Unit 5 Review
THE RULES: Show your work and record each answer on your answer document Instructor/Host’s decisions are FINAL
And now…here is the host of Jeopardy… Mrs. Foster!!
Let’s Get Ready to play… Today’s Categories are:
Big Business Big Business Industrial Revolution Industrial Revolution
Consequences of Consequences of Industrial Growth
Muckraker and Muckraker and Role of women Role of women
Race
Politics
$100 $200 $300 $400 $500 Big Business Big Business I.R. $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 Consequences Industrial Growth $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 Muckraker women $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 Race $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 Politics DD FJ
The development in mass transportation in the last half of the 19 th century in the American west is largely attributed to the construction of a.Canals b.Highways c.Harbors d.railroads Answer…
d 100
Who provided most of the labor to build the railroads? And Why the did the rail companies hire them? Answer…
Chinese 200
Why did Andrew Carnegie become so rich off the development of railroads? Answer…
He developed a process for mass-producing steel cheaply 300
How did railroads contribute to western development? Answer…
Gov’t granted land to RR companies RR companies sold parcels of land to farmers RR companies made money off transporting goods and people 400
Who founded the Standard Oil Company and how was he able to create a monopoly? Answer…
Eliminate competition by controlling all aspects of a product’s development Example: oil Forest for lumber (barrels) Oil fields Factory for processing RR for transporting 500
Where were the “new” immigrants from?. Where did they live when they came to the United States? Answer…
Southern and Eastern Europe cities (urban areas) 100
Where were immigrants process upon arrival to the U.S.? Answer…
Ellis Island 200
What did the Chinese Exclusion Act do and why was it passed? Answer…
Prohibited Chinese immigrants from entering the U.S. Nativism (anti-immigrant feelings) 300
Who is Sitting Bull? Answer…
Leader of the Sioux Indian tribe that was killed 400
What is the significance of the battle at Wounded Knee? Answer…
Last battle between the Plains Indians and the American Government (discovery of gold led to conflict) 500
Who is Samuel Gompers? Answer…
Leader of the American Federation of Labor 100
What were the 3 goals of the American Federation of Labor? Answer…
Better working conditions! Wages Work hours Safe work environment 200
Who was Jane Addams? Answer…
Social worker- opened the Hull House to help immigrants and urban poor Healthcare, education, childcare, English lessons 300
What is a muckraker? Answer…
Journalist who exposed corruption in society 400
What was the main purpose of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle? Answer…
Expose the unsanitary conditions of the meat packing industry Led to the Pure Food and Drug Act 500
Who was the muckraker who wrote the book, “The History of Standard Oil”? Why did she write it? Answer…
Ida Tarbell Purpose: to expose the corrupt business practices and cutthroat techniques used 100
What does “segregation” mean? Answer…
To separate 200
What are Jim Crow Laws? Answer…
Segregation laws where blacks and whites were separated in public facilities 300
Who was Homer Plessy? Answer…
1/8 African American man that was arrested for sitting on the whites only railway car 400
What was the ruling (decision) in the Plessy v. Ferguson case? Answer…
Segregation was constitutionally upheld “separate but equal” 500
What is an initiative? Answer…
People voice their concerns about an issue in society to voted on later. 100
What is a referendum? Answer…
A vote on an initiative 200
What is a recall? Answer…
Removal of corrupt official from office by the peoples’ vote 300
What was the 17 th Amendment and who did it benefit the most? Answer…
Direct election of senators by the people The people! 400
Why was government so corrupt? Answer…
Big business, monopolies using cutthroat techniques to eliminate competition Big business bribing government officials 500
Daily Double How much do you want to wager? Daily Double Daily Double
FINAL JEOPARDY
CATEGORY: How much do you want to wager? Proceed…
Thanks for PLAYING!