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