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All of the following factors contributed to explosive economic growth during the Gilded Age EXCEPT:

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low tariffs.

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By 1890, the majority of Americans:

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worked for wages.

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The second industrial revolution was marked by:

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the acceleration of factory production and increased activity in the mining and railroad industries.

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The __________ made possible the second industrial revolution in America.

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railroads

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Which of the following statements best summarizes the reasons for the tripling of railroad track miles in the United States between 1860 and 1890?

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Private investment and massive grants of land and money by federal, state, and local governments spurred the building.

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In 1883, __________ divided the nation into the four time zones still used today.

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the major railroad companies

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Thomas Edison:

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invented, among other things, a system for generating and distributing electricity.

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In the nineteenth century, pools, trusts, and mergers were:

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ways that manufacturers sought to control the marketplace.

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The first billion-dollar enterprise corporation was:

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U.S. Steel.

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One significant economic impact of the second industrial revolution was:

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frequent and prolonged economic depressions.

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Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller:

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built up giant corporations that dominated their respective markets.

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For workers, the second industrial revolution meant all of the following EXCEPT:

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a decrease in child labor

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The American working class:

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lived in desperate conditions.

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In How the Other Half Lives, Jacob Riis:

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focused on the wretched conditions of New York City slums.

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Bonanza farms:

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typically had thousands of acres of land or more.

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After the Civil War, which of the following became a symbol of a life of freedom on the open range?

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Cowboys.

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The economic development of the American West was based on:

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lumber, mining industries, tourism, and farming.

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In "A Second Declaration of Independence," labor leader Ira Steward argued that the most pressing problem facing the nation was:

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the growing gap between the rich and poor.

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The Plains Indians:

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included the Cheyenne, Comanche, Crow, Kiowa, and Sioux.

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The massive hunting of what animal hurt the Plains Indians?

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Buffalo.

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Chief Joseph:

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wanted freedom for his people, the Nez Percé.

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The Indian victory at Little Bighorn:

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only temporarily delayed the advance of white settlement.

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What was the aim of Carlisle, a boarding school for Indians?

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To civilize the Indians, making them "American" as whites defined the term.

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The Dawes Act of 1887:

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sought to break up the tribal system

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The Dawes Act of 1887:

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divided tribal lands into parcels of land for Indian families.

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Elk v. Wilkins (1884):

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agreed with lower court rulings that the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments did not apply to Indians.

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The Ghost Dance:

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was a religious revitalization campaign among Indians, feared by whites.

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Which event marked the end of the Indian wars?

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Battle of Wounded Knee.

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William M. Tweed was a(n):

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political boss who, although corrupt, provided important services to New Yorkers.

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Crédit Mobiler and the Whiskey Ring:

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were indicative of the corruption in the Grant administration.

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Elections during the Gilded Age:

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were closely contested affairs.

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Republican economic policies strongly favored:

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northern industrialists.

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The Civil Service Act of 1883:

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created a merit system for government workers.

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The Interstate Commerce Commission was established in 1887 to:

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ensure that railroads charged farmers and merchants reasonable and fair rates.

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The Greenback-Labor Party:

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wanted the federal government to stop taking money out of circulation.

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The Grange was an organization that:

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established cooperatives for storing and marketing farm output.

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The theory of Social Darwinism argued that:

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the theory of evolution applied to humans, thus explaining why some were rich and some were poor.

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All of the following individuals wrote about the subject of America's poor EXCEPT:

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Charles Darwin.

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What did William G. Sumner believe social classes owed each other?

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Nothing at all.

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Which statement about labor and the law is FALSE?

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Workers generally welcomed the Court's decisions on industry.

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During the second industrial revolution, the courts:

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tended to favor the interests of industry over those of labor.

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The Supreme Court in Lochner v. New York:

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voided a state law establishing that bakers could work a maximum of sixty hours per week

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One of the reasons that the Great Strike of 1877 was important is that:

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it underscored the tensions produced by the rapid industrialization of the time.

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The Great Railroad Strike of 1877:

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was evidence of worker solidarity and the close ties between industry and the Republican Party.

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The Knights of Labor:

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was an inclusive organization that advocated for a vast array of reforms.

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The over 150 utopian and cataclysmic novels published during the last quarter of the nineteenth century:

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were inspired by the growing fear of class warfare.

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In the late nineteenth century, social thinkers such as Edward Bellamy, Henry George, and Laurence Gronlund offered numerous plans for change, primarily because they were alarmed by a fear of:

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class warfare and the growing power of concentrated capital.

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

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single tax

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Henry George rejected the traditional equation of liberty with:

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ownership of land.

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Which of the following properly assesses the direction of the "Christian lobby" in the Gilded Age?

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The "Christian lobby" sought more to legislate individual morality rather than to improve society.

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The Social Gospel:

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did not support aid to the poor.

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Which statement about the Haymarket Affair is FALSE?

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The Knights of Labor was directly responsible for the violence that took place at Haymarket.

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The Haymarket Affair:

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was provoked by the 1886 bombing at a Chicago labor rally.

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