Technology
This lead to the rise of mass production due to goods being produced much faster.
What is the Assembly Line?
The two major industries taking over American life at the turn of the century.
What are oil and steel?
Cities were experiencing an influx of these people
Who are immigrants?
This entire demographic of Americans could not participate in democracy until this.
What is the 19th Amendment? (or women's right to vote)
The act of workers banding together to possess more bargaining power with their company/boss.
What is a Union?
This invention started to get integrated into any new homes and allowed for much better sanitation.
What is indoor plumbing?
A practice where business owners would hire thugs to stop workers from using collective action
These were considered typical work hours / days
What is 12-14 hours, 6 days per week?
This stopped system took advantage of the energy and lack of power that children had.
What is child labor?
The rapid growth of cities and factories during the 1800's and early 1900's
What is industrialism (or the industrial revolution)?
These allowed cities to build up instead of out.
What are skyscrapers? (I will also take steel frames)
Name two of the three business titans that set the first modern example of self-made millionaires.
Who are Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, and Carnegie?
This is why this era of American history is called The Gilded Age
What is a description for America looking advanced, rich, and beautiful on the surface; however, the general population is suffering many hardships?
What is political corruption?
This is a type of business where one company owns an entire industry with little to no competition.
What is a Monopoly?
This invention revolutionized travel and fundamentally shaped American infrastructure after its popularization
What are cars? (double points if you can name the specific car)
Being on this would allow anyone (with the knowledge and means) to buy a tiny fraction of a company
What is the stock market?
This book heavily influenced the food industry by showing the dark secrets of meatpacking plants
What is Upton Sinclair's, The Jungle?
This system of government food regulation was created under Teddy Roosevelt's administration and exists today as...
What is the FDA? (food and drug administration)
The right to participate in elections
Though not explicitly mentioned in class, this medical invention of the early 1900's has (arguably) saved more human lives than any other human invention in history.
What are vaccines?
This is how larger corporations would stop other businesses from growing
What is vertical and/or horizontal integration? (I will also accept a description of this)
These two places, though problematic, served as hopeful symbols for immigrants of joining the American dream
What are Angel and Ellis Island?
This demographic most often led the charge for progressive change in America.
Who are American Women?
This type of housing was common in cities and often housed many people in a very small "apartment"
What is a tenement?