Quizzes from chapters 15, 16 & 17

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Between 1870 and 1900, the number of children younger than 16 working for wages rose from 700,000 to

1.7 million

Approximately what percentage of American cowboys were non-white?

33%

What percentage of Americans lived in cities by 1900s?

40%

By 1900, approximately what percent of original Homestead claimants had a choir legal title to the land?

50%

Voter turnout between 1876 and 1896 average

79%

The philosophy known as the "gospel of wealth" advocated which of the following

A belief that S should be free to expand their wealth

Which of the following is the best definition of the term "company town"?

A community built by corporation for its employees

The great migration involved what group of Americans?

African Americans

The first department store was established in New York City in 1846 by?

Alexander Turney Stewart

By 1900 dread, women made up what percentage of college graduates

Almost 20%

The pioneer of vertical integration was

Andrew Carnegie

Educational reformers argue that public schools should

Assimilate immigrant children

The attire of gas at the Vanderbilt ball in 1883 reflected their

Belief that they reformed a new American aristocracy

What was the Dawes Severity Act designed to do?

Break up reservations and force Native Americans to assimilate into white Christian culture.

Which of the following was a fictional character and popular literature for the 19th century

Calamity Jane

The section of a city devoted almost exclusively to commercial enterprises is called a

Central Business District

In 1893, the worlds fair took place in

Chicago

Which Native American leader led his People more than 1400 miles Over four months in an attempt to seek asylum in Canada?

Chief Joseph

Which of the following groups was banned from entering the United States?

Chinese immigrants

Vaqueros were Mexican

Cowboys

In 1884 a protest march from Ohio to Washington DC was held by?

Coxey's army

The Native American leaders who lead their forces to victory at the battle of little bighorn included

Crazy horse and sitting bull

Why did anti-Chinese racism surge in the 1870s and 1880s?

Economic competition in the West led white laborers to accuse the Chinese of taking jobs and lowering wages.

The Morrill Land grant college act of 1862

Established colleges specializing in agriculture, mechanical, and technological education using funds raised by the sale of public land

Urban neighborhoods dominated by one immigrant group are known as

Ethnic enclaves

Who was the leader of the American railway union during the pullman strike?

Eugene V. Debs

The rise of new technology had the greatest impact on which of the following groups?

Factory workers

The "five and dime" store was established by

Frank W Woolworth

Which of the following best characterizes the supporters of the free coinage of silver

Free silver supporters were convinced that it would help the common man.

Frederick Jackson turner drafted an essay that came to be known as the

Frontier Thesis

What famous figure was killed at the battle of little bighorn?

George Custer

In the 1890s the singer sewing machine company was an international corporation with factories in the United States and

Germany

Which Native American leader was captured and escaped several times before he surrendered for the last time in 1886?

Geronimo

In the late 19th century, robber barons were

Greedy business owners who use exploitative and manipulative practices in business and politics

Which of the following presidents signed a law establishing Labor Day as a holiday for all federal workers?

Grover Cleveland

President Cleveland broke the promise strike on the grounds that it

Had obstructed the delivery of mail

Who launched a national campaign against lynching?

Ida B. Wells

Ellis island was an established

Immigration depot

Which of the following is an accurate comparison of popular entertainment in the gilded age?

In ethnic neighborhoods, Old World theatrical productions were popular, while in more mainstream areas, musical comedies were popular.

What act set aside vast tracts of the Oklahoma Territory as reservations for Native Americans?

Indian Appropriations Act

What is one way that the United States has changed by 1900s?

It had shifted from an agriculture economy that ranked behind European nations to an industrial economy that was ahead of European nations

Which of the following is a late 1800s photo journalist known for images of slum life in New York?

Jacob Riis

Which of the following entrepreneurs Is probably linked to his industry?

John D Rockefeller; oil

The philosophy that the government should impose no restraints I'm business is called

Laissez-faire

Andrew Carnegie's best known philanthropy was the construction of

Local public libraries

Life of performers on the planes could be best described as

Lonely and monotonous

Montgomery wards Broad she eventually became a

Mail order catalog

Which of the following was a writer who wrote popular stories about the west?

Mark Twain

"Black Thursday" refers to the carefully planned executions of 10

Miners

What effect did Christian missionaries have on the native American tribes in California?

Missionaries disrupted their way of life and transformed them into an exploited class of laborers.

Which of the following is the best definition of the term monopoly?

One corporations control over an entire market

Which of the following best characterizes the term "conspicuous consumption"?

Opulent displays of wealth among the upper classes

What political party was formed in the 1890s by coalition of farmers, workers, and reformers?

People's Party

What was the major emphasis of the program offered at Hall house?

Providing social services

Into which massive retail market did Montgomery Ward tap?

Rural America

On November 29, 1864 colonial John Chivington led attack on Native Americans at______In Colorado.

Sand creek

How did Annie Oakley help to shape the evolving mythical image Americans held of the old west?

She presented an image of an ideal frontier woman, combining femininity and rugged strength.

The emergence of holding companies undermined the intent behind the

Sherman Anti-Trust Act

The Comstock lode in Nevada yielded vast amounts of

Silver

Immigration increased crime in American cities during the gilded age because it resulted in a disproportionately high population of

Single young man

The belief that the principles of evolution also apply to society known as a

Social Darwinism

After 1880, The sources of immigration to the United States shifted to

Southern and Eastern Europe

Texas Longhorns were introduced to the Americas by which nation?

Spain

On what grounds of the Director of the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota order the rest of sitting bull

Spreading the seeds of rebellion

The largest corporation in the world by 1900 was a____Company

Steel

Rangers from what state began the first of the annual long drives of cattle to market in 1866?

Texas

Which of the following best describes the knights of labor ( KOL) When it first formed?

The KOL was a union of skilled and unskilled workers aimed at uplifting, utopian reform

What were the provisions of the homestead act

The act provided 160 acres of Freeland and he said they're willing to live on it and improve it for five years

Middle-class women enjoyed greater leisure time during the late 19th century because of

The decrease in birth rates, resulting in fewer children

The contrast between life on fifth Avenue in life in the 5 points exemplifies

The disparity between the wealthy and the poor in the 19th century

What was one consequence of the 1892 election?

The election brought mixed results for the People's Party.

How did historians reassessment of the west affect the late 20th century film industry

The industry presented a more balanced view of Westward settlement in the films.

The writer Horatio Algar is best known for a story that focused on

The rise of a self-made man

How did the adoption of the horse by tribes in eastern New Mexico and western Texas, such as the Apache and Navajo, transform their way of life?

The tribes became more migratory

What was a primary reason why the knights of labor failed?

The union was unable to provide effective leadership on a national level

Which of the following is an apt comparison of changing trends during the gilded age?

The upward reach of city skylines was matched by the outward sprawl of suburbs.

Which of the following are ways in which railroad companies promoted immigrants to the west?

They sent agents to Europe to encourage migration and placed posters and eastern supports to attract newly arrived immigrants to the west

Why did many wealth, native born Americans oppose political machines?

They were threatened by the growing power of immigrants

The first baseball cards were created by corporations especially the__________Industry.

Tobacco

Why do historians consider the events that occurred on December 29, 1890, where did the creek in South Dakota a massacre?

US Army soldiers attacked and killed more than 200 Native Americans without provocation

Trans-Mississippi West was a vast amount of land

West of the Mississippi River

How does the view of westward expansion in the "new Western history" movement differ from that of Frederick Jackson Turner?

Westward expansion is seen as a story of exploitation and conquest instead of a story of success through overcoming obstacles.

Who won the presidential election of 1896?

William McKinley

In the 1860s, coal miners in Pennsylvania reacted to the abuse of the mine bosses by forming a union called the

Working mans benevolent Association

Which of the following best characterizes the working women of the late 1800s?

Working women were typically single and younger than the age of 25

Who were the Molly Maguires?

a clandestine labor organization formed by Irish immigrant miners

Which of the following is The best definition of a holding company

a huge corporation that controlled other companies by purchasing their stock

The Grange was originally founded to______________.

alleviate the problems farmers faced

Which of the following best characterizes the early American Federation of labor?

an alliance of skilled workers that tried to improve wages and conditions

Who was Frederic Remington?

an artist who painted realistic scenes of Western life

The slaughter of huge numbers of _____ undermined the independence of the Plains tribes and forced them to stay on reservation lands.

buffalo

Political machines became most closely associated with what political party

democratic

What was the primary focus of the immigration restriction league

establishing a literacy test for all new immigrants

In 1886, costly delays in the railroad industry were eliminated by the

establishment of a standard gauge

The primary objective of the alliance movement was to

fight for the rights of the American farmer

The completion of the first transcontinental railroad in 1869 meant that railway service now traveled

from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean

What contributed to the growing sentiment In 1890s that the United States would need to become an imperial power

globalization of the American economy

The discovery of ________ In the Black Hills of South Dakota in 1874 touched off a flood of white migration into the region

gold

From 1860 to 1900, the size of the American industrial workforce

nearly quadrupled

What was the reason for the surge in public school enrollment from 6.9 million in 1870 to almost 18 million in 1910?

new compulsory education laws, requiring that children attend school until a certain age

Where did the Red River War of 1874-1875 take place?

on the southern plains

The passage of the Pendleton Act in 1883 __________.

placed 10 percent of federal jobs under civil service

John Swinton was a(n) __________.

pro-labor newspaper editor

Which of the following accounted for the rise of political machines in American cities?

the support of working-class voters

Which of the following contributed to soil erosion?

use of deep-cutting steel plows


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