Chapter 16
Which event marked the end of the Indian wars?
Battle of Wounded Knee
Which statement about Chief Joseph's appeal to an audience in Washington, D.C., in 1879 is FALSE?
He spoke in support of the Dawes Act before it was voted on by congress
Which statement about the Haymarket Affair is FALSE?
The Knights of Labor was directly responsible for the violence that took place at Haymarket
Which statement about labor and the law is FALSE?
Workers generally welcomed the Court's decisions on industry
For workers, the second industrial revolution meant all of the following EXCEPT:
a decrease in child labor
In the late nineteenth century, social thinkers such as Edward Bellamy, Henry George, and Laurence Gronlund offered numerous plans for change, primarily because they were alarmed by a fear of:
class warfare and the growing power of concentrated capital
The Dawes Act of 1887:
divided tribal lands into parcels of land for Indian families
The impact of the second industrial revolution on the trans-Mississippi West was:
dramatic as an agricultural empire grew.
Republican economic policies strongly favored:
eastern industrialists and bankers
The Interstate Commerce Commission was established in 1887 to:
ensure that railroads charged farmers and merchants reasonable and fair rates
In How the Other Half Lives, Jacob Riis:
focused on the wretched conditions of New York City slums
The Plains Indians:
included the Cheyenne, Comanche, Crow, Kiowa, and Sioux
One of the reasons that the Great Strike of 1877 was important is that:
it underscored the tensions produced by the rapid industrialization of the time
All of the following factors contributed to explosive economic growth during the Gilded Age EXCEPT:
low tariffs
The economic development of the American West was based on:
lumber, mining industries, tourism, and farming
William M. Tweed was a(n):
political boss who, although corrupt, provided important services to New Yorkers
Henry George offered a(n) ____________ as a solution for the problem of inequality in America.
single tax
The Dawes Act of 1887:
sought to break up the tribal system
In his speech "A Second Declaration of Independence," labor leader Ira Steward argued that the most pressing problem facing the nation was:
the growing gap between the rich and poor
In 1883, ____________ divided the nation into the four time zones still used today
the major railroad companies
The theory of Social Darwinism argued that:
the theory of evolution applied to humans, thus explaining why some were rich and some were poor
The Haymarket Affair:
was provoked by the 1886 bombing at a Chicago labor rally
Elections during the Gilded Age:
were closely contested affairs
Crédit Mobiler and the Whiskey Ring:
were indicative of the corruption in the Grant administration
By 1890, the majority of Americans:
worked for wages.