Congress passed the Dawes Severalty Act in 1887 in order to

Force Native Americans to assimilate

Why did the Panic of 1873 occur?

Collapse of Jay Cooke & Company, Investors lost interest in railroads

Where did the term Gilded Age come from?

(Mark Twain) The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today

The Interstate Commerce Act and the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?

was ineffective in the regulation of business abuses.

What does this cartoon show?

Big business leaders had a hand in the government

Why did the Panic of 1893 occur?

Dwindling of gold reserves, Sherman Silver Purchase Act

Why was the Republican Party politically weak throughout the Gilded Age?

Bitter feuding between Half-Breeds and Stalwarts split party

What did Grover Cleveland think was the way to deal with the Depression of 1893-1897?

sell $62 million in gold to Wall Street bankers J. P. Morgan

In late 19 century cases dealing with the rights of blacks, the Supreme Court decided that?

racial segregation was allowed as long as equal facilities

What does Gilded Age mean?

Everything outside looks shiny but inside is dirty

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1
The Pullman Strike of 1894
None of the Above
Made Eugene V. Debs a national figure
All of the above
Halted Trains throughout the US
2
Congress passed the Dawes Severalty Act in 1887 in order to
Put Natives on reservation
Preserve Native American culture
Encourage Native Americans to move to Canada
Force Native Americans to assimilate
3
The strength of the Democratic party in the Gilded Age lay with?
western farmers
northern civil service reformers
White southerns
opponents to the tariff and civil service reform
4
The Pendleton Act was passed to
Print more paper money
Lower the Tariff
Control corrupt railroads
Reform Spoils System
5
Which of the following ended the reconstruction?
Panic of 1873
Compromise of 1877
Credit Mobilier
Panic of 1893
6
Why did the Panic of 1873 occur?
Collapse of Jay Cooke & Company
Sherman Silver Purchase Act
Investors lost interest in railroads
Dwindling of gold reserves
7
Where did the term Gilded Age come from?
(Upton Sinclair) The Jungle
(Charles Dickens) A Tale of Two Cities
(Mark Twain) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
(Mark Twain) The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today
8
The Interstate Commerce Act and the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?
created strong way for dealing with corrupt practices.
both outlawed rebates.
created price controls for industry.
was ineffective in the regulation of business abuses.
9
What does this cartoon show?
The congressmen during the gilded age were overweight
The congressmen had control over the businessmen
Big business leaders had a hand in the government
10
Fun trivia: First democratic president after Civil War
Harrison
Grant
Buchanan
Cleveland
11
William Jennings Bryan advocated for
Globalization
Gold Standard only
free coinage of silver
higher tariffs
12
Was the Gilded Age a Failure? (Yesterday's to be continued question)
50/50
No
other
Yes
13
Why did the Panic of 1893 occur?
Dwindling of gold reserves
Investors lost interest in railroads
Collapse of Jay Cooke & Company
Sherman Silver Purchase Act
14
Why was the Republican Party politically weak throughout the Gilded Age?
They were split over the tariff
All the President were Democrats
Bitter feuding between Half-Breeds and Stalwarts split party
They did not have any ideas for the country
15
Populists campaigned for all of the following except
A graduated income tax
Social Security
Nationalized Railroad
free silver
16
What did Grover Cleveland think was the way to deal with the Depression of 1893-1897?
sell $62 million in gold to Wall Street bankers J. P. Morgan
Enact Sherman Silver Purchase Act
cut a deal with Andrew Carnegie
purchase 3.5 million ounces of silver.
17
In late 19 century cases dealing with the rights of blacks, the Supreme Court decided that?
the Fifteenth Amendment were unconstitutional
racial segregation was allowed as long as equal facilities
14th Amendment gives due process of law to all
poll taxes and literacy tests were illegal.
18
What does Gilded Age mean?
everything on the surface looks dirty but is clean inside
The golden era, shiny from inside and outside
Everything was bad on the surface and inside
Everything outside looks shiny but inside is dirty
19
Membership in the Knights of Labor dwindled after
The homestead strike
Pullman strikes of 1877
depression of 1873
The Haymarket Square bombing
20
The National Labor Union and the Knights of Labor were similar in that both represented
only skilled
both skilled and unskilled
only unskilled
none of the above

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