History - Chapter 16

Why was William Tweed so popular with the city's immigrant poor?

He had provided food, fuel, and patronage to them in exchange for their votes.

According to the authors of the Dawes Severalty Act, what constituted a civilized life for Native Americans in the later nineteenth century?

Individual property ownership and farming on family plots.

Why was the Hollywood version of the western "cowboy" based more on fantasy than reality?

Most cowboys were low-paid workers, some of whom even went on strike for higher wages.

Which statement about the Haymarket Affair is FALSE?

The Knights of Labor was directly responsible for the violence that took place at Haymarket.

Which of the following properly assesses the significance of the passage of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act in 1890?

The law established a precedent that the national government could regulate the economy in the interest of the public good.

Which statement about the theory of Social Darwinism is FALSE?

The theory argued that the "deserving poor" only included children.

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 railroad companies and other businesses form "pools" during the American Gilded Age?

They hoped to escape the chaos of market forces by fixing prices with their competitors.

What was the aim of boarding schools for Indians?

To civilize the Indians, making them "American" as whites defined the term.

Chief Joseph:

advocated greater federal control of Indians.

Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller:

built up giant corporations that dominated their respective markets.

The Social Gospel:

called for an equalization of wealth and power.

The Civil Service Act of 1883:

created a merit system for government workers.

The Grange was an organization that:

established cooperatives for storing and marketing farm output.

In How the Other Half Lives, Jacob Riis:

focused on the wretched conditions of New York City slums.

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.

Nineteenth-century Americans imagined the "Wild West" as all of the following EXCEPT:

isolated farms, where men and women carved out difficult lives on the Great Plains.

All of the following factors contributed to explosive economic growth during the Gilded Age EXCEPT:

low tariffs.

The Indian victory at Little Bighorn:

only temporarily delayed the advance of white settlement.

Henry George offered as a solution for the problem of inequality in America a(n):

single tax.

The second industrial revolution was marked by:

the acceleration of factory production and increased activity in the mining and railroad industries.

The Ghost Dance:

was a religious revitalization campaign among Indians, feared by whites.

The Knights of Labor:

was an inclusive organization that advocated for a vast array of reforms.

Elections during the Gilded Age:

were closely contested affairs.

By 1890, the majority of Americans:

worked for wages.

Chinese immigrants to the West:

worked in shoe & cigar factories in western cities