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| The Jungle was an example of |
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| Journalism meant to expose the problems in society |
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| How did electricity change industry and daily life? |
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| When the sun went down, factories, stores could still operate. |
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| What effect did the Jungle have? |
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| It led to the passage of the Meat Inspection Act |
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| Rural=countryside, small towns, farming |
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| Where were most urban areas located at this time? |
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| The north east of the United States |
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| Political machines and bosses provided services to immigrants in exchange for what? |
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| Political bosses used their power to provide services to the cities. What did they gain in exchange? |
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| They often stole taxpayer money |
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| What's one reason why immigrants were able to keep their culture? |
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| they often lived together in the same neighborhoods |
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| The goal of Americanization was to |
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| make immigrants learn american culture and values |
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| What new technology was hugely important for shipping and transportation? |
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| Nativists were afraid that… |
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| too many immigrants were coming, and that they were "taking over" |
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| How were cities divided during this period? |
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| By race, ethnicity, and class |
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| wealth and money. Lower class=poor. Upper class=rich |
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| Limiting the power of political bosses was the goal of the … |
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| Progressivism was a movement to |
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| reform (change for the better) America morally and politically using the government |
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| According to Social Darwinism, why are people poor? |
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| They're lazy, and racially inferior |
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| According to Social Darwinism, why are people rich? |
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| They're smarter, and harder working |
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| Cities expanded so quickly during this era that it led to the rise of … |
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| political bosses and machines |
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| Trusts and Monopolies were designed to… |
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| eliminate competition so one company could dominate an industry |
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| horizontal integration was when … |
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| a company bought all the other companies in the same industry (McDonalds buying Burger King) |
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| McDonald's buys up a toy factory, a fleet of trucks, a paper mill, and a numerous farms. This is an example of |
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| What are three causes of John D Rockefeller's success? |
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| could sell his oil below cost to destroy competitors, paid low wages, created a trust |
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| Because of cheap labor, natural resources, and support for business, what happened to America? |
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| it became an industrialized economic world power |
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| What kept America isolated and able to develop its own industries |
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| the oceans on each side of the nation |
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| In order to limit the power of trusts and monopolies, Congress passed the .. |
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| Dwight L Moody is associated with what movement? |
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| The Social Gospel Movement |
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| The Social Gospel Movement believed in |
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| using the ideas of the bible to make the world a better place |
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| Andrew Carnegie used what technique to build up his steel company? |
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| Laissez-Faire economics is the idea that |
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| government should not regulate business or place restrictions on them. |
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| What has kept the United States safe from the Europeans and given it numerous business advantages? |
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| the oceans on each side of the nation |
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| The Americanization movement was about teaching immigrants |
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| american values and culture |
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| Populists argued for these changes, and later Progressives were successful in implementing them |
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| the creation of a secret ballot, and the direct election of senators |
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| The Progressives were successful in passing the 16th amendment. What was that? |
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| it allowed for the creation of a progressive income tax. |
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| The 17th amendment allowed for |
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| the direct election of senators |
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