Question 1

Which of the following describes the impact of corporations on the American West?

Accepted Answer

A)  Chinese immigration to the western United States slowed due to the decline of agricultural industries. 
B)  Lumber companies protected coastal forests and began the first conservation movement. 
C)  Urban populations in California declined as people moved to the centers of agricultural production. 
D)  Communal landholdings in New Mexico were taken over by commercial farmers and ranchers. 
E)  Average farmers were at the heart of corporate investments. 
A)  Chinese immigration to the western United States slowed due to the decline of agricultural industries. 
B)  Lumber companies protected coastal forests and began the first conservation movement. 
C)  Urban populations in California declined as people moved to the centers of agricultural production. 
D)  Communal landholdings in New Mexico were taken over by commercial farmers and ranchers. 
E)  Average farmers were at the heart of corporate investments.

Question 2

Which of the following did the Knights of Labor try to eliminate?

Accepted Answer

A)  labor unions 
B)  liberty of contract 
C)  massive strikes 
D)  the Sherman Anti-Trust Act 
E)  Protestantism 
A)  labor unions 
B)  liberty of contract 
C)  massive strikes 
D)  the Sherman Anti-Trust Act 
E)  Protestantism

Question 3

Which of the following factors contributed to explosive economic growth during the Gilded Age?

Accepted Answer

A)  lack of capital for investment. 
B)  a tight labor market. 
C)  abundant natural resources. 
D)  high tariffs. 
E)  bank loans to railroads. 
A)  lack of capital for investment. 
B)  a tight labor market. 
C)  abundant natural resources. 
D)  high tariffs. 
E)  bank loans to railroads.

Question 4

How did the displacement of native peoples in Australia differ from the experience of Indians in the American West?

Accepted Answer

A)  Aboriginals were gathered together into centralized areas set aside by the government. 
B)  White diseases decimated Aboriginals. 
C)  Government policy orchestrated the removal of Aboriginal children from their homes for official adoption by whites. 
D)  Aboriginals were subject to cultural reconstruction. 
E)  Aboriginals were well compensated for their land. 
A)  Aboriginals were gathered together into centralized areas set aside by the government. 
B)  White diseases decimated Aboriginals. 
C)  Government policy orchestrated the removal of Aboriginal children from their homes for official adoption by whites. 
D)  Aboriginals were subject to cultural reconstruction. 
E)  Aboriginals were well compensated for their land.

Question 5

American workers received lower pay than their European counterparts, but their working conditions were far better.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Which of the following statements accurately describes farming in the Great Plains?

Accepted Answer

A)  Women were required to stay off the farm and instead do housework. 
B)  Farming was relatively easy, as the climate remained steady throughout the year. 
C)  Husbands and sons tended to cash crops, while women tended to animals and grew crops for food. 
D)  Farm families enjoyed an active social life with the many families on nearby farms. 
E)  Farmers were a homogenous group mainly comprising easterners. 
A)  Women were required to stay off the farm and instead do housework. 
B)  Farming was relatively easy, as the climate remained steady throughout the year. 
C)  Husbands and sons tended to cash crops, while women tended to animals and grew crops for food. 
D)  Farm families enjoyed an active social life with the many families on nearby farms. 
E)  Farmers were a homogenous group mainly comprising easterners.

Question 7

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-bonanza farms

Accepted Answer

The answer of Identify and give the historical significance of...

Question 8

The Grange was an organization that

Accepted Answer

A)  focused its efforts on child labor laws. 
B)  sought to raise railroad rates. 
C)  opposed government regulation of shipping charges. 
D)  pushed for railroads to acquire more land in the West. 
E)  established cooperatives for storing and marketing farm output. 
A)  focused its efforts on child labor laws. 
B)  sought to raise railroad rates. 
C)  opposed government regulation of shipping charges. 
D)  pushed for railroads to acquire more land in the West. 
E)  established cooperatives for storing and marketing farm output.

Question 9

What might account for the emergence of a mythic "Wild" West during the Gilded Age? Given the rapid post-Civil War expansion of industry beyond the Mississippi River, why would perceptions of a West, at once a lawless but timeless romantic frontier dominated by cowboys and Indians, permeate American popular culture in the late nineteenth century? (In composing your answer, consider the impact of the second industrial revolution.)

Accepted Answer

The emergence of a mythic "Wild" West du

Question 10

Why was the Hollywood version of the western "cowboy" based more on fantasy than reality?

Accepted Answer

A)  Railroad expansion before the Civil War had eliminated the need for "cattle drives" from Texas. 
B)  Most cowboys were low-paid workers, some of whom even went on strike for higher wages. 
C)  By the time of the Civil War, most open-range longhorns had been killed by disease and harsh winters. 
D)  Clothing such as wide-brimmed hats and boots were twentieth-century inventions of writers and movie producers. 
E)  Many worked as cowboys for a short time before moving on to other employment. 
A)  Railroad expansion before the Civil War had eliminated the need for "cattle drives" from Texas. 
B)  Most cowboys were low-paid workers, some of whom even went on strike for higher wages. 
C)  By the time of the Civil War, most open-range longhorns had been killed by disease and harsh winters. 
D)  Clothing such as wide-brimmed hats and boots were twentieth-century inventions of writers and movie producers. 
E)  Many worked as cowboys for a short time before moving on to other employment.

Question 11

What did Native Americans have in common with the Zulu of South Africa and the aboriginal people in Australia?

Accepted Answer

A)  They belonged to some of the most ancient agricultural civilizations in the world. 
B)  They all looked to central governments for protection and assistance in their struggle against white supremacist settlers. 
C)  They found themselves pushed aside by a centralizing government trying to control large interior regions. 
D)  They all saw themselves pulled into the vicious debt cycle that accompanied cotton sharecropping. 
E)  Both groups saw such little chance at advancing in civil rights that they resorted to emigration. 
A)  They belonged to some of the most ancient agricultural civilizations in the world. 
B)  They all looked to central governments for protection and assistance in their struggle against white supremacist settlers. 
C)  They found themselves pushed aside by a centralizing government trying to control large interior regions. 
D)  They all saw themselves pulled into the vicious debt cycle that accompanied cotton sharecropping. 
E)  Both groups saw such little chance at advancing in civil rights that they resorted to emigration.

Question 12

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-single tax

Accepted Answer

The concept of a "single tax" is most fa

Question 13

Male farmers experienced the most hardship on the Great Plains, because farm women did not experience long days in the fields.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Who wrote a novel that promoted socialist ideas under the term of nationalism?

Accepted Answer

A)  Lawrence Gronlund 
B)  Thorstein Veblen 
C)  Mark Twain 
D)  Henry George 
E)  Edward Bellamy 
A)  Lawrence Gronlund 
B)  Thorstein Veblen 
C)  Mark Twain 
D)  Henry George 
E)  Edward Bellamy

Question 15

Voter participation during the Gilded Age was over 50 percent.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Henry Demarest Lloyd wrote in Wealth against Commonwealth (1864), "Liberty and monopoly cannot live together." Based on your knowledge of the Gilded Age and the industrial revolution, assess the validity of this statement.

Accepted Answer

Henry Demarest Lloyd's statement in Weal

Question 17

William
G. Sumner, a Social Darwinist, believed the government existed to protect the property of men and the honor of women.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The Haymarket Affair led to the decline of which group?

Accepted Answer

A)  the Christian Lobby 
B)  Knights of Labor 
C)  Women's Christian Temperance Union 
D)  Ku Klux Klan 
E)  Reform Bureau 
A)  the Christian Lobby 
B)  Knights of Labor 
C)  Women's Christian Temperance Union 
D)  Ku Klux Klan 
E)  Reform Bureau

Question 19

Which of the following was true of Republicans during the Gilded Age?

Accepted Answer

A)  They aimed to reintroduce greenbacks. 
B)  They sought to increase federal spending. 
C)  They prioritized the needs of southern and western farmers. 
D)  They supported a high tariff to protect American industry. 
E)  They refused to pay the national debt. 
A)  They aimed to reintroduce greenbacks. 
B)  They sought to increase federal spending. 
C)  They prioritized the needs of southern and western farmers. 
D)  They supported a high tariff to protect American industry. 
E)  They refused to pay the national debt.

Question 20

The Social Gospel

Accepted Answer

A)  was formed exclusively by aristocratic women who sought leadership roles within the church. 
B)  was a movement largely financed by the government to try to win political donations. 
C)  was an effort first led by the Catholic Church to gain power in the western United States. 
D)  focused primarily on supporting "liberty of contract" and tried to convince others to accept it. 
E)  was an effort to expand the appeal of the Protestant Church into poor neighborhoods. 
A)  was formed exclusively by aristocratic women who sought leadership roles within the church. 
B)  was a movement largely financed by the government to try to win political donations. 
C)  was an effort first led by the Catholic Church to gain power in the western United States. 
D)  focused primarily on supporting "liberty of contract" and tried to convince others to accept it. 
E)  was an effort to expand the appeal of the Protestant Church into poor neighborhoods.

Exam 16: Americas Gilded Age, 1870-1890

Which of the following describes the impact of corporations on the American West?

Which of the following did the Knights of Labor try to eliminate?

Which of the following factors contributed to explosive economic growth during the Gilded Age?

How did the displacement of native peoples in Australia differ from the experience of Indians in the American West?

American workers received lower pay than their European counterparts, but their working conditions were far better.

Which of the following statements accurately describes farming in the Great Plains?

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -bonanza farms

The Grange was an organization that

Why was the Hollywood version of the western "cowboy" based more on fantasy than reality?

What did Native Americans have in common with the Zulu of South Africa and the aboriginal people in Australia?

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -single tax

Male farmers experienced the most hardship on the Great Plains, because farm women did not experience long days in the fields.

Who wrote a novel that promoted socialist ideas under the term of nationalism?

Voter participation during the Gilded Age was over 50 percent.

Henry Demarest Lloyd wrote in Wealth against Commonwealth (1864), "Liberty and monopoly cannot live together." Based on your knowledge of the Gilded Age and the industrial revolution, assess the validity of this statement.

William G. Sumner, a Social Darwinist, believed the government existed to protect the property of men and the honor of women.

The Haymarket Affair led to the decline of which group?

Which of the following was true of Republicans during the Gilded Age?

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