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“Survival of the Fittest” was the motto of this philosophy.
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What concept, prevalent with the massive increase in immigration during the latter half of the 19th century, is depicted in this political cartoon by J. Keppler?
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I DEFINE: The combination of all like companies into one company.
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The Tammany Hall political machine in New York City was controlled by _______ _______.
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"There was meat that was taken out of pickle and would often be found sour, and they would rub it up with soda to take away the smell, and sell it to be eaten on free-lunch counters"
"There was no place for the men to wash their hands before they ate their dinner, and so they made a practice of washing them in the water that was to be ladled into the sausage."
"...you could scarcely find a person who had the use of his thumb; time and time again the base of it had been slashed, till it was a mere lump of flesh..."
Name the book from which the above excerpts are from and the author's purpose for writing that exposé.
"There was no place for the men to wash their hands before they ate their dinner, and so they made a practice of washing them in the water that was to be ladled into the sausage."
"...you could scarcely find a person who had the use of his thumb; time and time again the base of it had been slashed, till it was a mere lump of flesh..."
Name the book from which the above excerpts are from and the author's purpose for writing that exposé.
What is Upton Sinclair's The Jungle? The Jungle detailed workers sacrificing their fingers and nails by working with acid, losing limbs, catching diseases, and toiling long hours in cold, cramped conditions. He hoped the public outcry would be so fierce that reforms would soon follow.
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This change in production made it easier to produce a larger quantity of goods.
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What concept is illustrated by this graph?
What concept is illustrated by this graph?
What is urbanization or the migration of people from agrarian parts of the country to urban?
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YOU DEFINE: Nativism
Nativism: the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.
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This group of farmers which became the precursor of the Populist (or People's) Party, fought for the rights of agricultural workers.
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"The man who dies leaving behind him millions of available wealth, which was his to administer during life, will pass away "unwept, unhonored and unsung".... Of such of these the public verdict will then be: "The man who dies thus rich dies disgraced.""
What is the above excerpt from and what is the author's purpose?
What is the above excerpt from and what is the author's purpose?
What is Carnegie's Gospel of Wealth? Carnegie believed that the rich have an obligation to give back much of their money before they die.
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This labor union admitted ALL wage earners, regardless of race, gender, and creed, and advocated for complete economic reform.
What is the Knights of Labor?
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What concept prevalent during the latter half of the 19th century is depicted by this political cartoon?
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I DEFINE:a policy or attitude in economics of letting things take their own course, without the government interfering
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This famous Gilded Age/Progressive Era photographer captured the crowded and unsanitary conditions in cities.
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"To those of my race I would say: “Cast down your bucket where you are”— cast it down in making friends with the Southern white man, who is your next-door neighbor. Cast it down in agriculture, mechanics, in commerce, in domestic service. . . . No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem. It is at the bottom of life we must begin, and not at the top."
Who is the speaker and describe the context from which he is speaking.
Who is the speaker and describe the context from which he is speaking.
Who is Booker T. Washington, a freed man, speaking before a mostly white crowd in Atlanta on the issues of segregation and reforms for African Americans?
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Railroad car mogul who built a company town in Illinois to house his workers. Would later become the center of one of the largest worker strikes during the industrial era.
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What is the main idea of this cartoon?
Possible Answer: When the Pullman Company slashed factory workers' wages and increased the rent in the company town in the summer of 1894, thousands of railroad workers went on strike and refused to run trains including Pullman cars.
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YOU DEFINE: Progressive Movement and Muckraker
Progressive Movement: Political movement which held that irresponsible actions by the rich were corrupting both public and private life.
Muckraker: Journalists who search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.
Muckraker: Journalists who search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.
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This movement, which ran two candidates for president in 1892 (Weaver) and 1896 (Bryan) respectively, paved the way for the Progressive Era.
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"But the bribe we pay to the janitor is the little brother of the bribe passed to the councilman to sell a city street, and the father of the deal made by the president of the railroad, who agrees to use air-brakes only if he is given stock in the air-brake company."
What was the purpose of the above excerpt from Shame of the Cities penned by muckraker Lincoln Steffens?
What was the purpose of the above excerpt from Shame of the Cities penned by muckraker Lincoln Steffens?
Possible Answer: Steffens exposed how city officials worked in league with big business to maintain power while corrupting the public treasury.
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Penned by steel mogul and industrial captain Andrew Carnegie, this 'essay' advocated that wealthy Americans use their wealth to promote social progress for all people.
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Explain the historical significance of this cartoon depicting Charles Guiteau holding a gun.
Possible Answer: Four months into James Garfield's presidency, his life was cut short by an assassin's bullet. Charles Guiteau, the killer, was so upset with Garfield for overlooking him for a political job that he shot the President in cold blood on the platform of the Baltimore and Potomac train station.
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YOU DEFINE: Capitalism and Anarchy
Capitalism: economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit
Anarchy: belief in the abolition of all government
Anarchy: belief in the abolition of all government
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What did political machine bosses receive in exchange for providing new immigrants jobs and housing?
Possible Answer: Political bosses, such as Boss Tweed of the Tammany Ring, received votes from the immigrants and kick backs such as public works contracts from the politicians whom they put it in office.
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"Having behind us the commercial interests and the laboring interests and all the toiling masses, we shall answer their demands for a gold standard by saying to them: you shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns. You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold."
Who is the author of the above speech and what was his intended purpose?
Who is the author of the above speech and what was his intended purpose?
Who is William Jennings Bryan advocating for bimetalism (coinage of both gold and silver)?
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