History 103

The Dawes Act was an extension of the treaty system practiced by the American government since the Revolutionary War.

False

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.

Which of the following statements best summarize the reasons for the tripling of railroad track miles in the United States between 1860 and 1890?

Private investment and massive grants of land and money by federal, state, and local governments spurred the building.

The __________ made possible the second industrial revolution in America.

Railroads

Which statement about the Haymarket affair is FALSE?

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

What was the aim of boarding schools for Indians?

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

Both Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller amassed huge fortunes through vertical integration.

True

In the nineteenth century, pools, trusts, and mergers were:

Ways that manufacturers sought to control the marketplace.

One of the reasons that the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 was important is that:

it was underscored the tensions produced by the rapid industrialization of the time.