Sources/Misc.
When studying history, it is usually better to use _________ sources.
What are primary sources?
This law specifically banned a certain group of people from immigrating to the U.S. in the 1800s.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
In the beginning of the 20th century, the U.S. economy shifted from _______ to industrial.
What is agrarian?
The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 was intended to prevent these, which shares a name with a board game.
What is a monopoly?
This person's invention of the incandescent light bulb transformed American life (and allowed factories to operate 24/7)!
Who is Thomas Edison?
A class textbook would be considered a ___________ source.
What is secondary?
This term describes a preference of natural born citizens over immigrants.
What is nativism?
An amendment was proposed, but never passed, to end this practice, which sometimes involved pay as low as 2 cents/hour.
What is child labor?
These groups worked to organize workers and fight for better rights in the workplace.
What are labor unions?
The inventor of the steel plow, which transformed agricultural work in the U.S.
Who is John Deere?
This term describes the rapid expansion of business and factories in one area.
What is industrialization?
DAILY DOUBLE
These two groups were the primary immigrant workers on the Transcontinental Railroad.
Who are the Irish and the Chinese?
This leader of U.S. Steel went on to donate his fortune, allowing for the construction of libraries across the U.S.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
This person was the infamous leader of the Tammany Hall political machine in New York City.
Who is Boss Tweed?
This person became the wealthiest in the world due to his founding of Standard Oil.
Who is John Rockefeller?
This term describes the rapid growth of cities.
What is urbanization?
These buildings are where immigrants often lived together in cities, mainly due to cost of living.
What are tenements?
Through this process, iron ore was efficiently refined to produce steel.
What is the Bessemer Process?
After this event, membership in labor unions sharply declined.
What is the Haymarket Riot?
This President was shot due to his opposition to the "patronage" or "spoils" system.
Who is President James Garfield?
These factors cause someone to leave or to want to go to another area.
What are push and pull factors?
This city had the first paid fire department in the U.S.
What is Cincinnati?
DAILY DOUBLE
These 2 business strategies involved buying out competitors and controlling the entire process of production.
What are vertical and horizontal integration?
These groups made up both sides of the civil service or "patronage" debate. No, they are not Pokemon!
What are stalwarts and mugwumps?
This famous author came up with the term "Gilded Age."
Who is Mark Twain?