HISTORY TEST THIS FRIDAY
Many people at this time believed in Social Darwinism, which means survival of the:
smartest
What was the purpose of the Grange movement?
to break the rural isolation of farmers and represent their interests
What goal motivated Henry Flagler to build the Florida East Coast Railway? *
to bring tourists to the luxury hotels he had built along the Florida coastline
What was the main cause of the Homestead Strike that is depicted in the newspaper below?
Andrew Carnegie and Henry Frick wanted to break up the power of the steelworkers' union.
What was the primary goal of the Progressive Movement in the late 1800s and early 1900s?
Encourage the government to take a more active role in solving societal issues
The primary goal of the NAACP was:
Equality among the races
A time of great wealth when all looked good on the outside was called the ___________, a phrase used by Mark Twain. *
Gilded Age
Why did government leaders generally sympathize with business owners against labor in the late 19th century?
Government leaders received money from business and also believed in laissez-faire.
How did the tent system encourage inventiveness?
It guaranteed an inventor sole rights to the use of his or her invention for a limited time.
What is the most likely reason immigrants traveled in steerage to Ellis Island?
It was all they could afford
Which entrepreneur is NOT correctly paired with his field?
John D. Rockefeller and telecommunications
Journalists who wrote fiction and non-fiction accounts of the abuses of wealth and power in our society were called
Muckrakers.
This picture represents an issue that was dealt with MOST successfully by which political movement?
Progressive
How were Americans influences by the growth of railroads during the Second Industrial Revolution?
Railroads created time zones, the growth of cities, and the first truly national market.
This poem would seem to be supporting:
Social Darwinism.
Based on the cartoon below, what conclusion can be reached about the United States in the early 1880s?
Some American critics felt workers were being oppressed by business monopolies.
What impact did U.S. governmental polices have on business and industry during the late 1800s?
The U.S. government had little or no influence on business and industry
Why were immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe in the late 19th century welcomed by industrialists?
The immigrants were willing to work for lower wages than most other work.
How did many nativists feel about the rapid influx of immigrants between 1870 and 1900?
They feared that the immigrants might take their jobs for lower wages
Which characteristic is shared by all five reforms listed below?
They gave citizens a greater voice in the government.
One of the main reasons John D. Rockefeller was able to succeed in the oil industry was because he
combined vertical and horizontal integration