Set organized labor back 40 years

Why did William Jennings Bryan lose the 1896 election?

Republicans outraised Democrats nearly 10 to 1

Which of the following was a direct long-term consequence of the event depicted in the image?

The creation of new communities and centers for commerce

What was the significance of the Bessemer Process?

The Bessemer process greatly reduced the cost of producing steel

How does this cartoon justify populist attitudes towards Congress following Coxey's Army?

The Senate are controlled by big business, not the people.

How did the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 impact the labor movement?

More people became sympathetic to unions

What is the intent of the author of this cartoon?

Americans are hypocritical about their views on immigrants.

What was the significance of the massacre at Wounded Knee in 1890?

It marked the end of Indian Resistance in the West.

What major shift allowed for the global migration of people in the late 19th Century?

Safe, cheap, fast transportation.

The federal government contributed to the building of the national rail network by:

providing free grants of federal land to the RRs

Which of the following could the artist be alluding to in this cartoon.

Chinese Exclusion Act, Dawes Act and Jim Crow Laws

Which is NOT a reason why buffalo were nearly hunted to extinction?

Miners needed to remove them to gain access to minerals

What did this cartoon demonstrate about the press's view of the patronage or spoils system?

Repaying favors w/ spoils was key for presidents, no matter what party.

What was one of the benefits for the North in passing the Homestead Act during the Civil War?

Farmers would grow vaulable agricultural products

Which of the following is LEAST associated with the Gilded Age?

Conservation of Natural Resources

The cartoon above best reflects which of the following continuities in U.S. History?

Debates over international trade restrictions

What was Tammany Hall?

The Democratic political machine of NYC

Why did many immigrants choose to live in ethnic enclaves in large cities?

to be in previously established immigrant communities in the cities

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1
These were organized to assist late 19th-century urban immigrants to adjust to life in the US:
The Federal Government
The Philanthropy of Business owners
Settlement Houses
Nativists
2
The Haymarket Riot
Abolished child labor
Set organized labor back 40 years
Destroyed unionism in American forever
Won the 8 hour workday
3
Which labor strike had severe repercussions for the Chicago World's Fair in 1894?
Homestead Strike
Pullman Strike
Haymarket Square Riot
Great Railroad Strike
4
Why did William Jennings Bryan lose the 1896 election?
Big business was able to divide populists
Populists did not turn out to the polls to vote
He was too weak to attack Republicans
Republicans outraised Democrats nearly 10 to 1
5
Which of the following was a direct long-term consequence of the event depicted in the image?
An increase debate over tariff and currency issues
An increase in the debate over assimilation/Americanization
The creation of new communities and centers for commerce
New cultural opportunities for city dwellers
6
Which of the following was not a cause of the Panic of 1873?
Worker strikes
drop in Euro investment in US
drop in Euro demand for US farm products
overexpansion of industry and rail
7
What was the significance of the Bessemer Process?
The Bessemer process revolutionized cotton gin production
The Bessemer process greatly reduced the cost of producing steel
The Bessemer process process allowed for the production of sythetic rubber
The Bessemer process created "forbidden" queso, now at Chipotle!
8
How does this cartoon justify populist attitudes towards Congress following Coxey's Army?
Congress is too bloated to do the real work for the people.
Their work could change the Senator's minds
The Senate are controlled by big business, not the people.
The Senate has too many rules making it impossible to govern
9
Why did debtors demand the coinage of silver?
To push for national banks to loan more money to farmers.
To prevent an economic collapse of U.S. banks
To pay off debts more cheaply
To prevent the Panic of 1893
10
Which of the following helped reduce disease in cities by removing biological waste?
Paved Roads
Storm Drains
Electric Trollies
Sewage Systems
11
Farmers had to adapt to new realities in the photo (McCormick Harvester shown) which required greater dependence on
tenant farming
The federal government
tariffs
railroads
12
How did the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 impact the labor movement?
Brought an end to the Knights of Labor
More people became sympathetic to unions
set labor relations back 40 years
Helped establish the Knights of Labor
13
What is the intent of the author of this cartoon?
Immigrants will bring crime to America.
Politicians would fight over the support of immigrants.
All Americans were once poor when they first came here.
Americans are hypocritical about their views on immigrants.
14
This law reforming civil service was passed following President Garfield's death
Homestead Act
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Pendleton Act
Dawes Act
15
Andrew Carnegie wrote this article where he described the responsibilities of the newly self-made rich.
Social Gospel in the New American City
Philanthropy and its Merits
Thoughts on Social Darwinism
The Gospel of Wealth
16
What invention helped bring an end to the western open ranges and the cowboys?
Packers
Railroads
Wounded Knee
Barbed Wire
17
The first labor union that favored boycotts over strikes.
American Federation of Labor
Knights of Labor
Teamsters
American Legion
18
Which of these groups would have the most in common with the ideas expressed by Gompers?
Southern Industrialists
The Supreme Court
Conservatives
Populists
19
John Rockefeller and Standard Oil used this form of business to create a monopoly.
Vertical Integration
Hormonal Integration
Horizontal Integration
Vigorous Integration
20
What was the significance of the massacre at Wounded Knee in 1890?
It wiped out the buffalo herds in North America.
It forced the US to adopt reservations for Native Americans.
It marked the end of Indian Resistance in the West.
It was the beginning of the bloody Apache and Crow War.
21
Considered by some historians to be the most corrupt administration in presidential history:
Benjamin Harrison
Rutherford B. Hayes
Ulysses S. Grant
James A. Garfield
22
According to this cartoon, the primary goal of the Dawes Severalty Act was to
Respond to military resistance from Native Americans
End tribal identities
Create new states that included Native Americans
Promote a larger reservation system
23
What major shift allowed for the global migration of people in the late 19th Century?
The U.S. had more jobs available than anywhere else.
Violence in Eastern Europe was driving many to leave.
Safe, cheap, fast transportation.
All jobs were now in cities.
24
What was the Sherman Anti-Trust Act used for once it passed? (Not its intended purpose)
to break the corruption in the Senate
to break up unions
to break up monopolies
to break up the People's Party
25
The federal government contributed to the building of the national rail network by:
building and operating the first transcontinental rail lines
providing free grants of federal land to the RRs
importing substantial numbers of Chinese to build Res
transporting the mail and other federal goods over RRs
26
In contrast to "Old" immigrants, "New" Immigrants came from which of the following areas?
Africa
Latin America
Southern and Eastern Europe
Northern and Western Europe
27
Which of the following could the artist be alluding to in this cartoon.
Indian Removal Act and Asian Exclusion Act
Chinese Exclusion Act, Dawes Act and Jim Crow Laws
Banning of all immigrants and minorities from thee U.S.
Literacy Tests for new immigrants
28
Used by Andrew Carnegie and Carnegie Steel to control all aspects of production of a product.
Diagonal Integration
Upward Integration
Vertical Integration
Horizontal Integration
29
Populists sought direct election of this group of leaders thought to be easily swayed by business.
U.S. Presidents
CEOs of Companies
U.S. Senators
U.S. Congressmen
30
Sponsored by western businesses to protect US manufacturing; it exacerbated the Panic of 1893
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Tariff of Abominations
McKinley Tariff
Interstate Commerce Act
31
Which is NOT a reason why buffalo were nearly hunted to extinction?
US government tacitly allowed their destruction to hurt NA population
Miners needed to remove them to gain access to minerals
Farmers and companies removed them for more farm land.
Ranchers needed them removed for cattle grazing
32
Granted citizenship and land to natives that gave up their customs and lived on reservations.
Native Lands Act
Indian Removal Act
Dawes Severalty Act
Homestead Act
33
What did this cartoon demonstrate about the press's view of the patronage or spoils system?
The "Presidential Puzzle" getting the right "piece" took was hard
The spoils system was in the best interest of efficient government.
Presidents had lots of control over laws and were above machine control
Repaying favors w/ spoils was key for presidents, no matter what party.
34
What was one of the benefits for the North in passing the Homestead Act during the Civil War?
Northern farmers could block out Southern farmers.
Southern business would be blocked from moving west.
Lincoln could outlaw slavery himself in the west.
Farmers would grow vaulable agricultural products
35
Which of the following is LEAST associated with the Gilded Age?
Conservation of Natural Resources
Consumption of Goods
Government subsidies for transportation and railroads
Business Consolidation
36
A direct result of the poorly used wealth of the upper class, according to Jacob Riis.
Immigration to America
The War of the Currents (AC vs DC)
Disease in big cities
Tenements and slums
37
The cartoon above best reflects which of the following continuities in U.S. History?
Laissez-faire economic policies
Debates over international trade restrictions
Urban vs Rural disputes
The rise of mechanization and new technology
38
What major business was targeted by the Interstate Commerce Act?
railroads
the steel industry
the oil industry
mechanized agro-business
39
What was Tammany Hall?
The Democratic political machine of NYC
The Republican political machine of NYC
The largest building at the World's Fair
The meeting place for the Populist Party
40
Why did many immigrants choose to live in ethnic enclaves in large cities?
to be in previously established immigrant communities in the cities
immigrants only planned to live in America for a brief time "sojourners"
better paying jobs and less crime
US outlawed immigrants from living in better neighborhoods

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