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What’s New?
Mr. EdisonBig
Business is Back
Government, Business, and Class
The Great Upheaval
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Jeopardy!!
100• The process that made steel able to be
produced cheaper is known as
• The Bessemer Process
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200• What replaced whale oil as the primary
means for heating homes and providing light in America in the 1870s?
• Crude oil
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300• Daily Double
• What development made railroads the “wave of the future” in 1869?
• The transcontinental railroad
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400• What two people invented the airplane?
• Orville and Wilbur Wright
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500• What were the three major advancements in
communications technology?
• Telegraph, telephone, and typewriter
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100• In what state was Thomas Edison born?
• Ohio
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200• What was Menlo Park?
• Thomas Edison’s laboratory in New Jersey
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300• When Thomas Edison died how many
patents did he have?
• Over 1,000
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400• What invention did Edison have that
changed New York City overnight?
• The DC Power Plant
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500• How did Edison change daily life in
America?
• He made life more convenient
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100• Who was Horatio Alger?
• He wrote rags to riches stories that cemented the American dream
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200• Laissez-Faire economic systems (free
enterprise) was developed by who?
• Adam Smith
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300• Name at least one advantage of a
corporation.
• Businesses can raise more money, Owners have limited liability, It is a stable corporation
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400• Describe horizontal integration.
• One company owns all factors of production at a single level
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500• What was the one major development in
marketing that allowed for the consumer culture of America to start?
• The department store
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100• Daily Double
• What law was passed in 1890 that helped to control companies that had too much power?
• The Sherman Anti-trust act
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200• What type of work was available for
immigrants, African Americans, women, and children?
• Low paying, unskilled children
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300• Describe what working conditions in
America were like between 1880 and 1900.
• 10-14 hour workdays, no benefits, no workman’s compensation, less than $10 a week
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400What was the name of the successful early
labor union?
The Knights of Labor
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500What kind of an impact did the Knights of
Labor have on race relations?
A bad impact because they segregated their union
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100• The Great Upheaval occurred during what
year?
• 1886
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200• What happened during the Haymarket Riot?
• Anarchists and police clashed over a strike in Chicago
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300• What new labor union was formed after the
Haymarket Riot that only accepted skilled workers?
• The American Federation of Labor (AFL)
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400• Who was Eugene V. Debs?
• He was the leader of a union that caused strikes
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500• What happened that ended the Pullman
Strike in 1894?
• President Cleveland ordered federal troops to operate the factories
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100• Describe the Old Immigrants.
• Northwestern Europe, Protestant, mostly English speaking, relatively wealthy
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200• Describe the New Immigrants.
• Southeastern Europe, Mostly Catholic, Slavic language speaking, mostly poor
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300• In what two immigration stations did
immigrants arrive when they came to America?
• Ellis Island and Angel Island
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400• Daily Double
• To what groups did immigrants turn to gain help?
• Benevolent societies and religious institutions
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500• What was the name of the group that did
not like immigrants or the idea of immigration?
• The Nativists
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100• What was the major change in the
architecture of the cities?
• Steel allowed for skyscrapers
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200• What change allowed for the growth of the
suburbs?
• Mass transportation advances such as the trolley, railroads, and subways
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300• What was the name of the new upper class
of people that had made their money during their lifetime?
• Nouveau Riche
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400• What happened to the middle class that
made sure that people were able to do their job well?
• Licensure and certification
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500• Daily Double
• In what type of apartments did the poor live?
• Tenements
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100• How did education change in the late 1800s
and early 1900s?
• Compulsory education laws required children to go to school
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200• What was yellow journalism?
• Sensationalized writing that tried to grab the attention of the readers
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300• What class frequented basketball games?
• The middle class
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400• What class frequented baseball games?
• The upper class
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500• What class frequented football games?
• The lower class
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100• Who was Frederick Law Olmsted?
• The designer of New York’s Central Park, part of the city beautification movement
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200• What was the popular form of music in the
early 1900s?
• Ragtime music
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300• What were settlement houses?
• Early, privatized forms of welfare
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400• What was the name for the type of spending
in which the nouveau riche engaged to show that they had lots of money?
• Conspicuous consumption
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500• What was the name for the type of spending
in which the nouveau riche engaged in order to show people that they cared about the less fortunate?
• Philanthropy
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