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IN THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY FOUND PARTICULARLY STRONG SUPPORT AMONG ALL OF THE FOLLOWING EXCEPT
IRISH AMERICANS
WHICH WAS NOT A CENTRAL FACTOR IN THE EXPLOSIVE ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
LOW TARIFFS
THE HAYMARKET AFFAIR RESULTED IN THE HANGING OF FOUR CONVICTED ANARCHISTS
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WAGE REDUCTIONS WERE COMMON PLACE DURING ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS
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IN THE LATE NINETEENTH AND EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURIES, THE YEARS FROM 1873 TO 1897 WERE KNOWN AS
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
WHICH CENSUS REVEALED FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT THERE WERE MORE NON-FARMING JOBS THAT FARMING JOBS IN THE US
1880
american presidents during the gilded age exerted strong, effective, executive leadership
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BETWEEN 1870 IN 1920, HOW MANY IMMIGRANTS ARRIVED FROM OVERSEAS
25 MILLION
ON DECEMBER 29, 1890, SOLDIERS KILLED BETWEEN 150 AND 200 AMERICAN INDIANS, MOSTLY WOMEN AND CHILDREN, NEAR WOUNDED KNEE CREEK IN SOUTH DAKOTA
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WAS NOT TRUE OF THE SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
A BOOM IN AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE SPURRED THE RISE OF OIL, RUBBER, AND STEEL PRODUCTION
THE POLITICS OF GILDED AGE 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 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
AT THE BATTLE OF LITTLE BIG HORN, GENERAL GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER'S TROOPS WERE VICTORIOUS
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THE DEMOCRATS WERE THE PARTY OF BIG GOVERNMENT; THE REPUBLICANS WERE THE PARTY OF LAISSEZ-FAIRE
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IN WHICH INDUSTRY DID ANDREW CARNEGIE MAKE HIS FORTUNE
STEEL
TWO OF THE GILDED AGES LEADING BUSINESS FIGURES WERE
THOMAS A SCOTT AND ANDREW CARNEGIE
ACCORDING TO SOCIAL DARWINISM, GOVERNMENT SHOULD SEEK TO HELP THE POOR, AND BUILD AN ACTIVIST STATE TO REGULATE THE NATIONS CORPORATIONS
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DURING THE TWO DECADES FOLLOWING THE CIVIL WAR, WHICH WERE KNOWN AS THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE CATTLE KINGDOM, COWBOYS WERE HIGHLY PAID
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IDA TARBELL AUTHORED THE FAMOUS NOVEL HOUSE OF MIRTH, WHICH DEPICTED THE DOWNFALL OF A YOUNG WOMEN TRYING TO "MARRY UP" IN SOCIETY
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THE NEW AMERICAN INDIAN TRIBES THAT MIGRATED TO THE GREAT PLAINS WERE GREETED WITH OPEN ARMS AND FRIENDLY WORDS BY THE INDIANS ALREADY LIVING THERE
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THE SHERMAN ANTITRUST OF 1890, WHICH BANNED COMBINATIONS AND PRACTICES THAT RESTRAIN FREE TRADE, PROVED AN IMMEDIATE SUCCESS, BOTH FOR ITS CLARITY OF LANGUAGE AND EASE OF ENFORCEMENT
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THE SOCIAL GOSPEL MOVEMENT CONCENTRATED ON ATTACKING INDIVIDUAL SINS SUCH AS DRINKING AND SABBATH-BREAKING AND SAW NOTHING IMMORAL ABOUT THE PURSUIT OF RICHES
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THE WEST WAS A REMARKABLY HOMOGENEOUS REGION- ONLY IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY WOULD IT BECOME ETHNICALLY DIVERSE
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WITH THE MECHANIZATION OF MANUFACTURE, SKILLED WORKERS VIRTUALLY DISAPPEARED FROM INDUSTRIAL AMERICA
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YALE PROFESSOR WILLIAM GRAHAM SUMNER BELIEVED THAT AMERICA COULD ACHIEVE ITS IDEALS ONLY WITH FAIR, PROGRESSIVE TAXATION
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING BEST DESCRIBES THE "GHOST DANCE"
FEARED BY US ARMY OFFICIALS
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
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CAN BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEATH OF THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR
HAYMARKET SQUARE
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 US MILITARY POWER
THE 1887 DAWS ACT
LED TO THE LOSS OF TRIBAL LANDS AND THE EROSION OF INDIAN CULTURAL TRADITIONS
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SERIES OF EVENTS IS LISTED IN PROPER SEQUENCE
MUNN V ILLINOIS, WABASH V. ILLINOIS, INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT, LOCHNER V. NEW Y ORK
THE 1913 THE US PRODUCED HOW MUCH OF THE WORLDS INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT
ONE-THIRD
WHAT WAS THE BOOK IN WHICH HENRY GEORGE PROPOSED 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
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WAS JOHN D ROCKEFELLERS COMPANY
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
"VERTICAL INTEGRATION" IS DEFINED AS ONE COMPANY CONTROLLING EVERY PHASE OF THE BUSINESS FROM RAW MATERIALS TO TRANSPORTATION, MANUFACTURING, AND DISTRIBUTION
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A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MEXICAN-ERA LANDHOLDINGS WERE MADE AVAILABLE FOR SALE BECAUSE US COURTS ONLY RECOGNIZED LAND TITLES TO INDIVIDUAL PLOTS OF LAND
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BY THE 1880S, THE LABOR SITUATION WAS SUCH THAT TEXAS COWBOYS EVEN WENT ON STRIKE FOR HIGHER PAY
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BY THE EARLY 1890S, A PENSION SYSTEM FOR UNION SOLDIERS, THEIR WINDOWS, AND CHILDREN CONSUMED MORE THAN 40 PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL BUDGET
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DURING THE SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, WAGE LABOR BECAME AMERICA'S LEADING SOURCE OF LIVELIHOOD
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FOLLOWING THE CIVIL WAR, GENERALS LIKE PHILIP H SHERIDAN SET OUT TO DESTROY THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN ECONOMY
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IN 1869, PRESIDENT ULYSSES S GRANT ANNOUNCED A NEW "PEACE POLICY" IN THE WEST
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IN THE LATE 1800, CALIFORNIA TRIED TO ATTRACT IMMIGRANTS BY ADVERTISING ITS PLEASANT CLIMATE AND THE AVAILABILITY OF LAND, ALTHOUGH LARGE-SCALE CORPORATE FARMS WERE COMING TO DOMINATE THE STATES AGRICULTURE
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INSPIRED IN PART BY PRESIDENT GARFIELD'S ASSASSINATION BY A DISAPPOINTED OFFICE SEEKER, THE CIVIL SERVICE ACT OF 1883 CREATED A MERIT SYSTEM FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES
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NEITHER OF THE TWO MAIN POLITICAL PARTIES EMBRACED ANY SERIOUS FEDERAL PROGRAM TO CUSHION CITIZENS FROM POVERTY OR UNEMPLOYMENT
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THE CIVIL SERVICE ACT OF 1883 MARKED THE FIRST STEP IN ESTABLISHING A PROFESSIONAL CIVIL SERVICE AND REMOVING OFFICE HOLDING FROM THE HANDS OF POLITICAL MACHINES
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THE ELECTRICITY BUILDING AT THE CHICAGO WORLDS FAIR OF 1893 ASTONISHED VISITORS AND ILLUSTRATED HOW ELECTRICITY WAS CHANGING THE VISUAL LANDSCAPE
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THE EXTERMINATION OF THE NORTH AMERICAN BISON DRASTICALLY UNDERMINED THE LIVELIHOOD OF THE PLAINS INDIANS
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THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR REGARDED INEQUALITIES OF WEALTH AND POWER AS A GROWING THREAT TO AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
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THE MOST FAMOUS AMERICAN INDIAN VICTORY IN AMERICAN HISTORY TOOK PLACE IN JUNE 1876 WHEN GENERAL GEORGE A CUSTER AND IHIS 250 MEN PERISHED
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THE TERM "LOCHNERISM" DERIVED FROM THE 1905 SUPREME COURT DECISION LOCHNER V. NEW YORK, IN WHICH THE COURT VOIDED THE STATES LAW ESTABLISHING A TEN HOUR DAY MAXIMUM FOR BAKERS
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THE SPIRIT OF INNOVATION CONTRIBUTED IMPORTANTLY TO THE DYNAMIC AND EXPANSIVE GROWN OF THE AMERICAN ECONOMY IN THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WAS NOT AN INNOVATION OF THE 1870S AND 1880S
THE AIRPLANE
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WAS NOT A THEME OF SOCIAL SARWINISM
THE GROWING GULF BETWEEN THE HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS POSES A DIRE THREAT TO AMERICAN FREEDOM
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
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
IN 1890, THE DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH IN THE US WAS
THE TOP 1 PERCENT OF AMERICANS OWNED MORE PROPERTY THAN THE REMAINING 99 PERECNT
THE POLITICAL "BOSS" OF NEW YORK CITY IN THE EARLY 1870S WAS
WILLIAM MARCY TWEED
