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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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