APUSH CH 17/18 QUIZZES Flashcards

1
Q

during the gilded age, what did most successful business tycoons claim as the main reason for their success and was it true?

A

hard work/thrift and no

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2
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what term (other than survival of the fittest) has been given to herbert spencer’s ideas that society should encourage the “elimination” of the poor and unfit?

A

social darwinism

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3
Q

what was one american author or speaker that promoted the idea that anyone could become rich, if they made use of opportunities and were willing to work hard?

A

horatio alger

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4
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what political party provided the most radical alternative to capitalist system of the gilded age?

A

socialist labor party

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5
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what is the theme of all of horatio alger’s novels?

A

individual advancement through pluck and luck

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6
Q

what was one change in transport during the 1870s and 1880s that allowed US agricultural products to be sold world wide?

A

high speed freighters

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7
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as the steel industry grew in the great lakes region of the US, what other industry developed in western pennsylvania, ohio, and west virginia?

A

the iron industry

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8
Q

the internal combustion engine was critical to the devlopment of automobile, what other 20th century revolution in transport required internal combustion engine for its success?

A

the plane

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9
Q

what did henry ford popularize in 1914?

A

assembly line

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10
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what individuals did the most to consolidate the oil industry in ohio and pennsylvania during the gilded age?

A

john d. rockefeller

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11
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during the late 1870s who led the knights of labor, increasing # of people in the union?

A

Powderly

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12
Q

in addition to job insecurity and poverty, what was another specific aspect of factory work that many 1st generation factory workers found challenging?

A

they found work taxing

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13
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What violent labor protest in Chicago in May 1886 turned most Americans against labor unions by associating labor unions with anarchism

A

haymarket bombing

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14
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What labor dispute began in Chicago in 1894 when a factory cut wages without reducing the rent on the company owned houses where the workers lived?

A

Pullman’s Strike

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15
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What percent of the population of major cities such as Chicago or New York was made up of immigrants?

A

80 to 87%

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16
Q

What was the first group of people banned from immigrating to the US?

A

Chinese immigrants

17
Q

What kind of people would generally be the ones organizing the creation of museums concert halls and other cultural centers in gilded age cities?

A

Wealthy residents

18
Q

From the middle class what transportation Innovacion made it possible to live on the edges of big cities, in suburban.

A

Subway

19
Q

What federal agency was created in 1912 in a failed attempt to prevent accidents in the spread of disease in urban factories?

A

Public health service

20
Q

Disease tended to spread very rapidly in gilded age cities because city leaders generally failed to connect disease with what other problem?

A

Inadequate sewage disposal and poor sanitation

21
Q

During the Gilded Age what kind of new large store was designed to make shopping glamorous and exciting first example of such a store was pioneered by Marshall Field in Chicago, Illinois.

A

Department stores

22
Q

What was one specific response of city leaders to the problem of rising crime in the cities?

A

Creation of larger, more professional police forces.