Unit 1 Exam Ch. 19B

Question 1

aspects of the political machine

Answer 1

highly organized and very corrupt/offered city services for votes

Question 2

Social Conservative

Answer 2

Government aid doesn’t work because it fosters permanent dependency.

Question 3

Social Liberal

Answer 3

For expanding government programs to help social problems

Question 4

two famous women who started settlement houses and name and where

Answer 4

Jane Addams and Ellen Starr/Hull House, Chicago. 1889

Question 5

Herbert Spencer’s famous quote about nature

Answer 5

“Survival of the fittest”

Question 6

JD Rockerfeller: His view on Social Darwinism

Answer 6

Carry out law of nature and law of God.

Question 7

conflicting theories about the poor immigrants in the cities and explain each.

Answer 7

nature (genetic code/can’t change) vs nurture (environment formed personality and success)

Question 8

How many people came to Hull House each week

Answer 8

9000

Question 9

Nature theory and who subscribed to it

Answer 9

“Social Darwinism” Herbert Spencer and JD Rockerfeller

Question 10

Nurture: name two social reformers

Answer 10

Jacob Riis and Jane Addams

Question 11

Name two entities who helped new immigrants is some way

Answer 11

Political machines and charity organizations/settlement houses

Question 12

Family breakdown/what changed after moving to cities

Answer 12

instead of working the land together, parents went off the work in different factories, kids left alone with crime on the streets, or kids worked in factories as well. (alcoholism and child prostitution).

Question 13

famous political machine boss/city

Answer 13

Boss Tweed/NYC

Question 14

programs that hull house offered

Answer 14

child care, citizenship classes, language classes, after school recreation, 1st kindergarten.