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- 1. Which ideology resulted from antipathy toward foreign-born and new migrants?
- Correct Answer: Nativism
- 2. Which of the following was LEAST associated with the “Gilded Age”?
- Correct Answer: Conservation of natural resources
- 3. The Granger movement was most dedicated to
- Correct Answer: challenging railroad monopolies.
- 4. The most resented form of 19th-century government corruption was in
- Correct Answer: big business.
- 5. Which African American leader championed vocational training for blacks, raised funds from white philanthropists, and sought new career opportunities for blacks to improve their status in the late 19th century?
- Correct Answer: Booker T. Washington
- 6. Which 19th-century government action aimed to break up Indian lands and force assimilation in order to end tribal identities?
- Correct Answer: The Dawes Severalty Act
- 7. From 1870 to 1890, new migration from Asia and Southern and Eastern Europe led to
- Correct Answer: segregated ethnic communities and distinct migrant enclaves in cities.
- 8. During the late 19th century, the American industrial workforce
- Correct Answer: expanded through migration across national borders and internal migration.
- 9. Which of the following was LEAST controversial during the Gilded Age?
- Correct Answer: Western expansion
- 10. Many 19th-century industrialists chose to blunt criticism regarding their wealth by
- Correct Answer: pursuing philanthropy.
- 11. Who pioneered the use of holding companies to control markets?
- Correct Answer: John Rockefeller
- 12. Which of the following BEST exemplified a government subsidy to promote western migration?
- Correct Answer: Homestead Act
- 13. As 19th-century American cities grew in both size and number, the greatest attention to the stark contrast between urban wealth and working-class poverty resulted from
- Correct Answer: journalists and the print media.
- 14. Which of the following represented a direct challenge to the practices typical of the Gilded Age?
- Correct Answer: Socialism
- 15. Who was a fearless African American anti-lynching advocate, suffragist, and women’s rights activist?
- Correct Answer: Ida Wells-Barnett
- 16. The majority of late 19th-century women’s clubs and self-help groups demanding social and political reform tended to be
- Correct Answer: middle class.
- 17. The violent conflict during the second half of the 19th century between the United States and American Indians was most influenced by the
- Correct Answer: failure of the United States to adhere to previously signed treaties.
- 18. Who lived in settlement houses in Chicago and New York and championed child labor reform?
- Correct Answer: Florence Kelley
- 19. Which late 19th-century labor union emphasized “bread and butter” unionism?
- Correct Answer: The American Federation of Labor
- 20. Which of the following represented a strong challenge to the 19th-century corporate ethic?
- Correct Answer: The Social Gospel
- 21. Jane Addams was instrumental in improving the conditions of immigrants and advancing urban reform primarily through the use of
- Correct Answer: settlement homes.
- 22. The completion of the transcontinental railroads through the American West contributed most to the
- Correct Answer: migration of settlers to the West.
- 23. The classic 19th-century essay “The Gospel of Wealth” was authored by
- Correct Answer: Andrew Carnegie
- 24. Who championed the growth of the U.S. Navy to gain greater control of foreign markets and natural resources in the late 19th century?
- Correct Answer: Alfred Mahan
- 25. The internal migrations of African Americans in the United States from 1865 to 1900
- Correct Answer: led to mass demographic shifts to urban areas by the end of World War I.
- 26. The Plessy v. Ferguson ruling upheld
- Correct Answer: racial segregation.
- 27. The Sierra Club
- Correct Answer: challenged corporate control of natural resources.
- 28. During the late 19th century, the primary conflict among white settlers, Indians, and Mexican Americans was primarily due to
- Correct Answer: competition for land.
- 29. Which of the following was NOT part of the Populist platform?
- Correct Answer: The preservation of wilderness areas
- 30. Which of the following illustrated the limitations of the “New South” economic revitalization plan?
- Correct Answer: Sharecropping
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