Period 6
Which phrase best summarizes what Riis considers the problems he sees?
"In tenements all the influences make for evil.'
Which court case best reflects a continuation of the attitudes expressed by the cartoon?
Plessy v. Ferguson, which endorsed racial segregation laws
During the late 19th century, which of the following groups most benefited from the poverty described by Riis?
Political Machines
McElroy's letter uses humor to make a point. Which of the following statements reflects McElroy's true criticism?
Politics was primarily about holding office for personal gain
These excerpts were written in response to
the violation of Native American treaties in order to expand the amount of land available to settlers
One of the goals of labor unions which Gompers does NOT address in these remarks was
A sense of unity for organized labor
Garfeild
Assasinated in 1881
Which of the following is Dreiser attempting to argue for people who want to travel toward the city?
Exotic sights and sounds create a desire to experience the excitement of the city
Which of the following group during the period 1865-1895 most actively campaigned to increase the money supply?
Farmers and debtors
Which of the following most likely explains the significant reduction of immigration during the 1870s and 1890s to the United States?
Financial panics and depressions
Who supported state laws to regulate railroad rates in mid western states?
Grangers
Which individual would be most likely to argue that the government should not intervene to improve the tenements?
Herbert Spencer
The conditions describes in this excerpt were made possible by which of the following late-nineteenth century trends?
Industrialization
The idea expressed in this statement are most representative of
Labor forming a political party to achieve its ends
Eugene Debs
Labor leader who was jailed in the pullman strike
This excerpt best reflects which of the following Gilded Age trends?
Migration of Americans from rural to ubran ares
Between 1860 and 1910, the are of the US which underwent the largest PERCENTAGE of increase of population was the
Northeast
A vertically integrated system of production is one in which
One company controls the entire industrial market
Based on this excerpt, which of the following groups or pieces of legislation would McElroy most likely support? [William McElroy, journalist, "An Old War Horse to a Young Politician," published anonymously in the "Atlantic Monthly" 1880]
Pendleton Act of 1881
Voters demanded patronage reform in politics after
President James Garfield was assassinated
"The manager, business owner, and tycoon..."
Social Darwinism
Arthur
Supported by the Stalwarts
Cleveland
Supporters included the Mugwumps
The document outlines Gompers concerns about
The rise of factory towns around factories
Which of the following most likely explains the change in the amount of currency in circulation between 1865-1870?
The withdrawal of "greenbacks" from circulation
The Homestead strike of 1892 and the Pullman strike of 1894 were similar in that:
both started when management ordered pay cuts for workers
Which of the following statements would best support the reason why progressive reformers rejected Carnegie's argument in the statement above?
all races were equal in ability
In the last quarter of the 19th century, American agriculture was characterized by
an increase in acres under cultivation
All of the following account for nativist sentiment EXCEPT that the immigrants
dominated the profession of law, medicine, and engineering.
The constituency of the Populist Party was primarily composed of
farmers
A decline in the amount of money in circulation in proportion to the population would most likely result in a(n)...
increase in interest rates and a decline in prices
Many wealthy American industrialists of the late 19th century used Carnegie's argument above to
justify monopolistic actions
What was the U.S. governments response to american indian resistance in the late 19th century?
moving tribes to increasingly smaller reservations and assimilation.
From 1876-1897, political control of the national government in the United States?
reflected a stalemate between the two major parties
According to the passage, the responsibility of the wealthy is to
share their excess wealth with the community
In the chart above, the "new immigrants" include those who arrived in the United States from
southern and eastern Europe
McKinley
supported by the half breeds
The cartoon above expresses its post-civil war feelings in the United States in regard to:
the increasing feelings of nativist sentiments and theories in the U.S.
The interstate commerce act
was the first major federal effort to regulate businesses