gilded age review game
TRANSCRIPT
Review Game
I think traffic on
College Avenue is
too fast! I’m
sending around a
petition to get
support for putting
in speed bumps!
What is the most
important part of a
free market
economy?
The value of the
next best option
that one gives up
when making a
decision.
Why was child labor
common in the late
1800s?
An economy in
which the
government takes a
hands off approach
How did some
women, like Carrie
Nation who
destroyed bars with
her mighty axe, fight
to end child labor?
That darn Lionel
Jordan is the worst
mayor ever. We
should take a vote
and kick him out of
office!
Why did people
move from rural to
urban areas in the
late 1800s?
My
cartoons
lead to
the
downfall
of Boss
Tweed!
I can’t wait to vote
on whether school
should be 210 days
instead of 180. I
vote yes!
I set up a
settlement house
in Chicago that
helped
immigrants learn
English and find
jobs.
Some people believe
that Hillary Clinton will
be running for
president in 2016. But
the people would first
have to choose her
among many
Democratic
candidates. She will
first have to win the:
I voted yes on the new
minor league baseball park
in Springdale!
The Meat Inspection Act
and the Pure Food and
Drug Act were passed at
the _________ level.
Tonight my mom is either
making
enchiladas, spaghetti and
meatballs or lasagna. I love
Italian food and I chose
lasagna. What was my
opportunity cost?
Why was there a
major increase in
immigration during
the late 1800s?
I heard about this guy who
was tried with murder
found not guilty, but new
evidence was found, but
the government won’t try
him again. How can this
be?
I revolutionized the beef
packing industry creating a
“disassembly line” that later
influenced Henry Ford.
If the Constitution didn’t
give the right to Federal
Government, then the right
goes to the people or the
sates.
to stop work against a
factory, employer, indust
ry, etc. until certain
demands are met.
I love to read
fantasy books. I
chose to read
Harry Potter
instead of the
Percy Jackson
series or a
biography of
Lincoln. What
was my
opportunity cost?
A businessman who
earns enormous wealth
through ruthlessly
exploiting his workers.
“Theodore Roosevelt was
the worst president ever!”
Which amendment
protects my right to say
this?
The people get to elect
their own Senators.
The police cannot search
my property without a
warrant!
The city wants my property
to build a new hospital.
Although I have to sell
it, they must pay me a fair
market price.
I have to pay income tax
to the Federal
Government.
Women now have the right
to vote!
I wrote a series of
articles that exposed
John D Rockefeller’s
unfair business
practices and boy was
he mad!
No more slavery.
I exposed the
conditions in the
tenements in my
book “How the
other Half Lives”
If you own labor that I
want to use, I must
pay you _______.
In response to the book
“How the Other Half
Lives” many laws were
passed at the _________
level.
Who has the power in a
market economy?
My book, “The
Jungle” exposed
the working
conditions and
the use of
contaminated
meet in the meat-
packing industry.
The people have so many
rights, the Constitution
cannot list them all!
People have the right to a
fair and speedy trial.
If Gustavus Swift sold
beef at a loss, how did
he make a profit?
No hanging prisoners by
their toenails!
I was born in the US, so I am
a citizen!
A company or group
having exclusive (or
near 100 percent)
control over a
commercial activity.
When a company
expands its business
into areas that are at
different points of the
same production path.
Name the four factors
of production.
An organization of
people that controls
votes to gain political
power
Who is the most
important part of a
command economy?
What type of
government is
associated with a
command economy?
Laws that regulated
the creation of
monopolies were
created at the
________ level.
One who searches for
and exposes
misconduct in public
life.
An ingenious
businessman who
transforms the
economy with his
business skills.
an organization of
workers who have
banded together to
achieve common
goals in key
areas, such as working
conditions.
An economy that is
based on barter.
People typically do
the occupation of
their parents.
If you own land that I
want to use, I must
pay you _______.
I helped
organize
coal miners
and worked
against
child labor.
I loaned the US money
to keep it out of a
depression.
I made steel
affordable.
Name two things were
large quantities of
affordable steel
needed for at the end
of the 1800s.
I am a Buddhist and that’s
OK!
I wrote
“Shame of
the Cities”
which
exposed
political
corruption.
I created the I
created the
American
Federation of
Labor, otherwise
known as the
AFL, because
workers have more
power if they join
together!
Any form of wealth that can
be used to produce more
wealth.
It is illegal to sell booze!
I worked
to gain
the right
to vote
for
women.
I opened the
Tuskegee Institute
to help train
African-Americans
in job related skills.
I felt that
discrimination
would take a long
time to end.
I believed that I was
holding onto the
people’s wealth for
only a little while and
that I needed to
redistribute it before I
died.
I made my money in
oil and paved the way
for American business
to expand worldwide!
I ran the political
machine in New York!
Name the 4 main
complaints against big
business.
I worked to bring
an end to
discrimination
NOW! I helped
found the National
Association for the
Advancement of
Colored People.
Unions were best at
organizing _________
labor.
My political machine
helped many
immigrants find jobs!
What is the name of
the process in which
steel could be made
cheaply?
By slaughtering his
cows, shipping his
cows in his own
railcars and selling the
beef in his own
butcher shops, Swift
was able to
_______________.
Name three
accomplishments of
the women’s rights
movement.
If you own land that I
want to use, I must
pay you _______.
I have the right to remain
silent!
Name two reasons
that women wanted
to limit the sale of
alcohol.
In order to ensure that
cities were being run
efficiently, cities
began hiring
businessmen to run the
city. This is called the
_____ _______ system.
Name three ways that
the tenements were
horrid places to live.
The Clayton Anti-Trust
Act made creating
___________ illegal.
The Clayton Anti-Trust
Act it clear that
________ were NOT to
be considered
monopolies.
In 1898, the Supreme
Court ruled in Plessy v.
Ferguson that ________
was legal.
It wasn’t until the
Great Depression that
a _______ _____ law
was passed. It was
believed that if there
was one, employers
would hire fewer
people to work.
It wasn’t until the Great
Depression that there was
__________ _______. It was
believed that if people
were paid when out of
work, there would be no
incentive to find work!
There is still no law that sets
maximum _______ ______.
(Although people working
dangerous jobs are usually
limited to 8 hour days)
Now all male citizens have
the right to vote!
Although there was no
federal child labor law until
1938, many states set a
minimum work age at
_______.
To limit
competition, entrepre
neurs would own all
related industries. This
is called:
If you own a machine
that I want to use, I
must pay you _______.
To limit
competition, entrepre
neurs would decrease
the price of their
product below their
competitors. Name
three ways they could
do this.
If you own money that
I want to use, I must
pay you _______.