Eye of the Reform
Temperance
Conservation
Migrant Workers
Prohibition
Workers Rights and Migrant Workers
Child Labor
Urbanization and Sanitation
What is a union?
A group of workers who work together to negotiate with their employer
What is a Robber Baron? Give at least one example of one.
Capitalist or Industrialist, specifically one who became rich through controversial or ruthless practices
Carnegee, Rockefeller, Fisk, Astor
Who would have been 'processed' at Ellis Island
Immigrants
Name one skill used in communicating and one used in active listening
Talking:
Mirroring
Piggybacking
Tone / Volume
Gestures
Listening:
Eye contact
Affirming (Nods or 'Yes')
Posture and body language
Which 2 reform movements are closely linked?
Suffrage and Temperance/Prohibition
* Must get both words, 'women' is not acceptable
What is the primary strategy a union might use to negotiate?
Strikes or pickets
Explain how coal lead to industrialization, include at least 1 example of something enabled or created as a result of coal
1) Coal allows us to move objects creating energy and making many tasks more efficient. These items are moved typically through steam power.
2) Factories, trains, steam engines, cars, farming advancements, sewing machines, etc. Will accept any reasonable answer
Define Rural AND Urban
Rural: Living in countryside or town, typically a less developed area
Urban: Living in a large city and/or near many others
What is it called in a discussion when we 'Go off of' another person comment?
Piggybacking
What do we call it when someone asks the government to change something?
Lobbying
List one argument in favor of unions and one against
Pro:
Workers rights (must name one specific)
pay, healthcare, safety, working hours, treatment by other staff
Con:
Increases costs, unions have additional rights that companies do not, reduces competition, slower advancement
Approximately when did the Industrial Revolution happen in the US?
1875 - 1930; will accept 10 years +/-
Economic opportunities: Factories, or capitalist stuff for the wealthy
Access to goods and services (medicine, foods, specialized services like lawyers, artists etc)
Culture: An Immigrant wanting to be near other similar people (like Korea town)
Other amenities: parks, trade fairs, shopping parks
What does 'Equity' mean? Give one example where this might apply.
Each receives what they need, not necessarily the exact same thing.
Will accept any reasonable example
What is the difference between Temperance and Prohibition and what cause did they relate to?
Temperance - Movement to limit or eliminate alcohol
Prohibition - Set of laws that restricted access to alcohol
What is a scab?
Someone who breaks a picket line and works during a strike.
Coal provides more energy, making tasks more efficient, this makes producing goods faster leaving more time for invention and advancement. This additional time makes goods even easier to produce.
What was the nickname given to New York during this period and what did it mean?
Golden Door, referred to the land of opportunity,
What is a Monopoly and why is it problematic?
When a single company or person owns the vast majority of an industry
reduced competition, price gouging, reduced advancement, political lobbying etc
Name at least 2 significant figures from the reform movement (Someone who fought for a specific cause)
Susan B Anthony
Ansel Adams
Sir Edwin Chadwick
Doretha Lange
Name 5 things a union might negotiate for with their employer
Wages
Raise schedules
Safety
Working Hours
Overtime
Employee Discounts
Benefits
Holiday
Uniforms and other minor benefits
* May accept other functional answers*
1) The more of something you make the more efficiently you can make that thing
2) Producing more of a good allows you to focus on that good, producing it more efficiently.
Buying in bulk is typically cheaper
Using bulk goods reduces waste
Fixed costs, a big machine costs the same whether it makes 5 or 500 goods a day
List at least 2 ways that industrialization lead to urbanization
Coal makes larger buildings possible through steel leading to larger cities
Coal makes steel more accessible leading to trains, trains make it possible to transport goods and or people into cities
Development of steel molding -> pipes meaning cities could be further from water sources,
Factories lead to an increase in jobs attracting many workers
Explain roughly how a steam engine converts coal into energy. Give at least 2 examples where it might have been used.
Coal is burned, producing heat, the heat warms up water which turns to steam. The steam creates movement by turning a turbine. This movement can be converted into all sorts of productive things.
Trains, sewing machines, mills, producing electricity (technically this was later but I'll take it), powering factory equipment, boats