Chapter 16: Gilded Age

Which census revealed for the first time that there were more non-farming jobs than farming jobs in the United States?

1880

Between 1870 and 1920, how many immigrants arrived from overseas?

25 million

Which of the following was not a key episode of the "great upheaval" of 1886?

America's first nationwide railroad strike

The phrase that best captures the vision of the Knights of Labor is

"cooperative commonwealth."

What Indian chief said, "If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace. There need be no trouble. Treat all men alike. Give them the same law. Give them all and even chance to live and grow"?

Chief Joseph

Which of the following was not a major reason for the decline and subjugation of the American Indian?

Indifference to the advantages of guns and horses weakened Indian resistance to U.S. military power.

In the late nineteenth century, the Republican Party found particularly strong support among all of the following EXCEPT

Irish-Americans.

Which of the following best describes the "Ghost Dance?"

It was feared by U.S. Army officials.

In which book did Henry George propose a single tax on real estate that would replace all other taxes?

Progress and Poverty

All of the following were "captains of industry" EXCEPT

Samuel Gompers.

What was the name of John D. Rockefeller's company?

Standard Oil Company

What did Congress establish to regulate economic activity and ensure that railroad rates were reasonable and favoritism was avoided?

The Interstate Commerce Commission

Which of the following was not a theme of Social Darwinism?

The growing gulf between the haves and the have-nots poses a dire threat to American freedom.

In the early 1870s, who was considered the political "boss" of New York City?

William M. Tweed

The Gilded Age in 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.

Which of the following was not a focus of debate between Democrats and Republicans during the Gilded Age?

federal income tax levels

According to Eric Foner, the federal government contributed to the dynamic and expansive growth of the American economy in the late nineteenth century by

granting land to railroads, removing Indians from desirable lands in the West, and enacting high tariffs.

The 1887 Dawes Act

led to the loss of tribal lands, and the erosion of Indian cultural traditions.

Which was not a central factor in the explosive economic growth in the second Industrial Revolution?

low tariffs

By 1913, the United States produced how much of the world's industrial output?

one-third

In which industry did Andrew Carnegie make his fortune?

steel

What was the name of the organization that sought to organize both skilled and unskilled workers, women as well as men, blacks along with whites, and achieved a membership of nearly 800,000 in 1886?

the Knights of Labor

The Industrial Revolution in the United States took place principally in

the Northeast and the Midwest.

The spirit of innovation contributed importantly to the dynamic and expansive growth of the American economy in the late nineteenth century. Which of the following was not an innovation of the 1870s and 1880s?

the airplane

In 1890, the distribution of wealth in the United States was

unequally distributed, with the top 1 percent of Americans owning more property than the remaining 99 percent.