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| What weroe the results of the growth of big business in the late 1800s? |
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| in the late 1800s to help th US grow in to a industrial power? |
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| What problems did the American farmer face at the end of the 19th century? |
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| Over production, Income, Debt, Railroads |
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| Describe urban life at the turn of the century |
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Pros: more entertainment and suburbs
Cons:Crime, Diseases, pollution |
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| Why did young people leave farms and move to the growing cities of the North and industrial Midwest at the turn of the 20th century |
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| Why did immigrants support political machines? |
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| Gave rights- Job or assistant countion on your vote |
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| What was the main purpose of anitrust legislation? |
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| Break monopolis, create competition |
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| Polices and wages should be determined by the marketplace. the author of this statment would most support this philosophy |
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Which Philosophy of the early 1900s is expressed in the following quotation?
"Nature's cure for most social and political diseases is better than man's"
Nicholas Murray Butler, President of Columbia University |
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| In the late 1800s, What did the Populist Party advocate to hel p American farmers reduce their debts? |
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| 8hr workday, Larger money supply, Gov. ownership of railroads |
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| Following Reconstrution, Democrats returned to power in ther former Confederate states and renewed the social and political oppression of southern African Americans. What was one result of this situation |
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| Large Dept, Grandfather Clause |
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| The prpose fo the Homestead Act of 1862, which provided free federal land, was to |
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| incourage people to move West |
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| The term "robber barons" was used during the gilded age to Characterized |
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| What prompted the growth of labor unions in the late 1800s? |
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| Working conditions, pay, child labor |
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| B/t 1890 and 1915, the majority of immigrants to the US were labeled "new immigrants" B/c they were____________ |
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| How did the beliefs of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B DuBois differ |
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| Different methods how african americans should be in society(Blue & white Collar) |
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| In the late 19th century, what was the major argument used b labor union leaders against immigrants |
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| A goal of the Grange and Populist movements was to |
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| Help farmers fight economic & justice |
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| The slogan "eight hours for work, eight hours for sleep, eight hours for what we will" Was used in the late 1800s to promote a major goal of what group |
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"Immigration is bad for this country. immigrants take our jobs that otherwise would go to those born here, and their ways pollute and corrupt our way of life. we need laws to prevent immigration"
Who might make this statement? |
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| How did the public often perceive unions as the result of events like the haymarket riot and the homestead strike? |
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| "It is a fact of nature that only the strongest will survive. Life is a struggle. The strong win that struggle the weak lose. Business my good fellow is no differnt. The fittest and most capable are meant to survive. the is who maintains our econom, and it is precisely why the gov. should leave business alone and let nature take its course" this quote is advocationg what philosophy |
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| The Gov. role in early labor disputes can best be described as what |
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| Support buisness-Lassiez faire |
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| President Theodore Roosevelt would most likely use the term muckraker to describe____ |
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Journalist
Abuse of Gov. and buisness |
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| Who founded and what was hull house and its purpose |
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James addams
Hull House-A house were social workers lived and helped immigrants |
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| After the civil war, one way buisness leaders tried to eliminate competition was by |
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| During the latter half of the 19th century, many business organizations in the US combined into large corporations b/c |
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| In response to the demands of farmers and small business owners, congress enacted laws in the late 19th century that regulated |
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| What term best describes US economic policy during the era of the rise of big business (1865-1900) |
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| Why did the US follow a policy of unrestricted immigration for europeans during most of the 1800s |
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| During the late 19th century, which practices were used by employers against workers |
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| Yellow dog contract, black list |
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| Mark twain labeled the late 1800s in the US the "Gilded Age" to describe the_____________ |
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| The system which rewarded political supporters with go positions and which was blamed or much of the corruptionn that eisted in ov during the 1800s was know as what |
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