INDUSTRIALIZATION Review

Jeopardy Directions: Organize into small groups. Appoint a scorekeeper. Use the buzzer and wait to be called on to answer questions. Phrase answers in the form of a question, i.e. “What is…” Questions about a category? Ask for clarification.

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Who is Andrew Carnegie? He controlled the steel industry; used vertical integration and believed in the Gospel of Wealth. HOME

Who is J.P. Morgan ? He controlled the industry of banking and finance. His bank is still in business today. HOME

Who is John D. Rockefeller? He controlled the oil industry; he believed in Social Darwinism; he created trusts. HOME

Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt? He controlled the railroad industry by buying up small railroads and driving others out of business. HOME

Who is Andrew Carnegie ? After a violent strike at his Homestead, Pa factory, unions would never again work at the factory. Name this Captain of Industry. HOME

What is the Knights of Labor (KOL)? This is the name for the first labor union created after the Civil War. Originally, it was a skilled workers’ union, but it later opened up to non-skilled workers, as well. HOME

What are long hours, working conditions, low pay and child labor? Labor unions were formed because… (What concerns did workers have?) HOME

What is ILGWU? Which of the following is a REAL labor union? The Industrial Ladies Garment Worker’s Union OR The League of Textile Workers HOME

What is the American Federation of Labor (AFL)? This labor union was primarily a skilled craft union; it excluded most immigrants. HOME

What is a closed shop? A workplace where all employees must be union members. HOME

What are monopolies and trusts? Solution: The government passes laws, including the Sherman Anti-Trust Act and the Clayton Anti-Trust Act Question: What was the problem the government was trying to solve through these regulations? HOME

What is trying to make a living wage (trying to survive by making money)? Solution: Every family member, including children, would get a job working in a factory. Question: What problem were poorer immigrant and African American families trying to solve? HOME

What are bad working conditions, long hours, low pay, child labor? Solution: Workers formed labor unions and protested through labor strikes. Question: What would cause people to form labor unions? HOME

What are labor strikes? Solution: Employers created blacklists, yellow-dog contracts, lock-outs and hired strikebreakers. Question: What were employers reacting to when they created the above solutions? HOME

What is railroad corruption? Solution: The Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) is created to regulate trade between states; farmers form cooperatives, i.e. the National Grange. Question: Why did farmers feel a need for cooperatives and the ICC? HOME

What is laissez faire? The name of the term that means government stays out business affairs. HOME

What is the Sherman Anti-Trust Act? First law that tried to regulate monopolies. It failed to define monopolies and trusts, therefore it was useless. HOME

What is the Clayton Anti-Trust Act? Second law that tried to regulate monopolies. It clearly defined what corporations could and could not do. HOME

What is the Pullman Strike? What is the name of the strike where the government abandoned their policy of laissez-faire and sided with big business against workers? HOME

What is the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC)? This government organization was created to enforce new laws about interstate business. HOME

What is Industrialization? Term that means the overall name for the switch from agriculture and working at home to working in factories. HOME

Who is the Grange Movement? What is the name of the movement where farmers created cooperatives to save money and lobbied their legislatures to crack down on railroads? HOME

What is Horizontal Integration? Term for a business that owns several companies in one industry. HOME

What are yellow dog contracts? Term for an agreement where workers promise they will not join unions. *These were created because of labor strikes. HOME

What is vertical integration? Term for a business that owns companies that can produce a particular good from start to finish. HOME

FINAL JEOPARDY The following chart is an example of what? KELLOG’S owns: Fruity Snacks Frosted Flakes Cereal Special K Granola Bar Cheezits