AMH CHAPTER 16
Which of the following was included in theatrical and dime novel depictions of the American west
Amazing feats of skilled horseback riding, roping, and shooting
Which of the following statements about 19th century Chinese immigrants to the United States is accurate?
By 1880, 3/4ths of Chinese immigrants lived in California, where many worked on farms
By the turn of the century, most Americans still worked for themselves as small business owners or as farmers
False
Male farmers experienced the most hardship on the Great Plains, because farm women did not experience long days in the fields.
False
Most nineteenth century Indians were willing to assimilate and give up their tribal identity for citizenship
False
The Dawes Act was an extension of the treaty system practiced by the American government since the Revolutionary War.
False
The Morril land grant act, passed during the civil war, prohibited mining and railroad companies from continued use of public lands
False
The coming of the railroad to the far west had little to do with the rapid expansion of corporate timber production
False
The economy surged forward between 1870 and 1890, bringing prosperity and growth with only minor disruptions
False
How did the displacement of native peoples in Australia differ from the experience of Indians in the American West?
Government policy orchestrated the removal of Aboriginal children from their homes for official adoption by whites.
Why was William tweed so popular with the city's immigrant poor
He had provided food, fuel, and patronage to them In exchange for their votes
How did expanding agricultural production in places like Argentina and the American west lead to the migration of rural populations to cities
Increasing output worldwide pushed down the prices of farm products, making it more difficult for farmers to make ends meet.
According to the authors of the Dawes severalty act, what constituted a civilized life for native Americans in the later 19th century?
Individual property ownership and farming on family plots
Why did president James Buchanan replace Utah's territorial government Brigham young with a non Mormon appointee in 1857
It became known that the work of federal judges in Utah was being obstructed
Why did western territories take longer than eastern territories to achieve statehood?
Many easterners were wary of granting statehood until white and non-Mormon settlers counterbalanced the large Latino and Mormon populations.
Why was the Hollywood version of the western "cowboy" based more on fantasy than reality?
Most cowboys were low-paid workers, some of whom even went on strike for higher wages.
An example of what the economist and social historian Thorstein Veblen meant by "conspicuous consumption" is:
Mrs. Bradley Martin's costume ball.
How did the expansion of railroads accelerate the second industrial revolution in America ?
Railroads created a true national market for U.S. goods.
What criticism did Henry Demarest Lloyd leverage against Rockefeller's Standard Oil in Wealth against Commonwealth (1892)?
Standard Oil was undermining fair competition in the marketplace.
How were skilled workers able to secure new freedoms for themselves in rapidly expanding industries
Their knowledge allowed them to control the production process and the training of apprentices.
Why did new products like Ivory Soap and Quaker Oats symbolize the continuing integration of the economy in America's Gilded Age?
These products were national brands, sold everywhere across the United States thanks to the expanding railroad network.
What did native Americans have in common with the Zulu of South Africa and the aboriginal people in Australia ?
They found themselves pushed aside by centralizing government trying to control large interior regions.
Why did railroad companies and other businesses form "pools" during the American gilded age
They hoped to escape the chaos of market forces by fixing prices with their competitors
What was the aim of Carlisle, a boarding school for Indians?
To civilize the Indians, making them "American" as whites defined the term.
American workers received higher pay than their European counterparts, but their working conditions were more dangerous
True
Before the civil war, most Chinese arrivals in the American west were single men, but by the 1870s, Chinese families had begun to arrive
True
Both Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller amassed huge fortunes through vertical integration.
True
By 1880, a majority of Americans worked in nonfarm activities.
True
Elk v. Wilkins (1884) agreed with lower court rulings that the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments did not apply to Indians.
True
John Wesley Powell warned that the western regions arid land would require large scale irrigation projects and cooperative, communal farming to prosper
True
The idea for the Statue of Liberty originated as a response to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
True
The spread of electricity was essential to industrial and urban growth
True
Which of the following does not describe the impact of corporations on the American west
Urban populations in California declined as people moved to the centers of agricultural production.
The term gilded age describes all of the following except
an era where the scramble for wealth benefited all Americans equally.
Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller
built up giant corporations that dominated their respective markets.
William Cody:
created a "Wild West" show that toured the United States and Europe.
The impact of the second industrial revolution on the trans Mississippi west was:
dramatic as an agricultural empire grew
In How the Other Half Lives, Jacob Riis:
focused on the wretched conditions of New York City slums.
One significant economic impact of the second industrial revolution was
frequent and prolonged economic depressions.
The plains Indians:
included the Cheyenne, Comanche, Crow, Kiowa, and Sioux
Thomas Edison:
invented, among other things, a system for generating and distributing electricity.
Nineteenth century Americans imagined the Wild West as all of the following except
isolated farms, where men and women carved out difficult lives on the Great Plains.
All of the following factors contributed to explosive economic growth during the gilded age except:
low tariffs
The Indian victory at Little Bighorn:
only temporarily delayed the advance of white settlement.
The second industrial revolution was marked by
the acceleration of factory production and increased activity in the mining and railroad industries.
Bonanza farms:
typically had thousands of acres of land or more.
Chief Joseph:
wanted freedom for his people, the Nez Percé.
The ghost dance:
was a religious revitalization campaign among Indians, feared by whites.
By 1890, the majority of Americans:
worked for wages
Chinese immigrants to the west:
worked in shoe and cigar factories in western cities.
