According to Research Provided in This Chapter, How Likely Was

question 13

Multiple Choice

According to research provided in this chapter, how likely was it for someone in the late 19^th century to live up to the Horatio Alger image of rising to great wealth simply based on self-discipline and hard work?

• A) Just as likely as it was for those from middle and upper class families.
• B) Highly likely, given the affordable new technologies that made it easier to start a business with little money.
• C) Completely unlikely  very few workers went from poverty to enormous wealth.
• D) The best way for someone from the working class to get ahead was by mastering a skill and rising through the ranks of a small company.
• E) Likely, if they were willing to lie and cheat like the big companies.

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Definitions:

Mobile Genetic Element

A type of DNA that can move around in the genome. Common examples include transposons (“jumping genes”) and plasmids.

Deceptive Pollination

A reproductive strategy in some plants where they trick pollinators into visiting flowers without offering a reward, thereby ensuring pollination.

Predation

The biological interaction where one organism, the predator, hunts and consumes another organism, the prey, as a source of energy and nutrients.

Herbivory

The eating of plants by animals, a critical ecological interaction that influences plant community structure and dynamics.