Moving West
Which law offered settlers land if they met farming and residence requirements?
Homestead Act.
What do we call a person who starts a business?
Entrepreneur.
What organization lets workers act together for better conditions?
Labor union.
A job opportunity attracts someone to a country. Is it a push or pull factor?
Pull factor.
What word means the growth of cities?
Urbanization.
A hands-off approach to business is called what: laissez-faire or regulation?
Laissez-faire.
What railroad connected the eastern rail network to the Pacific Coast?
Transcontinental Railroad.
Name one wealthy business leader from this era.
Accept Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Cornelius Vanderbilt, or J. P. Morgan.
Workers stop working to pressure an employer. What is this action?
A strike.
War forces someone to leave home. Is it a push or pull factor?
Push factor.
What were crowded apartment buildings for many working families called?
Tenements.
What is giving money or resources to help others called?
Philanthropy.
The Dawes Act divided tribal land into individual plots. Did it support tribal landholding or weaken it?
It weakened tribal landholding and promoted assimilation.
What is a monopoly?
One business controls all or most of a market or industry.
Name one change unions wanted.
Accept higher wages, shorter hours, safer workplaces, or an end to child labor.
What term means favoring native-born people over immigrants?
Nativism.
Name one problem caused by rapid city growth.
Accept overcrowding, unsafe housing, pollution, disease, or inadequate sanitation.
Which law targeted trusts and restraints on trade in 1890?
Sherman Antitrust Act.
How did railroads help farmers sell crops?
They carried crops to more distant markets.
A company buys its competitors. Is this horizontal or vertical integration?
Horizontal integration.
The AFL mainly organized skilled workers. What does skilled mean here?
Workers trained in a particular trade.
Which law restricted Chinese immigration in 1882?
Chinese Exclusion Act.
Political machines offered jobs and favors in exchange for what?
Votes or political support.
The Interstate Commerce Act mainly regulated which industry?
Railroads.
Name one harmful effect of westward expansion on Native Americans.
Accept loss of land, forced removal, warfare, loss of bison, or pressure to abandon cultures.
Why could a monopoly be harmful to consumers?
Less competition could allow higher prices or fewer choices.
Why could workers have more power when bargaining as a group?
Together they could withhold more labor and put greater pressure on employers.
How did immigration contribute to industrial growth?
Immigrants provided workers, skills, businesses, and customers. Accept one explained contribution.
Why could factory growth lead to crowded cities?
Jobs attracted people faster than housing and public services could expand.
Why might one person call an industrialist a captain of industry and another call him a robber baron?
One emphasizes innovation, jobs, or giving; the other emphasizes unfair competition or harmful treatment of workers.