APUSH period 6 (Industrialization)

This period during the 1870s to 1900 is known for its rise of railroads, big business, industrialization and social problems in the United States.

• World War I
• Progressive Era
• Gilded age
• Roaring Twenties

Under the philosophy of __________________________, men such as Andrew Carnegie believed in giving money to libraries, museums, and schools to help benefit people who wanted to move up in the social ladder.

• Geopolitical expansion
• Political bosses
• Social Darwinism
• Gospel of Wealth

The Farmer's Alliance, the Grange, and the ______________ stood for additional government regulation of trade, currency,  and the protection of other farmers' interests.

• Progressives
• Free Soil Party
• Knights of Labor
• Populists

William Graham Sumner, a researcher during the Gilded Age,  believed that government programs to help the poor were useless because people had a certain place that could not be changed.  This philosophy was called...

• Evolution
• Monetary Policy
• Social Darwinism
• Welfare Capitalism

During the age of industrialization, the South

• was not targeted by northern industrialists who sought to introduce factories into the region
• received preferential treatment from the railroads
• turned away from agriculture
• remained overwhelmingly rural and agricultural

One of the methods by which post-Civil War business leaders increased their profits was 

• Elimination of as much competition as possible
• Supporting a centrally planned economy
• Funding research on new technologies
• Elimination of the tactic of vertical integration

Late nineteenth-century farmers believed that their difficultues stemmed from

• low tariff rates
• overproduction
• a deflated currency and low prices for their agricultural goods
• immigration lawas

The first major farmers' organization was the

• National Grange
• Populists
• Greenback Labor Party
• Farmers' alliance

Which of the following best describes the main idea of Andrew Carnegie’s Gospel of Wealth?

• Privately held wealth should be handed over to the government to be redistributed 
• Wealthy individuals should use their wealth for social benefit
• Parents have an obligation to pass on their wealth to their children
• Accumulating large amounts of wealth violates Christian principals

The People’s Party (Populist) advocated which of the following?

• an increase of the money supply
• support for civil rights legislation
• a decrease in agriculture production
• joint ownership of businesses by urban workers and farmers