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Are You Smarter Than a 5 th Grader?

Are You Smarter Than a 5 th Grader?. 1,000,000. 500,000. 300,000. 5th Grade Monopolies. 5th Grade Labor Unions. Are You Smarter Than a 5 th Grader?. 175,000. 100,000. 4th Grade Robber Barons. 4th Grade Trusts. 50,000. 3rd Grade Cutthroat competition. 3rd Grade Great Plains.

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Are You Smarter Than a 5 th Grader?

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  1. Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?

  2. 1,000,000 500,000 300,000 5th Grade Monopolies 5th Grade Labor Unions Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? 175,000 100,000 4th Grade Robber Barons 4th Grade Trusts 50,000 3rdGrade Cutthroat competition 3rd Grade Great Plains 25,000 10,000 2nd Grade Nativists 2nd Grade Voting Rights 5,000 2,000 1st Grade Reconstruction 1st Grade Amendments 1,000

  3. 5th Grade Monopolies Question • Monopolies controlled the majority of an industry therefore they limited this…

  4. 5th Grade Monopolies Answer • competition Return

  5. 5th Grade labor unions Question • How was the labor Movement affected by the violence of strikes such as the Haymarket Riot and Pullman strike?

  6. 5th Grade labor unions Answer • The American public saw the labor movement as violent and unions got a bad reputation Return

  7. 4th Grade Robber Barons Question • How did Industrial growth affect the distribution of wealth in America?

  8. 4th Grade Robber Barons Answer • It led to the concentration of wealth in the hands of a few captains of industry while the factory workers remained poor. Return

  9. 4th Grade Trusts Question • According to their critics, how did Trusts hurt the free enterprise system?

  10. 4th Grade Trusts Answer • They made it difficult for new companies to compete. Return

  11. 3rd Grade Cutthroat competition Question • Why did RR companies use unfair business practices such as pools and rebates?

  12. 3rd Grade Cutthroat competition Answer • RR companies made larger profits Return

  13. 3rd Grade Great Plains Question • Name 3 reasons why people settled in the Great Plains:

  14. 3rd Grade Great Plains Answer • Mining • Ranching • Farming • RR building • Store owners Return

  15. 2nd Grade Nativists Question • What was the objective of the quota system?

  16. 2nd Grade Nativists Answer • Reduce the number of immigrants from certain nations. Return

  17. 2nd Grade Voting Rights Question • Beginning in the late 1800’s, poll taxes, literacy tests and the KKK were used to

  18. 2nd Grade Voting Rights Answer • Prevent African Americans from voting and having a say in Southern government. Return

  19. 1st Grade Reconstruction Question • The Reconstruction Amendments (13,14,15) failed because…?

  20. 1st Grade Reconstruction Answer • Southern Democrats quickly gained control over Southern government and refused to support the Amendments (poll tax, literacy test, KKK) Return

  21. 1st Grade Amendments Question • What Amendment was denied in the Plessy v. Ferguson case?

  22. 1st Grade Amendments Answer • 14th Amendment – equal citizenship rights Return

  23. Million Dollar QuestionCorporations

  24. 1,000,000 Question • Why do Business sell stock? • (three reasons!)

  25. 1,000,000 Answer • To get capital in order to • 1. hire workers • 2. buy materials to make the product • 3. build factories/ buy machines Return

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