Question 1

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries the great industrialists of the day were sometime referred to as “Robber Barons.”  Where did the title come from?

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The title refers to the way industrial leaders increased their profits while paying their workers very little.

Question 2

“... surplus revenues which come to him simply as trust funds, which he is ... strictly bound as a matter of duty to administer in the manner ...  man of wealth thus becoming the mere agent and trustee for his poorer brethren.” Where did this come from?

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The Gospel of Wealth

Question 3

How did nativism affect immigrants to the United States during the late 1800’s?

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They were discriminated against for not being from the United States

Question 4

Industrial leaders accumulate wealth during the late 1800s by

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creating monopolies and establishing trusts

Question 5

Which best describes the industrial process for making steel by using a converter to blast air through through molten iron and thus burning the excess carbon and impurities?

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The Bessemer Process

Question 6

After immigrants arrived in the United States how did they cope with the new, unfamiliar culture and language?

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They sought out ethnic communities made up of people from their home country.

Question 7

Jacob Riis in the How the Other Half Live

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exposed the social ills of life in urban centers and tenements

Question 8

W.E.B. DuBois argued that African Americans should educate themselves

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to provide leadership in the fight for civil rights

Question 9

The  Gilded Age described as

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A period marked by political corruption

Question 10

The Progressive Movement

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It was a period of  social activism and political reform that flourished from the 1890s to the 1920s.

Question 11

The sentiments being criticized in this cartoon can be described as an expression of

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nativism

Question 12

The United States is sometimes called a "Melting Pot" because

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immigrant customs make up America's general culture

Question 13

The American immigration patterns from 1880 to 1920 showed that they were

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Relatively poor, rural Europeans immigrated to industrial cities of the United States.

Question 14

What was a major cause of labor-management conflicts in the last half of the 19th century?

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Business leaders opposed the efforts of labor unions to organize and improve conditions.

Question 15

A person who believes in the Social Darwinist theory of survival of the fittest would agree that

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individuals should succeed through their own efforts

Question 16

During the major industrial strikes of the late 19th century, which action did the Federal Government take?

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Military force and court injunctions were used against the workers to help end the strikes.

Question 17

“Manufacturing has positive benefits to offer society and therefore should be encouraged by government.”

The author of this statement would most likely be an advocate of

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tariffs to protect United States industry

Question 18

Which two philosophies dominated the thinking of most political and business leaders during the late 19th century in the United States?

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Social Darwinism and laissez-faire

Question 19

“Ours is a country where people...can attain to the most elevated positions or acquire a large amount of wealth...according to their talents, prudence, and personal exertions.” This idea expresses

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upward social mobility and the work ethic are closely related

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