module 4
The wealth and size of trusts such as Standard Oil made many Americans fear the influence of business leaders over _______________________.
What is Government?
In the late 1800s the United States began to develop forms of ____________________ , or cultural activities shared by many people.
What is mass culture?
After Mckinley died vice president ___ took office.
Who was Theodore Roosevelt?
module 5
________ were giant retail shops that appeared in some cities during the late 1800s,
What were department stores?
Module 4
During the 2nd Industrial Revolution, people and the
government had no concerns about the methods of
big business.
what is false?
In the late 1800s many entrepreneurs formed their businesses as ____________________ , or businesses that sell portions of ownership called stock shares.
What are corporations?
________ was a journalist and photographer famous for exposing the horrible conditions in New York City tenements.
Who was Jacob Riis?
Roosevelt's love of the outdoors inspired him to join other progressives in supporting ____, or the protection of nature and its recources.
What was conservation?
Module 4
The person most responsible for making the steel industry a big business in the United States is
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
Module 5
Less than 2 percent of the people who arrived at Ellis Island were not allowed into the country.
What is true?
_______ was an Irish immigrant, who worked for better conditions for miners. A fiery speaker, she organized strikes and helped educate workers.
Who was Mary Harris Jones?
The “old immigrants” who arrived in America during the 1800s were from
What was northern Europe?
____ took a direct approach to fighting racial injustice.
Who was W.E.B Du Bois?
Module 5
_____________________were aid organizations that offered immigrants help in cases of sickness, unemployment, or death.
Module 4
Social Darwinists thought that Darwin’s “survival of the fittest” theory decided which human beings would succeed in business and in life in general.
What is true?
__________ led the American Federation of Labor (AFL).
Who was Samuel Gompers?
Many Chinese immigrants entered the United States through ________.
What was Angel Island?
____ decreased the power of political machines.
Who was Robert M. La Follete?
Some reformers tried to improve conditions for native Americans by culturally ___ them into, or having them adopt, white American culture.
What is assimilating?
Reformers and Unions took very little steps to improve safety in the workplace and to raise working hours.
What is false?; took steps and lower working hours
__________________was an efficiency engineer who published a book called The Principles of Scientific Management which focused on increasing productivity in industrial manufacturing.
Who was Frederick Taylor?
Architects such as _______ of Chicago began designing multistory buildings called skyscrapers.
Who was Louis Sullivan?
The ___ fought discrimination against African Americans by using the courts.
What was the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People?
Roosevelt believe that the interests of businesspeople, laborers, and consumers should be balanced for the public good.
What did he create?
What is the Roosevelt square deal?
module 6
Theodore Roosevelt's progressive reforms tried to balance the interests of the people.
What is false?;balance the interests of business, consumers, and laborers.