Industrialization and the Gilded Age, 1865โ1898
Who opposed Jacob Riisโ portrayal living conditions New York tenements prompting discussion around housing reforms?
Wealthy property owners welcomed attention brought photographs investing solutions improve image upper class city
Journalists time discredited Riisโ work sensationalist lacking journalistic integrity therefore dismissing any calls reform
Immigrants depicted photographs themselves disagreed depictions feeling exploited misrepresented rather than advocates change
Urban political machines challenged validity his photographic evidence claiming exaggeration while defending state current affairs only minor improvements necessary
Who was the leading American muckraker who exposed the living conditions of the urban poor in "How the Other Half Lives"?
Jacob Riis
Lincoln Steffens
Ida Tarbell
Upton Sinclair
Which organization, formed during the Progressive Era as part of urban reform efforts, aimed to address social issues through settlement houses that provided services such as education and health care?
Hull House founded by Jane Addams
The Women's Christian Temperance Union led by Frances Willard
The Gospel Mission established by Dwight L Moody
The Salvation Army founded by William Booth
What social reform effort from the Gilded Age shares similarities with Civil Rights Movements of the 20th century?
Labor Union Movements
Prohibitionism
Nativism
Womenโs Suffrage Movement
What did additional leisure time result in?
Decreased education
Rise in activism
None of the above
Middle class workers getting labor jobs
Which term describes an economic system where the government plays a limited role, typical of the United States during the Gilded Age?
Socialist economy
Command economy
Mixed economy
Laissez-faire capitalism
What legal principle established by "Wabash, St Louis & Pacific railroad company v Illinois" significantly affected interstate commerce?
Federal government control over interstate commerce
Legalization of pooling practices among railroads
Ending federal subsidies for railroad companies
State government sole authority over intrastate commerce

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What was a significant effect of the Populist movement during the Gilded Age?
The eradication of child labor.
The introduction of graduated income tax.
The prohibition of alcohol.
The establishment of universal suffrage.
How did Laurence Gronlund's ideas influence New Deal policies?
Advocating for the complete abolition of the wage system
Prompting a shift towards complete laissez-faire economics
Influencing wealth distribution reforms in the New Deal
Encouraging policies that drastically decreased private ownership
Who among the following was primarily instrumental in advocating for womenโs suffrage during the Gilded Age?
Andrew Carnegie
Ulysses S. Grant
Susan B. Anthony
Booker T. Washington