APUSH Unit VI: Potential Questions
What was in the cities for the farmers?
#1 Jobs in factories+
What did the "Gospel of Wealth" suggest as an answer to the inequality Carnegie observed?
Benefactors should use their wealth to create greater economic opportunity
Which of the following characteristics of immigrants from southern and Eastern Europe did NOT contribute to cultural tension after they arrived in America in the late 19th century?
Immigrants unanimously supported temperance laws
What changes led to the inequality Carnegie described the late 19th century?
Increasing industrialization and economic consolidation
Two cities grew during the rapid urbanization stage. Why?
Los Angeles grew because Southern Pacific Railroad ended in LA Seattle grew rapidly bc two transcontinental railroads ended there: Great Northern and Northern Pacific
What was the number one problem of Urban Living Conditions?
Overcrowding
Was the relationship between immigrants and political machines in the late 19th century cooperative or oppositional?
Political machines provided favors to immigrants in exchange for votes.
What impact did Reconstruction have on the legal rights of freedmen living in the post-vellum South?
Reconstruction had few benefits because federal laws were poorly enforced.
What was a result(s) of the Social Gospel Movement?
Salvation Army (Soldiers of God) which was a religion created from the beliefs of the SGM YMCA/YWCA (young men/women's Christian association) originally an after school program for inner city children.
How much economic opportunity did blacks have in the post-vellum South?
Sharecropping meant blacks were trapped in a cycle of economic dependency
Which industry was the greatest factor in helping America industrialize?
The Railroad Industry
In the election of 1884, what was the main issue for the Cleveland Administration #1?
The Tariff Reform
Which of the following statements best describes the status of Native American tribes in the late 19th century?
The US government no longer treated the tribes as sovereign units and forced them into modest reservations
What impact did the Indian boarding schools have on Native American culture?
They accelerated the cultural assimilation process although not in a uniform fashion
What was the most common method workers used to confront business owners and managers during the late 19th century?
They formed labor unions and called for strikes
What did the settlement houses do?
They offered cultural events, classes, child care, clubs, camps, job-help, legal help, and health care.
What position did the Populist Party take on laissez-fairs economics?
They opposed laissez-fairs economics because it rejected government regulation.
Why did Congressmen enact the Chinese Exclusion Act?
They wanted to reduce economic competition from Chinese laborers.
Why did America grow?
Two groups entered in the gilded age (+ immigration, farm migration)
Who created and what was the social gospel movement?
Walter Rauschenbusch (German Baptist Church) Washington Gladden (Congregational Church) - it was using Christianity to apply to societal problems