History Marking Period 4

What did William G Sumner believe social classes Owed each other

nothing at all

During the second industrial revolution, the courts

tended to favor the interests of industry over those of labor.

The post-Civil War industrial revolution was marked by:

the rapid acceleration of factory production and increased activity in the mining and railroad industries

The theory of Social Darwinism argued that:

the theory of evolution applied to humans, thus explaining why some were rich and some were poor.

The supreme court and Lochner v New York

voided a state law establishing that bakers could work a maximum of sixty hours per week

Thomas Edison invented

A system for generating and distributing electricity

What did Hunter shoot while riding the rail road across the west

Buffalo

The term Fordism: a) refers to Henry Ford's invention of the automobile b) was used by labor unions, who hailed fords innovative approach c) describes an economic system based on the limited production of high-end goods d) describes an economic system based on mass production and mass consumption

D

True or false: Workers generally welcomed the courts decisions on industry

False

True or false: by the turn of the century most Americans still work for themselves a small business owners or as farmers

False

True or false: the theory of social Darwinism says that the "deserving poor "only include children

False

One significant economic impact of the second industrial revolution was

Frequent and prolonged economic depressions

All of the following factors contributed to explosive economic growth during the gilded age except: availability of capital for investment, a growing supply of labor, abundant natural resources, low tariffs, federal land grants to railroads

Low tariffs

How is standard oil depicted in the magazine puck illustrating the company as a dangerous monopoly

Octopus

Between 1897 and 1904, a wave of financial mergers led to the creation of the following corporations, all of which dominated major parts of the economy except: US steel, JP Morgan, standard oil, quaker oats

Quaker oats

What mode of transportation is usually associated with the second industrial revolution

Railroads

True or false: American workers receive higher pay than their European counterparts, but their working conditions were more dangerous

True

True or false: Lochner V New York voided a state law establishing 10 hours per day, or 60 per week, as the maximum hours of work for bakers, citing that it infringed on individual freedom

True

True or false: The second industrial revolution was marked by the Acceleration of factory production and increased activity in the mining and railroad industry

True

True or false: by 1880, a majority of Americans worked in non-farm activities

True

True or false: the spread of electricity was essential to industrial and urban growth

True

True or false: the theory of social Darwinism argued that the theory of evolution applied to humans, thus explaining why somewhere rich and some are poor

True

In the 19th century, pools, trust, and mergers were

Where is that manufactures sought to control the market place

By 1890, the majority of Americans: worked as farmers, worked as independent craftsman, worked in the mining industry, we're moving into the middle class, work for wages

Worked for wages

The interstate commerce commission was established in 1887 to

ensure that railroads charged farmers and merchants reasonable and fair rates.