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Economic Growth
Capitalism and Democracy
The Populist Movement
The Progressive Era
100
Which group of people was primarily responsible for constructing the Transcontinental Railroad from California eastward?
Chinese
100
Which factor had the GREATEST positive effect on late nineteenth century American industrialization? A) passage of the 18th Amendment B) a large supply of cheap labor C) the explosion of factory production in the American South D)high international tariffs
What is B) a large supply of cheap labor?
100
By creating these and establishing trusts, industrial leaders of the late 1800s were able to accumulate vast amounts of wealth. This time period saw the greatest economic growth in American history, but the vast majority of the profit that was generated stayed in the pockets of men like J.P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, and Andrew Carnegie.
Monopolies
100
Please review each statement to answer question and pick the most appropriate answer. Statement A: “The best way to economic recovery is to subsidize industry so that it will hire more workers and expand production.” Statement B: “If jobs are not available, the government must create jobs for those who are unemployed.” Statement C: “According to human nature, the most talented people will always come out on top.” Statement D: “Our government is responsible for the nation’s economic well-being.” Which statement is closest to the philosophy of Social Darwinism?
What is Speaker C?
100
This amendment gave women the right to vote in 1920.
What is the 19th Amendment
200
What technological advance is being described? Created a nationwide transportation network that unified the nation. -Allowed for the transportation of larger quantities of goods over longer distances. -Commerce increased between the states. -Products of the manufacturing boom in the East were shipped to the West.
Transcontinental Railroad
200
The Pullman Strike (1894) was significant in American labor history because it showed that A) unions were powerful enough to break the restrictions placed on them by management. B) unions were infiltrated by anarchists after people were killed during the protest in Chicago. C) non-violent civil disobedience was a successful way to protest racial segregation in the "Jim Crow" South. Eliminate D) the needs and concerns of union members mattered less to the government than the needs and concerns of industrial executives.
What is D) the needs and concerns of union members mattered less to the government than the needs and concerns of industrial executives.
200
How did corporations become stronger during the Gilded Age? A) Many corporations began to invest their money in charitable organizations. B) Many corporations began to ignore US politics, and look for foreign intervention. C) Many corporations stayed independent and invested all of their earned money back into themselves. D) Many corporations teamed up with other corporations to create monopolies, which often controlled the industry.
What is D) Many corporations teamed up with other corporations to create monopolies, which often controlled the industry.
200
This was one of the political machines that developed to provide social services to immigrant populations that were discriminated against, either officially or unofficially, under US law. It first became a force in the 1790s, was most powerful in the mid-to-late 1800s, but did not officially cease to exist until the 1960s.
What is Tammany Hall?
200
The direct election of Senators was a reform Populist supported in an effort to cut down on government corruption and was made law in this amendment.
What is the 17th Amendment?
300
Passed during the Civil War, this Act provided 160 acres of land in the American west. It was designed to encourage people to populate U.S. territories west of the Mississippi River, specifically adults over the age of 21 who then agreed to develop the land and live on it for at least 5 years. These lands were generally very isolated, far from any established population centers.
What is Homestead Act?
300
The Pullman Strike of 1894 was ended when A) President Cleveland sided with the striking workers. B) the Federal government issued an injunction to end it. C) strikebreakers were hired to take the place of strikers. D) rioters destroyed the Pullman rail car factory in Illinois.
B) the Federal government issued an injunction to end it.
300
During this time period, capitalism and industrialization meant that with new conveniences, reasonably priced consumer goods, and relatively steady pay, Americans were better off than most of the world.
What is the Gilded Age?
300
Beginning in 1896 he would run for president as the Democratic Candidate and advocated many populist ideas.
Who is William Jennings Bryan?
300
The following are characteristics of this movement. In general, its supporters believed that the government could guarantee that people's rights would be protected, especially from the economically powerful. -A favorable attitude toward urban-industrial society -A belief in mankind's ability to improve environment & conditions of life -A belief in obligation to intervene in economic and social affairs -A belief in the ability of experts and in the efficiency of government intervention
What is Progressivism?
400
These words are most associated with what industry? · Cornelius Vanderbilt · Pullman Strike · Standard Gauge · Promontory Point, Utah
What is the railroad industry?
400
In this Supreme Court Case, the Supreme Court decided that Congress has the sole authority to regulate interstate commerce. States kept the right to regulate trade within their borders. Thus, the state license that granted a private entrepreneur a monopoly on ferryboat travel between New York City and Elizabethtown, New Jersey was unconstitutional.
What is Gibbons v Ogden?
400
This is the economic system used in the United States based on Free Enterprise where the factors of production are owned by private individuals instead of by the government.
What is Capitalism?
400
The Populist Party stood for this, which is the coinage of silver as well as gold.
What is bimetallism?
400
In 1911 a fire at this place in New York City resulted in the deaths of nearly 150 workers. The shoddy conditions in the factory pushed Congress to pass laws that set workplace safety standards for businesses.
What is the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory?
500
This act was an attempt to assimilate Native Americans by destroying tribal structure and dividing up reservation lands into plots for individual families if they agreed to farm it for 25 years. It was ultimately a failure.
What is the Dawes Act?
500
In 1887, the U.S. Congress authorized the creation of this and it was signed into law by President Grover Cleveland. Its original purpose was to regulate railroads to ensure fair rates, to eliminate rate discrimination, and to regulate other aspects of the railroad industry. It was the nation's first regulatory agency.
What is Interstate Commerce Act or Commission?
500
This describes the economic ideology based on Social Darwinism that the government should not interfere in the economic market with regulations or laws.
Laissez Faire
500
These people were authors of the Gilded Age who were against abuses of industrial workers in the early 1900s. Upton Sinclair, author of the ‘The Jungle,’ wrote about the horrors of the meatpacking industry and is perhaps the best known.
Muckrakers
500
When Theodore Roosevelt took the side of striking workers in the this industry, it was the first instance of a President showing sympathies towards striking workers. His bold actions forced the owners to give in and allowed coal to be mined for use as the weather turned colder.
What is coal industry?
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