Question 1

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-trusts

Accepted Answer

A) merit system for federal employees 
B) believed that equality of wealth was required for freedom 
C) a corrupt political machine 
D) a combination of corporations to establish a monopoly 
E) Indians were not American citizens
F)buying out one's competitors
G)controlling every phase of a business
H)broke up tribal lands
I)spending money simply to show off wealth
J)survival of the fittest
K)covered in gold
L)covered thousands of acres 
A) merit system for federal employees 
B) believed that equality of wealth was required for freedom 
C) a corrupt political machine 
D) a combination of corporations to establish a monopoly 
E) Indians were not American citizens
F)buying out one's competitors
G)controlling every phase of a business
H)broke up tribal lands
I)spending money simply to show off wealth
J)survival of the fittest
K)covered in gold
L)covered thousands of acres

Question 2

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-bonanza farm

Accepted Answer

A) merit system for federal employees 
B) believed that equality of wealth was required for freedom 
C) a corrupt political machine 
D) a combination of corporations to establish a monopoly 
E) Indians were not American citizens
F)buying out one's competitors
G)controlling every phase of a business
H)broke up tribal lands
I)spending money simply to show off wealth
J)survival of the fittest
K)covered in gold
L)covered thousands of acres 
A) merit system for federal employees 
B) believed that equality of wealth was required for freedom 
C) a corrupt political machine 
D) a combination of corporations to establish a monopoly 
E) Indians were not American citizens
F)buying out one's competitors
G)controlling every phase of a business
H)broke up tribal lands
I)spending money simply to show off wealth
J)survival of the fittest
K)covered in gold
L)covered thousands of acres

Question 3

Which of the following properly assesses the significance of the passage of the Sherman Antitrust Act in 1890?

Accepted Answer

A)  The passage of the law was a Republican triumph in an era of Democratic dominance. 
B)  The law triggered an avalanche of frivolous lawsuits that would tarnish the reputation of anti-monopolists for years. 
C)  The law was so finely grained and complicated that few prosecutors in the country dared to apply it. 
D)  The law established a precedent that the national government could regulate the economy in the interest of the public good. 
E)  The law had the unintended consequence of empowering unions and socialist organizations. 
A)  The passage of the law was a Republican triumph in an era of Democratic dominance. 
B)  The law triggered an avalanche of frivolous lawsuits that would tarnish the reputation of anti-monopolists for years. 
C)  The law was so finely grained and complicated that few prosecutors in the country dared to apply it. 
D)  The law established a precedent that the national government could regulate the economy in the interest of the public good. 
E)  The law had the unintended consequence of empowering unions and socialist organizations.

Question 4

The Civil Service Act of 1883:

Accepted Answer

A)  created a merit system for government workers. 
B)  favored candidates with political influence. 
C)  was passed in response to the assassination of President Lincoln. 
D)  applied only to women. 
E)  applied only to elected officeholders. 
A)  created a merit system for government workers. 
B)  favored candidates with political influence. 
C)  was passed in response to the assassination of President Lincoln. 
D)  applied only to women. 
E)  applied only to elected officeholders.

Question 5

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 6

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

Accepted Answer

Social Darwinism is a theory that applie

Question 7

The Knights of Labor raised the question of whether meaningful freedom could exist in a situation of extreme economic inequality.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-conspicuous consumption

Accepted Answer

A) merit system for federal employees 
B) believed that equality of wealth was required for freedom 
C) a corrupt political machine 
D) a combination of corporations to establish a monopoly 
E) Indians were not American citizens
F)buying out one's competitors
G)controlling every phase of a business
H)broke up tribal lands
I)spending money simply to show off wealth
J)survival of the fittest
K)covered in gold
L)covered thousands of acres 
A) merit system for federal employees 
B) believed that equality of wealth was required for freedom 
C) a corrupt political machine 
D) a combination of corporations to establish a monopoly 
E) Indians were not American citizens
F)buying out one's competitors
G)controlling every phase of a business
H)broke up tribal lands
I)spending money simply to show off wealth
J)survival of the fittest
K)covered in gold
L)covered thousands of acres

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

Henry George (1839–1897) was an influent

Question 10

Compare the motives and methods of the various social reformers active in the Gilded Age.How did the efforts of thinkers such as Henry George,Laurence Gronlund,and Edward Bellamy differ from those of the Protestant and Social Gospel reformers of the period? Were any of these approaches more successful than others? Why,or why not?

Accepted Answer

During the Gilded Age, various social re

Question 11

Both Andrew Carnegie and John D.Rockefeller amassed huge fortunes through vertical integration.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

In How the Other Half Lives,Jacob Riis:

Accepted Answer

A)  highlighted the benefits of the second industrial revolution. 
B)  discussed the lives of wealthy Americans. 
C)  focused on the wretched conditions of New York City slums. 
D)  provided a fictional account of life in 1890. 
E)  wrote about captains of industry. 
A)  highlighted the benefits of the second industrial revolution. 
B)  discussed the lives of wealthy Americans. 
C)  focused on the wretched conditions of New York City slums. 
D)  provided a fictional account of life in 1890. 
E)  wrote about captains of industry.

Question 13

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Edward Bellamy

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 14

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Eight-Hour-Day movement

Accepted Answer

The Eight-Hour-Day movement was a signif

Question 15

Chinese immigrants to the West:

Accepted Answer

A)  were exclusively single men, particularly after the Civil War. 
B)  concentrated primarily in the Pacific Northwest, where lumber and fishing jobs were plentiful. 
C)  grew to several million in number by the 1890s, due to the absence of federal immigration quotas. 
D)  worked in shoe and cigar factories in western cities. 
E)  were exclusively women working as domestics. 
A)  were exclusively single men, particularly after the Civil War. 
B)  concentrated primarily in the Pacific Northwest, where lumber and fishing jobs were plentiful. 
C)  grew to several million in number by the 1890s, due to the absence of federal immigration quotas. 
D)  worked in shoe and cigar factories in western cities. 
E)  were exclusively women working as domestics.

Question 16

John Wesley Powell warned that the western region's arid land would require large-scale irrigation projects and cooperative,communal farming to prosper.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Andrew Carnegie and John D.Rockefeller:

Accepted Answer

A)  faced no criticism for their business practices. 
B)  led the way in social reform. 
C)  advocated government regulation of business. 
D)  built up giant corporations that dominated their respective markets. 
E)  were both immigrants. 
A)  faced no criticism for their business practices. 
B)  led the way in social reform. 
C)  advocated government regulation of business. 
D)  built up giant corporations that dominated their respective markets. 
E)  were both immigrants.

Question 18

Looking Backward was the first book to popularize socialist ideas for an American audience.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Most nineteenth-century Indians were willing to assimilate and give up their tribal identity for citizenship.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

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

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

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -trusts

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -bonanza farm

Which of the following properly assesses the significance of the passage of the Sherman Antitrust Act in 1890?

The Civil Service Act of 1883:

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

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

The Knights of Labor raised the question of whether meaningful freedom could exist in a situation of extreme economic inequality.

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -conspicuous consumption

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

Both Andrew Carnegie and John D.Rockefeller amassed huge fortunes through vertical integration.

In How the Other Half Lives,Jacob Riis:

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Edward Bellamy

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Eight-Hour-Day movement

Chinese immigrants to the West:

John Wesley Powell warned that the western region's arid land would require large-scale irrigation projects and cooperative,communal farming to prosper.

Andrew Carnegie and John D.Rockefeller:

Looking Backward was the first book to popularize socialist ideas for an American audience.

Most nineteenth-century Indians were willing to assimilate and give up their tribal identity for citizenship.

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.

A New World

Beginnings of English America,1607-1660

Creating Anglo-America,1660-1750

Slavery,Freedom,and the Struggle for Empire to 1763

The American Revolution,1763-1783

The Revolution Within

Founding a Nation,1783-1791

Securing the Republic,1790-1815

The Market Revolution,1800-1840

Democracy in America,1815-1840

The Peculiar Institution

An Age of Reform,1820-1840

A House Divided,1840-1861

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

What Is Freedom?”: Reconstruction,1865-1877

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

The Progressive Era,1900-1916

Safe for Democracy: The United States and World War I,1916-1920

From Business Culture to Great Depression: The Twenties,1920-1932

The New Deal,1932-1940

Fighting for the Four Freedoms: World War II,1941-1945

The United States and the Cold War,1945-1953

An Affluent Society,1953-1960

The Sixties,1960-1968

The Triumph of Conservatism,1969-1988

From Triumph to Tragedy,1989–2001

A New Century and New Crises

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