Unit 2 exam Exam day

When government does not interfere with the economy

• Populism
• Communism
• Socialism
• Laissez Faire

A movement founded on Christian principles to help the poor...

• Social Gospel

• Social Darwinism

• Gospel of Wealth

• Vertical Integration

Businesses that cooperate to function as a monopoly and control prices

• Trust

• Holding Company

• Corporation

• Infrastructure

The Interstate Commerce Act...

• Created jobs for the railroad industry

• Was the first federal law to regulate business

• Promoted the steel industry

• Expanded access to America's natural resources

*** The Declaration of Independence helped _____________

• Motivate European rulers to establish new colonies

• Inspire people in other countries to question the authority of their governments

• Encourage new settlers in South America to assimilate native populations

• Persuade religious leaders in other countries to stop the persecution of non-Christians

"As social conditions become more equal, the number of persons increases who, although they are neither rich enough nor powerful enough to exercise any great influence over their fellow creatures, have nevertheless acquired or retained sufficient education and fortune to satisfy their own wants. They owe nothing to any man, they expect nothing from any man; they acquire the habit of always considering themselves as standing alone, and they are apt to imagine that their whole destiny is in their own hands."

~Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America (1835)

Which of the following best describes what Tocqueville is writing about?

• Individualism

• Populism

• Liberty

• Laissez-faire

The expansion of ranching and the US cattle industry in the 19th century led to which of the following?

• Congress passed legislation imposing tariffs on imported beef

• Most of the cowboys on cattle drives were European immigrants

• The cattle industry was nationalized under the Department of Agriculture

• The need to process large amounts of cattle made meatpacking a major industry

Which of the following best explains the goal of nativist organizations?

• promoting an ethnically homogeneous society through restrictions on immigration

• limiting federal military power through the organization of local militias

• conserving natural resources through the creation of national parks

• globalizing the economy through participation in free-trade agreements

Which of the following is an effect of rapid urbanization?

• excessive laws

• segregation

• disease

• low population

How did the Pendleton Civil Service Act affect how federal employees were hired?

• government jobs were awarded to applicants based on his or her political party affiliation

• government jobs were awarded to applicants based on a merit system and his or her score on a civil service examination

• government jobs were awarded to applicants based on the approval of lawmakers

• government jobs were awarded to applicants if he or she was an executive of a large corporation