Name ____________________
Modern U.S. History
Mr. Kraft
Industrialism
Study Guide
Economics:
1. Short Answer: Explain what lassiez-faire economics is.
2. Who developed the idea of lassiez-faire economics? ______________________
3. Definition: Investing your money freely to make a profit. ______________________
4. What type of economy does the economic system of capitalism operate under? ______________________
5. Who are the authors of the Communist Manifesto written in 1848?
 ___________________________
 ___________________________
6. Who developed the idea of communism?
 ___________________________
 ___________________________
7. Short Answer: Explain what communism is.
8. What type of economy does the economic system of communism operate under? ______________________
9. Short Answer: Explain what socialism is.
10. What type of economy does the economic system of socialism operate under? ______________________
Big Business:
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What two names were given to the business managers or owners.
 Negative ______________________
 Positive ______________________
2.
Who was the owner of the Standard Oil Company? ______________________
3.
From what main city did the Standard Oil Company operate? ____________________
4.
Over what industry did John Rockefeller establish a monopoly? ______________
5.
Definition: Exclusive ownership of a product or service. _____________________
6.
Who was the owner of the Carnegie Steel Company? ____________________
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From what main city did the Carnegie Steel Company operate? _____________________
Over what industry did Andrew Carnegie establish a monopoly? ______________
9.
Who is the founder and owner of the United States Steel Corporation? ____________________
10. List the two laws that outlawed monopolies:
 ________________________
 ________________________
11. Short Answer: Who developed the concept of “interchangeable parts” and explain the idea behind this concept?
12. Short Answer: Who developed the concept “standard measurement” and explain the idea behind this concept?
13. Short Answer: Who developed the concept “science of management” and explain the idea behind this concept?
14. Short Answer: Who developed the concept an “invention factory” and explain the idea behind this concept?
Labor Unions:
1. What court-case made labor unions legal? _________________________
2. Define the following terms:
 labor union –
 craft union –
 strike –
 scabs or strike breakers –
 Pinkerton’s
 Union membership dues –
3. What two types of people mainly served as scabs or strike breakers?
 ______________________
 ______________________
4. What female “reformer” was influential in developing child labor laws and helped improve the working opportunities
and conditions of women?
 Name _____________________
 Nickname _____________________
5. In what major city did the Haymarket Affair take place? ___________________
 Striking workers company ___________________
6. Near what major city did the Homestead Strike take place? __________________________
 Striking workers company ____________________________
7. In what major city did the Pullman Strike take place? _____________________
 Striking workers company ___________________
8. What is the main product produced by the Pullman Company? __________________
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Urbanization:
1. Define following terms:
 urban –
 rural –
 suburban –
 urbanization –
 slum –
 ghetto –
 restrictive covenant –
 graft –
2. Short Answer: Explain what a zoning law is, and how the absence of zoning laws created a problem in urban
areas during industrialism.
3. What type of housing did the lower class people within urban areas mainly live in? ____________________
4. What is the name of the tenement design that won the contest in N.Y. for a new tenement design in which the
winner received $500.00? __________________________________
Nativist Movement:
1. What was the main immigration station on the eastern coast of the U.S. where many Europeans entered the U.S.?
 Name _______________________
 Location _____________________
2. What was the main immigration station on the western coast of the U.S. where many Asians entered the U.S.?
 Name _______________________
 Location _____________________
3. Definition: A person who is coming to live in a country from another country. _________________________
4. Definition: A person who is leaving a country to go live in another country. _______________________
5. Definition: Prejudice or discrimination towards immigrants. ______________________
6. List four reasons for the development of nativism:
 ________________________
 ________________________
 ________________________
 ________________________
7. Short Answer: Explain the “melting pot” theory.
8. Short Answer: Explain the “mixed salad” theory.
Education Reform:
1. Who developed the idea of “settlement houses”? ______________________
2. Short Answer: Explain what a settlement house is.
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3. Short Answer: Explain what public education is.
4. Who is the founder of the Tuskegee Institute? _______________________
5. In what state was the Tuskegee Institute founded? ________________________
6. Short Answer: Explain what type of people exclusively attended the Tuskegee Institute, and the type of education
they received while in attendance.
7. Who organized the Niagara Movement? __________________
8. Where did the Niagara Movement take place? ___________________________
9. Short Answer: What was the purpose of the Niagara Movement?
10. Who is the first African-American to graduate Harvard University with a PHD? _______________________
11. Who is the founder of the NAACP? ______________________________
12. What does the acronym NAACP stand for? ________________________________________________________
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