Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Study Guide

I am confident you all will do well for our upcoming exam about Industrialization and Economic Modernization. To aid your study, review the following:


Key Concepts
Major Technological Advancements (at least 2)

John D. Rockefeller

Chinese and Eastern/Southeastern European Immigration

Andrew Carnegie

J.P. Morgan

Railroads

“The Gilded Age” Government Corruption

Social Darwinism

Monopolies and Trusts 

Industrial Economy

Grover Cleveland

U.S. Supreme Court 

Urbanization

Edward Bellamy

Also be sure to review your notes and graphic organizers about the following primary sources:
Andrew Carnegie's Wealth
Mary Elizabeth Lease's Wall Street Owns the Country
Booker T. Washington’s Plight of Black Tenant Farmers

Life of a Sweatshop Girl
John D. Rockefeller’s Defense of Rebates
A Tailor Testifies
Henry George’s Crime of Poverty
Reverend J. L. Moore on the Colored Farmers Alliance