INDUSTRIALIZATION
Name two businessmen from Industrialization and the product they produced.
Andrew Carnegie: Steel
John Rockefeller: Oil
the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.
Manifest Destiny
What was the money debate?
The use of Greenbacks and silver instead of gold as the currency of the United States.
What is Imperialism?
A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
Who wrote the Cross of Gold Speech and what was it about?
What is a monopoly? What did John Rockefeller due to create a monopoly?
A monopoly is having economic control over one product. Rockefeller lowered his prices to get rid of competition and once the competition was eliminated, he jacked up the prices.
What dangerous did settlers encounter as they moved out west?
Native American attacks, lack of water resources, and extreme weather conditions.
What was the populist's movement and what did they support?
The Populists movement was made up of mainly farmers who wanted silver and greenback currency.
Name 2 of the five motives of Imperialism.
Political, military, economic, religion, culture.
What were muckrakers?
Jounalists that exposed the living conditions in cities.
How did Industrialization change how people lived in the late 19th century?
Less people working on farms in rural areas, people moving to cities for work opportunities. Living in small tenant apt's.
What is a soddy home and why did people build this type of home?
Home made out of cut out pieces of sod, stacked on top of one another. Lack of trees for wood.
What the NAACP and what was their goal?
The National Association of the Advancement of Colored People and one of their goals was to obtain civil rights for African Americans.
What was the 2 causes of the Spanish-American War and how do they connect?
Yellow Journalism and the sinking of the USS Maine. Yellow Journalists blamed Spain for the incident.
What was Roosevelt's feelings towards the environment?
He was a conservationist who helped set up the forest reserve and numerous national parks.
What is the assembly line and why is it so important to Industrialization?
The assembly line allowed good and services to be built at a quicker rate and did not rely on just one period to build a product. Each person would have a specific task on the assembly line.
What connected the west coast with the eastern portion of the United States? How did this further Westward Expansion?
Railroads allowed people to get across the US at a quicker rate and limited interactions with natives.
What book did Upton Sinclair write, what was it about and how did it impact American society?
Upton Sinclair wrote The Jungle; it was about the gross meat processing conditions in factories, and it impacted society because Congress passed the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act.
Manifest Destiny and wanting to be a world superpower.
What is one thing Roosevelt and Wilson did not agree on during the Progressive Era?
Wilson did not believe in breaking up trusts like Roosevelt did.
Explain the makeup of workers during Industrialization and what part of the world immigrants came from. What was the conditions like for the workers?
The conditions were very dangerous for workers, injury and death was very common.
What was the Homestead Act and what was the requirements?
Law passes to give an incentive for settlers to move west. The law gave settlers land as long as they built a home on it and farmed the land for 5 years.
What was the 16th Amendment and what was its impacts?
The 16th Amendment required a federal income tax. It gave the federal government a new source of revenue instead of tariffs.
Spain surrendered and the Treaty of Paris was signed. Gave the US Guam, the Philippines, and Petero Rico. gave Cuba its independence.
Define the Sherman Anti-trust act.
prescribes the rule of free competition among those engaged in commerce and consequently prohibits unfair monopolies.