DCUSH 1302 Final Exam Questions and Answers
DCUSH 1302 Final Exam Interstate Commerce Act - Answer- -Established the Interstate Commerce Commission which regulated the railroads to make them 'reasonable and just'. John D. Rockefeller - Answer- -Standard Oil Company. He controlled 90% of the nations oil refining. -Set up 'trusts' to help keep control of the business in each state, without allowing for state regulations. -After declared to end his trusts, he created 'holding' companies -horizontal integration -philanthropist (despite exploiting workers) Andrew Carnegie - Answer- -Steel -Caused steel industry to grow -Vertical integration -Gospel of Wealth -Carnegie Hall Social Darwinism - Answer- -Idea introduced by Herbert Spencer. -Survival of the fittest applied to society. -Wealthy people were rich because they were fit to be rich and shouldn't be prevented from acquiring more wealth. -People who did not want govt. intervention used this to their advantage. Herbert Spencer - Answer- introduced Social Darwinism Dawes Severalty Act - Answer- 1887: surveyed native lands, apportioned the natives each 160 acres to farm individually. -If they assimilated to the customs of the white man. -Surplus of land sold to white settlers. -Total native lands decreased from 138 millions to 47 mi
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