chapter 16 quiz
Which of the following was included in theatrical and dime novel depictions of the American West?
Amazing feats of skilled horseback riding, roping, and shooting
Which of the following statements about nineteenth-century Chinese immigrants to the United States is accurate?
By 1880, 3/4 of Chinese immigrants lived in California, where many worked on farms
Why was William Tweed so popular with the city's immigrant poor?
He had provided food, fuel, and patronage to them in exchange for their votes
How did expanding agricultural production in places like Argentina and the American West lead to the migration of rural populations to cities?
Increasing output worldwide pushed down the prices of farm products, making it more difficult for farmers to make ends meet
According to the authors of the Dawes Severalty Act, what constituted a civilized life for Native Americans in the later nineteenth century?
Individual property ownership and farming on family plots
Why was the Hollywood version of the western "cowboy" based more on fantasy than reality?
Most cowboys were low-paid workers, some of whom even went on strike for higher wages
An example of what the economist and social historian Thorstein Veblen meant by "conspicuous consumption" is:
Mrs. Bradley Martin's costume ball
Which of the following most accurately describes the relationship between the government and the economy in the Gilded Age?
Politicians of both major parties favored business and banks and supported a reduction in the money supply and a return to the gold standard
Which of the following properly assesses the significance of the passage of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act in 1890?
The law established a precedent that the national government could regulate the economy in the interest of the public good
Which of the following properly assesses the significance of the Great Railroad Strike of 1877?
The railroad strike signaled the nation's shift from Southern reconstruction to the question of labor and class tensions
Which statement about the theory of Social Darwinism is FALSE?
The theory argued that the "deserving poor" only included children
How were skilled workers able to secure new freedoms for themselves in rapidly expanding industries?
Their knowledge allowed them to control the production process and the training of apprentices
What did Native Americans have in common with the Zulu of South Africa and the aboriginal people in Australia?
They found themselves pushed aside by centralizing government trying to control large interior regions
What was the aim of boarding schools for Indians?
To civilize the Indians, making them "American" as whites defined the term
Which of the following properly compares the United States Supreme Court's approach to organization in business and labor during the Gilded Age?
While the court applied the Sherman Antitrust Act to break down unions, it proved unwilling to endorse any regulation of big business
The Civil Service Act of 1883:
created a merit system for government workers
The impact of the second industrial revolution on the trans-Mississippi West was:
dramatic as an agricultural empire grew
The Interstate Commerce Commission was established in 1887 to
ensure that railroads charged farmers and merchants reasonable and fair rates
The Interstate Commerce Commission was established in 1887 to:
ensure that railroads charged farmers and merchants reasonable and fair rates
The Grange was an organization that
established cooperatives for storing and marketing farm output
The Grange was an organization that:
established cooperatives for storing and marketing farm output
In How the Other Half Lives, Jacob Riis
focused on the wretched conditions of New York City slums
Nineteenth-century Americans imagined the "Wild West" as all of the following EXCEPT:
isolated farms, where men and women carved out difficult lives on the Great Plains
The Indian victory at Little Bighorn
only temporarily delayed the advance of white settlement
The Indian victory at Little Bighorn:
only temporarily delayed the advance of white settlement
The second industrial revolution was marked by:
the acceleration of factory production and increased activity in the mining and railroad industries
The Ghost Dance:
was a religious revitalization campaign among Indians, feared by whites
The Knights of Labor
was an inclusive organization that advocated for a vast array of reforms
Elections during the Gilded Age
were closely contested affairs
By 1890, the majority of Americans
worked for wages
