CH18 Flashcards
1
Q
- According to the textbook, what laid the groundwork for the first
labor movement in the United States?
A
Frustrations among working-class Americans
2
Q
- What was the first big business in the United States?
A
Railroads
3
Q
- Who was the first prominent railroad magnate to be labeled as a
robber baron?
A
Jay Gould
4
Q
- What idea did Andrew Carnegie champion, more so than any other
businessmen of his day?
A
The idea that America’s leading tycoons owed a debt to society.
5
Q
- What did John Rockefeller accomplish in his day? What business
did he run? What were his practices of business?
A
He believed in totally eliminating competition within his business market.
6
Q
- In what industry was J.P. Morgan’s greatest investment?
A
the steel industry
7
Q
- What were the characteristics of working-class life by 1900?
A
Factory wages for the working-class were very low. More people lived in suburban areas than rural.
8
Q
- What blunted any significant efforts to organize workers until well
into the twentieth century?
A
violence on part of the working-class
9
Q
- What was the impact of the Homestead Steel Strike of 1892 and
the Pullman Strike of 1894 on the labor movement?
A
These strikes all but crushed the labor movement for the next 40 years
10
Q
- What advances for workers did the National Labor Union secure?
A
the eight hour workdays for federal employees
11
Q
- What helped rural Americans participate in the new consumer
culture of the 19th century?
A
mail-order catalogs
12
Q
- What development of the late 19th century required businesses to
compete for customers in ways they had never before imagined?
A
the tremendous variety of goods available for sale.
