Gilded Age
Progressivism
Great Depression/New Deal
Great Society
Bonus
100


Name one negotiation tactic used by labor unions

Blacklists

Yellow Dog Contract

Presence of state militias

Injunction

Lockout

100


What “ism” defined the reform movements of the Progressive Era?

Idealism

Perfectionism

Positive outlook on human nature



100

Name two causes of the Great Depression.

Income gap

Overexpansion of agriculture and 

industry

Automation

Unregulated banks

Tariffs

World economy

Monopolistic pricing

Hoover administration

Overexpansion of credit

Stock market

100

What were the two programs of the programs created as a part of Johnson's focus on improving the nation's healthcare system?

Medicare and Medicaid

100

What was a criticism of FDR’s New Deal?

Too involved in personal affairs

Not involved enough in personal affairs

The gov’t becomes a business

Didn’t actually end the Gr. Depression

Large national debt

200

Name three causes of the Second Industrial Revolution

Mining

Immigration

Tax concessions to railroads

New communication tech

Corporation charters

New sources of power (like coal?)

Laissez faire attitude of gov (pro-business policies)

Stronger, cheaper steel (Bessemer process)

High tariffs

National markets (more people, transportation)

Civil War profits/foreign investments (business ventures)

Vertical/horizontal integration 

Yankee ingenuity

200


What president was known for trust busting and how did he define a bad trust?

Roosevelt, good trusts can stay but not bad trusts

200

Name and explain one of the three “R”s in the New Deal and give one example of it.

Relief

Recovery

Reform

200

What were President Johnson’s goals?

Reduce poverty 

Improve the environment

Education  



200

Who did the Temperance Movement aim to help and why?

Women and children → men wouldn’t be able to drink away their wages, less domestic violence

300

Name one similarity and one difference between new and old immigration.

Laissez Faire

Social Darwinism

Gospel of Wealth

Socialism

Social Gospel

300

What was one problem the progressive reformers identified and how did they intend to fix it?

Defective institutions → trusts, banks, gov’t, public schooling, poor public health

Oppressive environments → slums, factories, racism, sexism, domestic violence, alcoholism

Reform, prohibition, trust busting

300

Who was affected most by the Great Depression and why?

Farmers

Factory workers

300

After Kennedy's assassination, what was one thing that Johnson urged Congress to do?

to pass the civil rights and tax-cut bills that Kennedy had sent to Capitol Hill

300

How did Boss Tweed and the political machine take advantage of immigrants?

Promised to help them but would then focus on candidate's own political agenda

Keep support of large portion of population w/o honoring others

400

Name one of the main philosophies present during the Gilded Age and explain its significance.


400

Why were child and women laborers prefered by businesses?

Cost less money

Work more hours

No political voice

400

What led America out of the Great Depression and why?

World War II → boom in industry

400

Who was “the other America” and why were they outsiders?

The lower middle class, elderly, disabled, children, minorities, less political voice

Not as visible to the public

Laws tended to help upper lower class and middle class in hard times

400

Why weren’t labor unions very successful in achieving their goals?

Large labor pool made workers easy to replace, immigrants

Government tended to favor businesses

500

What group felt marginalized and unable to achieve the American Dream and why? What did they do about it?

Workers

  • Labor Unions

Immigrants

  • Rise of the political machine

500


Name two muckrakers and explain their philosophies and/or contributions to reform during the Progressive Era.

Sinclair - health and safety, labor reform

Roosevelt - trusts

Susan B Anthony - women

Eugene Debs - unions, socialism

Robert La Follette - gov’t reform

500

Explain the change in the role of government as a result of the Great Depression. Give one specific example of this change.

Economic intervention

500

What was one impact of Johnson's "Great Society"?

It reduced the number of people living in poverty and it spurred the economy; however, it contributed to a growing budget deficit and left many disillusioned about the responsibility of the federal government

500

What was one effect of the factory system on American society?

Urbanization

More middle class and wage workers

More focus on the middle class socially

Mass production of products → cheaper and more available

M
e
n
u