Unit 2 American Society In Transition Jeopardy Template

Individuals	Organizations/Businesses	Legislation	Vocabulary Terms	Miscellaneous
100 Alexander Graham Bell Who invented the telephone?	100 Unions What did workers form when they had complaints against their employers?	100 Sherman Anti-Trust Act, Interstate Commerce Act Name an act in which the government regulated an aspect of a business.	100 Shareholder/Stockholder What is the name of someone who is a partial owner of a corporation?	100 Easier for settlers to ship goods. Created a more unified nation. What was the most important purpose of the transcontinental RR?
200 Women and children. Who were paid the least amount of money during the Gilded Age (men, women, etc.)?	200 More efficient, lower prices, hire more workers, produce more goods, have more resources. What was a pro of big businesses?	200 Monopolies What did the Sherman Anti-Trust Act prohibit?	200 Sod houses (small mud houses) What were the houses called that Homesteaders built in the Great Plains in order to adapt to their new environment? (Hint: Because there were no trees!)	200 escape oppression, poverty, religious discrimination, or ethnic persecution, war What is a "push" factor that forced immigrants to leave their homeland?
300 John D. Rockefeller What entrepreneur founded the Standard Oil Company?	300 Closed shops, 8/hr work day, better working conditions, higher pay, skilled workers, collective bargaining. What were 3 characteristics of the American Federation of Labor?	300 Temporarily banned immigration of Chinese workers. Placed new restrictions on Chinese residents already in the U.S. What restrictions did the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 place on the Chinese?	300 Ethnic Ghetto What were the neighborhoods called where new immigrants settled in the U.S. because they felt comfortable around those who spoke the same language and had the same customs as them.	300 Social Gospel Movement What movement does this describe: "Religion and human dignity would help the poor overcome problems of industrialization."
400 Nativist What is the name of a native of the U.S. that supported anti-immigration legislation?	400 Robber Barons, Captains of Industry What are two terms that entrepreneurs are labeled for their good and bad qualities?	400 American Citizenship Act (1924) What act gave more rights to the Native Americans, including immediate citizenship to all NA's born in the U.S.?	400 Americanization What is it called when immigrants learn to speak English, and dress and speak like other Americans?	400 Middle Class What class (lower, middle, or upper) of people emerged in the U.S. as a result of industrialization?
500 Andrew Carnegie Who wrote the "Gospel of Wealth"?	500 Political Machines or Bosses Who helped with the social and political assimilation of immigrants? Improved urban infrastructures, yet it cost people a high price.	500 Dawes Act (1887) or Homestead Act (1862) What act allowed for settlers to purchase Native American land?	500 Collective bargaining What is the process between an employer and an employee in which they try to come to an agreement about bettering working conditions?	500 Rapid growth of large businesses/monopolies because government hands off policy. What was a consequence of the laissez-faire policy?

Unit 2: American Society in Transition

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