Transcript Jeopardy Game--Industrialization

Jeopardy Directions:
• Organize into small
groups.
• Appoint a
scorekeeper.
• Use the buzzer and
wait to be called on to
answer questions.
• Phrase answers in
the form of a
question, i.e. “What
is…”
• Questions about a
category? Ask for
clarification.
Captains
o’Industry
Labor
Unions
Connect
the Dots
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Govnt and
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Who is Andrew Carnegie?
• He controlled the steel industry; used
vertical integration and believed in the
Gospel of Wealth.
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Who is J.P. Morgan ?
• He controlled the industry of banking and
finance. His bank is still in business today.
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Who is John D. Rockefeller?
• He controlled the oil industry; he believed
in Social Darwinism; he created trusts.
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Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt?
• He controlled the railroad industry by
buying up small railroads and driving
others out of business.
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Who is Andrew Carnegie ?
• After a violent strike at his Homestead, Pa
factory, unions would never again work at
the factory. Name this Captain of Industry.
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What is the Knights of Labor
(KOL)?
• This is the name for the first labor union
created after the Civil War. Originally, it
was a skilled workers’ union, but it later
opened up to non-skilled workers, as well.
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What are long hours, working
conditions, low pay and child
labor?
• Labor unions were formed because…
• (What concerns did workers have?)
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What is ILGWU?
• Which of the following is a REAL labor
union?
The Industrial Ladies Garment Worker’s
Union
OR
The League of Textile Workers
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What is the American Federation of
Labor (AFL)?
• This labor union was primarily a skilled
craft union; it excluded most immigrants.
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What is a closed shop?
• A workplace where all employees must be
union members.
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What are monopolies and trusts?
• Solution: The government passes laws,
including the Sherman Anti-Trust Act and
the Clayton Anti-Trust Act
• Question: What was the problem the
government was trying to solve through
these regulations?
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What is trying to make a living
wage (trying to survive by making
money)?
• Solution: Every family member, including
children, would get a job working in a
factory.
• Question: What problem were poorer
immigrant and African American families
trying to solve?
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What are bad working conditions,
long hours, low pay, child labor?
• Solution: Workers formed labor unions
and protested through labor strikes.
• Question: What would cause people to
form labor unions?
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What are labor strikes?
• Solution: Employers created blacklists,
yellow-dog contracts, lock-outs and hired
strikebreakers.
• Question: What were employers reacting
to when they created the above solutions?
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What is railroad corruption?
• Solution: The Interstate Commerce
Commission (ICC) is created to regulate
trade between states; farmers form
cooperatives, i.e. the National Grange.
• Question: Why did farmers feel a need for
cooperatives and the ICC?
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What is laissez faire?
• The name of the term that means
government stays out business affairs.
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What is the Sherman Anti-Trust
Act?
• First law that tried to regulate monopolies.
It failed to define monopolies and trusts,
therefore it was useless.
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What is the Clayton Anti-Trust Act?
• Second law that tried to regulate
monopolies. It clearly defined what
corporations could and could not do.
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What is the Pullman Strike?
• What is the name of the strike where the
government abandoned their policy of
laissez-faire and sided with big business
against workers?
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What is the Interstate Commerce
Commission (ICC)?
• This government organization was created
to enforce new laws about interstate
business.
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What is Industrialization?
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Term that means the overall name for the
switch from agriculture and working at
home to working in factories.
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Who is the Grange Movement?
• What is the name of the movement where
farmers created cooperatives to save
money and lobbied their legislatures to
crack down on railroads?
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What is Horizontal Integration?
• Term for a business that owns several
companies in one industry.
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What are yellow dog contracts?
• Term for an agreement where workers
promise they will not join unions. *These
were created because of labor strikes.
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What is vertical integration?
• Term for a business that owns companies
that can produce a particular good from
start to finish.
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FINAL JEOPARDY
• The following chart is an example of what?
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KELLOG’S owns:
Fruity Snacks
Frosted Flakes Cereal
Special K Granola Bar
Cheezits