Exam 1 HISTORY 1302

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How did the displacement of native peoples in Australia differ from the experience of Indians in the American West?

Government policy orchestrated the removal of Aboriginals children from their homes for official adoption.

Which statement about the haymarket affair is FALSE

The Knights of Labor was Directly responsible for the violence that took place at Haymarket

Which of the following properly assesses the significance of the Great Railroad Strike of 1877?

The railroad signaled the nations shift from southern reconstruction to the question of labor and class tensions.

Why did new products like Ivory Soap and Quaker Oats symbolize the continuing integration of the economy in Americas Gilded Age

These products were national brands, sold everywhere across the united states thanks to expanding railroad networks.

The civil service act of 1883

created a merit system for government workers

The nineteenth- century labor movement argued that

extremes of wealth and poverty threatened democracy

Why was william tweed so popular with the citys immigrant poor

he had provided food fuel and patronage to them in exchange for their votes

the Plains Indians

included the Cheyenne, Comanche, Crow, Kiowa, and Sioux

how did the 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

Thomas Edison

invented among other things a system to generating and distributing electricity

which of the following properly assesses the significance of wage labor in industrializing America during the Gilded Age

more and more americans experienced wage labor as a permanent condition on the edge of poverty.

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.

the new social ordder of the Gilded Age?

prompted public discussion of class differences and debate among workingmen and farmers over political economy, and ensured ongoing labor strife and deepening distrust between employees and employers

Which of the follwing properly assesses the direction of the Christian Lobby in the gilded age?

the Christain lobby sought more to legislate individual morality rather than to improve society.

which statement about the theory of Socail Darwinism in FALSE

the theory argued that the deserving poor only included children

What did henry george laurence gronlond and edward bellamy all have in common?

they all offeref decidedly optimistic remedies for the unequal distribution of wealth

what did native americans have in common with the zulu of south africa and the aboriginal people in Austrailia

they found themselves pushed aside by centralizing government trying to control large interior regions

what was the aim of Carlisle a boarding school for indians

to civilize the indians making them american as whites defined the term

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

The social gospel:

was another term for social Darwinism

Credit Mobiler and the Whiskey Ring

were indicative of the corruption in the Grant administration.

which of the following properly compared the US supreme courts approach to organization in business and labor during the gilded age?

while the court applied the Sherman Anititrust Act to break down unions, it proved unwilling to endorse any regulation of big business.

Chinese immigrants to the west

worked in shoe and cigar factories in western cities


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