APUSH Chapter 16 Content Quiz
the Northeast and the Midwest.
The Industrial Revolution in the United States took place principally in • the Southeast and Southwest. • the mid-Atlantic states and in the Southwest. • the Northeast and the Midwest • the Southwest and Northwest
Progress and Poverty
The book in which Henry George proposed a "single tax" on real estate that would replace all other taxes is titled • Looking Backward • Civic Engagement • Progress and Poverty • The Cooperative Commonwealth
"cooperative commonwealth"
The phrase that best captures the vision of the Knights of Labor is • "survival of the fittest" • "liberty of contract." • "cooperative commonwealth." • "laissez-faire."
a time of dishonesty and corruption in which corporations battled each other for special consideration by local state and federal governments.
The politics of Gilded Age America was said to be • a time of dishonesty and corruption in which corporations battled each other for special consideration by local state and federal governments. • an era of golden opportunity for migrants, immigrants, and Native Americans. • a glittering Jazz Age and time for youthful rebellion. • a golden age, like that of the period of the American founding, in the late eighteenth century.
Thomas A. Scott and Andrew Carnegie
Two of the Gilded Age's leading business figures were • Henry George and Thomas A. Edison. • Thomas A. Scott and Andrew Carnegie. • Henry Demarest Lloyd and John D. Rockefeller. • Terence V. Powderly and William Graham Sumner.
feared by U. S. Army officials
Which of the following best describes the "Ghost Dance?" • feared by U. S. Army officials • an Irish folk dance • a traditional rain dance • an Anasazi dance paying tribute to Kokopelli
federal income tax levels
Which of the following was not a focus of debate between Democrats and Republicans during the Gilded Age? • laws governing cultural habits • tariffs on imported goods • memories of the Civil War and Reconstruction • federal income tax levels
The growing gulf between the haves and the have-nots poses a dire threat to American freedom.
Which of the following was not a theme of Social Darwinism? • Charles Darwin's scientific theories help to explain—and justify—class inequalities in industrial society. • The growing gulf between the haves and the have-nots poses a dire threat to American freedom. • By and large, the poor have only themselves to blame for their misfortune. • Government initiatives to ease the hardships of the poor are misguided.
A boom in automobile manufacture spurred the rise of oil, rubber, and steel production.
Which of the following was not true of the second industrial revolution? • • • •
steel
Which type of industry did Andrew Carnegie make his fortune? • mercantile • steam boats • steel • oil
low tariffs
Which was not a central factor in the explosive economic growth in the second Industrial Revolution? • the country's abundant natural resources • growing supply of labor • expanded markets for manufactured goods • low tarrifs
