Use the excerpt below to answer the question. Whereas, a struggle is going on . . . between the capitalist and the laborer, which grows in intensity from year to year, and will work disastrous results . . . if they are not combined for mutual protection and benefit . . . —Preamble to the Constitution of the American Federation of Labor, 1886 Which phrase BEST reflects the purpose of this organization?

Which BEST describes Samuel Gompers?

Use the list below to answer the question. • “Old” immigrants were Irish and Germans that arrived between 1840 and 1880. • “New” immigrants were Polish, Russian Jews, and southern Italians that arrived between the late 1880s and 1919.

During the Gilded Age many immigrants supported city political bosses in exchange for

Which factor contributed MOST to the rise of inner-city overcrowding in the late nineteenth century?

What was one purpose of the Settlement House movement in the United States?

Which group of people is discussed in this statement? After 200 years . . . [the nation] still stands strong and true to the granite ridge, and [its] glow has held no matter what storm. . . . still a beacon, still a magnet for all who must have freedom, for all the pilgrims from all the lost places who are hurtling through the darkness, toward home. —President Ronald Reagan, January 11, 1989

These young people . . . have been shut off from the common labor . . . which is a great source of moral and physical health. They feel a fatal want of harmony between their theory and their lives, a lack of coordination between thought and action. I think it is hard for us to realize how seriously many of them are taking to the notion of human brotherhood, how eagerly they long to give tangible expression to the democratic ideal. These young men and women, longing to socialize their democracy, are animated by certain hopes . . . that if in a democratic country nothing can be permanently achieved save through the masses of the people, it will be impossible to establish a higher political life than the people themselves crave; . . . that the blessings which we associate with a life of refinement and cultivation can be made universal and must be made universal if they are to be permanent; that the good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain, is floating in midair, until it is secured for all of us. . . . There is something primordial about these motives. . . . Nothing so deadens the sympathies and shrivels the power of enjoyment as the persistent keeping away from the great opportunities for helpfulness and a continual ignoring of the starvation struggle which makes up the life of at least half the race. To shut one’s self away from that half of the race life is to shut one’s self away from the most vital part of it; it is to live out but half the humanity to which we have been born heir and to use but half our faculties. We have all had longings for a fuller life which should include the use of these faculties.Jane Addams, Twenty Years at Hull House, 1910 Which statement expresses Jane Addams′s stated motive for founding Hull House in the late 1800s?

What did Jane Addams mean when she described public schools as “Americanizing agencies”? - Thus through civic instruction in the public schools, the [immigrant] slowly became urbanized . . . and thus the habits of her entire family were modified. The public schools . . . deserve all the praise as Americanizing agencies which can be bestowed upon them. . . . —Twenty Years at Hull House, Jane Addams

Which of the following examples reflects the philosophy of the “Gospel of Wealth”?

During the late nineteenth century Social Darwinism justified which situation?

The Social Gospel movement conflicted with the theory of Social Darwinism because the Social Gospel movement

Use the list below to answer the question. Characteristics of the Social Gospel Movement • Addressed poverty and injustice among the working class due to rapid industrialization • Based on the moral aspects of the Christian faith to implement reform Which of the following demonstrates the BEST example of these factors in action?

Many wealthy American industrialists of the late 19th century used the theory of Social Darwinism to do which below?

“[Accumulating] immense profits is only an indicator. Profits indicate how well the most intelligent and capable people are able to survive in our society. Ultimately people who possess none of these clever qualities are weeded out.” Which philosophy of the Gilded Age is illustrated in this quotation?