Unit 4 Review: Triumph Of Industry; Labor Movement; Cities, Immigration And Farmers

What was a consequence of the rapid growth of cities in the late 1800s?

A decrease in the gap between rich and poor.

You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns; you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold." Based on this speech, what did Bryan demand in his subsequent campaign for the Presidency?

A policy of bimetallism that would help farmers by raising crop prices.

Tragedy at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company led to?

Building codes requiring fire escapes.

In the late 1800s, how did railroad monopolies create economic hardships for farmers?

By charging high prices to ship agricultural goods to market.

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.

In 1913, President Wilson proposed a reduction in tariffs. How did Wilson plan to make up for the loss of these revenues by the federal government?

Introducing a new federal income tax.

How did the Dawes Act (1887) mark a departure from earlier federal Indian policy?

It permitted Indians to withdraw private plots from the tribal reservation.

The Gentlemen's Agreement between President Theodore Roosevelt and Japan resulted in a decrease of which of these?

Japanese immigration to the United States.

Which group most favored the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882?

Nativists on the West Coast.

What was the impact of muckraking activities during the early 1900s?

Public reaction to their books led to new laws addressing the abuses of industrialization.

Where trade unions are most firmly organized, there are the rights of the people most respected." Who said this?

Samuel Gompers.

We should be satisfied to compel them to engage in coarse, common labor, and to punish them for dereliction of duty or non fulfillment of their contracts with such severity, as to make them useful, productive laborers.

The formation of the Freedmen's Bureau.

How did Presidential Reconstruction differ from Congressional Reconstruction?

The president favored a more lenient plan for the South.

Which characteristic was shared by all five reforms?• Initiative • Referendum • Recall • Direct Primary • 17th Amendment?

They gave citizens a greater voice in government.

What was the purpose of the Grange movement?

To break the rural isolation of farmers and represent their interests.

1890: Sherman Antitrust Act and 1913: Clayton Antitrust Act. What was the primary goal of the government in these actions?

To break up trusts that adopt unfair or dishonest business practices.

Which best describes the main goal of the social gospel and settlement movements?

To improve living conditions for the poor.

What demand was made in the Populist Party platform of 1892?

a graduated income tax.

Employers used all of the following in their attempts to crush labor strike EXCEPT?

collective bargaining.

A major purpose of the Progressive movement (1900-1917) was to?

correct the economic and social abuses of industrial society.

What was an important consequence of the Haymarket Riot?

decline of the Knights of Labor.

During the late 1800s, children often worked in factories because?

families needed the income to survive.

The nation's first major labor strike in 1877 that began a series of violent labor strikes was started by?

railway workers angered by wage cuts.

The "new immigrants" who arrived in the late 19th century were resented by "Native" Americans for all of the following reasons EXCEPT?

they were mostly educated Protestants.

What was the primary goal of the ALF?

to obtain better conditions for workers in its affiliate unions.

The Emancipation Proclamation?

to protect their property and way of life.

Why did Southern states secede from the Union?

to protect their property and way of life.