Week 2 Chapter 16 Quiz

By the turn of the century, most Americans still worked for themselves as small-business owners or as farmers.

False

The Dawes Act was an extension of the treaty system practiced by the American government since the Revolutionary War.

False

The coming of the railroad to the Far West had little to do with the rapid expansion of corporate timber production.

False

The idea for the Statue of Liberty originated as a response to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

False/True

Elk v. Wilkins (1884) agreed with lower court rulings that the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments did not apply to Indians.

True

How did the expansion of railroads accelerate the second industrial revolution in America? a. the division of time into four zones allowed businesses to communicate by telegraph for the first time. b. Railroads created a true national market for U.S. goods. c. Large banks were now able to locate in western railroad towns. d. The adoption of a standard railroad gauge made private and federal land grants more available. e. The expansion of trains increased the efficiency of small businesses.

b. Railroads created a true national market for U.S. goods.

One significant economic impact of the second industrial revolution was: a. a more stable economy. b. frequent and prolonged economic depressions. c. higher prices. d. a more equitable distribution of wealth. e. the introduction of socialism.

b. frequent and prolonged economic depressions.

Andrew Carnegie a. Social Gospel movement b. steel industrial giant c. Progress and Poverty d. Knights of Labor e. electric motor f. How the Other Half Lives g. winner at the Little Bighorn h. utopian novelist i. Social Darwinist j. oil industrial giant k. Nez Perce

b. steel industrial giant

What did Native Americans have in common with the Zulu of South Africa and the aboriginal people in Australia? a. The belong to some of the most ancient agricultural civilization in the world. b. They all looked to central governments for protection and assistance in their struggle against white supremacist settlers. c. They found themselves pushed aside by centralizing government trying to control large interior regions. d. They all saw themselves pulled into the vicious debt cycle that accompanied cotton sharecropping. e. Both groups saw such little chance at advancing in civil rights that they resorted to emigration.

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

All of the following factors contributed to explosive economic growth during the Gilded Age EXCEPT: a. availability of capital for investment. b. a growing supply of labor. c. abundant natural resources. d. low tarrifs. e. federal land grants to railroads.

d. low tarrifs.

Nicola Tesla a. Social Gospel movement b. steel industrial giant c. Progress and Poverty d. Knights of Labor e. electric motor f. How the Other Half Lives g. winner at the Little Bighorn h. utopian novelist i. Social Darwinist j. oil industrial giant k. Nez Perce

e. electric motor

Sitting Bull a. Social Gospel movement b. steel industrial giant c. Progress and Poverty d. Knights of Labor e. electric motor f. How the Other Half Lives g. winner at the Little Bighorn h. utopian novelist i. Social Darwinist j. oil industrial giant k. Nez Perce

g. winner at the Little Bighorn

John D. Rockefeller a. Social Gospel movement b. steel industrial giant c. Progress and Poverty d. Knights of Labor e. electric motor f. How the Other Half Lives g. winner at the Little Bighorn h. utopian novelist i. Social Darwinist j. oil industrial giant k. Nez Perce

j. oil industrial giant

Chief Joseph a. Social Gospel movement b. steel industrial giant c. Progress and Poverty d. Knights of Labor e. electric motor f. How the Other Half Lives g. winner at the Little Bighorn h. utopian novelist i. Social Darwinist j. oil industrial giant k. Nez Perce

k. Nez Perce