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26 Cards in this Set
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The phrase that best captures the vision of the Knights of Labor is |
cooperative commonwealth |
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In which book did Henry George propose a single tax on real estate that would replace all other taxes? |
progress and poverty |
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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 knights of labor |
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What Indian chief said, “If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace. There need be no trouble. Treat all men alike. Give them the same law. Give them all and even chance to live and grow”? |
Chief Joseph |
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In the early 1870s, who was considered the political “boss” of New York City? |
William M. Tweed |
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Which of the following best describes the “Ghost Dance?” |
it was feared by U.S. Army officials |
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Between 1870 and 1920, how many immigrants arrived from overseas? |
25 million |
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Which of the following was not a key episode of the “great upheaval” of 1886? |
America's first nationwide railroad strike |
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The Industrial Revolution in the United States took place principally in |
the Northeast and the Midwest |
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In the late nineteenth century, the Republican Party found particularly strong support among all of the following EXCEPT |
Irish-Americans |
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What was the name of John D. Rockefeller’s company? |
Standard Oil Company |
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What did Congress establish to regulate economic activity and ensure that railroad rates were reasonable and favoritism was avoided? |
The Interstate Commerce Commisions |
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By 1913, the United States produced how much of the world’s industrial output? |
one-third |
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In 1890, the distribution of wealth in the United States was |
unequally distributed, with the top 1 percent of Americans owning more property than the remaining 99 percent |
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All of the following were “captains of industry” EXCEPT |
Samuel Gompers |
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Which of the following was not a theme of Social Darwinism? |
The growing gulf between the haves and the have-nots poses a dire threat to American freedom |
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In which industry did Andrew Carnegie make his fortune? |
steel |
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In which book did Henry George propose a single tax on real estate that would replace all other taxes? |
progress and poverty |
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Which census revealed for the first time that there were more non-farming jobs than farming jobs in the United States? |
1880 |
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The 1887 Dawes Act |
led to the loss of tribal lands, and the erosion of Indian cultural traditions |
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Which of the following was not a major reason for the decline and subjugation of the American Indian? |
indifference to the advantages of guns and horses weakened Indian resistance to U.S. military power |
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According to Eric Foner, the federal government contributed to the dynamic and expansive growth of the American economy in the late nineteenth century by |
granting land to railroads, removing Indians from desirable lands in the West, and enacting high tariffs |
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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? |
the airplane |
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Which of the following was not a focus of debate between Democrats and Republicans during the Gilded Age? |
federal income tax levels |
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The Gilded Age in America was said to be |
a time of dishonesty and corruption, in which corporations battled each other for special consideration by local, state, and federal governments |
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Which was not a central factor in the explosive economic growth in the second Industrial Revolution? |
low tariffs |
