Question 1

How were skilled workers able to secure new freedoms for themselves in rapidly expanding industries?

Accepted Answer

A)  Their knowledge allowed them to control the production process and the training of apprentices. 
B)  They had the ability to advance to managerial positions and from there into the executive boardrooms of big industry. 
C)  They were able to market their skills by training young apprentices in exchange for high fees. 
D)  The ownership and control over their shops and tools made their trades unattractive for industrial competition. 
E)  Skilled workers tended to be more radical and used strikes and violent uprisings to secure better wages. 
A)  Their knowledge allowed them to control the production process and the training of apprentices. 
B)  They had the ability to advance to managerial positions and from there into the executive boardrooms of big industry. 
C)  They were able to market their skills by training young apprentices in exchange for high fees. 
D)  The ownership and control over their shops and tools made their trades unattractive for industrial competition. 
E)  Skilled workers tended to be more radical and used strikes and violent uprisings to secure better wages.

Question 2

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Thomas Edison

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 3

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

Accepted Answer

Bonanza farms were very large farms in t

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

The Knights of Labor, officially known a

Question 5

Racial and ethnic groups added their own elements to the western myth,including celebrating the Mexican-American outlaw,Gregorio Cortez.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Which statement about the theory of Social Darwinism is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  The theory borrowed language from Charles Darwin. 
B)  The theory argued that evolution was as natural a process in human society as in nature and that government must not interfere. 
C)  The theory argued that failure to advance in society indicated a lack of character. 
D)  The theory argued that freedom required frank acceptance of inequality. 
E)  The theory argued that the "deserving poor" only included children. 
A)  The theory borrowed language from Charles Darwin. 
B)  The theory argued that evolution was as natural a process in human society as in nature and that government must not interfere. 
C)  The theory argued that failure to advance in society indicated a lack of character. 
D)  The theory argued that freedom required frank acceptance of inequality. 
E)  The theory argued that the "deserving poor" only included children.

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 8

In 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:

Accepted Answer

A)  class warfare and the growing power of concentrated capital. 
B)  increasing power of the executive branch of government and lack of checks and balances. 
C)  the rapid migration of African-Americans from the South to the industrial North, and their increased voting power. 
D)  the increased numbers of immigrants from southern and eastern Europe who brought dangerous socialist ideas to the masses. 
E)  the momentum gained by women in their efforts to win suffrage and other rights in the public realm. 
A)  class warfare and the growing power of concentrated capital. 
B)  increasing power of the executive branch of government and lack of checks and balances. 
C)  the rapid migration of African-Americans from the South to the industrial North, and their increased voting power. 
D)  the increased numbers of immigrants from southern and eastern Europe who brought dangerous socialist ideas to the masses. 
E)  the momentum gained by women in their efforts to win suffrage and other rights in the public realm.

Question 9

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

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 10

Union leader John Mitchell explained that the court system was guaranteeing liberties that the workers did not want and denying them the liberty that was of real value to them.Explain what he meant by this statement.How were the courts defining liberty and freedom?

Accepted Answer

John Mitchell's statement reflects the p

Question 11

How did the American Catholic Church act during the Gilded Age?

Accepted Answer

A)  American Catholics grew increasingly apart from their fellow believers in Europe. 
B)  The American Catholic Church saw a growing number of clergy advocate social justice and reform. 
C)  Afraid of a schism between wealthy and poor Catholics, the Church instead turned its attention to the defense of marriage and parental control. 
D)  Overwhelmed by the radicals of largely Catholic southern European labor organizers, the Church distanced itself from its traditional stand for social justice and equality. 
E)  Eager to ward off criticisms of "papal rule," the American Catholic Church denounced the Vatican. 
A)  American Catholics grew increasingly apart from their fellow believers in Europe. 
B)  The American Catholic Church saw a growing number of clergy advocate social justice and reform. 
C)  Afraid of a schism between wealthy and poor Catholics, the Church instead turned its attention to the defense of marriage and parental control. 
D)  Overwhelmed by the radicals of largely Catholic southern European labor organizers, the Church distanced itself from its traditional stand for social justice and equality. 
E)  Eager to ward off criticisms of "papal rule," the American Catholic Church denounced the Vatican.

How were skilled workers able to secure new freedoms for themselves in rapidly expanding industries?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Thomas Edison

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

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

Racial and ethnic groups added their own elements to the western myth,including celebrating the Mexican-American outlaw,Gregorio Cortez.

Which statement about the theory of Social Darwinism is FALSE?

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

In 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:

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

Union leader John Mitchell explained that the court system was guaranteeing liberties that the workers did not want and denying them the liberty that was of real value to them.Explain what he meant by this statement.How were the courts defining liberty and freedom?

How did the American Catholic Church act during the Gilded Age?

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

How were skilled workers able to secure new freedoms for themselves in rapidly expanding industries?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Thomas Edison

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

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

Racial and ethnic groups added their own elements to the western myth,including celebrating the Mexican-American outlaw,Gregorio Cortez.

Which statement about the theory of Social Darwinism is FALSE?

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

In 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:

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

Union leader John Mitchell explained that the court system was guaranteeing liberties that the workers did not want and denying them the liberty that was of real value to them.Explain what he meant by this statement.How were the courts defining liberty and freedom?

How did the American Catholic Church act during the Gilded Age?

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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