History Chapter 16

The Knights of Labor:

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

By 1890, the majority of Americans:

worked for wages.

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.

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.

How did the American Catholic Church act during the Gilded Age?

The American Catholic Church saw a growing number of clergy advocate social justice and reform.

Which of the following properly assesses the significance of the passage of the Sherman Antitrust Act in 1890?

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

Which of the following properly compares the U.S. Supreme Court's approach to organization in business and labor 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.

The Interstate Commerce Commission was established in 1887 to:

ensure that railroads charged farmers and merchants reasonable and fair rates.

Most nineteenth-century Indians were willing to assimilate and give up their tribal identity for citizenship.

false

Voter participation during the Gilded Age was never over 60 percent.

false

William G. Sumner believed that the role of government extended to helping the poor.

false

In How the Other Half Lives, Jacob Riis:

focused on the wretched conditions of New York City slums.

The Indian victory at the Little Bighorn:

only temporarily delayed the advance of white settlement.

The second industrial revolution was marked by:

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

American workers received higher pay than their European counterparts, but their working conditions were more dangerous.

true

Before the Civil War, most Chinese arrivals in the American West were single men, but by the 1870s, Chinese families had begun to arrive.

true

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

true

The Ghost Dance:

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

Crédit Mobiler and the Whiskey Ring:

were indicative of the corruption in the Grant administration.