The Gilded Age

Question 1

Most immigrants To the United States in the late 1800s and early 1900s came from where?

Answer 1

Eastern and southern Europe

Question 2

The absence of government intervention into the economy…

Answer 2

Laissez-faire

Question 3

And entrepreneur that seeks success by offering a quality product people value at lower and lower prices; does not use government subsidies or aid

Answer 3

Market entrepreneur

Question 4

Financial handouts from the government

Answer 4

Subsidies

Question 5

The entrepreneur made his fortune in the oil business

Answer 5

Rockefeller

Question 6

The entrepreneur made his fortune in the steel business

Answer 6

Carnegie

Question 7

The entrepreneur made his fortune in railroad businesses

Answer 7

James Hill

Question 8

When one business controls all or basically all of a particular market

Answer 8

Monopoly

Question 9

The Elkins act and the Hepburn act target which business with regulations

Answer 9

Railroad

Question 10

Which of the following occurs when a company owns all parts of the industrial process

Answer 10

Vertical integration

Question 11

List for factors that allowed the United States to industrialize

Answer 11

An abundance of raw materials, workforce, free enterprise, and new inventions and tools

Question 12

Of the four factors listed above what was the most important

Answer 12

Tools because they made things faster more efficient and gave people the ability to live and work beneficially

Question 13

How was James hill and his railroad project similar to and different from other transcontinental railroad builders of the gilded age?

Answer 13

James Hill unlike other builders did not get any government help or subsidies to help pay for his railroad. This made him a market entrepreneur. James he’ll also took his time to build of the smart in more efficient route so that his railroad it wouldn’t collapse or have to be rebuilt. Also he was the only builder that didn’t go bankrupt.

Question 14

What are the five standards that help is judge is a liar policy is just or unjust

Answer 14

Does it violate our natural rights, does it show favoritism or discriminate, does it on her God’s law, is it simple and easy to understand it, and it does it come from proper authority,

Question 15

What basic three goals do labor unions have

Answer 15

Better hours, better wages, and better working conditions

Question 16

Define nativism and one reason for it

Answer 16

Nativism was when people didn’t like the immigrants coming in. One person was because they feared it would change their culture. For example, they didn’t like the Catholics coming in because they wanted to remain Protestant.

Question 17

How did the immigrant you did your project on influence America

Answer 17

The immigrant I had was William Cole game he came to America at a young age and eventually started his own soap and toiletry company which eventually led him what he is most known for and famous for today toothpaste he created one of the biggest and industries for toiletries today