Question 1

Which of the following properly assesses the significance of wage labor in industrializing America during the Gilded Age?

Accepted Answer

A)  More and more Americans viewed wage labor as a temporary stop on the path to independence. 
B)  Unfree working conditions in Gilded Age industries largely made traditional wage labor a thing of the past. 
C)  Workers understood wage labor to be the key advantage of American industries over European competitors. 
D)  More and more Americans experienced wage labor as a permanent condition on the edge of poverty. 
E)  The introduction of freelancing and independent contract work made wage labor increasingly irrelevant. 
A)  More and more Americans viewed wage labor as a temporary stop on the path to independence. 
B)  Unfree working conditions in Gilded Age industries largely made traditional wage labor a thing of the past. 
C)  Workers understood wage labor to be the key advantage of American industries over European competitors. 
D)  More and more Americans experienced wage labor as a permanent condition on the edge of poverty. 
E)  The introduction of freelancing and independent contract work made wage labor increasingly irrelevant.

Question 2

Bonanza farms:

Accepted Answer

A)  were small, self-sufficient farms. 
B)  were the sharecropping farms found in the South. 
C)  typically had thousands of acres of land or more. 
D)  were free homesteads in California. 
E)  were settled along the railroad lines of the Union Pacific. 
A)  were small, self-sufficient farms. 
B)  were the sharecropping farms found in the South. 
C)  typically had thousands of acres of land or more. 
D)  were free homesteads in California. 
E)  were settled along the railroad lines of the Union Pacific.

Question 3

What role did the government play in defining,protecting,and/or limiting the liberty of American workers during the Gilded Age?

Accepted Answer

During the Gilded Age, the government pl

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Jacob Riis

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 6

Before the Civil War,most Chinese arrivals in the American West were single men,but by the 1870s,Chinese families had begun to arrive.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

How did the labor movement launch a sustained assault on the understanding of freedom grounded in Social Darwinism and in the liberty of contract?

Accepted Answer

The labor movement launched a sustained

Question 8

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-William G.Sumner

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 9

Elections during the Gilded Age:

Accepted Answer

A)  suffered from low voter turnout. 
B)  brought an end to Democratic control of the South. 
C)  were closely contested affairs. 
D)  suffered from a lack of party loyalty among voters. 
E)  were generally quiet affairs with few rallies or speeches. 
A)  suffered from low voter turnout. 
B)  brought an end to Democratic control of the South. 
C)  were closely contested affairs. 
D)  suffered from a lack of party loyalty among voters. 
E)  were generally quiet affairs with few rallies or speeches.

Question 10

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-John D.Rockefeller

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 11

What did the books of Henry George,Laurence Gronlond,and Edward Bellamy all have in common?

Accepted Answer

A)  They relied on the new narrative style of science fiction to forecast the decline of the United States. 
B)  They all sparkled with unique economic observations but lacked ideas for reform or change. 
C)  They all praised the liberty and freedom of the American market economy, yet were all written by immigrants. 
D)  They all offered decidedly optimistic remedies for the unequal distribution of wealth. 
E)  They all relied heavily on the latest trends in sociological research. 
A)  They relied on the new narrative style of science fiction to forecast the decline of the United States. 
B)  They all sparkled with unique economic observations but lacked ideas for reform or change. 
C)  They all praised the liberty and freedom of the American market economy, yet were all written by immigrants. 
D)  They all offered decidedly optimistic remedies for the unequal distribution of wealth. 
E)  They all relied heavily on the latest trends in sociological research.

Question 12

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Chief Joseph

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 13

The Knights of Labor:

Accepted Answer

A)  was an inclusive organization that advocated for a vast array of reforms. 
B)  organized only skilled, white, native-born workers. 
C)  did not admit women. 
D)  never had more than a few hundred members. 
E)  cooperated with big business. 
A)  was an inclusive organization that advocated for a vast array of reforms. 
B)  organized only skilled, white, native-born workers. 
C)  did not admit women. 
D)  never had more than a few hundred members. 
E)  cooperated with big business.

Question 14

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Nicola Tesla

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 15

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 16

By 1890,the majority of Americans:

Accepted Answer

A)  worked as farmers. 
B)  worked as independent craftsmen. 
C)  worked in the mining industry. 
D)  were moving into the middle class. 
E)  worked for wages. 
A)  worked as farmers. 
B)  worked as independent craftsmen. 
C)  worked in the mining industry. 
D)  were moving into the middle class. 
E)  worked for wages.

Question 17

Sitting Bull stated,"The life my people want is a life of freedom." Likewise,Chief Joseph simply asked the government for equal rights enshrined by the laws.Describe what freedom meant to the Indians and how that conflicted with the interests and values of most white Americans.Also,explain why white Americans did not allow Indians the opportunity to have American citizenship.

Accepted Answer

Freedom to the Native Americans meant th

Question 18

Nineteenth-century Americans imagined the "Wild West" as all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  a distant, timeless place, uncorrupted by civilization. 
B)  isolated farms, where men and women carved out difficult lives on the Great Plains. 
C)  a violent frontier recounted through dime novels and prolific newspaper stories. 
D)  a spectacle of adventure as portrayed by vaudeville shows featuring famous battle reenactments and real Indian warriors. 
E)  an uncivilized space that ended at the Rocky mountains. 
A)  a distant, timeless place, uncorrupted by civilization. 
B)  isolated farms, where men and women carved out difficult lives on the Great Plains. 
C)  a violent frontier recounted through dime novels and prolific newspaper stories. 
D)  a spectacle of adventure as portrayed by vaudeville shows featuring famous battle reenactments and real Indian warriors. 
E)  an uncivilized space that ended at the Rocky mountains.

Question 19

Which of the following properly assesses the direction of the "Christian lobby" in the Gilded Age?

Accepted Answer

A)  These mainstream Protestant reformers looked for structural change. 
B)  These Christian political organizations focused primarily on civil rights issues. 
C)  The "Christian lobby" sought more to legislate individual morality rather than to improve society. 
D)  Activists from the Bible Belt steered clear of hot-button issues like sexual violence or birth control. 
E)  Protestant reformers of the Gilded Age typically made common cause with labor unions. 
A)  These mainstream Protestant reformers looked for structural change. 
B)  These Christian political organizations focused primarily on civil rights issues. 
C)  The "Christian lobby" sought more to legislate individual morality rather than to improve society. 
D)  Activists from the Bible Belt steered clear of hot-button issues like sexual violence or birth control. 
E)  Protestant reformers of the Gilded Age typically made common cause with labor unions.

Question 20

Elk v.Wilkins (1884)agreed with lower court rulings that the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments did not apply to Indians.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

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

Which of the following properly assesses the significance of wage labor in industrializing America during the Gilded Age?

Bonanza farms:

What role did the government play in defining,protecting,and/or limiting the liberty of American workers during the Gilded Age?

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

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Jacob Riis

Before the Civil War,most Chinese arrivals in the American West were single men,but by the 1870s,Chinese families had begun to arrive.

How did the labor movement launch a sustained assault on the understanding of freedom grounded in Social Darwinism and in the liberty of contract?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -William G.Sumner

Elections during the Gilded Age:

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -John D.Rockefeller

What did the books of Henry George,Laurence Gronlond,and Edward Bellamy all have in common?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Chief Joseph

The Knights of Labor:

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Nicola Tesla

By 1890,the majority of Americans:

Nineteenth-century Americans imagined the "Wild West" as all of the following EXCEPT:

Which of the following properly assesses the direction of the "Christian lobby" in the Gilded Age?

Elk v.Wilkins (1884)agreed with lower court rulings that the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments did not apply to Indians.

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Creating Anglo-America,1660-1750

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The American Revolution,1763-1783

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The Market Revolution,1800-1840

Democracy in America,1815-1840

The Peculiar Institution

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A House Divided,1840-1861

A New Birth of Freedom: The Civil War,1861-1865

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Freedom’s Boundaries,at Home and Abroad,1890-1900

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The New Deal,1932-1940

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