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Question 1

Joseph Pulitzer and his New York Evening World fundamentally changed newspapers in America because he
 
  A) focused exclusively on international news and events.
  B) printed investigative journalist stories.
  C) published the very first weather forecasts.
  D) h focused specifically on local news and events.

Question 2

Albion Small was responsible for helping build what academic discipline?
 
  A) psychology
  B) biology
  C) sociology
  D) economics

Question 3

How did intellectuals utilize the idea of Social Darwinism in the Gilded Age?
 
  A) Survival of the fittest applied to the wealthiest members of society and thus the poor members of society deserved their fate and the government should not alter fate.
  B) Survival of the fittest applied to the poorest members of society and thus the rich should be taxed at a high rate to cover any income gaps.
  C) The government needed to step in and make sure that the rich got richer in order for wealth to trickle down to the middle and lower classes.
  D) The poor would eventually evolve into the rich if they were provided with government assistance.


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Liddy

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Reply #1 on: Sep 21, 2019

Answer 1

Answer: B

Answer 2

Answer: C

Answer 3

Answer: A


mydiamond

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Reply 2 on: Sep 21, 2019
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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