Period 6

Which phrase best summarizes what Riis considers the problems he sees?

"In tenements all the influences make for evil.'

Which court case best reflects a continuation of the attitudes expressed by the cartoon?

Plessy v. Ferguson, which endorsed racial segregation laws

During the late 19th century, which of the following groups most benefited from the poverty described by Riis?

Political Machines

McElroy's letter uses humor to make a point. Which of the following statements reflects McElroy's true criticism?

Politics was primarily about holding office for personal gain

These excerpts were written in response to

the violation of Native American treaties in order to expand the amount of land available to settlers

One of the goals of labor unions which Gompers does NOT address in these remarks was

A sense of unity for organized labor

Garfeild

Assasinated in 1881

Which of the following is Dreiser attempting to argue for people who want to travel toward the city?

Exotic sights and sounds create a desire to experience the excitement of the city

Which of the following group during the period 1865-1895 most actively campaigned to increase the money supply?

Farmers and debtors

Which of the following most likely explains the significant reduction of immigration during the 1870s and 1890s to the United States?

Financial panics and depressions

Who supported state laws to regulate railroad rates in mid western states?

Grangers

Which individual would be most likely to argue that the government should not intervene to improve the tenements?

Herbert Spencer

The conditions describes in this excerpt were made possible by which of the following late-nineteenth century trends?

Industrialization

The idea expressed in this statement are most representative of

Labor forming a political party to achieve its ends

Eugene Debs

Labor leader who was jailed in the pullman strike

This excerpt best reflects which of the following Gilded Age trends?

Migration of Americans from rural to ubran ares

Between 1860 and 1910, the are of the US which underwent the largest PERCENTAGE of increase of population was the

Northeast

A vertically integrated system of production is one in which

One company controls the entire industrial market

Based on this excerpt, which of the following groups or pieces of legislation would McElroy most likely support? [William McElroy, journalist, "An Old War Horse to a Young Politician," published anonymously in the "Atlantic Monthly" 1880]

Pendleton Act of 1881

Voters demanded patronage reform in politics after

President James Garfield was assassinated

"The manager, business owner, and tycoon..."

Social Darwinism

Arthur

Supported by the Stalwarts

Cleveland

Supporters included the Mugwumps

The document outlines Gompers concerns about

The rise of factory towns around factories

Which of the following most likely explains the change in the amount of currency in circulation between 1865-1870?

The withdrawal of "greenbacks" from circulation

The Homestead strike of 1892 and the Pullman strike of 1894 were similar in that:

both started when management ordered pay cuts for workers

Which of the following statements would best support the reason why progressive reformers rejected Carnegie's argument in the statement above?

all races were equal in ability

In the last quarter of the 19th century, American agriculture was characterized by

an increase in acres under cultivation

All of the following account for nativist sentiment EXCEPT that the immigrants

dominated the profession of law, medicine, and engineering.

The constituency of the Populist Party was primarily composed of

farmers

A decline in the amount of money in circulation in proportion to the population would most likely result in a(n)...

increase in interest rates and a decline in prices

Many wealthy American industrialists of the late 19th century used Carnegie's argument above to

justify monopolistic actions

What was the U.S. governments response to american indian resistance in the late 19th century?

moving tribes to increasingly smaller reservations and assimilation.

From 1876-1897, political control of the national government in the United States?

reflected a stalemate between the two major parties

According to the passage, the responsibility of the wealthy is to

share their excess wealth with the community

In the chart above, the "new immigrants" include those who arrived in the United States from

southern and eastern Europe

McKinley

supported by the half breeds

The cartoon above expresses its post-civil war feelings in the United States in regard to:

the increasing feelings of nativist sentiments and theories in the U.S.

The interstate commerce act

was the first major federal effort to regulate businesses