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8th Grade
06/12/2010

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What organization did Samuel Gompers found?
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American Federation of Labor
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How was the AFL organized?
Definition
it was organized into individual unions such as the mineworkers' union
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What kind of people were allowed in the AFL?
Definition

only skilled workers

(no women or African Americans)

Term
What act was created to control monopolies?
Definition
The Sherman Antitrust Act
Term
Why was the Sherman Antitrust Act hard to enforce?
Definition
it didn't clearly define what a trust was in legal terms
Term
What commision was set up to control corruption in the government?
Definition
The Civil Service Commission
Term
What did the Civil Service Commission do?
Definition
made sure that government jobs were given to people that were right for the job, not people with political connections
Term
Who was Andrew Carnegie?
Definition
a powerful industrialist the bought up many railroad and steel companies in the late 1800s
Term

What method did Andrew Carnegie use to make more money?

 

Definition
vertical integration
Term
What did Andrew Carnegie do to expand his business?
Definition
he bought out competitors when steel prices were low
Term
Why did cities build skyscrapers?
Definition
there wasnt a lot of room in cities but they needed to house a lot of people and businesses
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What was the purpose of the recall?
Definition
it let voters remove an elected official before the end of their term
Term
What was the purpose of the initiative.
Definition
it let voters propose a new law
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What did President Theodore Roosevelt support the breakup of?
Definition
"bad" trusts
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What was the specific bad trust that Roosevelt wanted to break up?
Definition
the Northern Securities Company, a big railroad trust in the northwest
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What institute of higher education did Booker T. Washington found?
Definition
the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama
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What was the purpose of the Tuskegee Institute?
Definition
for african americans to improve their education instead of fighting
Term
What progressives believe in?
Definition
they believed that the government needed to step in and work together with the public to solve problems in society
Term
What were some problems that progressives wanted to solve?
Definition

1. working conditions

2. corruption in business and politics

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Why did newspaper circulation grow so much in the late 1880s?
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more people were reading the papers because muckrakers and journalists were bringing political scandals to light
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Who were 3 popular muckrakers?
Definition
Licoln Steffens, Ida Tarbell, and Upton Sinclair
Term
What did Lincoln Steffens write about?
Definition
corruption in city politics
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What did Ida Tarbell write about?
Definition
John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company
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What did Uption Sinclair write about?
Definition
the meat packing industry
Term
What did inventions help to promote?
Definition
It helped people get more ideas, buy stuff, and make life easier.
Term
Who invented the telephone?
Definition
Alexander G. Bell
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Who invented the light bulb?
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Thomas Edison
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Who invented the assembly line?
Definition
Henry Ford
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Who invented the airplane?
Definition
Orville and Wilbur Wright
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Who invented a faster way of producing steel?
Definition
Henry Bessemer
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Why did some western states give women the right to vote?
Definition
women greatly helped in the building of the west
Term
What states could women vote in?
Definition
Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho, and Utah
Term
What did the 16th amendment do?
Definition
let the government tax people's incomes
Term
When was the 16th amendment passed?
Definition
February of 1913
Term
What did the 17th amendment do?
Definition
let americans vote directly for U.S. senators
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When was the 17th amendment passed?
Definition
1913
Term
Who chose senators before the 17th amendment?
Definition
state legislatures
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What did the 18th amendment do?
Definition
outlawed the sale and production of alcholic beverages in the U.S.
Term
What did the 19th amendment do?
Definition
it gave women the right to vote
Term
Which political party affected the outcome of the election of 1912?
Definition
the Bull Moose Party
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What was the biggest problem the U.S. faced during the building of the Panama Canal?
Definition
the work was very dangerous
Term
What process did immigrants become a part of American culture through?
Definition
acculturation or assimilation
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In the early 1900s, the U.S. had a policy of using troops when necessary to pursue its goals in what region?
Definition
latin america
Term
In which war did the U.S. accquire Puerto Rico?
Definition
Spanish-american war
Term
Where did most immigrants come from in the late 1800s?
Definition
southern and eastern europe
Term
Why did millions of immigrants come to the U.S.?
Definition
the jobs created by the 2nd industrial revolution attracted many people
Term
Why did the Central pacific hire Chinese workers?
Definition
they worked hard for little pay
Term
What were americans determined to do when they passed the Chinese Exclusion act?
Definition
they wanted to make immigration from china permantly illegal
Term
Why did cities grow so quickly in the late 1800s?
Definition
the factories and companies where people worked were in the cities so people lived there to be close to work
Term
What were tenements?
Definition
tall, dirty, crowded apartments
Term
Where were tenements located?
Definition
in cities where the unskilled jobs were located
Term
Who were the founders of the Hull House?
Definition
Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr
Term
What groups of people were rarely found in boomtowns?
Definition
women and families
Term
Where did the Homestead strike take place?
Definition
at the Carnegie Steel Company in Homestead, PA
Term
What industry was the Homestead strike involved with?
Definition
steel
Term
Where did the Haymarket Riot take place?
Definition
Haymarket square in Chicago
Term
What was the result of the Haymarket riot?
Definition
several people died and 100 were wounded
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What ideas did Native Americans have about land ownership?
Definition
they didnt believe in private ownership
Term
How were the white settlers ideas about land ownership different from the native americans ideas?
Definition
white settlers valued private property but native americans thought that no one owned the land
Term
What act did congress pass to encourage native americans to become farmers?
Definition
Dawes General Allotment Act
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Why did war break out between settlers and Native Americans?
Definition
settlers found gold on reservation land
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What was purpose of the Homestead Act?
Definition
to encourage settlers to move onto the plains
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Which two companies were responsible for building the Transcontinental Railroad?
Definition
Central Pacific and Union Pacific
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Why did plains families live in sod houses?
Definition
there wasnt a lot of trees (wood) on the plains
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How were big businesses organized?
Definition
corporations
Term
Why did immigrants form benevolent societies?
Definition
The government didn't provide help in cases of death, sickness, and unemployment
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