Chapter 16
The Supreme Court in Lochner vs. New York:
voided a state law establishing that bakers could work a maximum of 60 hours per week.
Chief Joseph:
wanted freedom for his people, the Nez Percé.
The Great Railroad Strike of 1877:
was evidence of worker solidarity and the close ties between the Republican Party and the industry.
Which would be least particular to the landscape of the trans-Mississippi West?
A small but prosperous vegetable farmer.
Which event marked the end of the Indian Wars?
Battle of Wounded Knee
After the Civil War, which of the following became a symbol of a life of freedom on the open range?
Cowboy
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.
Which properly assesses the direction of the "Christian lobby" in the Gilded Age?
It sought more to legislate individual morality rather than to improve society.
What did William G. Sumner believe social classes owed each other?
Nothing at all.
Which of the following best summarizes the reasons for the tripling of railroad track miles in the United States between 1860 and 1890?
Private instrument and massive grants of land and money by federal, state, and local governments spurred the building.
What criticism did Henry Demarest Lloyd leverage against Rockefeller's Standard Oil in "Wealth Against Commonwealth" (1892)?
Standard Oil was undermining fair competition in the marketplace.
Which statement about the Haymarket Affair is false?
The Knights of Labor was directly responsible for the violence that took place at Haymarket.
Which provides evidence for the observation that the United States after the Civil War was abandoning Lincoln's America for a mature industrial society?
The surge in urban industrial manufacturing.
How were skilled workers able to secure new freedoms for themselves in rapidly expanding industries?
Their knowledge allowed them to control the production process and the training of apprentices.
Why did new products like Ivory Soap and Quaker Oats symbolize the continuing integration of the economy during the Gilded Age?
These products were national brands, sold everywhere across the United States thanks to the expanding railroad system.
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.
Which of the following best characterized the Democrats' position on the Republicans' monetary policy during the Gilded Age?
They largely agreed that the farmers' demands for increasing the money supply had to be resisted.
What was the aim of Carlisle, a boarding school for Indians?
To civilize the Indians, making them "American" as whites defined them.
Which of the following properly compares the United States Supreme Court's approach to organization in business and law during the Gilded Age?
While the court applied the Sherman Antitrust Act to break down unions, it proved unwilling to endorse any regulation of big business.
According to Ira Steward's "Second Declaration of Independence," liberty meant little without:
a share of the wealth.
In his article "The Gospel of Wealth" for the "North American Review" in 1889, Andrew Carnegie took inequality of wealth:
as a social injustice.
Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller:
built up giant corporations that dominated their respective markets.
The impact of the 2nd industrial revolution on the trans-Mississippi West was:
dramatic as an agricultural empire grew
One significant economic impact of the second industrial revolution was:
frequent and prolonged economic depressions.
Thomas Edison:
invented, among other things, a system for generating and distributing electricity.
The economic development of the American West was based on:
lumber, mining industries, tourism, and farming.
In the late 1870s, a small farmer from the uphill country in Georgia would have most likely:
opposed the tariff.
Henry George rejected the traditional equation of liberty with:
ownership of land.
The second industrial revolution was marked by:
the acceleration of factory production and increased activity in the mining and railroad industries.
The theory of Social Darwinism argues that:
the theory of evolution applies to humans, thus explaining why some are rich and some are poor.
Elections during the Gilded Age:
were closely contested affairs.
The more than 150 utopian and cataclysmic novels published during the last quarter of the nineteenth century:
were inspired by the growing fear of class welfare.
Which was an exception to the rule of the relentless westward expansion of the United States?
The Battle of Little Big Horn.
The Civil Service Act of 1883:
suffered from low voter turnout.
During the second industrial revolution, the courts:
tended to favor the interests of industry over those of labor.
