The Rise of Industry
The Railroads
Big Business
Unions
Vocabulary
Random
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These states had the most "Other Wood" natural resources

What are Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota

1

This Act started the railroad boom in the U.S.

What is the Pacific Railway Act

1

Big businesses were dominating the economy by THIS year

What was 1900

1

In 1900, this was the average wage for industrial workers

Bonus: Name the average weekly hours worked

What was 22 cents

59 hours/week

1

This term is used to define a company that ONLY hires union members

Bonus: Name a job that has Unions

What is a "Closed Shop"


Teaching, Law Enforcement, etc

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Chapter 1:

This group of people were thought to be the first people to develop a civilization in Mesoamerica

Who were the Olmec

2

The United States had a vast number of THIS that included coal, timber, copper, and iron

What are natural resources

2

This major railroad company had tracks running through Oregon

Who was Southern Pacific Railroad

2

This occurs when a company owns all parts of the industrial process

What is Vertical Integration

2

These were the TWO basic types of industrial workers in the U.S.

What were craft workers and common laborers

2

A term used to define total control over an industry by one person or company

What is monopoly

2

Chapter 16:

This was new technology used to break enemy defenses and would blind, suffocate, or induce vomiting when exposed

What is poison gas

3

This man was know for laying the telegraph cable across the Atlantic, creating faster communication from the U.S. to Europe

Who was Cyrus Field

3

This man was the most corrupt railroad owner at the time

Who was Jay Gould

3

This man was know for creating a new process for making high quality steel efficiently and cheaply

Who was Sir Henry Bessemer

3

This state had ZERO (0) strikes reported between 1881-1894

Where is Nevada

3

This term defines the total value of all goods and services a country produces during a year

What is Gross National Product (GNP)

3

Chapter 2:

In an attempt to lower Britain's war debt, THIS man supported policies that placed the financial burden on the colonies

Who was George Grenville

4

This man was the creator of the first ice-making machine

Who was Thaddeus Lowe 

4

This was the owner of the Northern Pacific Railroad and was the more successful Railroad owner of the time

Who was James J. Hill

4

This business is usually owned by shareholders, whether private or public managers are hired

What is a corporation

4

In 1894, this man organized unemployed workers and began a march on Washington to demand jobs on public works projects

Who was Jacob Coxey

4

This term is defined as a company whose primary business is owning a controlling share of stock in other companies

What is a holding company

4

Chapter 7:

This famous cutoff was used as an alternate route West on the Santa Fe Trail

What is the Cimarron Cutoff

5

This is a French word meaning "Let do as they choose."

What is Laissez-faire 

5

Corruption in the railroad industry became public in 1872 with this scandal

What was the Credit Mobilier Scandal

5

A term used to define a group of retail outlets owned by the same company, first appearing in the mid-1800s

What are chain stores

5

In 1903, these two women founded the WTUL

Who were Mary Kenney O'Sullivan & Leonora O'Reilly

5

This term defines a company tool used to fight union demands and prevents people from working

Bonus: Name a recent example w/ answer

What is a lockout

MLB, NBA, etc

5

Chapter 19:

This was the "Public Works Project" of the New Deal in Oregon

What is the State capitol building

6

This was what had contradicted laissez-faire ideas

What are High Tariffs

6

This term refers to people who loot an industry and become rich unethically

What is a robber baron

6

This man created one of the largest holding companies

Who was J.P. Morgan

6

By 1900, this union was the biggest in the country & amassed over 500,000 members

What was the AFL (American Federation of Labor)

6

This term is defined as settling a dispute by agreeing to accept the decision of an impartial outsider

What is arbitration

6

This U.S. Territory has 3.725 million people and is about 3.4 million sq. mi.

What is Puerto Rico