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MATCHING Match each person with one of the descriptions below. -William Graham Sumner


A) was the chief spokesperson for reform Darwinism
B) wrote On the Origin of Species
C) Republican leader of the "Half-Breeds"
D) devised the subtreasury plan
E) wrote Folkways
F) led a Populist protest that demanded the government provide work for the unemployed
G) vetoed the Chinese Exclusion Act before the veto was overridden by Congress
H) was the Democratic presidential candidate in 1896
I) founded the Grange
J) was McKinley's campaign manager

K) A) and G)
L) A) and B)

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William Graham Sumner:


A) wrote "The Gospel of Wealth," a social Darwinist justification for accumulated wealth.
B) was one of the most outspoken opponents of Darwinism in America.
C) argued in his book Folkways that it was a mistake for the government to interfere with established customs.
D) wrote System of Synthetic Knowledge.
E) preached that the law of God and the laws of nature were one and the same.

F) A) and B)
G) B) and D)

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"Equal rights for all,special privileges to none" was the slogan of the:


A) Farmers' Alliance.
B) Democrats.
C) Southern Alliance.
D) Republicans.
E) Greenback party.

F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

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Compare social Darwinism and reform Darwinism.What were the basic assumptions of each movement?

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The Supreme Court decision Munn v.Illinois was significant to understanding the power of government to regulate industry because:


A) it denied the right of state and local governments to regulate industry essential to the public welfare.
B) it upheld the sweeping power of the federal government to regulate any industry in any fashion it saw fit.
C) it denied the federal government any power to regulate any industry.
D) it upheld the right of state and local governments to regulate industry essential to the public interest.
E) it decided that all government regulatory power over industry rested with city and town governments.

F) A) and C)
G) A) and D)

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Herbert Spencer:


A) coined the phrase "survival of the fittest."
B) was the influential president of Harvard University.
C) invented the modern game of basketball.
D) was the first person to earn a Ph.D.from an American university.
E) cowrote On the Origin of Species with Charles Darwin.

F) B) and E)
G) A) and D)

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