Unit 1 CYU
Which two religious groups gained greatly from the mass immigration of the late nineteenth century?
Catholics and Jews.
Which author took a magnifying glass to the inner turmoil and moral shortcomings of post-Civil War high society?
Edith Wharton.
What did the "normal schools" that grew dramatically in the late nineteenth century specialize in?
Educating teachers.
Who was the journalist-reformer who advocated a single tax?
Henry George.
What did a vertical integration like the Carnegie Steel Corporation accomplish?
It established monopolistic control of every phase of business, from raw material to final consumer.
What was the significance of the Supreme Court ruling in Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railroad Company v. Illinois?
It prohibited states from regulating interstate commerce.
What was one of the most difficult adjustments many formerly rural workers had to make to the industrial system?
The strict discipline and regimentation of time.
What is true of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?
-It was used to curb labor unions. -It was the first congressional attempt to regulate big business for public good. -It contained legal loopholes. -It forbade combinations in restraint of trade.
The Interstate Commerce Act achieved what?
-Required railroads to publish their rates openly -Set up the Interstate Commerce Commission -Outlawed charging more for a short haul than for a long one Prohibited rebates and pools
Which of the following was an effect of transcontinental railroad lines?
-The mining and agricultural industries were stimulated. -Cities grew in number and population. -The country experienced a mighty stream of immigration. -Lands were depleted more quickly.
Which of the following best represents organized labor's views toward new immigrants?
American workers deserved protection from these foreign laborers.
In its efforts on behalf of workers, the National Labor Union won which of the following?
An eight-hour workday for government workers.
After 1875, most natural scientists did which of the following?
Came around to espouse organic evolution after having initially opposed it.
How did J. P. Morgan eliminate his banking competition?
By establishing interlocking directorates.
In contrast to the Knights of Labor, what did the American Federation of Labor advocate for?
Concentrating on improving wages and hours and avoiding general social reform.
To justify their economic domination of their industries, large trusts like Standard Oil and those of Swift and Armour claimed what?
Large-scale methods of production and distribution could provide superior products at low prices.
Which American author is known for carrying literary realism to new heights?
Mark Twain.
Who primarily ran settlement houses?
Middle-class, native-born women?
Who did southern textile mills generally employ?
Poor whites recently off the farms.
This man led the American Federation of Labor every year except one from 1886 to 1924.
Samuel Gompers.
Anthony Comstock was best known for his crusade against which of the following?
Sexual explicitness and obscenity.
What was the basic belief of the Social Darwinists?
Survival of the fittest.
All of the following were nineteenth-century transcontinental railroad lines except:
The Canadian Railroad.
Which of the following aimed to promote order, harmony, and virtue while beautifying the nation's new urban spaces?
The City Beautiful movement.
Which two railroads joined to create the first transcontinental line in 1869?
The Union Pacific and the Central Pacific
All of the following were true of daily newspapers in the late nineteenth century except:
The day of slashing journalistic giants like Horace Greeley was returning.,
Who is associated with the Haymarket Square riot?
The knights of labor.
All of the following are true of "New Immigrants" except:
They primarily immigrated from western Europe.
How did the government contribute to the building of the national rail network?
They provided free grants of federal land to the railroad companies.
Who of the following was known as the most versatile inventor of the Gilded Age?
Thomas Edison.
Which group was most dramatically altered by the new industrial age?
Women.
