(HIS 2) Chapter 16&17&18 quiz

jay gould

One of the most notorious of the robber barons was

poll tax

______________________ was a tax that had to be paid before a person could vote.

electricity

What invention spurred the industrial and urban development?

lobbying

The way in which businesses cultivated and bought influence from government officials is called

the south needed to embrace new technologies

Advocates of a New South believed that

the south and west

After the Civil War two new "frontiers" of opportunity emerged in the United States. They were

Through the gifts of free land

After the Civil War, how did Congress often finance its economic plans?

the new south

After the Civil War, many southerners dreamed of a freer world of small farms and industry. It was called

It was not forcing American companies to be competitive with their prices

After the Civil War, what was the complaint about the federal tariff?... *It was not generating enough revenue *It was not forcing American companies to be competitive with their prices. *It was allowing too many foreign imports into the American market. *It was no longer needed. *It was not high enough.

farming

After the Second Industrial Revolution, corporations tried their hands at

steel

Andrew Carnegie is best associated with which industry?

textiles

As the South industrialized after the Civil War, it saw its greatest industrial gains in... *agriculture. *textiles. *housing. *mining. *cigarette production.

reform, counter

Because of the excesses of the Gilded Age, a major period of ________ occurred to _______ it.

poor sanitation

Cholera, typhoid fever, and yellow fever were often the result in urban areas of

hayes

During his administration, this president tried to control both sides of his fractured party while pursing reform during the Gilded Age.

corporations

During the Gilded Age the real leaders of the United States could be said to be... *the Supreme Court. *the labor unions. *corporations. *Congress. *the president.

experienced growth, sometimes up to four times their original population

During the period immediately following the Civil War, major cities in the United States

American Railway Union, Pullman Strike

Eugene V. Debs and the ___________ became famous during the ____________.

white men

Frederick Jackson Turner's frontier thesis ignored all of the following groups except

protestant

Immigrants who arrived before 1890 to the United States were primarily

china

In 1882, Congress banned further immigration to the United States from what country?

companies from paying to import workers from outside the nation

In 1885, the United States government stopped... *companies from recruiting immigrant workers at the ports when they arrived. *companies from paying to import workers from outside the nation. *immigrants from writing their families to tell them about job opportunities in America. *the Ku Klux Klan from recruiting within tenements. *Chinese immigrants immigrating to California.

sherman anti-trust act

In an effort to prevent corporations from obtaining market monopolies, Congress passed the

bronze

In the second half the 19th century all of the following were found in the New West except... gold, silver, copper, bronze, iron

the south relied too much on slavery

Many in the South believed that they had lost the war because... *the North was more moral. *God was punishing them. *the South relied too much on slavery. *the South relied too much on slavery and cotton cultivation. *the South's economy was too diverse.

the tenements

One of the first areas were people began to be interested in reforming society was aimed at... *the subways. *the lack of sewers. *the tenements. *government corruption. *reforming hospital conditions.

president garfield

Perhaps one of the greatest catalysts to reform during the Gilded Age was the assassination of

the common man should have more of a say in politics

Populism was based on the idea that

christian white men

The "frontier thesis" focused primarily

the workers' union destroyed and their leaders imprisoned

The Homestead Strike ended with... *the workers' union destroyed and their leaders imprisoned. *a 10 percent raise in pay for all piece work. *the establishment of an 8-hour day. *the abolishment of immigrant labor at the plant. *the Pinkerton Detective Agency being hired to break up the strike

the Haymarket Riot

The Knights of Labor's decline began because of its perceived involvement in

people's party

The __________________ was a new political party made up largely of farmers from the South and West who wanted to gain political influence in the East.

seafaring

The area west of the Mississippi had room for all of the following except

President Cleveland dispatched federal troops to remove train cars from the tracks

The end of the Pullman Strike came when

stalwarts

The faction of the Republican party during the Gilded Age that was not concerned with the excesses of the time was known as the... *Whigs. *Tories. *Stalwarts. *Know-Nothings. *Half-Breeds.

the chinese exclusion act

The first federal law passed to restrict immigration on the basis of race was

frederick jackson turner

The historian who developed the so-called frontier thesis was

the weapons industry

The post-Civil War South industrialized in all of the following areas except... *the tobacco industry. *the weapons industry. *the coal industry. *the housing industry. *the production of iron ore.

horizontal integration

The process Rockefeller used to gain control of his company's industry is known as

merchants

The southerners who participated in the crop-lien system included all of the following except... white small farm owners, black small farm owners, sharecroppers, merchants, tenants

Samuel Gompers

This individual led the American Federation of Labor.

patronage

This power meant that those newly elected could appoint people to jobs in their sphere of authority.

pendleton civil service reform act

This replaced the spoils system for federal jobs with job placement on the basis of competitive testing... *Sherman Anti-Trust Act *Barnes-Hailey Act *Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act *Garfield Memorial Reform Act *Civil Service Commission Testing and Placement Act

jim crow laws removed their right to vote

What affected African Americans' rights to vote in the South during the Gilded Age?

saloons

What did one journalist call "the social and intellectual center of the neighborhood" during the Gilded Age in large cities?... *The Republican party *The Democrat party *Saloons *The Immigration Restriction League *Vaudeville halls

vast natural resources

What is one thing that the United States had that other nations did not that helped spur the Industrial Revolution?

economies of scale

What is the term given to describe the ability of companies to afford technological improvements and the workforces to propel them into the modern age?

wild west traveling shows

What was an example of the new types of entertainment that became popular during the Gilded Age?

sanitation improvements

What was not a cause of the changes in recreation and leisure in the Gilded Age?... *Urbanization *Immigration *Changes in technology *Increases in wealth *Sanitation improvements

horizontal integration

When one company buys or forces out all of their competitors, it is participating in

native american resistance to westward expansion had been crushed

Which of the following statements best describes the status of Native Americans at the end of the 19th century?... *Native Americans were better off than they had ever been. *Native Americans were better off than they had been before the Civil War. *Native Americans were valued by the U.S. government. *Native American resistance to westward expansion had been crushed. *Native Americans believed they could work with the U.S. government to improve their status.

economic, legal, and social discrimination against blacks increased

Which of the following statements regarding race relations in the last years of the 19th century is most accurate?

sharecroppers were often poor whites

Which of the following statements regarding southern sharecroppers is inaccurate? *Sharecroppers were often poor whites. *Sharecroppers were often poor. *Sharecroppers worked in return for things like shelter and seed. *Sharecroppers were laborers. *Sharecroppers were most often black.

cotton gin

Which of the following was developed before the Civil War?

a resurging southern economy

Which of the following was not a cause of industrial growth in the era following the Civil War?... *A resurging southern economy *The introduction of mass production techniques *A flood of immigrants *Technological innovations *Mass productions

populists

Which political party during the Gilded Age promoted the plight of miners and farmers?... *Progressives *Mugwumps *Democrats *Republicans *Populists

it would make prices higher on goods

Why did many people want a monetary supply not tied to gold or silver?

To sidestep laws preventing one company from owning another

Why were trusts created?

the Legal Tender Act of 1862

what allowed for the printing of paper currency?