Chapter 9 Comprehensive Review

1 – What was the Bessemer process and what effects did it have on American industry?

2 – Explain the difference between horizontal and vertical integration.

3 – What was the Haymarket Riot and what impact did it have on the labor movement?

4 – Who was Eugene V. Debs and how did the government respond to his actions in the Pullman Strike?

5 – What does the idea “rags to riches” mean and was this idea a cause or a result of industrialization?

6 – What does the theory of Social Darwinism demonstrate about the way some Americans felt about wealth and poverty?

7 – Describe the system that critics of mining towns referred to as “wage slavery,” and explain why critics adopted this name.