Unit 5 Bookwork & Review

Name: ______

Use what you already know from what has been covered this week to answer the following questions, if you need help with these look in your textbook (page numbers are included with each question set)

Due at the end of class!!!!

Standard 11: Describe the growth of big business and technological innovations after Reconstruction.

Pages 440-441, 508-509, 511-512, 444,445,446, 438-439

  1. Explain the connection between Carnegie’s steel industry and the railroads.
  2. How would railroads help businesses become more successful?
  3. Who were the two groups of people that helped build the transcontinental railroad?
  4. Why were these groups of people picked to do this?
  5. Describe how Rockefeller created a monopoly.
  6. What’s the difference between a trust and a monopoly?
  7. Explain the difference between a robber baron and a captain of industry?
  8. Explain how the light bulb impacted businesses and workers?
  9. How did motion pictures impact American life?
  10. What is the phonograph? And how does it impact American culture?

Standard 12: Analyze important consequences of American industrial growth

Page 466-470, 464-465, 454, 496-500, 500-503,455-457

  1. What is Ellis Island? Where is it located?
  2. What European regions were immigrants coming from now? (be specific)
  3. Describe the living conditions of immigrants in large cities like New York and Chicago.
  4. What are the goals of labor unions?
  5. Why did labor unions need to form? (what were the problem)
  6. Who was the leader of the AFL (American Federation of Labor)?
  7. What is the underlying conflict between Native Americans and western settlers?
  8. Sitting Bull is a leader of the Sioux tribe. What are his goals?
  9. Describe the impact of the Wounded Knee Massacre.
  10. Describe the 1894 Pullman strike.

Textbook Enrichment: Follow the instructions for each set of questions (textbook required)

P. 449 Primary Source: Andrew Carnegie: Wealth (1889)

1)Analyze Information: Does Carnegie believe that there is anything wrong with amassing [building up] wealth? Why or Why not? Explain.

2)Define: Social Darwinism:

3)Synthesize Information: How does Carnegie use this doctrine [idea] of Social Darwinism to support his argument?

P. 456 Infographic: Pullman Workers Strike!

1)Distinguishing Fact From Opinion: A Pullman worker described life in the company town as “slavery worse than that of Negroes of the South.” Is this factually accurate? Explain your response.

2)Predict Consequences: How might the Pullman Strike have been avoided? Explain your response.

P. 470-1 Experience Ellis Island

1)Analyze Visuals: Look at the photos on this page. In what ways might Ellis Island have been an intimidating place?

2)Make Inferences: Why were single women not allowed to leave Ellis Island on their own?

3)What types of keepsakes would people bring along with them?

P. 479 American Architecture: Skyscrapers

1)Analyze Visuals: How did tall buildings change the physical landscape of urban areas? Be descriptive.

2)Infer: What does the cartoon tell you about the perception of skyscrapers?

3)Why were skyscrapers needed in the cities?

4)Infer: What industries / big businesses would profit off of the creation of skyscrapers (which person?)