Industrial Revolution IB U.S. History

StudentsTeachers Game Board Trust Me Lots of Work Mr. Burns’ Questions People’s Court Grab Bag Industrial Revolution Final Challenge Mr. BurnsPapa Smurf

StudentsTeachers Game Board An informal agreement to divide up business between competing firms. 100 A Pool Trust Me for 100

StudentsTeachers Game Board When a single business controls all levels of the production process. 200 Vertical Integration (Consolidation, Organization) Trust Me for 200

StudentsTeachers Game Board Why did many businesses switch from being Holding Companies to being Trusts? 300 A Holding Company, in which one business owns another, could be regulated by the Sherman Antitrust Act. Trusts, in which one business merely controls another, were not as clearly covered by the law. Trust Me for 300

StudentsTeachers Game Board What industry was the primary target of the Interstate Commerce Act? 400 The Railroads Trust Me for 400

StudentsTeachers Game Board According to Alfred Chandler, why did businesses try to consolidate? 500 Capital-intensive businesses were finding it hard to recoup their start-up costs. Consolidation was a way to limit ruinous competition. Trust Me for 500

StudentsTeachers Game Board What did Lewis Hine do? 100 He worked for the National Child Labor Committee, using photography to document the conditions under which children worked. Lots of Work for 100

StudentsTeachers Game Board Name one labor strike that was successful. 200 The Lawrence Textile Strike of 1912 Lots of Work for 200

StudentsTeachers Game Board How did Frederick Winslow Taylor’s “Scientific Management” change working conditions? 300 Taylor used photos & films of efficient workers to figure out how to make workers more productive. His techniques significantly increased worker efficiency, but also accelerated the trend toward deskilling. Lots of Work for 300

StudentsTeachers Game Board Compare and contrast the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor (AFL). 400 Differences AFL only organized skilled white men, Knights organized anyone. AFL had more practical goals, Knights wanted a version of socialism. Similarities Both used collective bargaining, strikes, etc. to try to improve working conditions. Lots of Work for 400

StudentsTeachers Game Board Name one effect of the Haymarket Riot Public Opinion turned against organized labor. 2.The Knights of Labor began to disband. 3.Federal and state authorities cracked down on radicals such as anarchists and socialists. Lots of Work for 500

StudentsTeachers Game Board Name one Robber Baron and explain why this term is apt for that person. 100 Rockefeller… Gould… Vanderbilt… Swift… Morgan… Carnegie… Industrialists for 100

StudentsTeachers Game Board Give an example of horizontal integration. 200 Rockefeller’s Standard Oil controlled 90% of all oil refining. Industrialists for 200

StudentsTeachers Game Board Describe Carnegie’s “Gospel of Wealth.” 300 The rich have an obligation to give to good causes. The rich are best qualified to decide what philanthropic causes will benefit society the most. Industrialists for 300

StudentsTeachers Game Board Name one industrialist who can be considered an “Welfare Capitalist.” 400 Welfare Capitalism: Providing assistance such as housing, parks, recreation centers, etc. for workers. The idea is that they will work harder & avoid unions. George F. Johnson George Pullman Industrialists for 400

StudentsTeachers Game Board Name two reasons why Andrew Carnegie’s and/or his company were so successful Willing to adopt new technological innovations such as the Bessemer Process. 2. Surrounded himself with very knowledgeable and driven employees. 3. Vertical Integration 4. Paid low wages, long hours… Industrialists for 500

StudentsTeachers Game Board In which case did the Supreme Court rule that a state could regulate a railroad operating within its borders? 100 Munn v. Illinois People’s Court for 100

StudentsTeachers Game Board In which case did the Supreme Court rule that the Sherman Antitrust Act could prevent Holding Companies that would restrain trade? 200 Northern Securities v. U.S. People’s Court for 200

StudentsTeachers Game Board In which case did the Supreme Court rule that manufacturing could be regulated, while still defining interstate commerce very narrowly? 300 United States v. E.C. Knight Co. People’s Court for 300

StudentsTeachers Game Board What two major yardsticks did the Supreme Court apply to any regulation of business? Interstate Commerce  Federal Gov Intrastate Commerce  State 2. Was the regulation in the “public interest?” People’s Court for 400

StudentsTeachers Game Board What case essentially reversed the court’s ruling in U.S. v. E.C. Knight? 500 Swift v. U.S. People’s Court for 500

StudentsTeachers Game Board The right of workers to negotiate as a group. 100 Collective Bargaining Grab Bag for 100

StudentsTeachers Game Board The prerequisite for a market economy to function properly. 200 Competition Grab Bag for 200

StudentsTeachers Game Board When prices drop or the value of money increases. 300 Deflation Grab Bag for 300

StudentsTeachers Game Board What factors cause the business cycle to change from a period of expansion to one of contraction? 400 Question? Grab Bag for 400

StudentsTeachers Game Board Summarize Henry George view of property. 500 The only legitimate property was that which was created through a person’s own labor. Grab Bag for 500

StudentsTeachers Game Board Write Your Final Challenge Wager Name three ways that the U.S. government violated the principles of laissez-faire between 1865 and Final Challenge End Game TIME’S UP! TIME’S UP! 1.Protective Tariffs 2.Opposition to Labor Unions 3.Subsidies/Land Grants to Railroads 4.Policy of Open Immigration 5.Antitrust Laws 6.Attempts at regulating child labor

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