Throwback Thursday - Bibb County Schools

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Throwback Thursday
Unit 3
Industrialism, Reform, & Imperialism
• In what way did railroads and advances in communication
affect geographic patterns in the United States?
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• They stalled the need for new inventions
• c.
• They changed the physical characteristics of a region
• b.
• They assisted in maintining cultural traditions in an area.
• d.
• They stalled migration
• c.
• They changed the physical characteristics of a
region
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What was the effect of the growth of monopolies?
a.
They increased competition among similar businesses.
c.
They spread equal welth among the entire population.
b.
They reduced the need for government intervention.
d.
They reduced the number of small businesses within
an industry.
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• They reduced the number of small businesses
within an industry.
• What was the purpose of the Sherman
Antitrust Act of 1890?
• to eliminate big business trusts and
monopolies
• To create fair industrial competition
• Who invented the electric light bulb?
• Tommy Eds (Thomas Edison)
• In 1862, Congress passed the Pacific Railway
Act to allow for the construction of the
transcontinental railroad. What was the
impact of this legislation?
• rapid western expansion
• What effect did Thomas Edison’s work have on
the 19th century?
• a.
• It expanded the growth of government
• c.
• It stalled westward movement into California
• b.
• It encouraged the growth of industry and cities
• d.
• It encouraged the growth of mining towns.
• b.
• It encouraged the growth of industry and
cities
• When the Erie Canal was opened in 1825, it ran for an amazing
length of 363 miles. Boats could now travel along the canal from
the Hudson River in the East to Lake Erie in the West. What effect
did the opening of the Erie Canal have on American expansion?
• a.
• It restricted the growth of canals to the East Coast
• c.
• It restrained the growth of big business.
• b.
• It helped expand commerce to the country’s interior.
• d.
• It limited the ability of individuals to trade.
• b.
• It helped expand commerce to the country’s
interior
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Increased industrialization led to
a.
a reduction of child labor
c.
improvements in factory work environments
b.
the elimination of the working class
d.
an increase in the number of people working in
manufacturing.
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• an increase in the number of people working
in manufacturing.
• As part of the garment industry, adults and children worked making
clothes in small, crowded rooms called sweatshops. Their hours
were long. Their pay was little. Often the rooms were dark. What
advantage were sweatshops to the textile industry?
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• They eliminated textile factories.
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• They employed only women and children.
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• They kept the cost of production low.
• d.
• They helped families create their own small businesses.
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• They kept the cost of production low.
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Labor unions formed as a way to help workers
a.
find better jobs
c.
improve their working conditions
b.
learn more skilled trades
d.
increase the hours children could work.
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• improve their working conditions
• What effect did the discovery of gold in the Black Hills have
on the Sioux?
• a.
• an improved economy
• c.
• less government intervention
• b.
• loss of native lands
• d.
• expansion of the reservation system
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• loss of native lands
• In 1906, Congress passed the Meat Inspection
Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act. Both
laws were in response to industry pracitces
exposed by…….?
• muckrakers
• While there were only a hundred public schools in 1860, by 1914 the
number of public schools had risen to 12,000. Progressive education
included teaching good citizenship and character. Which is teh BEST
reason for civic edcation to be part of a progressive curriculum?
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• Civic education lowers educational costs.
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• An informed citizen is less likely to participate in government.
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• Good citizenship is essential to good government
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• Civic education gives a greater understanding of the Pendleton Act.
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• Good citizenship is essential to good
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The People’s Party was formed by the
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Populists
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labor unions
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Progressives
d.
muckrakers
• a.
• Populists
• The 17th Amendment calls for the election of
United States senators by
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• the people
• c.
• only other senators
• b.
• state legislators
• d.
• registered progressives
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• the people
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Which quote applies to this political
cartoon of President Theodore
Roosevelt, and his brand of foreign
diplomacy?
a.
“Keeping the world safe for
democracy.”
c.
“A house divided against itself cannot
stand.”
b.
“Ask not what your country can do
for you. Ask wha you can do for your
country.”
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“Speak softly and carry a big stick.”
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• “Speak softly and carry a big stick.”
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The Spanish-American War was fought to
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allow Cuba to become part of the US
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assist Spain in establishing control of the Cuban
government
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free Cuba from Spanish rule
d.
remove United States military presence in Cuba
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• free Cuba from Spanish rule
• Late 19th century and early 20th century American imperialism can
be explained as
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• a desire to profit both politically and economically from
involvement in foreign countries
• c.
• having little interest in expanding Americn economic and political
influence
• b.
• working to maintain a balance of political power within the Western
Hemisphere.
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• a lack of concern for expanding the military power of the U.S.
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• a desire to profit both politically and
economically from involvement in foreign
countries
• Roosevelt believed American military, economic, and
political interests were served by
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• limiting contact with Cuba
• c.
• building of the Panama Canal
• b.
• restricting foreign policy to trade with Europe
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• encouraging French and Spanish influence in Latin America
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• building of the Panama Canal
• Who/what is being quoted in the following
passage?
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• “In asserting the Monroe Doctrine, in taking such
steps as we have taken in regard to Cuba,
Venezuala, and Panama, and in endeavoring to
circumscribe the theater of war in the Far East,
and to secure the open door in China, we have
acted in our own interest as well as in the interest
of humanity at large....”
• Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
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