Chapter 19

Saloons were very important to the social life of men as they served as a place to check job listings, cash paychecks, and read newspapers.

True

The Alliance created a third-party political party, called the People's Independent Party, to address their specific needs.

True

The Democratic party appealed to southern white voters.

True

The Interstate Commerce Commission was the first federal regulatory agency.

True

The period from the end of the Civil War to the beginning of the twentieth century was labeled the Gilded Age because of its greed and vulgarity.

True

Women typically had less leisure time than men.

True

By the 1880s, the federal government operated at a surplus because of the

revenues generated by the tariff.

All of the following are true of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act except that it

set up the Interstate Commerce commission.

The Democratic party generally consisted of

southern whites, immigrants, and political outsiders.

The basic problem that farmers faced in the late nineteenth century was

the overproduction of agricultural products.

In the election of 1888, the central issue was

the tariff.

In 1882, Congress passed legislation to exclude immigrants from

China.

During the Gilded Age,

Congress was evenly divided between the two major parties.

"Nativism" was the belief that immigrants could, and should, be Americanized quickly.

False

During the Gilded Age, the same party never controlled the presidency and Congress.

False

In 1892, Ellis Island became the gateway of entry for immigrants from Asia.

False

The Pendleton Act allowed for the coinage of more silver.

False

The Republican party during the election of 1892 supported an eight-hour workday, and sought to protect American jobs by limiting immigration.

False

William Jennings Bryan won the election of 1896.

False

The phrase "survival of the fittest" was coined by

Herbert Spencer.

"Nativism" included religious prejudice against all the following except

Presbyterians.

The Stalwarts in the Republican party strongly supported

Radical Reconstruction.

After 1890, the "new immigrants" included all the following except

Scots-Irish.

People were shocked by Darwin's Origin of Species because most still embraced a literal interpretation of the biblical creation story.

True

By 1900, the United States had more saloons than grocery stores.

True

Charles Darwin did not agree with Herbert Spencer's adaptation of his ideas to the human realm.

True

In 1890, 80 percent of New Yorkers were foreign born.

True

In 1900, 90 percent of the people in Manhattan lived in rented houses or in congested, low-cost tenements.

True

In the late nineteenth century, more people moved from rural areas to the cities than from the East to the West.

True

Party loyalty and voter turnout in the Gilded Age were primarily motivated by intense cultural conflicts among ethnic groups.

True

Middle-class recreation for women and children included all the following except

Vaudeville.

Herbert Spencer's disciple who popularized social Darwinism in America was

William Graham Sumner.

Idaho, Wyoming, South and North Dakota were all admitted as new states under administration of:

William Henry Harrison.

During the election of 1896, who said, "You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns"?

William Jennings Bryan

The implications of social Darwinism included

a belief in the progress of human societies.

"Boss" Tweed led the Tammany Hall political machine in Chicago after the Civil War.

false

The Sherman Silver Purchase Act

increased the amount of silver the government purchased.

In Wabash, St. Louis, and Pacific Railroad Company v. Illinois, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that

individual states could not regulate railroad rates.

In the 1880s, the source of foreign immigration to the United States shifted from

northwestern Europe to southeastern Europe.

Vaudeville was the name given to

variety shows.