Chapter 16- American's Glided Age
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
According to the authors of the Dawes Severalty Act, what constituted a civilized life for Native Americans in the later nineteenth century?
Individual property ownership and farming on family plots.
Which of the following properly assesses the significance of wage labor in industrializing America during the Gilded Age?
More and more Americans experienced wage labor as a permanent condition on the edge of poverty.
How did the expansion of railroads accelerate the second industrial revolution in America?
Railroads created a true national market for U.S. goods.
Which statement about the theory of Social Darwinism is FALSE?
The theory argued that the "deserving poor" only included children.
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.
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.
What was the aim of Carlisle, a boarding school for Indians?
To civilize the Indians, making them "American," as whites defined the term.
The Grange was an organization that:
established cooperatives for storing and marketing farm output.
The second industrial revolution was marked by:
the acceleration of factory production and increased activity in the mining and railroad industries.