Mid-Term Short Essay Exam Review

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Across
  1. 7. Many farmer financed too much land and new equipment leading many to declare ____________________ and the loss of their farms
  2. 8. The Industrial Era brought great advances in agriculture and productivity due the rise of ______________________ farming with fertilizers, new machines and better methods.
  3. 9. Inventions were often interconnected, such as the Railroad and the ______________________
  4. 12. The process of the population moving from farms and rural areas to the cities is known as _____________________________
  5. 14. Cornelius ____________________ was the business owner/Robber Baron that controlled many of the nation's railroads
  6. 17. The ability for people to propose laws and pass them via a popular vote, bypassing the state legislature, is known as the power of __________________________
  7. 18. Robber _____________ were the Industrialists like Carnegie and Rockefeller who the public saw as obscenely wealthy and used their power to enrich themselves at public expense
  8. 21. When a business dominates a field or industry with no competition to lower prices or incentive to improve their products is known as a _________________________
  9. 22. A ______________ factor is something that draws you to a new place (job, land, freedom etc.)
  10. 23. During the Industrial Era the US economy exploded by 400% in _________________ years
Down
  1. 1. The process of making steel that was used by Carnegie on a massive scale to create cheap and abundant steel was the ______________________ Process.
  2. 2. One of the major downsides of the Industrial Era for farmers was their loss of ____________________ power.
  3. 3. The business owner or Robber Barron that controlled the Oil and Kerosene market through monopoly was J.D. ________________________
  4. 4. One of the major factors that led to the 2nd Industrial Revolution was the ______________________ Expansion of the United States
  5. 5. The US government helped American industries grow by placing large ___________________ on foreign goods to protect American manufacturers from foreign competition.
  6. 6. Andrew Carnegie realized Industrialists had an image problem because of their extreme wealth so he decided to use ____________________________ to create institutions like libraries and schools to help improve the lives of ordinary citizens
  7. 10. Due to many of the abusive practices of industry the government eventually stepped in to ___________________ industries over issues like safety, workers rights, monopolies and corruption
  8. 11. ____________________ is the economic system of the Unites States and is based on trade, manufacturing and business.
  9. 13. JP Morgan built is business empire around ________________ and banking
  10. 15. The Industrial Era allowed America to become a world ___________________________ power
  11. 16. One of the biggest problems faced by farmers was the abusive practice of price ___________________ by railroads
  12. 19. The ability of the people to _______________ corrupt politicians and remove them from office
  13. 20. The ___________________ Party was created as a political movement to argue for and protect the interests of farmers and those who lived in rural areas
  14. 22. A ______________ factor causes you to leave a place (disease, war, poverty etc.)