Jeopardy of the late 1800s- the early 1900s

1. Jeopardy of the late 1800s- the early 1900s By: Jane Vandergeest

3. Who was elected President in 1876? • Rutherford B. Hayes

4. Congress passed ______, ________, and _______ in 1890. • Sherman Silver Purchase Act, • Pension Act, • McKinley Tariff

5. Top 3 reasons for immigrants to move to the US to buy land businesses for sons to take over provide dowries for daughters

6. Most immigrants came to the united states during the …? • Progressive Era

7. Where did most immigrants coming to the United States for the first time settle? • Cities

8. Which groups of people were added to the new working class? (name at least 2) • Females • Children • Immigrants • African Americans

9. Why were some immigrants deported? • They were deported because they had a mental disability or physical disability.

10. What is urbanization and where did it happen? • The growth of cities • North Eastern cities

11. Describe the living conditions of the new immigrants. • Immigrants were forced to live in TENEMENTS, which were CHEAP, DIRTY and CROWDED, and they were also forced to WORK for little pay due to the fact that the CITIES offered many UNSKILLED JOBS.

12. Most jobs were completed by … • Manual Labor

13. What are pogroms? • organized tax often encouraged by authorities

14. Once farmers were able to be more productive with machines, they were able to produce these for profit. • Cash Crops

15. Cyrus McCormick perfected this machine. It could do the job of 16 men. • mechanical reaper

16. Name 2 main cash crops in the late 1800s and early 1900s. • Tobacco • Cotton • Grain • Wheat

17. the United States Government aided the development of the West by…? • Granting land for railroads to be built

18. After the Civil War, one way business leaders tried to eliminate competition was by • forming monopolies or trusts

19. The cartoonist would most likely support federal government attempts to pass antitrust legislation

20. What was a major cause of the trend shown in the chart? • increased industrialization

21. What is the main idea of the cartoon? • Trusts are a threat to the nation

22. The slogan “Eight hours for work, eight hours for sleep, eight hours for what we will” was used in the late 1800s to promote a major goal of • Organized labor for incoming immigrants

23. The main purpose of this 1886 poster was to organize a protest against acts of police brutality against workers

24. From 1865 to 1900, how did the growth of industry affect American society? • The percentage of Americans living in urban areas increased.

25. During the 19th century, ___ ____was one of the most powerful states in the nation because it became the financial and industrial center of the nation • New York

26. One reason John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and J. Pierpont Morgan were sometimes called robber barons was because they…? • used ruthless business tactics against their competitors

27. Which term best describes United States economic policy during the era of the rise of big business (1865-1900)? • laissez-faire capitalism