Industrialisation, Progressivism and Imperialism

Question 1

1873 (7 things)

Answer 1

Jay Cooke and co in Philadelphia closed down
55 railroads collapsed and closed down
20 year economic depression
Vienna stock market collapsed
Bank of England doubled interest rates
New York stock exchange closed for 10 days
Hundreds of banks closed

Question 2

In the 1950s who were the largest economy in the world?

Answer 2

USA- 40% of worlds GDP

Question 3

How many immigrants migrated to big US cities in the 1890s and 1900s?

Answer 3

Over 1 million

Question 4

Between 1870 and 1910 number of manual wage earner rose by how much?

Answer 4

301% with 1/3 being migrants

Question 5

Between 1880 and 1900 how many workers participated in more than 23,000 strikes?

Answer 5

6.6 million

Question 6

How many members were there of the farmers alliance 1878?

Answer 6

50,000

Question 7

What did the farmers alliance do?

Answer 7

Focused on pooling harvests to influence fluctuation, people became members for protection and advantages prices

Question 8

Populist Party

Answer 8

Held majority of seats

Anti-elite, anti-bank, anti-railroad

Question 9

Biracial Party

Answer 9

terrified tradiotnal parties- wanted to tear down capitalist system
Progressivism- poverty, alcoholism, immigration, citizenship——- understood capitalism as a system in need of tweaking, the progressive platform: taxation, minimum wage, schools, national parks——urban, ecuated, middle class

Question 10

Spanish-American war lasted 10 weeks
American open door policy in china
Panama canal

Answer 10

1898
1899
1904-14