Government Responses
This thinker believed that slavery was a "positive good" for society
John Calhoun
This business man embraced the idea that Social Darwinism would lead to the more capable people becoming richer
Andrew Carnegie
Name 3 reasons for the Great Depression
Unregulated Banks, Over-extended credit, Crop Failures, Stock Market Crash, Large Tarrifs
"The plan starts with pro-growth tax reform to help American workers and businesses keep more of their hard-earned dollars. The plan will lower rates for Americans in every tax bracket, simplify the tax code and reduce the U.S. corporate tax rate, which is one of the highest in the world."
Donald Trump
This group of social activists and politicians sought to solve some of the problems originating from capitalism and the industrial revolution
Progressives
This president addressed the problems of the Great Depression
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
This person believed that if a person did not work, they "had the right to starve."
Henry Ford
This is the time of the "Robber Barrons" when the wealth gap between the wealthy and the poor was quite pronounced
"Gilded Age"
"There were men who worked in the cooking-rooms during steam and sickening odors, by artificial light, in these rooms the germs of tuberculosis might live for 2 years but the supply was renewed every hour."
Upton Sinclair
Name three New Deal Programs
Bank Insurance (FDIC)
CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)
AAA (Agriculture Adjustment Administration)
PWA (Public Works Administration)
This president's "War on Poverty" program included things like Headstart and Medicare
Lyndon Baines Johnson
This system of agriculture gave workers a portion of the harvest as payment
Sharecropping
This is the generation that began just after the second world war. During this time, highways were built, suburbs began to be developed, and consumerism was on the rise.
Baby Boomers
"Laws can do very little. Law never does anything constructive. It can never be more than a policeman, and so it is a waste of time to look to our state capitals or to Washington D.C. to do that which law was not designed to do."
Henry Ford
This group of journalists tried to expose problems with the post-industrial economy
Muckrakers
This person believed in "supply side econonomics"
Ronald Reagan
The belief that allowing businesses and the wealthy to keep a larger share of their profits (money) would lead to greater prosperity for all members of society
Trickle Down Economics (or supply-side economics)
The "War on Poverty" happened during this decade
The 1960's
"I have favored the use of certain types of public works as a further emergency means of stimulating employment ..., but I have pointed out that no economic end is served if we merely build without building for a necessary purpose…"
FDR
Who is Sarah Bagley, and what did she have to do with this unit?
One of the Lowell Mills workers who petitioned for better working conditions
This president was in office at the time of the Great Depression and believed that tariffs would be a good solution
Herbert Hoover
This person believed that it was the wealthy person's responsibility to live a "unostentatious life" and to give their wealth away to charity.
Andrew Carnegie
Which of the following is in the right chronological sequence:
War on Poverty, Ford, Muckrakers
Carnegie, Ford, Great Depression
Muckrakers, Lowell Mill Workers, Reagan
Carnegie, Ford, Great Depression
I believe that America...is facing such a choice. Are we going to continue with an economy where the overwhelming share of the benefits go to big corporations and the very wealthy? Or are we going to ... set this country on a new path — one that invests in this nation; creates real, sustained economic growth; and that benefits everyone, including working people and middle-class folks?
Joseph Biden
These three thinkers believed that government should stay out of the way of business
Reagan, Ford, Carnegie, Calhoun, Trump?