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Effects of Industrialization & Unions
The Progressives & Populists
True of False
100
to gain control of an entire industry
What is a Monopoly?
100
reporters who uncovered injustices in society by writing stories and taking pictures.
What are Muckrakers?
100
The 1st Labor union, which was open to skilled and unskilled workers.
What is the Knights of Labor?
100
This amendment to the Constitution allowed for the direct election of U.S.Senators.
What is the 17th Amendment?
100
Public school was not made mandatory until 1941
False
200
this was the hands off approach to business by government
What is Laissez-Faire?
200
This was one of many problems facing cities as they grew in population.
What is overpopulation and disease?
200
This union allowed only skilled workers to join, which strengthened its bargaining power.
What is the American Federation of Labor?
200
Mark Twain called this era the "___________ age" because from the outside everything appeared to be great, but on the inside there was a lot of social injustice, crime, greed, poverty, and diease.
What is the Guilded Age?
200
Franklin D. Roosevelt was America’s first Progressive President
False. It was Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
300
this was passed to cope with the problems of monopolies.
What is the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?
300
he wanted an end to racial discrimination and was a founder of the NAACP.
Who is W.E.B. Dubois?
300
What century is the time frames of 1800 to 1899
What is the 19th Century?
300
Name 2 advancements in agriculture that made life easier for farmers?
2 advancements in Agriculture that made life easier for farmers was the invention of mechanized harvester's and railroad transportation.
300
Improved farming conditions encouraged Americans to move west during the late 1800’s early 1900’s..
True
400
this was passed in 1887 to protect railroad customers from unfair practices
What is the Interstate Commerce Act?
400
he wanted to accept discrimination and work hard to earn the respect of whites
Who is Booker T. Washington?
400
Name 4 effects that industrialization had on living and working conditions in America?
Four effects that Industrialization had on living and working conditions were 1) people moved to cities for jobs 2) Factory workers worked long hours for little pay 3) working conditions were unsafe 4) Poor Immigrants lived in corwded housing called tenaments.
400
What social problems did the Progressive activists of the early 1900’s try to solve?
Some of the social problems that the Progressives tryed to solve were; 1) clean up corrupt political bosses 2) Regulate utility companies 3) clean up food production methods and 4) improve working conditions.
400
One famous “muckraker” was Upton Sinclair, who wrote a book called “The Jungle” which exposed unsanitary practices in meat packing plants
True
500
powerful, corrupt Democratic and Republican’s, often controlled city politics, buying votes and paying bribes.
What are Political Machine/Bosses?
500
she started the Hull House in Chicago and was the first social worker.
Who Jane Addams?
500
In what ways did Americans exhibit characteristics of a modern society in the late 19th Century?
Americans were able to enjoy a greater variety of products and more leisure time.
500
Who were the Populists? What did they fight for?
The Populist's were made up of Farmers who were upset about the high cost of railroad use, fertilizer, and debt. They fought for the direct election of Senators (17th Amendment),, unlimited silver coinage, government ownership of the railroads, and shorter working hours.
500
Industrialization was taking place all over America, Asia, Europe, and Africa during the late 1800’s.
False