Friday, February 15, 2013

8.2- A New Industrial Age- 1877-1900


Vocab Quiz Terms:

Bessemer Process
Collective Bargaining
Horizontal Consolidation
Holding Company
Monopoly
Scabs
Social Darwinism
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Socialism
Trust
Vertical Intergration

Test Review:

Key Terms to Identify

  • Edwin L. Drake
  • Eugene V. Debs
  • Christopher Sholes
  • John D. Rockefeller
  • Thomas Alva Edison
  • Mary Harris "Mother" Jones
  • George M. Pullman
  • Alexander Graham Bell
  • Andrew Carnegie
  • Harry Bessemer
  • Electricity
  • Pullman, Illinois
  • Social Darwinism
  • The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
  • Haymarket Square
  • Scabs
  • Strikebreakers

Essay:

Do you think that the actions of the industrialists were more beneficial to the United States than they were harmful? Explain your opinion.

Think About:
·       Business growth and its effect on the United States
·       The effects of industry on the individual
·       The effects of consolidation on the economy

HONORS:


  •       be able to identify the major tycoons of the Gilded Age as well as important business practices and companies they controlled.
  •        The "Gospel of Wealth"
  •        understand the role of the industrialization on different socio-economic groups
  •        Identify the Role of the Federal Government and its legislative actions towards industrialization and capitalists [including Supreme Court Cases and Key Legislation]
  •       The Difference between captains of Industry and Robber Barons


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