Question 1

Describe how the industrial revolution created new forms of freedom for some workers while restricting some freedoms for others.How did industrialization affect all workers? Be careful not to generalize.

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The industrial revolution created new fo...

Question 2

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-horizontal integration

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A)  merit system for federal employees
B)  believed that equality of wealth was required for freedom
C)  a corrupt political machine
D)  a combination of corporations to establish a monopoly
E)  Indians were not American citizensF) buying out one's competitorsG) controlling every phase of a businessH) broke up tribal landsI) spending money simply to show off wealthJ) survival of the fittestK) covered in goldL) covered thousands of acres

Question 3

What criticism did Henry Demarest Lloyd leverage against Rockefeller's Standard Oil in Wealth against Commonwealth (1892) ?

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A)   Rockefeller's oil corporation was excessively competitive.
B)   Standard Oil was overcharging end-consumers of their products.
C)   Standard Oil was employing more foreigners than Americans.
D)   Rockefeller's corporation was violating regulations at the New York stock market.
E)   Standard Oil was undermining fair competition in the marketplace.

Question 4

How did the second industrial revolution transform the economy of the American West? Discuss the specific ways corporations affected economic development in the region,as well as the nature of the work itself and its impact on western workers.

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The second industrial revolution had a p...

Question 5

Henry George offered a(n) __________ as a solution for the problem of inequality in America.

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A)   low-income housing program
B)   single tax
C)   immigration restriction law
D)   Communist platform
E)   forced Americanization program

Question 6

Which statement about the Haymarket Affair is FALSE?

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A)   A bomb exploded, killing a police officer.
B)   The Knights of Labor was directly responsible for the violence that took place at Haymarket.
C)   Employers took the opportunity to paint the labor movement as a dangerous and un-American force prone to violence and controlled by foreign-born radicals.
D)   Seven of the eight men accused of plotting the Haymarket bombing were foreign born.
E)   Laborers were gathered at Haymarket Square to demonstrate for an eight-hour workday.

Question 7

Which of the following properly assesses the significance of the Great Railroad Strike of 1877?

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A)   The strike signaled the power of labor unions and the beginning of the socialist challenge to American democracy.
B)   The event highlighted the need for Republicans to address southern economic inequality, not only racial discrimination.
C)   The railroad strike signaled the nation's shift from southern reconstruction to the question of labor and class tensions.
D)   The strike underlined the rising expectations among industrial workers in times of economic growth and prosperity.
E)   The strike marked the beginning of the end of the railroad industry and prompted the development of the automobile.

Question 8

Which of the following statements about nineteenth-century Chinese immigrants to the United States is accurate?

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A)   Unlike Europeans, Chinese immigrants were too poor to send letters or money home to relatives.
B)   After the completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869, most Chinese immigrants were unable to find additional work and returned to China.
C)   Chinese immigrants rarely worked in western mines after the Civil War, thanks to Anglo resentment and the lack of demand for cheap labor.
D)   By 1880, three-fourths of Chinese immigrants lived in California, where many worked on farms.
E)   Most women migrated east via the transcontinental railroad to work as domestics.

Question 9

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Tweed Ring

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A)  merit system for federal employees
B)  believed that equality of wealth was required for freedom
C)  a corrupt political machine
D)  a combination of corporations to establish a monopoly
E)  Indians were not American citizensF) buying out one's competitorsG) controlling every phase of a businessH) broke up tribal landsI) spending money simply to show off wealthJ) survival of the fittestK) covered in goldL) covered thousands of acres

Question 10

The economy surged forward between 1870 and 1890,bringing prosperity and growth with only minor disruptions.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The second industrial revolution was marked by:

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A)   a return to handmade goods.
B)   a more equalized distribution of wealth.
C)   the rapid expansion of industry across the South.
D)   the acceleration of factory production and increased activity in the mining and railroad industries.
E)   a decline in the growth of cities.

Question 12

After the Haymarket Affair,employers took the opportunity to paint the labor movement as a dangerous and un-American force prone to violence and controlled by foreign-born radicals.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Liberty of contract

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The liberty of contract refers to the fr...

Question 14

Why did railroad companies and other businesses form "pools" during the American Gilded Age?

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A)   They wanted to cut each other out from the market.
B)   They hoped to escape the chaos of market forces by fixing prices with their competitors.
C)   They hoped to gather enough capital in a pool in order to buy out their largest and most dangerous competitor.
D)   They wanted to share their assets in order to maintain liquidity in times of financial panic.
E)   They were sharing patents for new technologies in the railroad industry.

Question 15

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Indian wars

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The Indian Wars were a series of conflic...

Question 16

Crédit Mobiler and the Whiskey Ring:

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A)   were international corporations.
B)   were involved in steel production.
C)   were owned by Andrew Carnegie.
D)   donated money to the poor.
E)   were indicative of the corruption in the Grant administration.

Question 17

The impact of the second industrial revolution on the trans-Mississippi West was:

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A)   dramatic as an agricultural empire grew.
B)   insignificant.
C)   concentrated in the cities.
D)   beneficial to Indians.
E)   significant only for native-born whites.

Question 18

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Elk v.Wilkins

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A)  merit system for federal employees
B)  believed that equality of wealth was required for freedom
C)  a corrupt political machine
D)  a combination of corporations to establish a monopoly
E)  Indians were not American citizensF) buying out one's competitorsG) controlling every phase of a businessH) broke up tribal landsI) spending money simply to show off wealthJ) survival of the fittestK) covered in goldL) covered thousands of acres

Question 19

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Henry George

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A)  Social Gospel movement
B)  steel industrial giant
C)  Progress and Poverty
D)  Knights of Labor
E)  electric motorF) How the Other Half LivesG) winner at the Little BighornH) utopian novelistI) Social DarwinistJ) oil industrial giantK) Nez PercéL) inventor

Question 20

"Liberal" reformers of the Gilded Age believed:

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A)   wealth inequality was inevitable in modern society.
B)   individual liberty and property rights were threatened by the business classes.
C)   lower-class groups could strengthen democracy by using government to advance their interests.
D)   Reconstruction was largely a mistake.
E)   wealth inequality could be corrected through workers' hard work.

Exam 16: America’s Gilded Age,1870-1890

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"Liberal" reformers of the Gilded Age believed:

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Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Tweed Ring

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After the Haymarket Affair,employers took the opportunity to paint the labor movement as a dangerous and un-American force prone to violence and controlled by foreign-born radicals.

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Which of the following properly assesses the significance of the Great Railroad Strike of 1877?

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Describe how the industrial revolution created new forms of freedom for some workers while restricting some freedoms for others.How did industrialization affect all workers? Be careful not to generalize.

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Why did railroad companies and other businesses form "pools" during the American Gilded Age?

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Henry George offered a(n) __________ as a solution for the problem of inequality in America.

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Crédit Mobiler and the Whiskey Ring:

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Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Henry George

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Which of the following statements about nineteenth-century Chinese immigrants to the United States is accurate?

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The economy surged forward between 1870 and 1890,bringing prosperity and growth with only minor disruptions.

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How did the second industrial revolution transform the economy of the American West? Discuss the specific ways corporations affected economic development in the region,as well as the nature of the work itself and its impact on western workers.

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The impact of the second industrial revolution on the trans-Mississippi West was:

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Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -horizontal integration

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Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Indian wars

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Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Elk v.Wilkins

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Which statement about the Haymarket Affair is FALSE?

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What criticism did Henry Demarest Lloyd leverage against Rockefeller's Standard Oil in Wealth against Commonwealth (1892) ?

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The second industrial revolution was marked by:

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