Chapter 16

Which event marked the end of the Indian wars?

Battle of Wounded Knee

Which statement about Chief Joseph's appeal to an audience in Washington, D.C., in 1879 is FALSE?

He spoke in support of the Dawes Act before it was voted on by congress

Which statement about the Haymarket Affair is FALSE?

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

Which statement about labor and the law is FALSE?

Workers generally welcomed the Court's decisions on industry

For workers, the second industrial revolution meant all of the following EXCEPT:

a decrease in child labor

In the late nineteenth century, social thinkers such as Edward Bellamy, Henry George, and Laurence Gronlund offered numerous plans for change, primarily because they were alarmed by a fear of:

class warfare and the growing power of concentrated capital

The Dawes Act of 1887:

divided tribal lands into parcels of land for Indian families

The impact of the second industrial revolution on the trans-Mississippi West was:

dramatic as an agricultural empire grew.

Republican economic policies strongly favored:

eastern industrialists and bankers

The Interstate Commerce Commission was established in 1887 to:

ensure that railroads charged farmers and merchants reasonable and fair rates

In How the Other Half Lives, Jacob Riis:

focused on the wretched conditions of New York City slums

The Plains Indians:

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

One of the reasons that the Great Strike of 1877 was important is that:

it underscored the tensions produced by the rapid industrialization of the time

All of the following factors contributed to explosive economic growth during the Gilded Age EXCEPT:

low tariffs

The economic development of the American West was based on:

lumber, mining industries, tourism, and farming

William M. Tweed was a(n):

political boss who, although corrupt, provided important services to New Yorkers

Henry George offered a(n) ____________ as a solution for the problem of inequality in America.

single tax

The Dawes Act of 1887:

sought to break up the tribal system

In his speech "A Second Declaration of Independence," labor leader Ira Steward argued that the most pressing problem facing the nation was:

the growing gap between the rich and poor

In 1883, ____________ divided the nation into the four time zones still used today

the major railroad companies

The theory of Social Darwinism argued that:

the theory of evolution applied to humans, thus explaining why some were rich and some were poor

The Haymarket Affair:

was provoked by the 1886 bombing at a Chicago labor rally

Elections during the Gilded Age:

were closely contested affairs

Crédit Mobiler and the Whiskey Ring:

were indicative of the corruption in the Grant administration

By 1890, the majority of Americans:

worked for wages.