US HISTORY Lesson 1
The Dawes Act was an extension of the treaty system practiced by the American government since the Revolutionary War.
False
The Dawes act was an extension of the treaty system practiced by the American government since the Revolutionary War.
False.
The Morrill Land-Grant Act, passed during the Civil War, prohibited mining and railroad companies from continued use of public lands.
False.
Voter participation during the Gilded Age was never over 60 percent.
False.
William G, Sumner believed that the role of the government extended to helping the poor.
False.
A proper assessment of 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.
Which statement about the theory of Social Darwinism is FALSE?
The "deserving poor" only included children
What did the books of Henry George, Laurence Gronlond, and Edward Bellamy all have in common?
They all offered decidedly optimistic remedies for the unequal distribution of wealth.
What was the aim of Carlisle, a boarding school for Indians?
To civilize the Indians, making them "American", as whites defined the term.
The Knights of Labor raised the question of whether meaningful freedom could exist in a situation of extreme economic inequality.
True
The Spread of electricity was essential to industrial and urban growth.
True
The events of 1886 suggested that labor might be on the verge of establishing itself as a permanent political force.
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.
Racial and ethnic groups added their own elements to the western myth, including celebrating the Mexican-American outlaw, Gregorio Cortez.
True.
n the late nineteenth century, social thinkers such as Edward Bellamy, Henry George, and Laurence Gronlund offered numerous plans for change, primarily because they were alarmed by a fear of:
class warfare and the growing power of concentrated capital.
William Cody:
created a "Wild West" show that toured the United States and Europe.
The Civil Service Act of 1883:
created a merit system for government workers.
The nineteenth-century labor movement argued that:
extremes of wealth and poverty threatened democracy
Thomas Edison:
invented, among other things, a system for generating and distributing electricity
All of the following factors contributed to explosive economic growth during the Gilded Age EXCEPT:
low tariffs
How did the expansion of railroads accelerate the second industrial revolution in America?
railroads created a true national market for US goods.
The Knights of Labor:
was an inclusive organization that advocated for a vast array of reforms
The Social Gospel:
was another term for social darwinism
Credit Mobiler and the Whiskey ring:
were indicative of the corruption in the Grant administration.
Chinese immigrants to the West:
worked in shoe and cigar factories in the western countries
Why was William Tweed so popular with the city's immigrant poor?
He had provided food, fuel, and patronage to then in exchange for their votes.
How did expanding agricultural production in places like Argentina and the American West lead to the migration of rural populations to cities?
Increasing output worldwide pushed down the prices of farm products, making it more difficult for farmers to make ends meet.
Why did president James Buchanan replaced Utah's territorial governor Brigham Young with a non-Mormon appointee in 1857?
It became known that the work of federal judges in Utah was being obstructed.
Why did new products like Ivory Soap and Quaker Oats symbolize the continuing integration of the economy in America's Gilded Age?
The products were national brands, sold everywhere across the United States thanks to the expanding railroad network.
Lochner v. New York voided a state law establishing ten hours per day, or sixty per week, as the maximum hours of work for bakers, claiming that it infringed on individual freedom.
True