1. Why did businesses consolidate into monopolies, pools, trusts, and interlocking directorates?
to gain power and resources
2. What is Social Darwinism? How did the wealthy use this to justify their place in society?
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1. Why did businesses consolidate into monopolies, pools, trusts, and interlocking directorates?
to gain power and resources
2. What is Social Darwinism? How did the wealthy use this to justify their place in society?
survival or the fittest used by wealthy to defend their success if you are wealthy you deserve to
be if your poor you need to work harder
3. What is the purpose of Unions? In conflicts between labor and management, whose side did
the federal government usually take?
to seek better working conditions and wages. Unions
4. Complete the following chart based on the Knights of Labor and American Federation of
Labor.
Knights of Labor American Federation of Labor
Leader Terence V. Powderly samuel Gompers
Membership type
(skilled, unskilled,
makeup, etc.)
skilled and unskilled skilled
5. What is sharecropping? How did this affect African Americans?
Sharecropping was freedmen working on farms in exchange for housing and land. This was to
keep freed slaves in slave like conditions.
6. What is the “New South?” The south should be industrialized
7. Why did many farmers migrate to cities?
Farming jobs were poor and seasonal which lead to many moving to rural areas
8. What was the purpose of farmer organizations such as the Grange?
This was to advance methods in agriculture and promote the social and economic needs of
farmers
9. What does laissez-faire mean? It is french for let the people do as they choose. THis was a
doctrine opposing the government interference beyond the minimum necessary
10. How did the Election of 1896 demonstrate tensions between farmers and the wealthy?
The people with money wanted McKinley and the farmers wanted Coxy from Ohio.
11. What were three goals of the Populist Party? Were they successful in achieving these
goals?
-Graduated income tax(established through 16th amendment)
•Direct election of senators(established through 17th ad)
•Gov't ownership of railroad, telegraphs, & telephones
•Coinage & free silver
no
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