Exam 19: The Rise of Corporate America, 1865-1914

All of the following women wrote about middle class women's growing discontentment with domesticity except 

In which year did the United States become the world's greatest industrial power?

The National Labor Union lasted less than a decade.

Senator ____________________ of South Carolina gained fame for denouncing the Cleveland administration and proclaiming his intention to "prod [the president] in his fat ribs" with a pitchfork.

In his book, Looking Backward, Edward Bellamy imagined the United States in the year 2000 when social inequality would not exist.

The Great Railway Strike and the Pullman Strike both took place during periods of economic downturns.

The Grange was formed before the Knights of Labor.

Explore the labor strife of the Gilded Age. Describe labor's goals, attempts to organize, and struggles with owners.

William Jennings Bryan was the first presidential candidate of the Populist Party.

William Jennings Bryan is noted for

Describe the role of the Populist Party in Gilded Age politics and evaluate its impact on American society.

The merger movement intensified as the depression lifted.

The head of the American Railway Union involved in the Pullman strike was

Explore the theory of Social Darwinism. Why was it so popular among native-born Americans at the turn of the century?

The most spectacular growth between 1878 and 1893 occurred in ____________________.

Republicans won the presidency and control of both houses of Congress in 1896.

Who were the critics of the American economic system during the Gilded Age? What were their criticisms? What did they propose?

The leader of the Knights of Labor was ____________________.

American Impressionism expressed middle class values.

​Through __________________, people in rural areas could still participate in the national consumer culture, purchasing many of the same items as people in cities.