History Chapter 16 Study Guide

the new social order of the Gilded Age:

A and B

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

False

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

Social Darwinism

The belief that only the fittest survive in human political and economic struggle

What did Native Americans have in common with the Zulu of South Africa and the aboriginal people in Australia?

They found themselves pushed aside by centralizing government trying to control large interior regions

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

By 1880, a majority of Americans worked in confirm activities.

True

Republican economic policies strongly favored the interests of northern industrialists.

True

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

True

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

amazing feats of skilled horseback riding, roping, and shooting

Vertical and horizontal integration

beginnings of trusts (destruction of competition); vertical- controlling every aspect of production (control quality, eliminate middlemen - Rockefeller); horizontal- consolidating with competitors to monopolize a market (highly detrimental)

Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller:

built up giant corporations that dominated their respective markets

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

Civil Service Act of 1883

created a merit system for government workers

The impact of the second industrial revolution on the trans-Mississppi West was:

dramatic as an agricultural empire grew

the Interstate Commerce Commission was established in 1887 to:

ensure that railroads charged farmers and merchants reasonable and fair rates

How did 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

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

Thomas Edison

invented, among other things, a system for generating and distributing electricity

All of the following factors contributed to the explosive economic growth during the Gilded Age EXCEPT:

low tariffs

The Indian victory at Little Bighorn:

only temporarily delayed the advance of white settlement

Henry George offered as a solution for the problem of inequality in America a(n)

single tax

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 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

what was the aim of boarding schools for Indians?

to civilize the Indians, making them "American" as whites defined the term

The Knights of Labor:

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

Elections during the Gilded Age:

were closely contested affairs