Definitions
Define a Sweatshop?
A Sweatshop is a low paying job with dangerous conditions
Who started the Steel company?
Andrew Carnegie
Which mode of transportation linked the US by the end of the 19th century?
Railroads
Who was Upton Sinclair?
Upton Sinclair was the author of a novel called "The Jungle", which reveals gruesome details about the meatpacking industry in Chicago.
What is a push and pull factor?
Push factors are conditions that drive people from their homes and pull factors are conditions that attract immigrants to a new area.
Define trust.
A trust is a group of companies controlled by a central board of directors
Who bought out Carnegie's Steel company?
J.P. Morgan
How many transcontinental railroads were completed by 1900
4
What did the Pure Food and Drug Act require food and drug makers to do and what did it try to end?
The Pure Food and Drug Act required food and drug makers to list ingredients on their packages; the act tried to end false advertising and the use of impure ingredients.
What is a rebate?
A rebate is a discount.
Define capitalism?
Capitalism is businesses that are owned and operated for a profit
What three inventions did Thomas Edison take credit for?
Light Bulb, Phonograph, and Invention factory
What was the environment like working on the railroad?
The workers worked for low pay and worked in dangerous conditions.
What was the name of the woman who was the leading figure of the settlement house movement who sheltered the poor?
Jane Addams
Why was Ellis Island and Angel Island so important?
Ellis Island was important because, Ellis Island is where immigrants faced a last hurdle, the dreaded medical inspection. Angel Island is important because its where many Asians were processed.
Define a Free Enterprise System
A free enterprise system, businesses are owned by private citizens.
Who was the owner of standard oil?
J.D. Rockefeller
What three innovations that we discussed in class was brought about because of the railroads being invented?
Sleeping cars, Brakes, and Time zones
What position did Woodrow Wilson have at Princeton University and New Jersey?
Woodrow Wilson served as president of Princeton University and he was governor of New Jersey.
What is the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act is making monopolies that push out other competition illegal
What is the difference between a pool and a monopoly?
A pool is when many small companies own everything and a monopoly is one company that owns everything.
What percentage of standard oil was U.S. oil?
95%
Name the three things the Government gave the railroad companies to build the transcontinental railroads.
The government paid the railroad companies by money, land grants, and subsidies.
What did Theodore Roosevelt do to win a landslide victory and explain what it was.
Theodore Roosevelt promised Americans a square deal, meaning that many different groups-farmers and consumers, workers and owners- should have an equal opportunity to succeed.
What happened at the Haymarket Riots?
The police fired into the workers who were protesting and killed some, the workers went on strike about the killings and someone set off a bomb killing and injuring police and workers.