Unit 4 Basic Topics

Why did progressives go after political machines in the early 1900s?

• they denied voting rights to the poor

• the accepted bribes in return for favors

• they wasted money on military and deficit spending

• they discriminated immigrants and poor working class members

Which of the following is true about machines in relation to farming in the late 1800's - early 1900's?

• Made farming easier allowing for more crops to be grown faster

• Too many crops grown, led to over production and loss of profit

• Nothing could replace the value of a slave and slave labor; not even machines

• There was no significant difference in moving from slave labor to machine labor

The law of supply and demand states which of the following is true?

• Over production leads to high supply which leads to drop in prices

• Over production leads to high demand which leads to drop in prices

• Low supply and low demand means high prices

• We never talked about supply and demand

place the following in the correct category

Groups:

(a) Fighting AGAINST FARMERS

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(b) Fighting FOR FARMERS

• Populist/Democrat Party

• Regulation of banks

• Bi-Metalism

• Railroad shipping costs HIGH

• Bank regulations non existent

• Regulation of Railroads

• Overproduction

• Gold Standard

What is this for?

• Christian Revival

• Bi-Metalism

• Gold Standard

• 5th Crusades

Which of the following connected the country in ways never before seen?

• The Appalachian Trail

• The Transcontinental Railroad

• Sears and Roebuck Catalogue

• Interstate Highway System

Match the following

• Democrat Party

• William Howard Taft

• $$$ beats Populism

• Election of 1896

• Split of Republican Party

• Woodrow Wilson

• Republican Party

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Bull Moose Party / 1/2 Republican

• Election of 1912

Match the following

• Black soldiers in West

• New Immigrants

• North West Europe: GB, France

• Exodusters

• South East Europe: Poland, Italy, Russia

• SCABS

• Former slaves moving WEST

• Old Immigrants

• Former slaves busting strikes in North

• Buffalo Soldiers

Which of the following groups was MOST affected by the creation of the Transcontinental Railroad, the passage of the Dawes ACT, and the "understanding" of Manifest Destiny practices?

• White Men, now can make more money than every before

• Black Men, now can spread all throughout the country

• Native Americans, no one cares. God said we could have their stuff

• Women, black/white/immigrant, everything got better immediately as soon as they moved out west

First ever law passed that specifically discriminated against an immigrant group due to problems with their influence in the USA was what?

• National Origins Act of 1929
• Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
• Alien Registration Act of 1940
• Immigration Act of 1924