Muckrakers
Which muckraker wrote The Jungle focusing on corruption in the meatpacking industry?
Upton Sinclair
Which robber baron was the founder of Standard Oil?
John D. Rockefeller
Why were labor unions formed during the industrial revolution?
(The group that comes up with the best response will receive full credit.)
Better working conditions; shorter hours; child labor laws, etc.
What year was the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote, ratified?
1920
Which US President is responsible for the Square Deal focusing on the Three C's: conservation [of natural resources]; corporate law and consumer protection?
Teddy Roosevelt
Ida B. Wells
Which Robber Baron was associated with the steel industry and has a famous concert hall in NYC named after him?
Andrew Carnegie
What was the biggest contribution of the Knights of Labor?
The Eight-Hour Work Day
What was the 16th Amendment?
Federal Income Tax
Where did most immigrants come from in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Southern and Eastern Europe
Which Danish-American photojournalist focused on tenement housing in How the Other Half Lives?
Jacob Riis
Which Robber Baron/Captain of Industry built his fortune in railroads and gifted an eponymous (named after himself) university in Tennessee?
Cornelius Vanderbilt
What was one of the more influential consortium (association) of labor unions formed in the late nineteenth century?
American Federation of Labor (AFL)
What was the 17th Amendment?
Citizens elect two senators for each state.
Which political party was most associated with the Grange Movement and the "common man"?
Populist Party
Which muckraker targeted monopolies through investigative journalism?
Ida Tarbell
This term refers to several large corporations which control an industry.
Trust
What was the name of a bombing that took place at a labor strike in the 1880s resulting in eight people dying?
Haymarket Riot (1886)
What does NAWSA stand for?
National American Women's Suffrage Association (NAWSA)
What is bimetalism and why did late nineteenth-century farmers support it?
Bimetalism refers to using both the gold and silver standard. Farmers supported it hoping that it would increase money supply, leading to higher prices for crops so they could pay off debts.
Which muckraker is known for his photography exposing the horrors of child labor?
Lewis Hine
Can you come up with an example of a modern-day Robber Baron or Captain of Industry? In your response make sure to argue whether your person is a Robber Baron, Captain of Industry or both.
(The team with the best response will receive full credit.)
Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, etc.
An 1892 walkout in Carnegie's western Pennsylvania steel resulting in 10,000 employees refusing to work.
Homestead Strike
A influential suffragette and leader of the National Women's Party (NWP) who played an integral role in advocating for passing the 19th Amendment.
Alice Paul
Which famous nineteenth-century author coined "Gilded Age"?
Mark Twain