Exam 1 HISTORY 1302
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 Aboriginals children from their homes for official adoption.
Which statement about the haymarket affair is FALSE
The Knights of Labor was Directly responsible for the violence that took place at Haymarket
Which of the following properly assesses the significance of the Great Railroad Strike of 1877?
The railroad signaled the nations shift from southern reconstruction to the question of labor and class tensions.
Why did new products like Ivory Soap and Quaker Oats symbolize the continuing integration of the economy in Americas Gilded Age
These products were national brands, sold everywhere across the united states thanks to expanding railroad networks.
The civil service act of 1883
created a merit system for government workers
The nineteenth- century labor movement argued that
extremes of wealth and poverty threatened democracy
Why was william tweed so popular with the citys immigrant poor
he had provided food fuel and patronage to them in exchange for their votes
the Plains Indians
included the Cheyenne, Comanche, Crow, Kiowa, and Sioux
how did the expanding agricultural production in places like Argentina and the american west lead to the migration of rural populations to cities
increasing output worldwide pushed down the prices of farm products making it more difficult for farmers to make ends meet
Thomas Edison
invented among other things a system to generating and distributing electricity
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.
Why was the hollywood version of the western "cowboy" based more on fantasy than reality?
most cowboys were low paid workers, some of whom even went on strike for higher wages.
the new social ordder of the Gilded Age?
prompted public discussion of class differences and debate among workingmen and farmers over political economy, and ensured ongoing labor strife and deepening distrust between employees and employers
Which of the follwing properly assesses the direction of the Christian Lobby in the gilded age?
the Christain lobby sought more to legislate individual morality rather than to improve society.
which statement about the theory of Socail Darwinism in FALSE
the theory argued that the deserving poor only included children
What did henry george laurence gronlond and edward bellamy all have in common?
they all offeref decidedly optimistic remedies for the unequal distribution of wealth
what did native americans have in common with the zulu of south africa and the aboriginal people in Austrailia
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 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
The social gospel:
was another term for social Darwinism
Credit Mobiler and the Whiskey Ring
were indicative of the corruption in the Grant administration.
which of the following properly compared the US supreme courts approach to organization in business and labor during the gilded age?
while the court applied the Sherman Anititrust Act to break down unions, it proved unwilling to endorse any regulation of big business.
Chinese immigrants to the west
worked in shoe and cigar factories in western cities
