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| What factors led to the growth of cities? | railroad, growth of resources, immigration, growth of factories |
| What reasons led to the formation of the Populists? | farmers' troubles, prices going down, debt, railroad abuses |
| What changes did the Populists support? | free silver, more paper money, cheaper credit, gov't. ownership of railroads |
| What purpose did the Muckraker's serve? | expose problems, gov't. corruption, child labor, wrongs in society |
| Were the Muckraker's effective? | extremely effectie...they were able to get child labor laws, FDA, settlement houses, |
| How did gov't. "help" big businesses grow? | didn't regulate business practices, immigration laws |
| What action did the gov't. take against the growth of big business? | Sherman Antitrust Act which prohibited monopolies by declaring illegal any business combination or trust "in restraint of trade or commerce" & Clyaton Antitrust Act which stengthened gov'ts. power to control business practices that threatened competition |
| What would a person who believes in Social Darwinism? | "survival of the fittest" - unregulated business competition would see weak businesses fall; rich are smarter |
| What were some reasons that the farmers were upset? | prices going down, debt, railroad abuses |
| Explain what the farmers wanted to better their situation. | cheaper credit, free silver, more paper money, gov't. ownership of railroads |
| Name & explain three problems that immigrants faced when they got to America. | discrimination, language, no jobs, ethnic differences |
| What problem did immigrants cause when they came to America? | social problems, ways of life, cultural differences, beliefs, population overcrowding |
| What were the major goals of labor unions? | better working conditions, shorter hours, higher wages safer working conditions |
| What similarities did the Knights of Labor & the American Federation of Labor share? | they both were national organizations of all workers, skilled & unskilled, in a given industry |
