LT #1:
Industrialization
Industrialization
Transforming an economy from agriculture to factory production.
What is Industrialization?
This term referred to business leaders who used shady business practices and created monopolies.
What are Robber Barons?
What is Robber Barons?
This term described a demographic group that was exploited for their cheap labor during the late 1800s/early 1900s.
What is "Child Labor"?
This political movement tried to address the social issues like labor rights, environmentalism, and women's voting.
What is Progressivism?
What is the Progressive Movement?
This political statement declared the American continent was off-limits from European colonization.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
A "new" technology completed in 1869, physically connected the East and West coasts of the U.S.
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
This business titan became the wealthiest man in America after creating Standard Oil.
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
Who is Rockefeller?
This novel described the terrible working conditions in the meat packing factories of Chicago.
What is "The Jungle"?
The first "progressive" president, who's "Square-Deal" policies were aimed at helping average Americans.
Who is Teddy Roosevelt?
Who is T.R.?
This American ship exploded in Havana Harbor in Cuba in 1898.
What is the U.S.S. Maine?
This communication device allowed messages to be sent across long distances almost instantly.
What is the Telegraph?
What are Telegrams?
This business titan controlled the largest shipping fleet in the U.S. before the Civil War.
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt?
Who is Vanderbilt?
This is where most of the children were photographed by the National Child Labor Committee in the early 1900s.
Where is Factories/Farms/Mines?
This president was assassinated in 1901, leading to Teddy Roosevelt's rise to the Presidency.
Who is William McKinley?
This Pacific island chain was annexed by the U.S. in 1898.
What is Hawaii?
A time period after the Civil War where America entered an era of economic growth and expansion.
What is the Gilded Age?
This business titan vertically-integrated steel production in the U.S.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
Who is Carnegie?
These overcrowded and often unsanitary housing units were common in urban areas.
What are tenements?
This nickname was given to Theodore Roosevelt due to his efforts to break up monopolies and trusts.
What is a "trust buster"?
This conflict resulted in the U.S. gaining over 500,000 square miles of land in the Western U.S.
What is the Mexican-American War?
Massive migration from rural areas to big cities.
What is urbanization?
This business titan was the inspiration for the monopoly man.
Who is J.P. Morgan?
Who is Morgan?
This photographer took pictures across the U.S. for the National Child Labor Committee.
Who is Lewis Hine?
This President took over from Teddy Roosevelt after he endorsed him for office.
Who is William Taft?
Who is Taft?
These countries became U.S. territories as a result of the Spanish-American War.
What are Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines?