Question 1

Union leader John Mitchell explained that the court system was guaranteeing liberties that the workers did not want and denying them the liberty that was of real value to them. Explain what he meant by this statement. How were the courts defining liberty and freedom?

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John Mitchell's statement reflects the p...

Question 2

The spread of electricity was essential to industrial and urban growth.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

MATCHING
-Andrew Carnegie

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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) Buffalo Bill's Wild West ShowH) utopian novelistI) Social DarwinistJ) oil industrial giantK) Nez PercéL) inventorM) J) and L)
N) F) and G)

Question 4

The Great Railroad Strike of 1877:

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A)   had little impact in America.
B)   was a victory for labor.
C)   saw little violence.
D)   was confined only to New England.
E)   was evidence of worker solidarity and the close ties between industry and the Republican Party.F) C) and D)
G) B) and D)

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)   donated money to the poor.
E)   were indicative of the corruption in the Grant administration.F) A) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 6

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

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Question 7

The West experienced tremendous growth after the Civil War; nowhere was this more apparent than in California. Write an essay on the consequences of population growth on the western landscape, looking at farming, livelihoods, the impact of the railroad, the growth of Indian reservations, and the subjugation of Indian peoples.

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The consequences of population growth on...

Question 8

John Wesley Powell warned that the western region's arid land would require large-scale irrigation projects and cooperative, communal farming to prosper.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

In order to reduce accidents along the railways, the federal government officially divided the nation into four time zones in 1883.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

As more and more economic inequality became apparent, the belief that freedom and equality were intricately linked seemed outdated. The task of social science was to devise a way to make men who were free, or equal in liberty, accept that there are inequalities in the distribution of wealth associated with industrialization. Explain the various ways reformers and social scientists devised to accomplish this task.

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Question 11

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)   to prepare them to enlist in the U.S. militaryF) A) and B)
G) All of the above

Question 12

The American working class:

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A)   were paid less than their European counterparts.
B)   worked under safe conditions, and fatal factory accidents were uncommon.
C)   did not include women and children.
D)   was quickly making gains and moving into the middle class.
E)   lived in desperate conditions.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 13

What did hunters shoot while riding the railroads across the West?

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A)   horses
B)   deer
C)   antelope
D)   Indians
E)   buffaloF) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 14

Labor raised the question of whether meaningful freedom could exist in a situation of extreme economic inequality.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

MATCHING
-conspicuous consumption

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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 acresM) E) and J)
N) D) and L)

Question 16

During the second industrial revolution, the courts:

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A)   supported the interests of workers.
B)   supported the interests of consumers.
C)   refused to hear any cases related to business interests.
D)   tended to favor the interests of industry over those of labor.
E)   tended to favor the interests of labor over those of industry.F) A) and B)
G) A) and D)

Question 17

The Plains Indians:

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A)   were completely responsible for the near extinction of the buffalo.
B)   had lived in peace until the Civil War.
C)   encouraged the influx of white settlers.
D)   included the Cheyenne, Comanche, Crow, Kiowa, and Sioux.
E)   were treated fairly by the federal government.F) All of the above
G) A) and E)

Question 18

MATCHING
-John
D. Rockefeller

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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) Buffalo Bill's Wild West ShowH) utopian novelistI) Social DarwinistJ) oil industrial giantK) Nez PercéL) inventorM) B) and K)
N) D) and I)

Question 19

MATCHING
-Walter Rauschenbusch

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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) Buffalo Bill's Wild West ShowH) utopian novelistI) Social DarwinistJ) oil industrial giantK) Nez PercéL) inventorM) D) and F)
N) C) and J)

Question 20

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.F) B) and E)
G) All of the above

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