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5th Grade Labor Unions
4th Grade Robber Barons
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3rd Grade Cutthroat competition
3rd Grade Great Plains
2nd Grade Nativists
2nd Grade Voting Rights
1st Grade Reconstruction
1st Grade Amendments
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5th Grade Monopolies Question
Monopolies
controlled the majority
of an industry therefore they limited
this…
5th Grade Monopolies Answer
competition
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5th Grade labor unions Question
How
was the labor Movement
affected by the violence of strikes
such as the Haymarket Riot and
Pullman strike?
5th Grade labor unions Answer
The
American public saw the labor
movement as violent and unions got a
bad reputation
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4th Grade Robber Barons Question
How
did Industrial growth affect the
distribution of wealth in America?
4th Grade Robber Barons Answer
It
led to the concentration of wealth
in the hands of a few captains of
industry while the factory workers
remained poor.
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4th Grade Trusts Question
According
to their critics, how did
Trusts hurt the free enterprise
system?
4th Grade Trusts Answer
They
made it difficult for new
companies to compete.
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3rd Grade Cutthroat competition
Question
Why
did RR companies use unfair
business practices such as pools and
rebates?
3rd Grade Cutthroat competition
Answer
RR
companies made larger profits
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3rd Grade Great Plains Question
Name
3 reasons why people settled in
the Great Plains:
3rd Grade Great Plains Answer
Mining
Ranching
Farming
RR
building
Store owners
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2nd Grade Nativists Question
What
was the objective of the quota
system?
2nd Grade Nativists Answer
Reduce
the number of immigrants
from certain nations.
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2nd Grade Voting Rights Question
Beginning
in the late 1800’s, poll
taxes, literacy tests and the KKK
were used to
2nd Grade Voting Rights Answer
Prevent
African Americans from
voting and having a say in Southern
government.
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1st Grade Reconstruction Question
The
Reconstruction Amendments
(13,14,15) failed because…?
1st Grade Reconstruction Answer
Southern
Democrats quickly gained
control over Southern government
and refused to support the
Amendments (poll tax, literacy test,
KKK)
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1st Grade Amendments Question
What
Amendment was denied in the
Plessy v. Ferguson case?
1st Grade Amendments Answer
14th
Amendment – equal citizenship
rights
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Million Dollar Question
Corporations
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Why
do Business sell stock?
(three reasons!)
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To
get capital in order to
1. hire workers
2. buy materials to make the product
3. build factories/ buy machines
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