Question 1

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Terence Powderly

Accepted Answer

A) Social Gospel movement 
B) steel industrial giant 
C) Progress and Poverty 
D) Knights of Labor 
E) electric motor
F)How the Other Half Lives
G)winner at the Little Bighorn
H)utopian novelist
I)Social Darwinist
J)oil industrial giant
K)Nez Percé
L)inventor 
A) Social Gospel movement 
B) steel industrial giant 
C) Progress and Poverty 
D) Knights of Labor 
E) electric motor
F)How the Other Half Lives
G)winner at the Little Bighorn
H)utopian novelist
I)Social Darwinist
J)oil industrial giant
K)Nez Percé
L)inventor

Question 2

Chief Joseph:

Accepted Answer

A)  advocated greater federal control of Indians. 
B)  starred in a Wild West show. 
C)  was at the Little Bighorn. 
D)  supported the reservation system. 
E)  wanted freedom for his people, the Nez Percé. 
A)  advocated greater federal control of Indians. 
B)  starred in a Wild West show. 
C)  was at the Little Bighorn. 
D)  supported the reservation system. 
E)  wanted freedom for his people, the Nez Percé.

Question 3

The idea for the Statue of Liberty originated as a response to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Republican economic policies strongly favored the interests of northern industrialists.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

What was the aim of Carlisle,a boarding school for Indians?

Accepted Answer

A)  To prepare them for reservation life. 
B)  To train them in the professional skills necessary to return to the reservations as doctors and teachers. 
C)  To convert them to Christianity so that they would become missionaries on the reservations. 
D)  To civilize the Indians, making them "American," as whites defined the term. 
E)  To prepare them to enlist in the U.S. military. 
A)  To prepare them for reservation life. 
B)  To train them in the professional skills necessary to return to the reservations as doctors and teachers. 
C)  To convert them to Christianity so that they would become missionaries on the reservations. 
D)  To civilize the Indians, making them "American," as whites defined the term. 
E)  To prepare them to enlist in the U.S. military.

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

The Dawes Act, also known as the General

Question 7

The Social Gospel:

Accepted Answer

A)  was another term for Social Darwinism. 
B)  was financed by corporate donations. 
C)  was part of the Catholic Church. 
D)  called for an equalization of wealth and power. 
E)  did not support aid to the poor. 
A)  was another term for Social Darwinism. 
B)  was financed by corporate donations. 
C)  was part of the Catholic Church. 
D)  called for an equalization of wealth and power. 
E)  did not support aid to the poor.

Question 8

Voter participation during the Gilded Age was never over 60 percent.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The West experienced tremendous growth after the Civil War; nowhere was this more apparent than in California.Write an essay on the consequences of population growth on the western landscape,looking at farming,livelihoods,the impact of the railroad,the growth of Indian reservations,and the subjugation of Indian peoples.

Accepted Answer

The consequences of population growth on

Question 10

The term "Gilded Age" describes all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  a period of corruption and corporate domination of politics. 
B)  the years between 1870 and 1890. 
C)  the title of an 1873 novel by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley. 
D)  an era where the scramble for wealth benefited all Americans equally. 
E)  the remarkable economic expansion of the time period. 
A)  a period of corruption and corporate domination of politics. 
B)  the years between 1870 and 1890. 
C)  the title of an 1873 novel by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley. 
D)  an era where the scramble for wealth benefited all Americans equally. 
E)  the remarkable economic expansion of the time period.

Question 11

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Andrew Carnegie

Accepted Answer

A) Social Gospel movement 
B) steel industrial giant 
C) Progress and Poverty 
D) Knights of Labor 
E) electric motor
F)How the Other Half Lives
G)winner at the Little Bighorn
H)utopian novelist
I)Social Darwinist
J)oil industrial giant
K)Nez Percé
L)inventor 
A) Social Gospel movement 
B) steel industrial giant 
C) Progress and Poverty 
D) Knights of Labor 
E) electric motor
F)How the Other Half Lives
G)winner at the Little Bighorn
H)utopian novelist
I)Social Darwinist
J)oil industrial giant
K)Nez Percé
L)inventor

Question 12

The nineteenth-century labor movement argued that:

Accepted Answer

A)  concentrated capital was not the enemy but that corrupt politicians were. 
B)  extremes of wealth and poverty threatened democracy. 
C)  strikes and walkouts were exclusively a male preserve. 
D)  meaningful freedom could exist in conditions of economic inequality, but only if the government did not oppress workers. 
E)  capital should be concentrated among the laborers. 
A)  concentrated capital was not the enemy but that corrupt politicians were. 
B)  extremes of wealth and poverty threatened democracy. 
C)  strikes and walkouts were exclusively a male preserve. 
D)  meaningful freedom could exist in conditions of economic inequality, but only if the government did not oppress workers. 
E)  capital should be concentrated among the laborers.

Question 13

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.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Which of the following does NOT describe the impact of corporations on the American West?

Accepted Answer

A)  Scientific mining techniques introduced by corporate engineers displaced independent prospectors. 
B)  Lumber companies decimated coastal forests, inspiring the twentieth-century 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)  The necessary investments were beyond the means of the average farmer. 
A)  Scientific mining techniques introduced by corporate engineers displaced independent prospectors. 
B)  Lumber companies decimated coastal forests, inspiring the twentieth-century 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)  The necessary investments were beyond the means of the average farmer.

Question 15

An example of what the economist and social historian Thorstein Veblen meant by "conspicuous consumption" is:

Accepted Answer

A)  Mrs. Bradley Martin's costume ball. 
B)  an immigrant's purchase of bread. 
C)  the free services handed out by social reformers. 
D)  John D. Rockefeller's purchase of a competing company. 
E)  the social welfare services of European nations like Germany. 
A)  Mrs. Bradley Martin's costume ball. 
B)  an immigrant's purchase of bread. 
C)  the free services handed out by social reformers. 
D)  John D. Rockefeller's purchase of a competing company. 
E)  the social welfare services of European nations like Germany.

Question 16

William Cody:

Accepted Answer

A)  invented a form of public entertainment called vaudeville. 
B)  created a "Wild West" show that toured the United States and Europe. 
C)  was defeated at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. 
D)  never traveled west of the Mississippi River. 
E)  was a colonel in the U.S. army. 
A)  invented a form of public entertainment called vaudeville. 
B)  created a "Wild West" show that toured the United States and Europe. 
C)  was defeated at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. 
D)  never traveled west of the Mississippi River. 
E)  was a colonel in the U.S. army.

Question 17

The Social Gospel movement focused on attacking individual sins such as drinking and Sabbath-breaking.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

American workers received higher pay than their European counterparts,but their working conditions were more dangerous.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

All of the following factors contributed to explosive economic growth during the Gilded Age EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  availability of capital for investment. 
B)  a growing supply of labor. 
C)  abundant natural resources. 
D)  low tariffs. 
E)  federal land grants to railroads. 
A)  availability of capital for investment. 
B)  a growing supply of labor. 
C)  abundant natural resources. 
D)  low tariffs. 
E)  federal land grants to railroads.

Question 20

Thomas Edison:

Accepted Answer

A)  invented the typewriter. 
B)  was a governor of New Jersey. 
C)  pioneered the use of the telephone. 
D)  was a railroad owner. 
E)  invented, among other things, a system for generating and distributing electricity. 
A)  invented the typewriter. 
B)  was a governor of New Jersey. 
C)  pioneered the use of the telephone. 
D)  was a railroad owner. 
E)  invented, among other things, a system for generating and distributing electricity.

Exam 16: America’s Gilded Age,1870-1890

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Terence Powderly

Chief Joseph:

The idea for the Statue of Liberty originated as a response to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

Republican economic policies strongly favored the interests of northern industrialists.

What was the aim of Carlisle,a boarding school for Indians?

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

The Social Gospel:

Voter participation during the Gilded Age was never over 60 percent.

The term "Gilded Age" describes all of the following EXCEPT:

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Andrew Carnegie

The nineteenth-century labor movement argued that:

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.

Which of the following does NOT describe the impact of corporations on the American West?

An example of what the economist and social historian Thorstein Veblen meant by "conspicuous consumption" is:

William Cody:

The Social Gospel movement focused on attacking individual sins such as drinking and Sabbath-breaking.

American workers received higher pay than their European counterparts,but their working conditions were more dangerous.

All of the following factors contributed to explosive economic growth during the Gilded Age EXCEPT:

Thomas Edison:

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