Chapter 16 quiz
The term gilded age describes which of the following
A period in which economic prosperity glossed over significant inequalities
Steel industry, giant
Andrew Carnegie
By 1890 the majority of America worked
As wage earners in a variety of different areas
The grange was an organization whose principal goal was to
Benefit and enhance the social and economic aspects of the agrarian lifestyle
Representing commercialize agriculture, and was large
Bonanza farm
Which of the following is true of farming in the trans Mississippi west
Bonanza farms came up, dominant in the region with most small farmers, becoming wage earners
Which of the following is true concerning Chinese immigration in the 19th century
By 1883 force, a Chinese immigrants lived in California were many worked on farms
Member of the Nez percé
Chief Joseph
Merit system for federal employees
Civil services act
Broke up, tribal lands in the small Parcells to be distributed to Indian families
Dawes act
Utopian, novelist
Edward Bellamy
Establish the Indians were not American citizens
Elk versus Wilkins
The interstate commerce commission was established in 1887 to
Ensure that railroads charge, farmers and merchants, responsibly and fair rates
The green back labor party favors, which of the following
Establishment of a national bank to control the money supply
The 19 century labor movement argued that
Extremities of wealth and property threaten democracy
It is expose how the other half lives Jacob Riis
Focus on the wretched conditions of New York slums
Meant covered in gold
Gilded
One significant economic impact of the second industrial revolution was
Greater disparity in the distribution of wealth, widening the gap between the rich and the poor
Why was William tweed so popular with the cities immigrant poor?
He provided food, fuel, and patron for them in exchange for their votes
Author of progress and poverty
Henry George
Buying out one's competition
Horizontal integration
How did expanding agriculture, production and foreign countries, and the American west lead to the migration of rural populations to cities?
Increasing output, worldwide, pay down the prices of farm products, making it more difficult for farms to make ends meet
According to the authors of the Dawes severalty act, what constituted a civilized life for Native Americans in the later 19 century
Individualized, property ownership, and farming on family plots
Why did president James Buchenan replace Utah's territorial governor brigham Young with a non-Mormon appointee in 1857
It became known that the work of federal judges in Utah was being obstructed
Which of the following is true of the Knights of labor
It was an inclusive organization that advocated for a vast array of reforms
Author of how the other half lives
Jacob riis
Oil, industry, giant
John D. Rochefeller
Why did western territories take longer than eastern territories to achieve statehood?
Many Easterners were wary of granting statehood until white and non-Mormon settlers, counterbalance, Latino and Mormon populations
Why was the Hollywood version of the western cowboy base more on fantasy than reality?
Most Cowboys were low, paid workers, some of whom even went on strike for a higher wages
Inventor of the electric motor
Nicola Tesla
Which of the following most accurately describes the relationship between the government and the economy in the gilded age
Politicians of both major parties, favorite businesses and banks, and supported a reduction in many supply in a return to the gold standard
Which of the following is true of the social gospel
Promoted the idea that you are your brothers keeper
Which of the following is true of the impact of corporations on the American west
Scientific mining techniques, introduced by corporate engineers, displays independent prospers
Winner at the battle of bighorn
Sitting bull
Espouse the idea of survival of the fittest
Social Darwinism
Believe that equality of wealth was required for freedom
Social gospel
What criticism did Henry Lloyd make against Rockefeller standard oil and wealth against commonwealth?
Standard oil was undermining their competition in the market place
Head of the knights of labor
Terence Powderly
Which of the following best describes therstein veblens meaning of conspicuous consumption
The flaunting of wealth by the super rich
Which of the following properly assesses the significance of the passage of the Sherman, antitrust act in 1890
The law was used in frequently, and was relatively ineffective and breaking up monopolies
The civil service act of 1883 did which of the following
They created a merit system for a limited number of government workers
Why did railroad companies and other businesses form pools during the gilded age?
They hope to escape the chaos of market forces by fixing prices with their competitors
Which of the following properly assesses the direction of the Christian lobby in the gilded age
They sought to legislate mortality as away to improve society
Which of the following is true of the presidential electives during the gilded age?
They were closely consisted affairs with presidential candidates from swing or doubtful states
Inventor, who open the first electric generating system in Manhattan
Thomas Edison
Which of the following was a primary purpose of sending Native American children to the Carlson boarding school
To break Native American tradition, and assimilate them into American society
Function as a combination of corporations to establish a monopoly
Trusts
was a corrupt political machine
Tweed ring
Controlling every phase of a business
Vertical integration
The Supreme Court and Lochner versus New York
Voided a state law establishing that bankers could work at maximum of 60 hours per week
A figure of the social gospel movement
Walter rauschenbusch
The native American victory at the battle of bighorn
Was only a temporary reprieve from the advance of white settlement
Which of the following properly compares the US Supreme Court's approach to organization in business and labor during the gilded age
Well, the court of peeled the Sherman antitrust act to break down unions. It provided, largely unwilling to support the regulation of big businesses.
Credit mobilizer in the whiskey ring
Were symptomatic of the corruption of the age
Social Darwinist
William G. Sumner
Spending money to show off wealth
conspicuous consumption
Which of the following properly asserts the significance of wage labor in industrial American, during the gilded age
workers understood where is labor to be the key advantage of American industries over European competitors