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Big Business & Unions, Muckraker & Reform, Immigration Vocabulary

This Jeopardy game covers topics such as big business, labor unions, muckrakers, immigration, and related vocabulary. Test your knowledge and learn interesting facts!

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Big Business & Unions, Muckraker & Reform, Immigration Vocabulary

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  1. THIS IS JEOPARDY

  2. Your With Host... Mr.Duffy

  3. Big Business & Unions Women and African Americans Muckraker and Reform Immigration Vocabulary Random 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500

  4. True/False: Andrew Carnegie controlled the oil industry. A 100

  5. False- Steel A 100

  6. What was the name of the person who controlled the oil industry? Why were his business tactics considered ruthless? A 200

  7. John D. Rockefeller. Considered ruthless because he would lower his own products pricess to drive his competitors out of business. A 200

  8. “I started life as a poor and I wish to end it that way” -Andrew Carnegie What does this quote mean to you? A 300

  9. A 300

  10. How were conditions in factories? Name at least 2 details. What incident helped lead to the rise of Labor Unions? A 400

  11. Conditions were very unsafe. Breathing in fibers, women and children worked long hours for little pay. Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire. A 400

  12. Describe key differences between the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor A 500

  13. Knights of Labor- No strikes, Yes to rallies. Unskilled workers American Federation of Labor- Skilled workers, Collective Bargaining, Strikes only if all else fails. A 500

  14. What is Civil Service? B 100

  15. System that includes most government jobs, except elected positions, the judiciary, and the military. B 100

  16. What is a trustbuster? B 200

  17. Person working to destroy monopolies and trusts B 200

  18. Describe Prohibition. Who were leading advocates for this. What amendment was passed to ensure this? B 300

  19. 18th Amendment- Prohibition-a ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol. Suffragists and many women pleaded to have this amendment passed. B 300

  20. What is conservation? Which president pushed for this? B 400

  21. Conservation is the protection of natural resources. Teddy Roosevelt pushed for the conservation of Natural resources. B 400

  22. What is a monopoly? Name two monopolies we discussed and name the head of each monopoly. B 500

  23. Monopoly- Company that controls most or all business in a particular industry. Oil Industry-John D. Rockefeller Steel Industry- Andrew Carnegie B 500

  24. Name the two islands in which Immigrants came. Which immigrants went where? C 100

  25. Angel Island- Asian Immigrants Ellis Island- European Immigrants C 100

  26. True/False: Most immigrants live in poor buildings called tenements. C 200

  27. True C 200

  28. What were the requirements to enter into the United States? Name ALL. C 300

  29. 100 lbs. of belongings. Min. of $25 No criminal charges. Job waiting for you. Pass health inspection. C 300

  30. DAILY DOUBLE DAILY DOUBLE Place A Wager C 400

  31. Describe the difference between new and old immigrants. Minimum 3 differences. C 400

  32. Old- Western Europe, spoke English, wealthy New-Eastern Europe, barely spoke English, poor C 400

  33. Name some reasons why immigrants wanted to come to the United States. C 500

  34. C 500

  35. What is a muckraker? D 100

  36. Crusading Journalists D 100

  37. Why did Teddy Roosevelt help pass reform on the meatpacking industry? D 200

  38. Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle. Disgusting conditions in the meatpacking industry. D 200

  39. True/False: Jacob Riis exposed life in the slums of cities. D 300

  40. True D 300

  41. Describe what Upton Sinclair exposed. D 400

  42. Described the horror in the meat packing industry. Rats, dirt, body parts, sick animals put in meat. Meat was stored in dark rooms getting water leaked on it. Then getting it painted brown. Rat dung on it too. Dropped on dirty floors. D 400

  43. Talk about 2 different Muckrakers we discussed. Give 2 details for each. D 500

  44. D 500

  45. Who is a suffragist? E 100

  46. People who worked for women’s right to vote. E 100

  47. Which Amendment was passed that allowed women to vote? E 200

  48. 19th Amendment E 200

  49. What is lynching and why was it so important to try to stop it from happening? E 300

  50. Lynching is murder by a mob. Usually, by hanging. E 300

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