Unit 2 Us History Study Guide
Unit 2 Study Guide
Industrialization/Immigration
1. Importance of Steel
2. John D. Rockefeller
3. Andrew Carnegie
4. Mass production
5. Thomas Edison
6. Monopolies
7. Horizontal/vertical integration
8. Entrepreneur
9. Corporation
10. American Federation of Labor
11. Haymarket Riot
12. Pullman Strike
13. International Commerce Commission (ICC)
14. Steerage
15. Sweatshop
16. Sherman Anti-Trust Act
17. Karl marx
18. Skyscrapers
19. Push/pull factors of immigration
20. Ellis Island
21. Angel Island
22. “Gilded Age”
23. Americanization Programs
24. Urbanization
25. Vaudeville
26. “melting pot”
27. Mass culture
28. Mass transit
29. nativism
South and West during the “Gilded Age”
30. Main agricultural crops after the Civil War
31. Farmer’s Alliance
32. Jim Crow laws
33. Main limitation of the Southern economy after Civil War
34. Limitations put on Southern blacks after Civil War
35. Reservations
36. Transcontinental railroad
37. Reason people moved west
38. Homestead Act
39. Assimilate
Problems of the “Gilded Age”
40. W.E.B. DuBois
41. Booker T. Washington
42. Chinese Exclusion Act
43. Susan B. Anthony
44. Problems for farmers after Civil War
45. Populist party
46. Supporters of Populism
47. William Jennings Bryan
EXTENDED RESPONSE
1. The time period, 1877-1897, is known as the “Gilded Age”. Why is it called this? What social, economic, and political issues were prevalent during this time period. What did the Government, farmers, and minority groups (women, African-Americans) do to alleviate the challenges posed before them?
2. Industrialization began to emerge in America after the Civil War. What developments led to America’s move towards Industry. Also, what were the effects of
Industrialization/Immigration
1. Importance of Steel
2. John D. Rockefeller
3. Andrew Carnegie
4. Mass production
5. Thomas Edison
6. Monopolies
7. Horizontal/vertical integration
8. Entrepreneur
9. Corporation
10. American Federation of Labor
11. Haymarket Riot
12. Pullman Strike
13. International Commerce Commission (ICC)
14. Steerage
15. Sweatshop
16. Sherman Anti-Trust Act
17. Karl marx
18. Skyscrapers
19. Push/pull factors of immigration
20. Ellis Island
21. Angel Island
22. “Gilded Age”
23. Americanization Programs
24. Urbanization
25. Vaudeville
26. “melting pot”
27. Mass culture
28. Mass transit
29. nativism
South and West during the “Gilded Age”
30. Main agricultural crops after the Civil War
31. Farmer’s Alliance
32. Jim Crow laws
33. Main limitation of the Southern economy after Civil War
34. Limitations put on Southern blacks after Civil War
35. Reservations
36. Transcontinental railroad
37. Reason people moved west
38. Homestead Act
39. Assimilate
Problems of the “Gilded Age”
40. W.E.B. DuBois
41. Booker T. Washington
42. Chinese Exclusion Act
43. Susan B. Anthony
44. Problems for farmers after Civil War
45. Populist party
46. Supporters of Populism
47. William Jennings Bryan
EXTENDED RESPONSE
1. The time period, 1877-1897, is known as the “Gilded Age”. Why is it called this? What social, economic, and political issues were prevalent during this time period. What did the Government, farmers, and minority groups (women, African-Americans) do to alleviate the challenges posed before them?
2. Industrialization began to emerge in America after the Civil War. What developments led to America’s move towards Industry. Also, what were the effects of