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Which of these statements reflect Social Darwinism?
Government should give assistance to people who can't make it on their own
Weak and struggling people should not receive government assistance
The rewards of a booming economy should be distributed evenly among all citizens
Even poor people should give to charity when possible
Progressives worked on all of the following issues except
improving opportunities to create more trusts and monopolies
reducing or ending racism
improving the fairness of elections
improving the living and working conditions of the poor
The Haymarket Riot resulted in violence between striking workers and police. 11 people died when a bomb was thrown into the crowd. Foreigners were blamed for this. What is the term for the fear of foreigners?
blacklisting
Social Darwinism
sweatshops
xenophobia
In capitalism, most businesses are run by
oligarchs
stores
private business
competition
John D. Rockefeller bought barrel factories, oil fields, pipelines and railroad cars. This is an example of
vertical integration
laissez-faire
horizontal integration
monopoly
The town of Pullman was built and controlled by the Pullman Company. Which of the following best describes the Pullman Strike?
Workers seized the factory after the manager locked them out for refusing to work faster
Railroads cut wages and workers in Baltimore and Ohio walked off the job. Workers blocked trains and the state militia was called in, then eventually the army came to stop the strike.
Employees were laid off and wages were cut but rent was not cut or grocery prices reduced. Federal troops were called in to break the strike.
There was so much loyalty to the company that when a few employees went on strike other workers supported the company instead of their fellow workers
Congress passed the Clayton Antitrust Act to
make trusts pay higher taxes
promote competition and free trade
improve working conditions
prevent monopolies
All of the following are examples of reforming government except for
the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote
Initiative: allows voters to initiate or propose a law
Recall: to remove an elected official from office by calling a special election
Referendum: allows citizens to vote on a proposed or existing law
The Populist Party was a movement...
led by coal miners
looking to increase tariffs
led by poor farmers
another term for Social Darwinism
Which of the following is NOT an example of a typical immigrant to the U.S. between 1880 and 1910?
was mainly a Protestant Christian
were mainly Catholic, Jews or Orthodox Christians
a Chinese adventurer hoping to strike it rich in the gold rush or work on the railroad
from Eastern or Southern Europe
Which of the following express the attitude of nativism?
Every immigrant will find a helping hand in America
Immigrants are taking away jobs from Americans and should be sent home
It is an expression of religious faith to help those less fortunate than ourselves
I love my adopted country, America, as much as the country I left behind.
Russell Conweel in Acres of Diamonds (Social Darwinism) held the view that
workers should have more rights
Great wealth should be used to help those who are less fortunate
Workers should have more rights
the poor deserve to be poor and we should not feel sympathy fro them
Unlike immigrants in earlier times, most immigrants coming to the U.S. between 1880 and 1990 came from
Southern and Eastern Europe
China
South America
Northern and Western Europe
President Theodore Roosevelt negotiated a Gentlemen's Agreement to stop the practice of segregating school children from this country in San Francisco in 1907.
Bolivia
Italy
Japan
India
Who helped to found Hull House, a settlement house in Chicago, IL. and was also a leading suffragette?
Jane Adams
Ida Tarbell
Jacob Riis
Mary Elizabeth Lease
The "social gospel" is the idea that
only the strong survive in he competitive world and that is why we will be a stronger country if you ignore the weak and poor
churches should serve people in separate class structures
everyone is equally in need of a religious message
religious faith should be expressed through good works so you should help the needy if you can
Political machines exchanges economic favors for
money
education
votes
advertising
Which of the following is NOT true
An 8-hour work day was a progressive reform issue
Teddy Roosevelt was always in favor of big business
Recall is a political reform which allowed voters to remove an elected official from office
Muckrakers were journalist who exposed social problems
Workers organized unions as a response to...
The creation of company towns
Progressive reforms
Suffrage movement
Poor working conditions and wage cuts
Garment workers usually made clothing in workshops called
tenements
sweatshops
blacklists
stores
To identify workers who made trouble, employers made and shared
blackmail
union lists
blacklists
charters
Between 1882 and 1892, nearly 900 ___________ lost their lives to lynch mobs
Asian immigrants
African Americans
Native Americans
Jewish Americans
Which of these presidents supported business rather than workers
Grover Cleveland
Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
The Workingman's Party was created by unemployed workers to oppose these immigrants
Jewish
Japanese
Russian
Chinese
The first legislation that limited a specific group of immigrants to the U.S. was the ...
Immigration Quota Act
Chinese Exclusion Act
Muslim Ban
All of the following are examples of muckrakers except...
Jane Adams-Hull House
Ida Tarbell- the Standard Oil Co.
Upton Sinclair- The Jungle
Jacob Riis- The Urban Poor
What political reform was accomplished through the 17th Amendment?
the direct election of senators
the creation of the post of city commissioner
the elimination of the position of city manager
the abolishment of jail time for failure to pay debts
Reformers called for prohibition because they believed alcohol...
was responsible for crime, poverty and violence against women
was produced under unsanitary conditions
caused health problems
production lines were liable to burst into flames under the right conditions
What groups' needs did Theodore Roosevelt feel should be balanced in the "Square Deal"?
workers, women, and bankers
religion, business, and art
women, farmers, and reformers
workers, business, and consumers
Upton Sinclair's shocking novel The Jungle sparked an investigation that led to
the creation of the Interstate Commerce Commission
the passage of the Meat Inspection Act
anti-trust legislation
the passage of the Elkins Act
This book by Jacob Riis, How the other Half Lives exposed
corruption in city government
the corrupt business practices of the Standard Oil Company
The horrors of the meat packing industry
the hardships of urban poverty
This event was a turning point for reform in workplace safety.
the IWW textile workers strike in Lawrence, MA
Lochner VS New York
The Teapot Dome scandal
Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire
In the Progressive Era, women reformers campaigned for civil rights, children's health and welfare and
pacifism
the spoils system
prohibition
retirement benefits
She was arrested for "knowingly, wrongfully and unlawfully" voting in 1872
Carry Nation
Harriet Tubman
Susan B. Anthony
Lucy Hayes
President Wilson is considered a Progressive president because
he was a Republican
he was a Democrat
he created the National parks system
he passed laws on tariffs, banking reform and trust reform
Plessy V Ferguson was a famous Supreme Court case that allowed for all of the following EXCEPT
states should not be allowed to segregate people by race
there should be "separate but equal" facilities
public places could be segregated but schools could not
established Jim Crow laws across the U.S.
The Poll Tax and Grandfather Clause were examples of how local government...
approved of the 16th Amendment
kept African-American people from voting
enforced voting rights for women
instituted the Interstate Commerce Commission
Social Darwinism is the philosophy which supports the idea
stronger people will succeed but weaker ones need our help through the creation of settlement houses
Strong people will succeed and wealth is their reward and the poor are an example of weakness and therefore should not be helped
Philanthropy towards the less fortunate
Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection, he supported it being applied to people
Which of the following Amendment topics passed during the Progressive Era?
Sherman Anti-Trust, Income Taxes, Anti-monopoly and Prohibition
Federal Reserve Agency, Prohibition, Women's suffrage, and Plessy VS Ferguson
Women's suffrage, Prohibition, Income Taxes and Direct election of senators
Plessy VS Ferguson and Lochner VS New York
One of the greatest examples of a political machine was run by Boss Tweed who...
was the mayor of New York
used his position to improve the city of New York but also used corrupt practices
as an entrepreneur he created a new product called a voting machine
made sure the city ran as efficiently as possible
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