U. S. Studies II Chapter 6 Review Game InventorsIndustrial & Union Leaders TerminologyMaps &...

U. S. Studies II

Chapter 6

Review Game

Inventors Industrial & Union Leaders

Terminology Maps & Cartoons

Union Movement

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A1

Opened the way for worldwide communications

with invention of the telephone.

Alexander G. Bell

A2

Perfected the incandescent light bulb, created an

electrical power system, and organized power plants.

Thomas A. Edison

A3

Developed a cheap and effective manufacturing

process for making steel.

Henry Bessemer

A4

Perfected the incandescent light bulb, created an electrical power system, and organized power plants.

Invented the typewriter.

Christopher Sholes

A5 Dodgeball

A6

First successfully used a steam engine to remove oil

from beneath the earth’s surface.

Edwin L. Drake

A7

Proposed that the Earth’s surface be divided into 24 time zones, one for each

hour of the day.

Professor C.F. Dowd

A8

What made it possible to construct skyscrapers in the

1800s?

New methods of making steel.

A9

How did new inventions affect the lives of women in

the workforce? New inventions created

new jobs and opportunities for women.

A10 Law & Order: SVU

B1

Millionaire tycoon who made his riches in the steel

industry.

Andrew Carnegie

B2

Created trusts and was criticized as a robber baron while serving as head of the

Standard Oil Company.

John D. Rockefeller

B3

Railroad-car mogul who built a town to house his

employees.

George M. Pullman

B4

What major company was located in Cleveland, Ohio?

Standard Oil Company

B5

Formed the American Railway Union, and was

part of the Pullman Company workers strike.

Eugene V. Debs

B6 Kim Possible

B7

Why was Pullman, Illinois, an unusual town?

It was built by a company to house

its workers.

B8

Organized coal miners, their wives, and their children to

fight for better working conditions.

Mary Harris “Mother” Jones

B9 Top Gun

B10

Andrew Carnegie gained control of a large percentage of the steel industry by doing

Buying out his suppliers, buying out his competitors, and

underselling his competitors

C1

A market in which one company has complete

control over an industry’s production, quality, wages paid, and prices charged.

Monopoly

C2

A person who organizes, operates, and assumes the

risk for a business venture.

Entrepreneur

C3

Laissez-Faire

Theory that means, “allow to do” and stresses

that the marketplace should not be regulated.

C4

Social Darwinism

Theory that justified the efforts of millionaires and discouraged government

interference in big business. (Survival of the Fittest)

C5

Vertical Integration

Process by which a company buys out all of its suppliers.

C6

TRUST

A corporation made up of many companies that receive certificates entitling them to dividends on profits earned.

C7

Horizontal Integration

The merger of companies that make similar products.

C8

Holding Company

A corporation that does nothing but buy out the stock

of other companies.

C9

Socialism

Economic and political system based on government

control of business and property, and equal

distribution of wealth.

C10

Credit Mobilier

A construction company formed by the owners of Union Pacific Railroad to

fraudulently skim off profits for themselves.

D1

Political CartoonHumanities Transparencies – TT35

What is the subject of this cartoon?

The affect of the monopolies on the Senate

D2

Political CartoonHumanities Transparencies – TT35

Why are the monopolists portrayed so large?

They have a powerful influence on the politics of

the United States.

D3

Political CartoonHumanities Transparencies – TT35

What is the message presented by the two entrances?

The opinion of the people did not matter.

D4

Political CartoonHumanities Transparencies – TT35

How does the clothing of the monopolists show them as?

Bags of Money.

D5

Political CartoonHumanities Transparencies – TT35

To what does the sign in the center of the cartoon allude?

The Constitution

D6

Map InterpretationTest Practice Transparencies – TT53

What is the time difference between Pacific and Eastern

time?

Three Hours

D7

Map InterpretationTest Practice Transparencies – TT53

Which West Coast city was connected to the East by the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railways?

San Francisco

D8

Map InterpretationTest Practice Transparencies – TT53

In which time zones were railroads concentrated in 1870?

Central and Eastern

D9

Map InterpretationTest Practice Transparencies – TT53

What change does the map show between 1870 and 1890?

Railroads expanded greatly in the West.

D10

Map InterpretationTest Practice Transparencies – TT53

Which time zone had the largest concentration of railways

in 1890?

Eastern

E1

A method of settling disputes in which both sides submit their differences to a mutually approved judge.

Arbitration

E2

What were the names of two early unions formed in

the United States?

National Labor Union & Knights of Labor

E3

An alliance of trade and craft unions,

formed in 1886.

American Federation of Labor

E4

In negotiations, what did the NLU & Knights of

Labor rely on?

Arbitration

E5

Audio Daily Double

Entertainer:

Pussycat Dolls - Buttons

E6

Laborers strike against the railroad industry that was ended by Federal troops.

Great Strike of 1877

E7

In the late 1800s, collective bargaining was a

technique used to:

To win workers rights

E8

This resulted from the investigation of the

Triangle Shirtwaist fire?

Changes in local labor laws for women

and children.

E9

Why would union leaders, like Eugene V. Debs, turn

to Socialism?

Socialism offers the opportunity for equality for

workers.

E10

Laborers strike against the steel industry and

Carnegie Steel Company that was ended by

National Guard soldiers.

Homestead Strike

F1

What development allowed manufacturers to build their factories away from rivers?

Railroads

F2

Audio Daily Double

Entertainer:

Beyonce – Slim Thug

F3

Farmers organization founded in 1867.

The Grangers

F4

The Sherman Antitrust Act:

Outlawed the formation of trusts that interfered with

free trade.

F5

In which strike did 146 female workers die in a fire?

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory

F6

What did the idea of Social Darwinism

discourage?

Government Regulation

F7

What did industrial consolidations and trusts

reduce during the late 1800’s?

Competition

F8

What was the goal of the Interstate Commerce Act?

To lower excessive railroad rates.

F9

Legally, why wasn’t the Sherman Antitrust Act

effective?

Did not clearly define Trust.

F10

The Interstate Commerce Act gave the right to supervise

railroad activities to:

Federal Government