ch 16 reading quiz
The term "Gilded Age" describes which of the following?
a period in which economic prosperity glossed over significant inequities
Which of the following is true of concerning Chinese immigration in the nineteenth century?
by 1880, three-fourths of chinese immigrants lived in california, where many worked on farms
The Interstate Commerce Commission was established in 1887 to
ensure that railroads charged farmers and merchants reasonable and fair rates
Why did western territories take longer than eastern territories to achieve statehood?
many easterners were wary of granting statehood until white and non-mormon settlers counterbalanced latino and mormon populations
Which of the following is true of the impact of corporations on the American West?
scientific mining techniques introduced by corporate engineers displaced independent prospectors
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 market place
Which of the following properly assesses the significance of the passage of the Sherman Antitrust Act in 1890?
the law made the federal government responsible for the maintenance of a stable economy
By 1890, the majority of Americans worked
as wage earners in a variety of different areas
The Grange was an organization whose principal goal was to
benefit and enhance the social and economic aspects of the agrarian lifestyle
The Greenback-Labor Party favored which of the following policies?
establishment of a national ban to control the money supply
The nineteenth century labor movement argued that
extremes of wealth and poverty threatened democracy
In his exposé "How the Other Half Lives", Jacob Riis
focused on the wretched conditions of New York City slums
Once significant economic impact of the second industrial revolution was
greater disparity in the distribution of wealth, widening the gap between the rich and the poor
Why was William Tweed so popular with the city's immigrant poor?
he provided food, fuel, and patronage to them in exchange for their votes
How did expanding agricultural production in foreign countries and the American West lead to the migration of rural populations to cities?
increasing output worldwide pushed down the pries of farm products, making it more difficult for farmers to make ends meet
Which of the following is true of farming in the trans-Mississippi West?
increasingly farmers tended to specialize and produce crops for distant markets
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 did President James Buchanan replace Utah's territorial governor Brigham Young with a non-Morman appointee in 1857?
it became known that the work of federal judges in Utah was being obstructed
The Civil Service At of 1883 did which of the following?
it created a merit system for a limited number of government workers
Which of the following is true of the Social Gospel?
it proposed establishing Christian communes as refuges for the poor
Which of the following is true of the Knights of Labor?
it was an inclusive organization that advocated for a vast array of reforms
Which of the following properly assesses the significance of wage labor in industrializing America during the Gilded Age?
more and more Americans experienced wage labor as a permanent condition on the edge of poverty
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 of the following most accurately describes the relationship between the government and the economy in the Gilded Age?
politicians of both major parties favored business and banks and supported a reduction in the money supply and a return to the gold standard
The second industrial revolution was marked by
the acceleration of factory production and consolidation of businesses
Which of the following best describes Thorstein Veblen's meaning of "conspicuous consumption"?
the flaunting of wealth by the super-rich
Why did railroad companies and other businesses form "pools" during the gilded age?
they hoped to escape the chaos of market forces by fixing their prices with their competitors
Which of the following is true of the presidential elections during the Gilded Age?
they were closely contested affairs with presidential candidates from "swing" or "doubtful" states?
Which of the following was a primary purpose of sending Native American children to the Carlisle Boarding School?
to break Native American tradition and assimilate them into American society
The Supreme Court in Lochner v. New York
voided a state law establishing that bakers could work a maximum of sixty hours per week
The Native American victory at the Battle of Little Bighorn
was only temporarily reprieve from the advance of white settlement
Crédit Mobiler and Whiskey Ring
were sympathetic of the corruption of the age
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 largely unwilling to support the regulation of big business