Unit 6 Review

Big Business

100

These two contrasting terms describe whether industrial leaders were seen as greedy exploiters or as contributors to economic growth.

Robber Barons and Captains of Industry

200

This belief applied the idea of “survival of the fittest” to society and justified wealth inequality during the Gilded Age.

Social Darwinism

300

This business strategy involves a company buying out or merging with competitors to control an entire industry. 

Hint: Think Rockefeller

Horizontal Integration

400

This business strategy involves a company controlling every step of production, from raw materials to distribution. 

Hint:Think Carnegie

Vertical Integration

500

This steel-making process allowed steel to be produced faster and cheaper, fueling rapid industrial growth in the late 1800s.

Bessemer Process

Muckrakers

100

This muckraker published "How the Other half Lives" depicting the horrible tenement living conditions

Jacob Riis

200

This muckraker exposed the unsanitary conditions in meat processing plants with his book "The Jungle" 

Upton Sinclair

300

This muckraker created the Hull House, a place for immigrants to learn American customs 

Jane Addams

400

This muckraker demanded immediate political, social, and economic equality for African Americans. 

W.E.B. DuBois

500

This muckraker focused on anti lynching laws

Ida B Wells

Unions and Big Business

100

This practice rewarded political supporters with government jobs, often leading to corruption and inefficiency.

Spoils System

200

This 1883 law created a merit-based system for federal jobs and reduced the power of the spoils system.

Civil Service Act

300

A group of workers uniting together for better working conditions is called a

union

400

The maker of railcars cut wages and fired union leaders which led to a boycott of rail cars

_____________ Strike

Pullman Strike

500

When Frick cut wages at a plant by 20% the union called for a strike which led to gun fight breaking out 

__________ Strike

Homestead Strike

Amendments

100

This amendment gave women the right to vote

19th

200

This amendment repealed prohibition

21st

300

This amendment prohibited the use and sale of alcohol

18th

400

Which Amendment allowed for the direct election of senators?

17th

500

Which amendment placed the income tax? 

16th

Westward Expansion

100

This farmers’ organization worked to improve economic conditions for farmers through cooperation and political action

The Grange

200

This law encouraged westward settlement by offering free land to settlers willing to farm it.

Homestead Act

300

This 1887 law aimed to assimilate Native Americans by dividing tribal lands into individual family plots.

Dawes Act

400

This 1864 attack on a peaceful Native American village in Colorado resulted in the deaths of women and children.

Sand Creek Massacre

500

This 1876 battle resulted in a major victory for Plains Indians over U.S. forces led by Custer.

Battle of Little Big Horn

Random :)

100

Give one example of issues farmers faced in the West

insect blight, drought, hot summers, low profits, high shipping costs, cycle of debt buying machines and seeds

200

This invention negatively impacted buffalo and Native Americans

Barbed Wire

300

These Americans opposed immigration and favored protecting the interests of native-born citizens.

Nativists

400

This 1882 law was the first major federal law to restrict immigration based on nationality.

Chinese Exclusion Act

500

This muckraking journalist exposed the corrupt practices of Standard Oil and helped turn public opinion against monopolies.

Ida Tarbell