Question 1

How did the expansion of railroads accelerate the second industrial revolution in America?

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A)   The division of time into four zones allowed businesses to communicate by telegraph for the first time.
B)   Railroads created a true national market for U.S. goods.
C)   Large banks were now able to locate in western railroad towns.
D)   The adoption of a standard railroad gauge made private and federal land grants more available.E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 2

The Dawes Act (1887) 
Sec. 6. That upon the completion of said allotments and the patenting of the lands to said allottees, each and every member of the respective bands or tribes of Indians to whom allotments have been made shall have the benefit of and be subject to the laws, both civil and criminal, of the State or Territory in which they may reside; . . . And every Indian born within the territorial limits of the United States to whom allotments shall have been made under the provisions of this act, or under any law or treaty, and every Indian born within the territorial limits of the United States who has voluntarily taken up, within said limits, his residence separate and apart from any tribe of Indians therein, and has adopted the habits of civilized life, is hereby declared to be a citizen of the United States, and is entitled to all the rights, privileges, and immunities of such citizens, whether said Indian has been or not, by birth or otherwise, a member of any tribe of Indians within the territorial limits of the United States without in any manner affecting the right of any such Indian to tribal or other property.
-With the Dawes Act, the United States government sought to

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A)   suppress Native American dissent against the policies of the United States government.
B)   resolve the Native American issue without further military engagement.
C)   eliminate any further aid to Native Americans.
D)   relinquish all territorial claims to lands once controlled by Native Americans.E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 3

Chinese immigrants to the West:

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A)   were exclusively single men, particularly after the Civil War.
B)   concentrated primarily in the Pacific Northwest, where lumber and fishing jobs were plentiful.
C)   grew to several million in number by the 1890s, due to the absence of federal immigration quotas.
D)   worked in shoe and cigar factories in western cities.E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 4

Bonanza farms:

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A)   were small, self-sufficient farms.
B)   were the sharecropping farms found in the South.
C)   typically had thousands of acres of land or more.
D)   were free homesteads in California.E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 5

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)   were indicative of the corruption in the Grant administration.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 6

The new social order of the Gilded Age:

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A)   prompted public discussion of class differences and debate among workingmen and farmers over political economy.
B)   ensured ongoing labor strife and deepening distrust between employees and employers.
C)   divided CEOs and stockholders into pro-labor and anti-labor camps.
D)   A and BE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 7

Evaluate the extent to which the United States government's policy of assimilation contributed to maintaining continuity as well as fostering change in the lives of Native Americans during the period 1865 to 1898.

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Question 8

How did expanding agricultural production in places like Argentina and the American West lead to the migration of rural populations to cities?

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A)   Increasing output in the countryside created a new prosperity that allowed rural populations to travel.
B)   Since the growing agricultural output attracted ever-larger numbers of immigrants to the countryside, the older generations of rural settlers left for the cities.
C)   Increasing output worldwide pushed down the prices of farm products, making it more difficult for farmers to make ends meet.
D)   New production methods that were at the heart of growing farm productivity alienated many rural folks familiar with traditional farming practices.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 9

The Supreme Court in Lochner v. New York:

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A)   voided a state law establishing that bakers could work a maximum of sixty hours per week.
B)   limited the number of hours coal miners worked.
C)   voided a state law that limited child labor.
D)   voided a state law that limited the number of hours women could work.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 10

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) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 11

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

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A)   availability of capital for investment.
B)   a growing supply of labor.
C)   abundant natural resources.
D)   low tariffs.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 12

The Interstate Commerce Commission was established in 1887 to:

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A)   distribute land allocations to railroad companies.
B)   standardize the transportation of animal feed between states.
C)   ensure that railroads charged farmers and merchants reasonable and fair rates.
D)   regulate railroad gauge size.E) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 13

Thomas Edison:

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A)   invented the typewriter.
B)   was a governor of New Jersey.
C)   pioneered the use of the telephone.
D)   invented, among other things, a system for generating and distributing electricity.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 14

According to the authors of the Dawes Severalty Act, what constituted a civilized life for Native Americans in the later nineteenth century?

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A)   Skilled work and tenement life in industrial cities.
B)   A hunting and gathering economy and nomadic lifestyle.
C)   Individual property ownership and farming on family plots.
D)   Tribal life and autonomy on the nation's reservations.E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 15

Which of the following properly assesses the significance of wage labor in industrializing America during the Gilded Age?

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A)   More and more Americans viewed wage labor as a temporary stop on the path to independence.
B)   Unfree working conditions in Gilded Age industries largely made traditional wage labor a thing of the past.
C)   Workers understood wage labor to be the key advantage of American industries over European competitors.
D)   More and more Americans experienced wage labor as a permanent condition on the edge of poverty.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 16

Compare and contrast the changes in the economic and social roles of women that developed in the antebellum period and the Gilded Age.

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Question 17

The Civil Service Act of 1883:

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A)   created a merit system for government workers.
B)   favored candidates with political influence.
C)   was passed in response to the assassination of President Lincoln.
D)   applied only to women.E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 18

The Social Gospel:

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A)   was another term for Social Darwinism.
B)   was financed by corporate donations.
C)   was part of the Catholic Church.
D)   called for an equalization of wealth and power.E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 19

What did the books of Henry George, Laurence Gronlond, and Edward Bellamy all have in common?

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A)   They relied on the new narrative style of science fiction to forecast the decline of the United States.
B)   They all sparkled with unique economic observations but lacked ideas for reform or change.
C)   They all praised the liberty and freedom of the American market economy, yet were all written by immigrants.
D)   They all offered decidedly optimistic remedies for the unequal distribution of wealth.E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 20

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

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A)   To prepare them for reservation life.
B)   To train them in the professional skills necessary to return to the reservations as doctors and teachers.
C)   To convert them to Christianity so that they would become missionaries on the reservations.
D)   To civilize the Indians, making them "American," as whites defined the term.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

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