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What was one consequence of so many foreign-born added to the population in 1890's?
The persistence of nativism and anti-immigrant prejudice and violence.
This, then, is held to be the duty of the man of wealth: To set an example of modest, unostentatious living . . . ; to provide moderately for the legitimate wants of those dependent upon him; and, after doing so, to consider all surplus revenues which come to him simply as trust funds, which is called upon to administer, and strictly bound as a matter of duty to administer in the manner which, in his judgment, is best calculated to produce the most beneficial results for the community.
Based on this excerpt, which term would the author use to describe himself?
philanthropist
economic opportunities in factories
What is one pull factor that contributed to urbanization?
They had little fresh air or sunlight and they lacked sufficient plumbing.
What were the challenges of living in over crowded buildings?
Which detail belongs to Cornelius Vanderbilt?
offered rail service from New York to Chicago
to obtain better working conditions
What was one goal of collective bargaining?
How did the increase of railroad lines contribute to industrialization?
They opened new markets and made transportation faster.
owned about 90 percent of the oil refineries in the United States
John D. Rockefeller
“We are going to a great country,” [I said,] “where a great people will look at us with creative eyes, making the beautiful out of the ugly, the big and generous out of the little and mean, the headstone out of the rock that the builders rejected.”
Which statement is best supported by the excerpt?
Immigrants expected to find a better life in the United States.
Why did businesses use the practice of vertical integration?
To own all levels of production
She was a role model for self-made women entrepreneurs.
Madam C. J. Walker
What were the challenges of living in these types of buildings
They had little fresh air or sunlight.
What tasks did children do in factories?
fixing broken thread on machines
It left businesses unregulated.
How did laissez-faire government contribute to the Second Industrial Revolution?
What were the challenges of living in these types of buildings?
They lacked sufficient plumbing.