Industrialization
What was the main purpose of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act (1890)?
A. Stabilize the economy
B. Watch over Wall Street
C. Encourage wealthy people to give back
D. Break up monopolies
D. Break up monopolies
Reformers who supported the banning of alcohol were part of which movement?
The Great Migration was a mass movement of African Americans from the ______ to the ______ to escape racial prejudice.
South; North
Old Immigrants came to the United States mostly from
A. Northern and Western Europe
B. Eastern and Central Europe
C. Southern and Northern Europe
D. Western and Eastern Europe
A. Northern and Western Europe
New Immigrants came to the United States mostly from
A. Western Europe
B. Central America
C. Northern Africa
D. Southern and Eastern Europe
D. Southern and Eastern Europe
What is collective bargaining?
Unions negotiating for workers’ pay and conditions
Journalists who exposed government abuses and big business corruption were known as
Muckrakers
People who moved to the U.S. seeking economic opportunity, or political or religious freedom were called WHAT
Immigrants
In 1882, this act marked the first time that a specific nationality of people was banned from entering the United States
A. Japanese Entry Ban
B. Chinese Exclusion Act
C. Asian Restriction Law
D. Pacific Immigration Act
B. Chinese Exclusion Act
As immigrants moved to the United States in large numbers, the supply of workers increased greatly. As a result workers received what kind of pay?
LOW
During Industrialization, what happened to U.S. urban city populations?
INCREASED
Thesis: During the Progressive Era a host of reforms were created to change some conditions caused by industrial capitalism. Decide if the statement can be used to support the above thesis: Statement: Muckrakers exposed abuses in society.
A.) Supports the thesis
B.) Does not support the thesis
A.) Supports the thesis
Poorly built, overcrowded apartments were known as WHAT
Tenement houses
Which of the following describes a ritual that Native Americans believed would prevent them from suffering?
A. The Sun Ritual
B. Trail Ceremony
C. The Buffalo Song
D. The Ghost Dance
D. The Ghost Dance
Upton Sinclair wrote “The Jungle” What was a reaction to Upton Sinclair’s publication of “The Jungle”?
Legislation was passed to correct harmful business practices
Why did labor unions emerge during the late 1800s?
To fight long hours and unsafe conditions
At the start of the 20th Century, the Progressive movement experienced a set of reforms that changed American life. Identify TWO reasons for the emergence of the Progressive Movement:
Widespread corruption in government
Dangerous working conditions
Angel Island and Ellis Island were
Immigration processing centers
Neighborhood centers in poor areas that offered education, recreation, and social activities were known as WHAT
Settlement Houses
What do both the Dawes Act and Homestead Act represent?
Government policies that promoted Westward migration
Why were corporations stronger than small businesses?
What is an example of a large corporation during industrialization?
They could raise large amounts of money
Carnegie Steel, Rockefeller Oil
The Prohibition movement believed banning alcohol would:
Protect women and children from abuse
Which of the following describes a reason why many people were inclined to move to the West?
The search for gold
Define:
Jim Crow Laws
Plessy v. Ferguson
Jim Crow: were state and local statutes in the American South that enforced racial segregation and disenfranchised African Americans
Plessy: Made segregation in public accommodations LEGAL
Name and describe each of the Progressive amendments (16-19)
16 - T (Income tax)
17 - S (Direct election of senators)
18 - A (Banning of alcohol)
19 - W - (Women voting)