EOC Review 2/23

Someone who follows the "laissez-faire" approach to economics would agree most with which of the following statements?

• Government regulations on business should focus on protecting the environment

• Workers should be paid equally despite the industry they work in

• Government needs to increase rules and regulations on large businesses

• Government should only play a small role in the economy and limit the rules and regulations it puts on businesses

How can American society best be described during the Gilded Age?

• The large majority of Americans are involved in business ownership and are very wealthy

• There is a small number of very wealthy millionaires, however many citizens also live in poverty

• Huge numbers of American citizens are immigrating to Europe to seek new opportunities

• There is an equal number of wealthy and poor citizens

Andrew Carnegie used this business strategy, where a company owns or controls every part in the creation of it's product (resources, factories, transportation)

• Vertical Integration

• Horizontal Integration

• Supply-Side Economics

• Laissez-Faire Economics

Overcrowding and pollution were caused primarily by what?

• Urbanization

• Industrialization

• Nativism

• Assimilation

What does "Social Darwinism" mean?

• "Survival of the fittest"

• "Every man for themself"

• "An eye for an eye"

• "Fight for your rights"

Which of the following is the best definition for the term POLITICAL MACHINES

• A party organization headed by a single boss or small group that commands enough votes to ensure elections are fair and accurate reflections of the people's will

• A party organization that caters only to Nativist candidates and tries to keep immigrants out of their city

• A party organization that does not command many votes or power in a city, but is quite annoying

• A Party organization, headed by a single boss or small group, that commands enough votes to maintain political and administrative control

In the late 1800s many territories in the western part of America became states.  This fact can most likely be attributed to the

• influx of immigrants that came to America settled in the western territories

• the transcontinental railroad allowed people to quickly move west

• the Panama Canal allowed ships to efficiently reach the west coast of America

• the Native Americans were relocated to reservations so now American citizens could move onto their former land

Economic motives for imperialism include _________.

• a desire to spread Christianity
• a need for military bases around the world
• a need for raw materials to be used in factories
• a desire to gain glory

What does this map support?

• US fought the Spanish navy in Atlantic and Pacific
• Spanish-American War led to new US territories
• America became a colonial power in South America by surrounding it
• Panama Canal is critical to US trade

Why did the United States acquire Hawaii?

• The US wanted volcanoes

• To use the islands as a naval base, and for its sugar

• to create a naval base during World War II

• to assist Queen Liliuokalani take control of the islands