Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Look I suck at Social Studies so will someone please help?

1.) Social Darwinism attempts to explain:

A. divisions and inequities among people in a society

B. cliques in school

C. government action in the West

D. none of the above



2.) The term that suggests that all hard work will produce prosperity is:

A. Social Darwinism

B. Horatio Alger Myth

C. American Dream

D. none of the above



3.) Which person鈥檚 life can accurately be described a "rags to riches" story?

A. Prince Charles

B. Andrew Carnegie

C. a taxi driver in New York City

D. all of the above



4.) Who is responsible for naming the term "Gilded Age?"

A. Horatio Alger

B. Andrew Jackson

C. Mark Twain

D. Maya Angelou



5.) Laissez-Faire is an economic principle that:

A. encourages government intervention in the economy

B. opposes government intervention in the economy

C. believes westward expansion will benefit the economy

D. believes westward expansion will harm the economy



6.) America鈥檚 Centennial Exhibition in 1876 was held in what city?

A. New York

B. Boston

C. Charleston

D. Philadelphia



7.) In the late 1800s and early 1900s, farming changed in that:

A. farmers became businessmen

B. larger farm production was possible

C. new inventions altered farming techniques

D. all of the above



8.) A large part of the American population in the early 1900s was made up of:

A. Native Americans

B. slaves

C. immigrants

D. none of the above



9.) In the early 1900s, there was a large increase in the number of:

A. farms

B. cities

C. politicians

D. teachers



10.) Which term does not belong in a group describing American city culture:

A. ethnic neighborhoods

B. gangs

C. slums

D. farms



11.) Jane Addams is best known for beginning the:

A. Hull House, a settlement house in Chicago

B. American Red Cross, a relief organization

C. American Public School System

D. none of the above



12.) The Social Gospel was social reform movement during the Progressive Era that was based on:

A. economic principles

B. political principles

C. religious principles

D. none of the above



13.) The Progressive Era鈥檚 working class consisted of:

A. immigrants

B. women

C. children

D. all of the above



14.) Which novel detailed working conditions in the meatpacking industry during the Progressive Era?

A. Social Gospel

B. The Jungle

C. The Great Gatsby

D. none of the above



15.) To fight against the harmful labor conditions during the Progressive Era, workers formed:

A. unions

B. hate groups

C. schools

D. none of the aboveLook I suck at Social Studies so will someone please help?
I think 2) is C and 4)C...and I think 6) is D and 11)A....12) C... 13)D

All the others I agree with. But these are off the top of my head. Hope this helpsLook I suck at Social Studies so will someone please help?
I enjoyed social studies in high school and recently took a sociology course in college so im sort of familiar with your questions. I answered them off the top of my head though so they might not be right.



1) A, 2) A, 3) B, 4) ?, 5) B, 6) ?, 7) D, 8) C, 9) B, 10) D, 11) ?, 12) ? but leaning towards A, 13) ? but again thinking A, 14) B, 15) A



Hope i helped. And i would be interested to know how i did so if you could get back to me when you get the answers that would be cool. you can e-mail me, but you don't have to.

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