Gilded Age

The frontier thesis argues that the most important aspect of American westward expansion was

Short-lived agricultural enterprises that established the model for 20th century farming.

Henry George's "single tax" was a tax on millionaires.

Which of the following was NOT a factor leading to the demise of the cattle drive?

The Great Railroad Strike set the precedent that government would side with business over labor during the Gilded Age.

During the reservation era, bison on the Great Plains were hunted to near extinction.

Financiers like JP Morgan encouraged corporate consolidation to avoid "ruinous competition."

Popular author among the middle class who wrote "rags to riches" stories

Carnegie Steel practiced _____ integration by producing its own supplies and providing for distribution of its product.

In terms of socioeconomic status, the most upwardly mobile group of Americans during the Gilded Age was

Copper, tin, and rubber are all found in the West that drove industrial growth during the Gilded Age.

The "heartland of the 2nd industrial revolution" was

Moral reformers who believed government should outlaw harmful vices were called Social Gospelists.

The Haymarket Riot is considered a turning point in labor history because

The Knights of Labor rallied workers around the issue of

During the Gilded Age, courts adopted a negative definition of freedom that emphasized the right to _________.

During the Gilded Age, American industries and markets were heavily regulated by the government.

Through the Morrill Act, many state colleges benefited from the sale of indigenous lands in the west.

The Homestead Strike was the first mass action of industrial workers in US history.

To the Lakota, the climactic battle of the Great Sioux War is known as

Generally speaking, which of the following is true of Federal Indian boarding schools?

Rockefeller created a monopoly through ___ integration, in which a corporation acquires or merges with its competitors.

Edward Bellamy popularized the "cooperative commonwealth" in his utopian novel Looking Backward.

Industrialists hired private militias like the Pinkertons to suppress labor unrest.

The federal government did very little to promote western development after the Civil War.