Unit 8 & 9 Industrial Age, Big Business & Progressive Era

Muckrakers were

A large corporation made up of many companies that usually creates a monopoly in an industry:

the formation of labor unions in the late 1800s was mainly a response to

the late 1800s saw the rise of "big business" like Standard Oil as companies tried to

This man built a factory outside of Chicago to make sleeping cars for trains

this Progressive president was known as the "trustbuster"

What made it possible to construct skyscrapers in the 1900s?

In 1890, the _____made it illegal to form a trust, forcing Rockefeller to break up Standard Oil

This man became the leader of the oil industry after creating the Standard Oil Trust

this allows people to directly elect senators

movement that included a series of reform efforts to eliminate corruption & fix social problems

Negotiating with management to win higher wages & better working conditions is called

the Progressive movement regarded all of the following as worthy goals EXCEPT

this marked the end of Native American resistance to westward expansion

involves buying out all steps of production to maximize profit; used by Rockefeller 

He formed the NAACP to challenge segregation & discrimination in the South

the purpose of the Homestead Act was to 

This muckraker exposed the appalling conditions of a Chicago meat plant

Progressive reforms did not help blacks, as seen in the case Plessy v. Ferguson which

This man made his fortune as the leader of the steel industry

Which 2 groups built the transcontinental railroad?

How did the expansion of the RR lead to industrial growth?

the passage of this began prohibition

which long awaited goal of the suffrage movement was achieved during the Progressive era?

Ida Tarbell is best known for her articles exposing the

A monopoly is

As a direct result of The Jungle, this agency requiring regular inspections of food was created

settlement of the Great Plains, creation of time zones, & rise of big business 

Business leaders like Rockefeller and Carnegie were called "robber barons" because they

this amendment gave women the right to vote

Jane Addams responded to sad urban conditions of immigrants by working to establish

Why did Mark Twain describe American society in the mid-to-late 1800s as being "gilded"?

the Pullman Strike of 1894 was an important event in labor union history b/c it showed that

According to laissez-faire capitalism, the economy functions best when 

which amendment authorized the federal income tax?

He created the American Federation of Labor