HISTORY 1302 UTA EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY
GRADED A+
Social Darwinism Ans✓✓✓-Theory developed by Herbert Spencer
-"The strong survive and the weak perish"
-Sports became very popular
- Result of human behavior
Knights of Labor Ans✓✓✓-Craft and unskilled workers
-Terence Powderley formed the Knights of Labor
-Argued for less work day hrs
-Wouldn't allow bankers and brokers
AF of L Ans✓✓✓Response to Haymarket
-Lead by Samuel Gompers
-The employers owned the plants
-No unskilled workers
-Did not organize minorities or women
-Rejected confrontational tactics
Homestead Act Ans✓✓✓1862 law that gave 160 acres of land to
citizens willing to live on and cultivate it for five years
, People's Party (Populists) Ans✓✓✓Insurgent political party that gained
widespread support among farmers, formed in 1892; composed mostly
of southern and western farmers; against government injustices;
demanded
-inflation through the coinage of silver
-graduated income tax
-government ownership of railroads, telegraphs, telephones
-direct election of US senators
-one term presidencies
-shorter work days
-ability to shape legislation directly
-immigration restriction
-most support from Kansas, Colorado, Idaho, and Nevada
Roosevelt Corollary Ans✓✓✓Roosevelt's 1904 extension of the
Monroe Doctrine, stating that the United States has the right to protect
its economic interests in South And Central America by using military
force
The Silver Issue Ans✓✓✓The issue was whether or not to use gold or
silver to back the nation's currency. Debtors, miners, farmers, and other
poor people advocated free silver. this would cause inflation and make
paying debts easier. Bankers and big business men wanted gold because
this would stabilize this nation's currency.
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY
GRADED A+
Social Darwinism Ans✓✓✓-Theory developed by Herbert Spencer
-"The strong survive and the weak perish"
-Sports became very popular
- Result of human behavior
Knights of Labor Ans✓✓✓-Craft and unskilled workers
-Terence Powderley formed the Knights of Labor
-Argued for less work day hrs
-Wouldn't allow bankers and brokers
AF of L Ans✓✓✓Response to Haymarket
-Lead by Samuel Gompers
-The employers owned the plants
-No unskilled workers
-Did not organize minorities or women
-Rejected confrontational tactics
Homestead Act Ans✓✓✓1862 law that gave 160 acres of land to
citizens willing to live on and cultivate it for five years
, People's Party (Populists) Ans✓✓✓Insurgent political party that gained
widespread support among farmers, formed in 1892; composed mostly
of southern and western farmers; against government injustices;
demanded
-inflation through the coinage of silver
-graduated income tax
-government ownership of railroads, telegraphs, telephones
-direct election of US senators
-one term presidencies
-shorter work days
-ability to shape legislation directly
-immigration restriction
-most support from Kansas, Colorado, Idaho, and Nevada
Roosevelt Corollary Ans✓✓✓Roosevelt's 1904 extension of the
Monroe Doctrine, stating that the United States has the right to protect
its economic interests in South And Central America by using military
force
The Silver Issue Ans✓✓✓The issue was whether or not to use gold or
silver to back the nation's currency. Debtors, miners, farmers, and other
poor people advocated free silver. this would cause inflation and make
paying debts easier. Bankers and big business men wanted gold because
this would stabilize this nation's currency.
