When workers unite to fight and negotiate for better pay and better working conditions.
Unions
Bonus: What tactic do unions sometimes use to get what they want from their employers?
This act broke apart trusts and monopolies.
Bonus: 100 points for every company you can name that was broken up by this act.
Sherman Antitrust Act
AT&T, Standard Oil
Go again if correct.
The person who photographed child workers.
Lewis Hine
Go again if correct.
This island was located in New York.
Ellis Island
What companies did J.P. Morgan help create?
100 points for every correct answer.
US Steel, JP Morgan Chase Bank, General Electric
When a company has complete control over and industry, eliminating competition.
Monopoly
This act made sure that all food had proper ingredient lists and were free from harmful chemicals and eventually creating the FDA (Food and Drug Administration)
Pure Food and Drug Act
The apartments that many poor people in the cities lived in.
tenements
Bonus: Name some of the conditions in the tenements.
This immigration station in San Francisco was more like a detention center for many Asian immigrants, especially Chinese.
Angel Island
Bonus: What was found on the walls of Angel Island?
Railroad tycoon that made millions in shipping and railroads.
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Bonus: What famous structure in NYC did Vanderbilt build?
This process allowed steel to be mass-produced.
Bessemer Process
Bonus: Which tycoon invested in the Bessemer Process?
This law gave women the right to vote.
Bonus: Which groups of women were still prevented from voting despite this law?
19th Amendment
Native American and Chinese
Double Bonus: Which suffragette pushed Congress to create the 19th amendment, which was named after her.
What is a muckraker?
Somone that exposes the problems of society to make change.
What was one of the reasons immigrants came to America?
Political Prosecution, Religious Prosecution, Economic Problems, Lack of Jobs, War
This Robber Baron was the owner of Standard Oil.
John Rockefeller
Bonus: Name three ways Rockefeller was a philanthropist.
This famous strike against the Carnegie Steel company occurred at which location?
Homestead
This act prohibited anyone from China to move to the United States.
Chinese Exclusion Act
This book exposed the problems of the meat packing industry.
The Jungle
They were anti-immigration and anti-Catholic.
Nativists
This Robber Baron was the captain of the Steel industry.
Andrew Carnegie
Smoke alarms, sprinklers, and fire drills were required after this incident.
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
This act made sure that meat was not adulterated or mislabeled.
Meat Inspection Act
He published the book, "How the Other Half Lives" exposing the problems of the inner city.
Jacob Riis
Reasons people leave a country _________.
Reasons people are attracted to a country _________.
Push Factors
Pull Factors
He was a tycoon that was involved in banking, railroads, steel and more. He formed conglomerates and saved the nation twice from economic disaster.
J.P. Morgan