Industrialization and Immigration

Question 1

Second Industrial Revolution

Answer 1

A period of explosive growth in US manufacturing and industry in the late 1800’s

Question 2

Bessemer Process

Answer 2

A less expensive way to make steel. Increased production of steel in the US dramatically

Question 3

Thomas Elva Edison

Answer 3

Created the telephone

Question 4

Alexander Graham Bell

Answer 4

Inventor of the telephone

Question 5

Wright Brothers

Answer 5

Inventors of the airplane

Question 6

Sherman Anti-trust act

Answer 6

Made trusts illegal, but did not strictly define what a trust was, therefore difficult to enforce “Any attempt to Monopolize… and part of the trade or commerce among the states” was illegal

Question 6

Chinese exclusion act

Answer 6

law prohibiting chinese people from immigrating to the US for 10 years, It was later extended into the 1900’s

Question 6

Tenements

Answer 6

Poorly built apartments for poor immigrants who lived in the US

Question 7

Suburbs

Answer 7

areas outside of the congestion of the city where families could buy a home in a quieter area

Question 8

Mass Culture

Answer 8

Leisure and cultural activities shared by large group of people

Question 9

Linotype

Answer 9

an automatic typing machine that made printing newspapers and magazines easier

Question 10

John D. Rockefeller

Answer 10

Captain of the Oil Industry, richest man in american history

Question 11

Andrew Carnegie

Answer 11

Captain of the Steel industry, big philanthropist(gave away $$$)

Question 12

Cornelius Vanderbilt

Answer 12

Captain of the Railroad industry

Question 13

Henry Ford

Answer 13

Captain of Automobile industry. Model T-Tin Lizzy

Question 14

JP Morgan

Answer 14

Captain of Finance, bought out Carnegie steel

Question 15

How did the Bessemer Process affect the railroads?

Answer 15

It lowered the price of steel allowing more cars and lines to be built and they were stronger

Question 16

How did the business leaders use social Darwinism to justify their business practices?

Answer 16

Justified their accumulation of great wealth while their companies profited by child labor, low wages, and unsafe conditions

Question 17

Why were labor unions formed?

Answer 17

They were formed to improve wages, working conditions and put an end to child labor

Question 18

Explain the importance of the American Federation Labor?

Answer 18

Lead by Samuel Gompers, the AFL organized individual national unions. It included only skilled workers increased their bargaining power and eventually led to better wages, shorter hours, and better working conditions.

Question 19

Why did the Homestead Strike occur? What was the result of the strike?

Answer 19

New machinery was brought in that would cut jobs at Carnegie’s steel plants. The workers went on strike, resulting in several deaths and eventually, the union lost