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This factor was most responsible for allowing manufacturers to build their factories away from rivers
What is electricity
100
The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) were organized by these two groups
What is radical unionists and socialists
100
In the late 1800s, collective bargaining was a technique used to achieve this goal
What is win workers' rights
100
This was the main goal of the Americanization movement
What is to assimilate people of various cultures into the dominant culture
100
This is the name of the "arrangement" between President Roosevelt and the Japanese government that decreased Japanese immigration
What is the Gentlemen's Agreement
200
This was discouraged by Social Darwinism
What is government regulation
200
This was the goal of the Interstate Commerce Act
What is lower excessive railroad rates
200
The use of standardized time and time zones was introduced in order to benefit these two groups
What is railroad companies and train travelers
200
Settlement houses were founded in the late 1800s by this group of people
What is social reformers
200
Saying a project cost more than it did and keeping the difference for yourself is an example of this
What is a graft
300
These were workers used to break strikes that were very unpopular with striking workers during the late 1800s
What is scabs
300
This was a method used by Andrew Carnegie to gain control a large percentage of the steel industry
What is buying out his suppliers, buying out his competitors, underselling his competitors (he did NOT cut the quality of his products)
300
This business strategy used by Andrew Carnegie involved buying out raw material producers and distributors
What is vertical integration
300
Appointing a friend to a political position is an example of this practice, common during "the Gilded Age"
What is patronage
300
This man used the power of the presidency to clean up the New York Customs House but was unable to get support from Congress for civil service reform
Who is Rutherford B. Hayes
400
This made it possible to construct skyscrapers in the 1800s
What is steel
400
This was the result of the Sherman Antitrust Act
What is to outlaw the formation of trusts that interfere with free trade
400
This was the main immigration processing station in San Francisco
What is Angel Island
400
The Stalwarts were strong supporters of this
What is the spoils system
400
This issue prompted the assassination of President Garfield
What is civil service reform
500
This was reduced by industrial consolidation and trusts during the late 1800s
What is competition
500
This was the industry in which the Great Strike of 1877 took place
What is the railroad industry
500
This was the main goal of the Chinese Exclusion Act
What is to decrease Chinese immigration
500
This act required applicants for government jobs to pass examinations
What is Pendleton Civil Service Act
500
This president changed his ideas on civil service reform when he gained the presidency
Who is Chester A. Arthur