax?
the 16th Amendment
The method of turning iron-ore into steel for RR tracks is known as:
the Bessemer Process
Supporters of wealthy industrialists called them "Captains of Industry". Critics however accussed them of unfair business practices and called them:
ROBBER-BARONS
Who was the immigrant cigar-maker that founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL) in 1881 for "skilled" workers?
Samuel Gompers
Asian immigrants entered the U.S. via this Pacific coast harbor:
Angel Island
Which literary work and author exposed the conditions of the meatpacking industry of Chicago?
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
Idea that those in society who were “fittest” would be successful is known as:
Social Darwinism
What is the term that descibes the method for increasing worker efficiency and production while decreasing costs and prices?
SPECIALIZATION
What is the term for Labor Unions negotiating with Business managers/owners:
Collective Bargaining
Children born in the U.S. to immigrant parents are legally known as:
American CITIZENS
Thomas Nast's political cartoons exposed the big city corruption of which infamous NYC figure?
William "Boss" Tweed