GIVE ME LIBERTY! by Eric Foner Chapter 16

Which of the following was not a theme of Social Darwinism?

By and large, the poor have only themselves to blame for their misfortune.

Charles Darwin's scientific theories help to explain—and justify—class inequalities in industrial society.

The growing gulf between the haves and the have-nots poses a dire threat to American freedom.

Government initiatives to ease the hardships of the poor are misguided.

The growing gulf between the haves and the have-nots poses a dire threat to American freedom.

What was the name of the organization that sought to organize both skilled and unskilled workers, women as well as men, blacks along with whites, and achieved a membership of nearly 800,000 in 1886?

the Congress of Industrial Organizations

the Knights of Labor

the Workingman's Union

the American Federation of Labor

the Knights of Labor

The 1887 Dawes Act:

established federal railroad rates, making interlocking directorates illegal.

guaranteed federal employees an eight-hour day.

established a federal minimum wage law for women and children.

led to the loss of tribal lands and the erosion of Indian cultural traditions.

Led to the loss of tribal lands and the erosion of Indian cultural traditions

The spirit of innovation contributed importantly to the dynamic and expansive growth of the American economy in the late nineteenth century. Which of the following was not an innovation of the 1870s and 1880s?

handheld camera

typewriter

telephone

the airplane

the airplane

Two of the Gilded Age's leading business figures were:

Terence V. Powderly and William Graham Sumner.

Thomas A. Scott and Andrew Carnegie.

Henry Demarest Lloyd and John D. Rockefeller.

Henry George and Thomas A. Edison

Thomas A. Scott and Andrew Carnegie

Which of the following series of events is listed in proper sequence?

founding of Knights of Labor; Haymarket Affair; Great Railroad Strike of 1877; close of Reconstruction

Sherman Antitrust Act; Interstate Commerce Act; Civil Service Act; Panic of 1873

Munn v. Illinois; Wabash v. Illinois; Interstate Commerce Act; Lochner v. New York

Dawes Act; Wounded Knee massacre; Ghost Dance campaign; battle of Little Big Horn

Munn v. Illinois; Wabash v. Illinois; Interstate Commerce Act; Lochner v. New York

Which of the following can be associated with the death of the Knights of Labor?

Haymarket Square

Carnegie Steel Strike

International Ladies' Garment Workers Union Strike

Great Railroad Strike

Haymarket Square

The phrase that best captures the vision of the Knights of Labor is:

Survival of the fittest.

Laissez-faire

Liberty of contract.

Cooperative commonwealth.

Cooperative Commonwealth

The politics of Gilded Age America was said to be:

an era of golden opportunity for migrants, immigrants, and Native Americans.

a time of dishonesty and corruption in which corporations battled each other for special consideration by local state and federal governments.

a golden age, like that of the period of the American founding, in the late eighteenth century.

a glittering Jazz Age and time for youthful rebellion.

a time of dishonesty and corruption in which corporations battled each other for special consideration by local state and federal governments.

Which was not a central factor in the explosive economic growth in the second Industrial Revolution?

the country's abundant natural resources

growing supply of labor

low tariffs

expanded markets for manufactured goods

Low tariffs

Which of the following was not a major reason for the decline and subjugation of the American Indian?

The U.S. government regularly broke treaties designating which land would remain in the hands of the Indians.

The widespread image of Indians as barbaric discouraged measures to protect their independence.

Valuable natural resources out West gave U.S. settlers a powerful incentive to remove Indians.

Indifference to the advantages of guns and horses weakened Indian resistance to U.S. military power.

Indifference to the advantages of guns and horses weakened Indian resistance to U.S. military power.

In which industry did Andrew Carnegie make his fortune?

steamboats

mercantile

oil

steel

steel

According to Eric Foner, the federal government contributed to the dynamic and expansive growth of the American economy in the late nineteenth century by:

ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment, and guaranteeing women the right to vote.

granting land to railroads, removing Indians from desirable lands in the West, and enacting high tariffs.

banning segregation in federal buildings, and offering free education to freemen.

enacting federal child labor laws, minimum wage laws, and maximum power laws.

granting land to railroads, removing Indians from desirable lands in the West, and enacting high tariffs.

All of the following were "captains of industry" except:

Andrew Carnegie.

John D. Rockefeller.

Samuel Gompers.

J.P. Morgan.

Samuel Gompers.

The industrial revolution in the United States took place principally in:

the mid-Atlantic states and the Southwest.

the Southwest and Northwest.

the Northeast and the Midwest.

the Southeast and Southwest.

the Northeast and the Midwest.

Which of the following was John D. Rockefeller's company?

Standard Oil Company

U.S. Steel

Triangle Shirtwaist Company

Union Pacific Railroad

Standard Oil Company

Which of the following was not true of the second industrial revolution?

More than any other sector, the railroad was the engine of the industrialization.

A boom in automobile manufacture spurred the rise of oil, rubber, and steel production.

Some companies beat out the competition by taking over more stages of production and distribution.

Some companies rose to dominance by operating at a loss and underselling their rivals.

A boom in automobile manufacture spurred the rise of oil, rubber, and steel production.

The first federal agency intended to regulate economic activity, and ensure that railroad rates were reasonable, and favoritism was avoided was:

The Sherman Antitrust Act.

The Dawes Act.

The Interstate Commerce Commission.

The Civil Service Act.

The Interstate Commerce Commission.

In the late nineteenth century, the Republican Party found particularly strong support among all of the following except:

Union veterans.

Protestant immigrants.

African-Americans.

Irish Americans.

Irish Americans.

In 1890, the distribution of wealth in the United States was:

equal.

unknown, as data on wealth was not then collected

about equally distributed.

the top 1 percent of Americans owned more property than the remaining 99 percent

the top 1 percent of Americans owned more property than the remaining 99 percent

Which of these did "Reconstruction" follow?

Election of 1876

The Era of Good Feelings

the Spanish American War

the Civil War

the Civil War

Which of the following best describes the Ghost Dance?

an Irish folk dance

an Anasazi dance paying tribute to Kokopelli

a traditional rain dance

feared by U.S. Army officials

feared by U.S. Army officials

Which census revealed for the first time that there were more non-farming jobs than farming jobs in the United States?

1860

1880

1870

1900

1880

Which of the following was not a focus of debate between Democrats and Republicans during the Gilded Age?

laws governing cultural habits

federal income tax levels

tariffs on imported goods

memories of the Civil War and Reconstruction

federal income tax levels

After 1890, most immigrants were:

from northern and western Europe

of Teutonic and Celtic origin

Jews and Catholics

from Mexico

Jews and Catholics

Which of the following was not a key episode of the "great upheaval" of 1886?

nationwide demonstrations for an eight-hour day

Henry George's New York mayoral campaign

America's first nationwide railroad strike

the Haymarket Affair

America's first nationwide railroad strike

What was the book in which Henry George proposed a "single tax" on real estate that would replace all other taxes?

Civic Engagement

Progress and Poverty

The Cooperative Commonwealth

Looking Backward

Progress and Poverty

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the years from 1873 to 1897 were known as:

the Jazz Age.

the Great Depression.

Reconstruction.

the Age of Jackson.

the Great Depression