Unit 2 Review America: Industrial Giant in the Gilded Age

1. Unit 2 ReviewAmerica: Industrial Giant in the Gilded Age

2. majority of strikes in 1870’s and 1880’s began when companies began to ___ worker’s wages despite of their own growing profits Answer Clue cut scissors

3. Starting with 1890 until Congress passed legislation to control immigration in the 1920’s, the largest number of immigrants came from Answer Clue Southern & Eastern Europe Italians & Poles

4. In what strike did a court injunction allowed the government to arrest union leaders and crush the strike Answer Clue Pullman Debs to Jail

5. In what strike did a lockout result in an all out battle between Pinkerton detectives and strikers? Answer Clue Homestead Frick did it

6. the US government supported ___ efforts to destroy unions before they could effectively establish themselves Answer Clue businesses corporate

7. was used as “scientific evidence” by wealthy American industrialists to prove that they deserve the wealth they had accumulated Answer Clue Social Darwinism Galapagos

8. only labor union in the United States in the 1870’s and 80’s that allowed women and minorities to belong Answer Clue Knights of Labor Barons of Workers

9. majority of the _____ in the United States during the 1880’s, earned a salary that required most of the family to work in order to put food on the table. Answer Clue workers Blue collar

10. In late 19th century American labor movement was involved in a number of violent _____ Answer Clue strikes demonstrate

11. the slogan “_____” meant workers wanted salary and working conditions that allowed them to put food on the table and build a better life for their family. Answer Clue Bread & Roses Flour & Flower

12. involved riot between striking workers and police Answer Clue Haymarket Cattle feed store

13. Irish miners in Pennsylvania who restored to sabotage and murder Answer Clue Molly Maguires Irish Girl

14. Labor organizer for the UMW and the IWW who said “Pray for the dead, and fight like hell for the living!” Answer Clue Mary Harris Jones Mother

15. wealthiest person in American History and founder of Standard Oil, started 1st monopoly Answer Clue Rockefeller Stoneguy

16. founder of U.S. Steel Company, owner of Homestead, and patron saint of public libraries Answer Clue Carnegie Scot

17. inventor of the light bulb, phonograph, and motion picture camera Answer Clue Edison Edward Child

18. business owns all homes and businesses in their community Answer Clue Company town Business city

19. ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ when a workers name is shared with other businesses who are told not to hire them Answer Clue blacklisted Not Whitenoted

20. person who takes a job of workers that are on strike Answer Clue scab wound

21. father of Wall Street who started investment banking Answer Clue J.P. Morgan John Pierpont

22. last half of the 19th century called ____ because extreme wealth of big business owners was used by them to maintain control over politics Answer Clue Gilded Age Gold Era

23. Who coined this the “Gilded Age”? Answer Clue Mark Twain Huck’s author

24. In this economy government keeps their hands out of business Answer Clue Laissez-faire French

25. strike began when management cut wages 10% but didn’t lower the rent. Answer Clue Pullman Not Pushwoman

26. major goal of all labor unions in the late 19th century was Answer Clue 8 hour day Today’s workday

27. major medical problem UMW want mine owners to provide health care for Answer Clue Black Lung Not White Stomach

28. founder of the AFL Answer Clue Samuel Gompers Rhymes with Rompers

29. photojournalist wrote the book “How the Other Half Lives”? Answer Clue Jacob Riis __ ii__

30. Lewis Hines photographed Answer Clue Child Labor Not playgrounds

31. In 1882, Congress passed _____ Exclusion Act stopping _____ immigration to U.S.tates. Answer Clue Chinese Asian

32. Nativists were anti… Answer Clue Immigrants & Catholics Not WASPs

33. In 1883 John A. Roebling built 1st suspension bridge over East River in New York City Answer Clue Brooklyn Not the Bronx

34. Louis Sullivan build the first Answer Clue skyscraper Tall building

35. In 1892, immigrants coming into the country to New York City were processed through… Answer Clue Ellis Island Not Angel

36. Workhouses employed women children worked 12 hour days 6 days a week Answer Clue Sweatshops Need deoderent

37. urban poor lived in crowded, dark, unsanitary apartment buildings that allowed very little light into the rooms, where one floor would share a toilet. Answer Clue Dumbbell tenemants Not smart apartments

38. 19th Century cities lacked _______________ and clean _________, were _________ hazards and had too much __________ water sanitation crime fire

39. in 1871, this railroad city was almost destroyed by fire Answer Clue Chicago Windy City

40. Which city became the steel capital of America? Answer Clue Pittsburg Western Penn

41. Also there will be multiple choice and short answer questions on photographs and primary source excepts on: Child Labor Urban poverty Strikes--Great RR,Homestead, Pullman, Haymarket Labor Unions: Knights of Labor, UMW, UWU, ARU, IWW, AFL Rockefeller and Carnegie.

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