Industrialization, Immigration and Big Business

Question 1

Educational programs that taught English and American Democracy are apart of which process

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Americanization/Assimilation

Question 2

Madam CJ Walker, Lewis Latimer and Granville T. Woods were all examples of

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African-American Inventors

Question 3

What was one major similarity between the First and Second Industrial Revolutions?

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New technologies were developed

Question 4

The business practice of purchasing companies at all levels of the production process is

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Vertical Integration

Question 5

How were Washington Gladden and Thomas Nast similar?

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They both publicly opposed political machines

Question 6

A political organization that has a single powerful and influential "boss" (Boss Tweed/Tammany Hall) is known as a -

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Political Machine

Question 7

The shift from steam power industry to electric power industry during the late 19th-early 20th centuries resulted from

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Thomas Edison

Question 8

This philosophy was used to justify big business practices and was known as "Survival of the Fittest"

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Social Darwinism

Question 9

A piece of legislation that helped reform U.S. business practices in the late 1800&#x27;s was the

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Sherman Anti-Trust Act

Question 10

Where did "New Immigrants" mostly arrive from

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Southern and Eastern Europe

Question 11

What was an important consequence of the Haymarket Riot?

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The rally of public opinion in favor of workers

Question 12

Mark Twain wrote about a period in the late 1800&#x27;s that focused on American promise but lamented greed, corruption, etc.

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Gilded Age

Question 13

Which expression describes the ideology of anarchy?

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Opposing all forms of government in favor of self-governing communities

Question 14

The philosophy that focused on being anti-immigrant for economic and social reasons was known as

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Nativism

Question 15

How did the relationship between political machines and urban immigrants impact society

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Political machines provided essential services to the immigrants

Question 16

Which ideology promotes ideas that the economy should run for the benefit of all citizens and limited private property

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socialism

Question 17

How did the U.S. government contribute to the growth of corporations from 1865-1900?

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By allowing them to develop with few restrictions

Question 18

What led to the immigration trend in the U.S. from the 1860&#x27;s-1900

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growth of mass production in the U.S.

Question 19

The economic philosophy behind private ownership is

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Capitalism

Question 20

What was the government&#x27;s general response to labor unions during the era of the 2nd Industrial Revolution

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The government frequently opposed labor union activities

Question 21

How did the development of the railroad industry impact the U.S. economy?

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It provided a demand for steel, iron, and coal.

Question 22

Because of a West Coast job shortage and economic decline, the United States passed the _______

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Chinese Exclusion Act

Question 23

What did holding companies and trusts (monopolies) reduce during the late 1800s?

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competition

Question 24

What goal motivated Henry Flagler to build the Florida East Coast railway?

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To bring tourists to the luxury hotels he built in FL and boost agriculture

Question 25

Which philosophies did most political and business leaders adopt during the late 19th century?

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Social Darwinism and laissez-faire capitalism

Question 26

Consolidating companies into the same type of company to eliminate competition is known as

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Horizontal Integration

Question 27

What was the greatest challenge experienced by the United States government between 1875 and 1900?

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shifting from an agricultural economy to an industrial economy

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