Period 6: 1865-1898

Question 1

As labor and management battled over wages and working conditions,

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workers organized local and national unions, workers directly confronted business leaders, both of the above

Question 2

Many business leaders sought increased profits by

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consolidating corporations into trusts and holding companies

Question 3

Economic instability inspired agrarian activists to create the Populist Party, which called for

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stronger gov't regulation of the American economic system.

Question 4

Jane Addams is best known for her involvement with the

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Settlement House Movement, working to help immigrants adapt

Question 5

Many farmers created local and regional cooperative organizations as a response to

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increasing consolidation in agricultural markets, their dependence on the evolving railroad system

Question 6

New communities and centers of commercial activity were created due to

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All of the above, The building of transcontinental railroads, Business-friendly government policies, The discovery of mineral resources

Question 7

As Americans and immigrants debated immigration policy, they also debated the merits of

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assimilation ("Americanization") vs. a multicultural society

Question 8

Following the Civil War, new markets in North America were opened with the help of

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gov't subsidies for transportation and communication systems

Question 9

Urban neighborhoods based on particular ethnicities, races, and classes

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provided new cultural opportunities for city dwellers., (but the College Board only talks about #1 so...), (also they were segregated and treated unequally), (immigrants, POC, & the poor were often neglected by gov'ts)

Question 10

The U.S. government used military force to violate treaties with American Indians, eventually

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enforcing a reservation system & denying tribal sovereignty

Question 11

New tech, natural resources, new mgmt. structures, marketing, and a growing work force

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let businesses dramatically increase production of goods.

Question 12

Major sources of political discord in the Gilded Era included

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lingering Civil War-era tensions, tariffs, accusations of corruption, currency

Question 13

The middle class and consumer culture grew due to

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increased access to educational institutions, all of the above, Corporations’ need for managers and clerical workers, a growing amount of leisure time

Question 14

The industrial workforce of the late 1800s expanded and became more diverse through

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internal and international migration

Question 15

In an urban atmosphere where the access to power was unequally distributed

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political machines thrived, in part by helping immigrants

Question 16

Many women sought greater equality with men by

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seeking education, becoming active in reform movements, both of the above

Question 17

Violent conflict in the west increased due to

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all of the above, settlers trying to take land from its owners, the decimation of the bison, increasing migrant populations

Question 18

Despite calls for an industrialized "New South" the Southern economy still relied on

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agriculture based on sharecropping and tenant farming

Question 19

Artists and critics who championed alternative visions for the economy and US society included

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utopians, socialists, advocates of the Social Gospel, agrarians

Question 20

As prices decreased due to increased production,

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Americans had access to new goods and services, many Americans’ standards of living improved, the gap between rich and poor grew., all of the above

Question 21

Businesses and gov't increasingly looked abroad in an effort to gain influence and control over

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markets and resources in the Pacific, Asia, and Latin Am.

Question 22

Migrants moved to both rural and boomtown areas of the West for opportunities, such as

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mining, farming and ranching, building the railroads

Question 23

The Sup. Ct. decision marking the end of political gains for Af. Americans from Reconstruction

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was Plessy v. Ferguson, which upheld "separate but equal"

Question 24

The argument that the wealthy had an obligation to help the less fortunate and improve society

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was known as the Gospel of Wealth and led to philanthropy

Question 25

Many supporters of big business argued that laissez-faire policies and competition

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led to economic growth & made gov't intervention unnecessary

Question 26

Improvements in mechanization helped agricultural production increase substantially and

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contributed to declines in food prices.

Question 27

Social commentators justified the success of those at the top of the socioeconomic system via

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Social Darwinism

Question 28

As factories and businesses led to growth in Northern cities, those cities attracted

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immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe, immigrants from Asia, all of the above, African-American migrants from the South

Period 6: 1865-1898

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Period 6: 1865-1898

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