Chapter 17Review

The act of Congress which gave free land in the West to anyone who would farm it for 5 years is known as what?

The Homestead Act

The time in US history when many people switched from making goods by hand to manufacturing goods with machines is known as what?

The industrial revolution

Having complete control of an industry by one person or one company is called what?

monopoly

The mass movement of people from rural areas to cities is called what?

Urbanization

A political philosophy that focuses on meeting the needs of the common people is known as what?

populism

A reform movement that wants to solve political, economic and social problems through government action is called what?

progressivism

The law passed by Congress which made it illegal for a company, or companies working together to control an entire industry is known as what?

The Sherman Antitrust Act

To deprive someone of something of value through dishonesty is know in legal terms as what?

Fraud or to defraud

The lawmaking branches of our national and state governments are called what?

legislatures

When lawmaking branches of our national and state governments pass laws they are doing what?

legislating

The first US rail system which went completely across the continental United States was known as what?

The Transcontinental Railroad

In 1869, what last piece of the Transcontinental Railroad was installed which signified the completion of the railroad?

The Golden Spike

What do we call the process by which undesirable elements are removed from iron ore?

purify

What was the name of the industrialist primarily responsible for the expansion of the steel industry in the US?

Andrew Carnegie

Business organizations which are owned by many shareholders are called what?

corporations

What was the name of the industrialist who made his fortune by creating Standard Oil in the 1880’s?

John D Rockefeller

What inventor owned more patents than any other US citizen in history?

Thomas A Edison

The movement of people from other countries into the US is called what?

Immigration

With a large influx of mostly poor and unskilled immigrants, crowded apartment building with tiny rooms were built which were called what ?

Tenements

When we see a rise in prices for the same goods we call that what?

inflation

Organizations of workers that help their members bargain for better wages are known as what?

Labor Unions

When workers walk off the job and refuse to work because of conditions in the organization, what do we call that?

strike

A vote which allows voters rather than the legislature to approve or disapprove laws is called what?

referendum

What Republican president began to enforce the Sherman Antitrust Act and became known as the “Trust Buster”?

Theodore Roosevelt

What book, written by Upton Sinclair, was an account of the filth and disease in Chicago’s meat packing industry which pushed Congress to pass the Food and Drug Act in 1906?

The Jungle