Unit 6 Test Review

The ideas expressed in this excerpt most clearly show the influence of which of the following?

Charles Darwin's On the Origins of Species

Which idea would Sumner most likely support?

Gospel of Wealth (???) *an educated guess

Indebted farmers in the years 1862-1900 believed their greatest financial benefit would come from the

Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890

The above excerpt best reflects the changing nature of government policies towards the American Indian by the late 19th century in which of the following ways?

a shift from a policy of isolating the tribes from white society to one of assimilation

Which of the following factors played the largest role in increasing the settlement of the Great Plains?

construction of railroads

Which economic development of the late 19th century most directly made possible the degree of opulence displayed in the above photo?

development of the trust and growth of monopolies

The Populist Party Platform included all of the following EXCEPT:

election of state senators by legislatures

Farmers blamed their problems on all of the following EXCEPT:

high inflation caused by a depreciated currency (???) *an educated guess

What impact did the transcontinental railroad have on the economy of the West during the mid-1800s?

increased settlement and growth in the region

Dumbbell tenements were:

offered late in the 19th century as model housing units for the working class

During the late 19th century, which of the following groups most benefitted from the poverty described by Riis?

political machines

The discovery of gold in the Black Hills of the Dakota Territory:

sent thousands of prospectors there, where eventually they poured into Indian reservation lands

"New Immigrants" that arrived in the United States in the latter decades of the 19th century arrived from

southern and eastern Europe

The Rockefeller Foundation, Carnegie Hall and the Morgan Library illustrate various ways that entrepreneurs and their descendants have

supported philanthropic activities to benefit society

"Sound money is the only basis for true economic prosperity and gold is the only real money for the United States." Which of the following groups would most likely agree with this statement?

supporters of the Republican Party

On election day, new urban immigrants usually supported:

the candidate backed by the city boss, a vote in return for the services the boss had provided

The above legislation was a direct development of which of the following?

the end of an era of railroad construction leading large numbers of unemployed Chinese workers to spread across the nation (???) *an educated guess

All of the following helped cause the problems in urban living conditions in the early 20th century EXCEPT one

the stubborn resistance of urban dwellers to move out of tenements into single-family homes

The main issue of the election of 1896 was:

the unlimited coinage of silver at a ratio of 16 to 1

In the 19th century, which of the following popular American ideals both served to support the argument for the kind of wealth displayed in the above photo, as well as to criticize such wealth?

with willpower and hard work, anyone can "make it"