chapter 16 hist

Which of the following statements about nineteenth-century Chinese immigrants to the United States is accurate?

By 1880, 3/4 of Chinese immigrants lived in California, where many worked on farms.

Looking Backward was the first book to popularize socialist ideas for an American audience.

False

The Dawes Act was an extension of the treaty system practiced by the American government since the Revolutionary War.

False

The Morrill Land-Grant Act, passed during the Civil War, prohibited mining and railroad companies from continued use of public lands.

False

The economy surged forward between 1870 and 1890, bringing prosperity and growth with only minor disruptions.

False

Voter participation during the Gilded Age was never over 60 percent

False

Voter participation during the Gilded Age was never over 60 percent.

False

Chinese immigrants to the West:

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Nineteenth-century Americans imagined the "Wild West" as all of the following EXCEPT:

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The Grange was an organization that:

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Which of the following most accurately describes the relationship between the government and the economy in the Gilded Age?

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Which of the following was included in theatrical and dime novel depictions of the American West?

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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.

An example of what the economist and social historian Thorstein Veblen meant by "conspicuous consumption" is:

Mrs. Bradley Martin's costume ball.

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.

Male farmers experienced the most hardship on the Great Plains, because farm women did not experience long days in the fields.

TRUE

The events of 1886 suggested that labor might be on the verge of establishing itself as a permanent political force.

TRUE

Which of the following properly assesses the direction of the "Christian lobby" in the Gilded Age?

The "Christian lobby" sought more to legislate individual morality rather than to improve society.

How did the American Catholic Church act during the Gilded Age?

The American Catholic Church saw a growing number of clergy advocate social justice and reform.

Which statement about the Haymarket Affair is FALSE?

The Knights of Labor was directly responsible for the violence that took place at Haymarket.

The second industrial revolution was marked by:

the acceleration of factory production and increased activity in the mining and railroad industries.

Which of the following properly assesses the significance of the passage of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act in 1890?

The law established a precedent that the national government could regulate the economy in the interest of the public good

Which of the following properly assesses the significance of the Great Railroad Strike of 1877?

The railroad strike signaled the nation's shift from Southern reconstruction to the question of labor and class tensions.

Which statement about the theory of Social Darwinism is FALSE?

The theory argued that the "deserving poor" only included children

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 the books of Henry George, Laurence Gronlond, and Edward Bellamy all have in common?

They all offered decidedly optimistic remedies for the unequal distribution of wealth.

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

Racial and ethnic groups added their own elements to the western myth, including celebrating the Mexican-American outlaw, Gregorio Cortez.

True

Republican economic policies strongly favored the interests of northern industrialists.

True

Which of the following properly compares the United States Supreme Court's approach to organization in business and labor during the Gilded Age?

While the court applied the Sherman Antitrust Act to break down unions, it proved unwilling to endorse any regulation of big business.

Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller:

built up giant corporations that dominated their respective markets.

In the late nineteenth century, social thinkers such as Edward Bellamy, Henry George, and Laurence Gronlund offered numerous plans for change, primarily because they were alarmed by a fear of:

class warfare and the growing power of concentrated capital.

Bonanza farms:

typically had thousands of acres of land or more.

The Supreme Court in Lochner v. New York:

voided a state law establishing that bakers could work a maximum of sixty hours per week.

Chief Joseph:

wanted freedom for his people, the Nez Percé

The Ghost Dance:

was a religious revitalization campaign among Indians, feared by whites.

The Knights of Labor:

was an inclusive organization that advocated for a vast array of reforms.

By 1890, the majority of Americans:

worked for wages.

William Cody:

created a "Wild West" show that toured the United States and Europe.

The Civil Service Act of 1883:

created a merit system for government workers.

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.

Why did western territories take longer than eastern territories to achieve statehood?

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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