History Chap. 16 quiz
which census revealed for the first time that there were more non-farming jobs than farming jobs in the US
1880
Between 1870 to 1920, how many immigrants arrived from overseas?
25 million
What was NOT a key episode of the "great upheaval" of 1886?
America's first nationwide railroad strike
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,,,,,,,
Chief Joseph
The phrasse that best capturres the vision of the Knights of Labor is
Cooperative commonwealth
what was associated with the death of the knights of labor?
Haymarket Square
In the late nineteenth century the Republican Party found particularly strong support BUT not by
Irish-Americans
Know order of events--
Munn v. Illinois; Wabash v. llinois; Interstate Commerce Act; Locvhner v. New York REMEMBER: MUNN WABASH IS LOVELY.
the book in which Henry George proposed a "single tax" on real estate that would replace all other taxes
Progress & Proverty
Who was not a Captain of Industry
Samuel Gompers
Name of John Rocefeller's company
Standare Oil Company
two of the gilded age's leading business figures were
Thomas A. Scott & Andrew Carnegie
the political "boss" of New York City in the early 1870s was
William Marcy Tweed
what was NOT true of the second industrial reevolution?
a boom in automobile manufacture spurred the rise of oil, rubber, and steel production
The politics of Guilded Age America was said to be
a time of dishonesty and corruption in which corporatons battled each other for special consideration by local state and federal governments
what best described the "Ghost Dance"?
feared by U.S. Army officials
What was NOT a focus of debate between democrates and republicans during the Guiled Age?
federal income tax levels
According to Eric Foner, the federal government contributed to the dymnamic and expansive growth of the American economy in the late nineteenth century by
granting land to railroads, removing Indiana from desirable lands in the West, & enacting high tariffs
What 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
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 1887 Dawes Act
led to the loss of tribal lands, and the erosion of Indian cultural traditions
What was NOT a central factor in the explosive economic growth in the second Industrial Revolution
low tariffs
By 1913 the USA produced how much of the world's industrial output?
one-third
what tuype of industgry did Andrew Carnegie make his fortune?
steel
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the years from 1873 to 1897 were
the Great Depression
The first federal agency intended to regulate economic activity, and ensure that railroad rates were reasonable and favoritism avoided was
the Interstate Commerce Commission
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 ghrowth of the American economy in the late jnineteenth ceentury. What was NOT an innovation of the 1870s & 1880s?
the airplane
What 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 1890 the distribution of wealth in the United States was
the top 1 percent of Americans owned more property than the remaining 99 percent
