CHAPTER 16

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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


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