AP history test #10

Question 1

What were 2 vital types of fuel in the IR (one in the 1800s, one in the 1900s)

Answer 1

Coal (steam power) and oil (gasoline)

Question 2

Today, what is oil used for?

Answer 2

Gasoline
Lubrication for machines
Plastics
Styrofoam
Asphalt

Question 3

What were some problems with urbanization

Answer 3

Inadequate housing (tenements)
Lack of sanitation
Inadequate education
Rampant disease
Crowded cities

Question 4

What were some problems with labor in the industrial revolution era?

Answer 4

Very long work hours
Child labor common
No unions
No worker rights
No hazard pay
Low wages

Question 5

What is bargained in collective bargaining?

Answer 5

Wages
Hours
Work conditions

Question 6

What can unions threaten to do if the workers do not like their contract/collective bargaining agreement?

Answer 6

Unionized workers can threaten to strike. There were many violent and controversial strikes in the IR era

Question 7

What sorts of mass culture became popular to the public by the early 1900s in the west?

Answer 7

Magazines
Newspapers
Novels
Vaudeville shows
Movies
Sports

Question 8

What were some social reform movements in the West in the 1800s

Answer 8

Abolition
Women’s rights/suffrage
Labor movement
Men’s suffrage
Public education
Prison reform