The gilded age and Progressive Era

Question 1

Monopoly

Answer 1

Exclusive control of a commodity or service in a market to eliminate compitition.

Question 2

Social darwinism

Answer 2

Theory of natural selection applied to society

Question 3

Robber baron

Answer 3

Negative term for ruthless business magnates

Question 4

Interstate commerce act

Answer 4

Regulated railroad rates and practices

Question 5

Nativism

Answer 5

Policy of protecting the interests of native-born inhabitants (superiority compared to immigrants)

Question 6

Nights of labor

Answer 6

Labor union advocating for workers’ rights

Question 7

Jhon D rockefeller

Answer 7

Established the Standard Oil Company, the greatest, wisest, and meanest monopoly known in history

Question 8

JP Morgan

Answer 8

Banker who buys out Carnegie Steel and renames it to U.S. Steel. Was a philanthropist in a way; he gave all the money needed for WWI and was payed back. Was one of the “Robber barons”

Question 9

Henry Ford

Answer 9

United States manufacturer of automobiles who pioneered mass production (1863-1947).

Question 10

Theodore Roosevelt

Answer 10

26th president, known for: conservationism, trust-busting, Hepburn Act, safe food regulations, “Square Deal,” Panama Canal, Great White Fleet, Nobel Peace Prize for negotiation of peace in Russo-Japanese War

Question 11

philanthropist

Answer 11

a person who seeks to promote the welfare of others, especially by the generous donation of money to good causes.

Question 12

Sherman antitrust act

Answer 12

First federal action against monopolies, it was signed into law by Harrison and was extensively used by Theodore Roosevelt for trust-busting. However, it was initially misused against labor unions

Question 13

Granger movement

Answer 13

the agrarian movement organized in the 1870s as a protest against railroad power over the farmers

Question 14

Vanderbilt

Answer 14

Industry leader with ruthless business practices but he also believed in philanthropy.

Question 15

Iba Tarbell

Answer 15

A leading muckraker and magazine editor, she exposed the corruption of the oil industry with her 1904 work A History of Standard Oil.

Question 16

Upton sinclair

Answer 16

wrote “the jungle” which talked about the issues of meatpacking

Question 17

Jacob riis

Answer 17

Early 1900’s muckraker who exposed social and political evils in the U.S. with his novel “How The Other Half Lives”; exposed the poor conditions of the poor tenements in NYC and Hell’s Kitchen

Question 18

Jane addams

Answer 18

the founder of Hull House, which provided English lessons for immigrants, daycares, and child care classes

Question 19

Alice paul

Answer 19

Head of the National Woman’s party that campaigned for an equal rights amendment to the Constitution. She opposed legislation protecting women workers because such laws implied women’s inferiority. Most condemned her way of thinking.

Question 20

booker T washington

Answer 20

Prominent black American, born into slavery, who believed that racism would end once blacks acquired useful labor skills and proved their economic value to society, was head of the Tuskegee Institute in 1881. His book “Up from Slavery.”

Question 21

W.E.B du bois

Answer 21

He believed that African Americans should strive for full rights immediately; founded the NAACP

Question 22

Ida B. Wells

Answer 22

African American journalist. published statistics about lynching, urged African Americans to protest by refusing to ride streetcars or shop in white owned stores

Question 23

18th amendment

Answer 23

Prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages linked to the temperance movement and prohibition

Question 24

19th amendment

Answer 24

Gave woman the right to vote

Question 25

NAACP

Answer 25

Interracial organization founded in 1909 to abolish segregation and discrimination and to achieve political and civil rights for African Americans.NAACP

Question 26

17th amendment

Answer 26

Established the direct election of senators (instead of being chosen by state legislatures)