HIST Chapter 16
The phrase that best captures the vision of the Knights of Labor is
"Cooperative commonwealth."
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 can be associated with the decline of the Knights of Labor?
Haymarket Square
The author of How the Other Half Lives (1890) was
Jacob Riis.
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?
Knights of Labor
The new agricultural empire producing wheat and corn for national and international markets arose on the
Middle Border.
In Wabash v. Illinois, this prior ruling was essentially reversed.
Munn v. Illinois
Which of the following was John D. Rockefeller's company?
Standard Oil Company
The poem by Emma Lazarus including "huddled masses yearning to breathe free" is located on which American landmark?
Statue of Liberty
The political "boss" of New York City in the early 1870s was
William M. Tweed.
The event marking the end of four centuries of armed conflict between the continent's native population and European settlers and their descendants was called
Wounded Knee
In the era from 1870 to 1890, the label "the Gilded Age" originally derived from
a derogatory name from literature meaning covered with gold but what lies beneath is of little value.
Which of the following best describes the "Ghost Dance"?
a pan-Indian movement which involved singing, dancing, and religious observances believed to be reminiscent of earlier prophets
The United States underwent one of the most rapid and profound economic revolutions any country has ever experienced. Which of the following is a major factor?
abundant natural resources
William "Buffalo Bill" Cody was
an entertainer who had a traveling show showcasing reenactments of battles with Indians.
In the late 1800s, this geographic area experienced the most dramatic growth in capitalism.
land west of the Mississippi River
The 1887 Dawes Act
led to the loss of tribal lands and the erosion of Indian cultural traditions.
By 1913, the United States produced how much of the world's industrial output?
one-third
The Bureau of Indian Affairs established boarding schools for the purpose of
removing Indian children from their parents and tribes and assimilating them into "white ways."
The belief that private control of economic enterprises should be replaced by government ownership in order to ensure a fairer distribution of the benefits of the wealth produced is called
socialism.
This improvement was key in both the division of time zones as well as improving sales in such brands as Ivory soap and Quaker Oats.
standard gauge for railroads
Founded in 1867, this group claimed more than 700,000 members in the mid-1870s, who called on state governments to establish fair freight rates and warehouse charges.
the Grange
The industrial revolution in the United States took place principally in
the North and the Midwest.
Elk v. Wilkins (1884) stated that
the rights guaranteed by the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments did not apply to American Indians.
In 1890, the distribution of wealth in the United States was
the top 1 percent of Americans owned more property than the remaining 99 percent.
Legal devices whereby the affairs of several rival companies were managed by a single director are called
trusts.
What was the book in which Henry George proposed a "single tax" on real estate that would replace all other taxes?
Progress and Poverty
In which industry did Andrew Carnegie make his fortune?
steel
The first federal agency intended to regulate economic activity, and ensure that railroad rates were reasonable, and favoritism was avoided was
the Interstate Commerce Commission.