Industry, Urbanization and Immigration

Jeopardy Review

What was the term, created by Mark Twain, that described the period of corruption and scandal that underlay the apparent prosperity of the late 19th Century?

The Gilded Age

Weather conditions, market factors, and this key change helped cause the decline of the long drive cattle industry.

Expansion of the railroads to the west

This financier helped bail the U.S. govt. out of the Panic of 1893 by loaning gold to the U.S. treasury.

J.P. Morgan

What term means a persistent decline in the purchasing power of money? It is usually related to an increased money supply.

Inflation

Who was the only Democrat of the Gilded Age?

Grover Cleveland

In what way did late 19th century farmers believe that their economic condition would be improved?

Free coinage of silver (increasing $ supply)

This political party of the 1890’s disappeared, partly because the major parties adopted its main platforms.

The Populists

Herbert Spencer was famous for applying an important and controversial scientific theory to social behavior. By what name was Spencer’s doctrine known?

Social Darwinism

Which two European nations were America’s closest rivals in industrial output?

Germany and Britain

Of which social philosophy was Walter Rauschenbusch a strong advocate?

Social Gospel

William Kelly independently developed this process, named for its British inventor, for removing impurities from molten steel.

The Bessemer Process

This type of worker was no longer as important with the advent of technology in industry.

Artisans

Which industry became dominant in the South once industry took hold there?

Textiles

The belief by some that the South would be the new Mecca of industry was known by this term.

The New South Creed

These low-paid workers were commonly found in coal mines and cotton mills.

Children Often as young as age 5

Laborers from which of the following ethnic groups would be most likely to hold skilled positions?

Chinese Mexican Irish German

German

This union tended to shun unskilled laborers, contributing to the slow growth of the union.

The American Federation of Labor

He was known as the Wizard of Menlo Park.

Thomas A. Edison

Thomas Nast focused many critical cartoons upon this man, a notoriously corrupt NYC politician.

William Marcy “Boss” Tweed

Young men and women migrating from rural areas could expect to get assistance from these faith-based organizations if they fell upon hard times in the cities.

YMCA & YWCA

This reformer fought for anti-vice laws to combat the moral decay of the cities.

Anthony Comstock

Jane Addams established this settlement house to assist the urban poor.

Hull House

This Scottish-born immigrant became exceedingly wealthy by dominating the steel industry in America.

Andrew Carnegie

Which of the following is not an New Immigrant country?

Poland Germany Russia Italy

Germany

Which American labor union was led by Samuel Gompers?

American Federation of Labor

Workers in the settlement house movement were expected to do this in order to fully understand the plight of the urban poor.

Live in the neighborhoods in which they worked

Which Supreme Court decision ruled that states could not regulate interstate railroad rates?

Wabash v Illinois (1886)

Under this code of behavior, manners and morals were to be unimpeachable. Those who were unrefined could improve themselves if they really tried.

The Victorian Code

This demand by laborers was founded on a belief that the routine and restrictive nature of factory work needed to be broken up by leisure activities.

8-hour day

This was the most popular form of theatrical entertainment in the late 19th century.

Vaudeville

Labor leaders would be most likely to vote for candidates in this party.

Democratic Party

In what way did late 19th century farmers believe that their economic condition would be improved?

Free coinage of silver (increasing $ supply)

What was the Congressional response to Wabash v. Illinois?

Passage of the Interstate Commerce Act (1887)

Of which labor union was Terence Powderly the key leader?

The Knights of Labor

What type of integration do you have if you control the entire production process?

Vertical integration

The Knights of Labor were linked with violent anarchists and blamed for this event.

The Haymarket Square Riot (bombing)

For what reason did management publicize the violence that took place at the Haymarket Square riot?

To turn public opinion against the unions

This was the main issue of the 1896 Presidential Election.

The Silver Issue

American imperialist hunger was fed by this “splendid little war.”

The Spanish-American War

Why did President Cleveland send troops to break up the Pullman Strike?

To prevent the disruption of the U.S. mail service

He won the 1884 election with the help of the Mugwumps.

Grover Cleveland

Who was the leader of the Philippine Insurrection?

Emilio Aguinaldo

The sinking of this vessel left McKinley with no political option other than to call for a declaration of war.

The USS Maine

These two newspaper publishers waged a circulation war by exploiting events in Cuba.

Hearst and Pulitzer

Cleveland was against spending additional money on these if the money was not going to the honored few who deserved them.

Veteran’s Pensions

This Supreme Court case affirmed the right to segregate facilities based on race if those facilities were equivalent.

Plessey v. Ferguson

For what reason did Jacob Coxey and his “army” march to Washington D.C.?

To convince Congress to create public works programs to provide jobs to the unemployed in the depression of the 1890s

Who formed the Standard Oil Trust?

John D. Rockefeller

Which 1890 act of legislation was aimed at eliminating monopolies? Sherman Anti-Trust Act

These were agreements signed by employees in which they agreed not to join unions.

Yellow-Dog Contracts

One concession that Unions sought but usually failed to get in the 19th century was this form of negotiation. Collective Bargaining

He founded the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. W.E.B. DuBois criticized him for accommodating whites who wanted blacks to be subservient.

Booker T. Washington

Civil Service exams were a key part of this 1883 legislative act.

The Pendleton Act.

Who was the only Democratic President of the Gilded Age?

Grover Cleveland

What was the main effect of the “Reed Rules?”

An increase in the power of the Speaker of the House

Immigrants often moved into ethnically homogenous neighborhoods. By what name were they known?

Ethnic Islands or Ghettos

Emilio Aguinaldo was the leader of an insurrection against Americans at this place, taken over by the U.S. after the Spanish-American War.

The Philippines

The sinking of this vessel left McKinley with no political option other than to call for a declaration of war.

The USS Maine

Tammany Hall is an example of one of these unofficial organizations intended to keep a political party in power.

Political Machine

These two newspaper publishers waged a circulation war by exploiting events in Cuba.

Hearst and Pulitzer

In what two areas was the Spanish-American War fought?

The Caribbean The Philippines

This attachment to the Congressional declaration of war against Spain promised that the U.S. had no intentions of taking Cuba.

The Teller Amendment

William McKinley revived the annexation of this place in 1898. Cleveland had opposed doing so.

Hawaii

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