Oakdale High School
Advanced Placement United States History
Mr. Simoncini
Ch. 17-19 Test (2015) Study Guide
Ch 17
Andrew Carnegie—methods and techniques
Horatio Alger
Pinkertons
Strikes—causes and outcomes
Great Railroad
Homestead
Pullman
Taylorism
Unions—causes for formation, successes and failures (and why)
Wages, work days, and conditions in factories
Women and children in the work force
Ch 18
American leisure in the latter 19th century and the theories of Simon Patten
Factors that led to increases in American consumption of goods in the late 19th century
Immigration patterns in the latter 19th century
Jacob Riis and how Progressive reformers reacted to problems in cities
Major problems confronted by cities—infrastructure, social, economic
Political machines
Tammany Hall and Boss Tweed
Honest graft and covert graft
What they did for people and how they maintained their influence
Thomas Nast
Ch 19
Free Silver
Know each of the “caretaker presidents”
The Depression of 1893 and Coxey’s Army
The Election of 1896
The Grange, the Alliances and the Populist Party
The Half-Breeds
The Interstate Commerce Act
The Pendleton Act and civil service reform
The Sherman Anti-trust Act
The Stalwarts
William Jennings Bryan and the “Cross of Gold” speech