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AMH 2020 Exam University Of Central Florida Question and answers already passed AMH 2020 Exam #1 Gilded Age to make something shiny/gold looking - correct answer Gilding When was the rise of modern America? - correct answer gilded age (time of incredible change) What are the 2 way...

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AMH 2020 Exam #1 Gilded Age
to make something shiny/gold looking - correct answer ✔Gilding


When was the rise of modern America? - correct answer ✔gilded age (time
of incredible change)


What are the 2 ways to cope with progress? - correct answer ✔acceptance
and embrace (fighting)


Post CW, who was ill-equipped and had a laissez-faire approach? - correct
answer ✔the government


How did the government react after the CW? - correct answer ✔passively


The "forgettable presidents" known for what? - correct answer ✔- didn't go
into office w/o agendas
- people are nostalgic for founding fathers
- founding fathers are almost like deities


How did the political parties stand on issues? - correct answer ✔they didn't
really know


What are known as trusts? - correct answer ✔Monopolies


This man controlled 90% of oil capabilities and had no competition because
he took them out. - correct answer ✔John D. Rockefeller

,There were conflicts between what for companies? - correct answer ✔labor
and management


How were workers viewed? - correct answer ✔as expendable commodities


What did workers do when they weren't treated fairly? - correct answer
✔formed unions and demanded better wages, hours, and security and as a
result of forming unions, people lost their lives and jobs


There was a decline in what kind of economy? - correct answer
✔agrarian/farming


What is a subsistence farmer? - correct answer ✔one that grows what they
need to survive and if possible grow extra for a profit


Who does the shift of respect lean towards? - correct answer ✔businessmen
(used to be farmers)


Who was immigrating into the USA? - correct answer ✔eastern and southern
europeans


What lead to economic downturns? - correct answer ✔defects in financial
system


What happened in the 1869 election? - correct answer ✔Grant won
presidency


List facts about Ulysses S. Grant - correct answer ✔- helped defeat south in
CW and had no previous political experience

, - isn't strong enough to restore power to presidency
- delegated powers to his subordinates
- his administration had a lot of scandals even though he didn't take part in
them
- people abused their powers
- republican


During what time period was the balance of power in the legislative, judicial,
and executive branches unbalanced? - correct answer ✔Reconstruction


What moved the nation? - correct answer ✔Railroads


Where did railroads first link cities? - correct answer ✔eastern US and then
moved in the interior (Baltimore to Cincinnati)


In the 1850s, the north and south couldn't agree on anything, except what? -
correct answer ✔the transcontinental railroad but couldn't agree on where to
put it


What happens in 1860? - correct answer ✔Lincoln becomes president
causing the south to secede


What is the Union Pacific-Omaha? - correct answer ✔when the railroad was
built west and the Italians and Irish did all the dirty work


What is the Central Pacific-Sacramento? - correct answer ✔when the
railroad was built east
- had a much more difficult time because of the mountains

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