HIST Chapter 16

The phrase that best captures the vision of the Knights of Labor is

"Cooperative commonwealth."

Which census revealed for the first time that there were more non-farming jobs than farming jobs in the United States?

1880

Between 1870 and 1920, how many immigrants arrived from overseas?

25 million

Which of the following can be associated with the decline of the Knights of Labor?

Haymarket Square

The author of How the Other Half Lives (1890) was

Jacob Riis.

What was the name of the organization that sought to organize both skilled and unskilled workers, women as well as men, blacks along with whites, and achieved a membership of nearly 800,000 in 1886?

Knights of Labor

The new agricultural empire producing wheat and corn for national and international markets arose on the

Middle Border.

In Wabash v. Illinois, this prior ruling was essentially reversed.

Munn v. Illinois

Which of the following was John D. Rockefeller's company?

Standard Oil Company

The poem by Emma Lazarus including "huddled masses yearning to breathe free" is located on which American landmark?

Statue of Liberty

The political "boss" of New York City in the early 1870s was

William M. Tweed.

The event marking the end of four centuries of armed conflict between the continent's native population and European settlers and their descendants was called

Wounded Knee

In the era from 1870 to 1890, the label "the Gilded Age" originally derived from

a derogatory name from literature meaning covered with gold but what lies beneath is of little value.

Which of the following best describes the "Ghost Dance"?

a pan-Indian movement which involved singing, dancing, and religious observances believed to be reminiscent of earlier prophets

The United States underwent one of the most rapid and profound economic revolutions any country has ever experienced. Which of the following is a major factor?

abundant natural resources

William "Buffalo Bill" Cody was

an entertainer who had a traveling show showcasing reenactments of battles with Indians.

In the late 1800s, this geographic area experienced the most dramatic growth in capitalism.

land west of the Mississippi River

The 1887 Dawes Act

led to the loss of tribal lands and the erosion of Indian cultural traditions.

By 1913, the United States produced how much of the world's industrial output?

one-third

The Bureau of Indian Affairs established boarding schools for the purpose of

removing Indian children from their parents and tribes and assimilating them into "white ways."

The belief that private control of economic enterprises should be replaced by government ownership in order to ensure a fairer distribution of the benefits of the wealth produced is called

socialism.

This improvement was key in both the division of time zones as well as improving sales in such brands as Ivory soap and Quaker Oats.

standard gauge for railroads

Founded in 1867, this group claimed more than 700,000 members in the mid-1870s, who called on state governments to establish fair freight rates and warehouse charges.

the Grange

The industrial revolution in the United States took place principally in

the North and the Midwest.

Elk v. Wilkins (1884) stated that

the rights guaranteed by the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments did not apply to American Indians.

In 1890, the distribution of wealth in the United States was

the top 1 percent of Americans owned more property than the remaining 99 percent.

Legal devices whereby the affairs of several rival companies were managed by a single director are called

trusts.

What was the book in which Henry George proposed a "single tax" on real estate that would replace all other taxes?

Progress and Poverty

In which industry did Andrew Carnegie make his fortune?

steel

The first federal agency intended to regulate economic activity, and ensure that railroad rates were reasonable, and favoritism was avoided was

the Interstate Commerce Commission.