Dollars & Sense of American Capitalism

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This chart shows what big shift in the US during by 1930? Options: All Americans made more money. There was a wider gap between rich and poor. Americans increasingly turned to government to fix society's problems.

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More Americans lived in cities than on farms.

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What led to this shift? Options: World War I, Overcrowding, The Great Depression, The rise of industry

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The rise of industry

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Author Mark Twain labeled America in the late 1800s as "The Gilded Age" because...

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he wanted to acknowledge the hidden greed, corruption, and inequality that laid under the surface of this prosperous age.

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Improvements in labor conditions, like health benefits, weekends off, and workers' compensation, were ideas first championed by business owners.

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False

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To eliminate competition and increase power, capitalists created ________.

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monopolies

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According to Henry Ford in "My Life and Work," what is the role of law in fighting poverty?

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Law is not designed to cure poverty or abolish special privilege.

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What did Henry Ford do to ensure his employees would work harder and remain on the job for years?

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raised wages and cut hours

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What were the consequences of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire that led to public outrage?

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More government regulation and enforcement for worker safety

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Social Darwinists believed in survival of the fittest and supported government’s active role in solving society’s problems.

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false

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What were crusading journalists who investigated social conditions and political corruption in the early 1900s called?

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muckrakers