Module 2 Post Assess
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| 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? | The title refers to the way industrial leaders increased their profits while paying their workers very little.
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| “... 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? | The Gospel of Wealth
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| How did nativism affect immigrants to the United States during the late 1800’s? | They were discriminated against for not being from the United States
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| Industrial leaders accumulate wealth during the late 1800s by | creating monopolies and establishing trusts
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| 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? | The Bessemer Process
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| After immigrants arrived in the United States how did they cope with the new, unfamiliar culture and language? | They sought out ethnic communities made up of people from their home country.
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| Jacob Riis in the How the Other Half Live | exposed the social ills of life in urban centers and tenements
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| W.E.B. DuBois argued that African Americans should educate themselves | to provide leadership in the fight for civil rights
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| The Gilded Age described as | A period marked by political corruption
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| The Progressive Movement | It was a period of social activism and political reform that flourished from the 1890s to the 1920s.
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| The sentiments being criticized in this cartoon can be described as an expression of | nativism
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| The United States is sometimes called a "Melting Pot" because | immigrant customs make up America's general culture
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| The American immigration patterns from 1880 to 1920 showed that they were | Relatively poor, rural Europeans immigrated to industrial cities of the United States.
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| What was a major cause of labor-management conflicts in the last half of the 19th century? | Business leaders opposed the efforts of labor unions to organize and improve conditions.
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| A person who believes in the Social Darwinist theory of survival of the fittest would agree that | individuals should succeed through their own efforts
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| During the major industrial strikes of the late 19th century, which action did the Federal Government take? | Military force and court injunctions were used against the workers to help end the strikes.
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| “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 | tariffs to protect United States industry
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| Which two philosophies dominated the thinking of most political and business leaders during the late 19th century in the United States? | Social Darwinism and laissez-faire
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| “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 | upward social mobility and the work ethic are closely related
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