Chapter 18 questions fully solved 2023/2024

Chapter 18 questionsIdentify the main groups and ideas that drove the Progressive movement. - correct answers The Progressive movement was driven by the rapid industrialization and urbanization of the era. The extreme and increasing gap between rich and poor caused many people to demand reform. Journalists and writers helped expose corruption and poverty. In labor, the Triangle fire and firing due to unionization led many workers to demand better conditions and higher wages. Groups like the Women's Trade Union League also helped to push gender equality. Explain how immigration to the United Sates in this period was part of a global movement of peoples. - correct answers Increased industrialization and the decline of agriculture started a global immigration movement. Unskilled workers immigrated not just to American cities but to German factories or Scottish mines. During WWI, the US was initially cut off from the war and many Europeans immigrated to the Western Hemisphere. Describe how Fordism transformed American industrial and consumer society. - correct answers Ford focused on standardizing output and lowering prices of his cars. He used the moving assembly line to maximize productivity. He also raised his wages because he believed his workers should be able to afford their own products. When people had more money, they felt they had to demonstrate their wealth by buying material goods, known as consumerism. Socialism was a rising force across the globe in the early 20th century. How successful was the movement in the United States? - correct answers The Socialist movement in the US was successful in cities where exploited immigrants supported their goal of social reform. The Socialist Party also had support from the American Federation of Labor. One Socialist leader, Emil Seidel, helped aid the unemployed, recognize rights of strikers, and promoted freedom from machine domination. Explain why the industrial Workers of the World (IWW) grew so rapidly aroused so much opposition. - correct answers Those opposed to the AFL's exclusionary policies formed the Industrial Workers of the World, part trade union and part advocate of a workers' revolution. Opposition arose because the IWW intended to abolish the state and mobilize all workers excluded from the AFL, making the IWW a threatening organization. How did immigrants adjust to life in America? What institution or activities became important to their adjustment and why? - correct answers Immigrants lived in clustered ethnic neighborhoods with their own shops, theaters and community organizations, including foreign language newspapers. Jane