Which of the following years was one of economic growth and prosperity during the Gilded Age quizlet?

Which of the following best sums up why Andrew Johnson had difficulties as president?

A. He openly stated that he'd made a mistake by not supporting southern secession

B. He was willing to listen to too many different arguments on all sides of the Reconstruction debate and proved indecisive

C. He was surrounded by a cabinet and a Congress that disagreed with his approach to Reconstruction and he refused to back down

D. He was too reliant on Lincoln as his mentor and he wasn't ready for the responsibility after Lincoln died

C. He was surrounded by a cabinet and a Congress that disagreed with his approach to Reconstruction and he refused to back down

The Redeemers sought to save the South from its racist past and to take the region in new social and economic directions more helpful to African Americans.

TRUE
FALSE

FALSEBooker T. Washington believed that African Americans could still make progress during the period of Reconstruction by

Booker T. Washington believed that African Americans could still make progress during the period of Reconstruction by?

A. Leaving the south

B. Saving whatever small earnings they received as sharecroppers

C. Going to college and learning to ask critical questions about the racist society around them

D. Learning manual labor skills (what we would today call a trade) and developing new economic opportunities in their own communities

D. Learning manual labor skills (what we would today call a trade) and developing new economic opportunities in their own communities

All of the following are examples of Republican attempts to protect the rights of African Americans after the Civil War EXCEPT

A. The compromise of 1877
B. Military Reconstruction Act of 1867
C. WADE DAVIS BILL
D. Freedmens Bureau

A. the compromise of 1877

What was the message of leader Henry Grady to his fellow southerners?

A. The rest of the region had to follow the lead of the Mississippi Plan if it would ever gain the respect of the North
B. The South had to move beyond just cotton and other agriculture and develop industry
C. To move past the bitterness of the Civil War and finally forgive northerners
D. The Ku Klux Klan would be the most effective way to restore southern life to what it had been for white people

B. B. The South had to move beyond just cotton and other agriculture and develop industry

The devastating impact of slavery made it difficult for African Americans in the South to create normal family lives during the period of Reconstruction.

TRUE
FALSE

FALSE

In the years after the Civil War, most Americans considered the Old West to be

a. a vacation destination
b. Unfit for settlement, even if they did forge their way through the territory to get to Oregon or California
c. territory that should be sold back to france
d. the settled property of the plain Indians

B. Unfit for settlement, even if they did forge their way through the territory to get to Oregon or California

Which of the following is true about the expansion of the railroad after the Civil War?

a. It dramatically sped up the elimination of the buffalo in the wild
b.It helped develop the economy of the West
c. all of these are true
d. It was assisted by the federal government

ALL OF THESE

More than 98% of all of the cowboys and farming homesteaders who moved into the Old West were white men.

TRUE
FALSE

FALSE

The Homestead Act was an example of which of the following agencies of westward settlement?

a. the appeal of free sod houses in the west
b. Government policies to provide land incentives to head to the West
c. consumer demand for buffalo hides

b. Government policies to provide land incentives to head to the West

The Dawes Severalty Act had the effect of

a. eliminating competition between white settlers and African American over land
b. transferring more native American land to white settlers
c. allowing native Americans to join the us army

transferring more Native American land to white settlers

How did westward settlement by increasing numbers of whites contribute to the growth of higher education in the U.S.?

a. The invention of the telegraph and its major use out West would allow for the first "online" education
b. Federal policy was created to encourage states to set aside land to build publicly funded colleges where scholars and students would research the various environmental and economic challenges of the West
c. While many settlers did stay out West, a large number also returned back to the Midwest and the East and sought new options to better their career prospects through education and training

B. Federal policy was created to encourage states to set aside land to build publicly funded colleges where scholars and students would research the various environmental and economic challenges of the West

The emergence of Buffalo Bill Cody as a public figure represents

a. the first romanticization of the West in popular culture
b. the first prominent white critic of the impact white settlement was having on Native Americans
c. the acceptance of brutality in the treatment of Asian American laborers

a. the first romanticization of the West in popular culture

The battle at Little Bighorn was the final tragic defeat for Native Americans in the West and it effectively ended their resistance to white settlement

TRUE
FALSE

FALSE

How did a difficult occupation like mining have the effect of drawing significant numbers of settlers to the West?

a. Housing in mining towns was an affordable option
b. Miners were given cash incentives by manufacturing companies and overcrowded cities in the East to head out West and mine
c. Some states began shipping their convicts out West to do the hard manual labor in exchange for shortening their sentences
D. Mining presented the possibility of getting rich quickly

d. Mining presented the possibility of getting rich quickly

What did Mark Twain mean by the term "Gilded Age"?

A. He focused on the "golden years" of American youth and encouraged them to succeed through pluck and luck

b. That while there were apparent signs of progress in the United States, these were only at a surface level. Beneath the striking symbols of success were many problems

b. That while there were apparent signs of progress in the United States, these were only at a surface level. Beneath the striking symbols of success were many problems

Why did opportunities for education grow in the United States in the Gilded Age?

a. People believed it was a path to self-improvement if they applied effort

b. Thomas Edison donated millions of dollars for the construction of urban high schools

c. Free college education was introduced by many states in the Gilded Age

a. People believed it was a path to self-improvement if they applied effort

Why were the first major labor unions formed in the Gilded Age?

a. The turbulent economic growth and lack of rules for businesses allowed workers to be easily and swiftly dismissed from their jobs

b. all of these are reasons for the growth of labor unions

c. Laborers worked an average of 60 hrs per week and came to believe that only through the power to bargain together could they protect themselves

d. While many workers made more money than before the industrial growth of the Gilded Age, they were vulnerable to accidents and illnesses related to work situations where production mattered and safety didn't

b all are reasons

The novels of Horatio Alger Jr. suggested that the American Dream was achievable for even the poor, but they needed to have strong character and a bit of luck in the form of getting noticed by someone with influence.

TRUE FALSE

TRUE

By the end of the Gilded Age most Americans lived in cities.

TRUE FALSE

FALSE

Congress passed the first law to keep a particular immigrant group out of the U.S. in these years. Which people were no longer allowed to immigrate from the U.S.?

A. ITALIANS
B. JAPANESE
C. CHINSE
D. Native AmericanS FROM CANADA

c. Chinese

The Grange was responsible for

a. new laws in states like Illinois and Wisconsin which sought to protect farmers from "middle men" like companies that owned railroads and grain elevators

b. exposing the nation to the difficult conditions faced by immigrants

c. the destruction of the Populist Party

a. new laws in states like Illinois and Wisconsin which sought to protect farmers from "middle men" like companies that owned railroads and grain elevators

Which of the following best characterizes the economy in the Gilded Age?

a. The American economy swung back and forth from periods of prosperity to periods of depression & recession, and while this hurt many Americans, the overall economy did grow from 1865-1900.

b. The American economy grew steadily and benefitted all citizens equally in these years

c. Economic growth started fast and mostly helped those at the bottom of the economic ladder until the Robber Barons started to gobble up the country's wealth and resources in the 1890s.

a. The American economy swung back and forth from periods of prosperity to periods of depression & recession, and while this hurt many Americans, the overall economy did grow from 1865-1900.

The Republican Party tended to dominate in the contests for both the presidency and control of Congress in the Gilded Age.

TRUE FALSE

FALSE

Which of the following is true of music in American popular culture in the Gilded Age?

a. It was aided by the first powered instruments, starting with the electric accordion.

b. The tastes of young people drove interest and profits, and these shifted from emotional and simple melodies of Tin Pan Alley to the vibrant and up tempo sounds of ragtime

c. It saw the emergence of jazz music, with Scott Joplin as the most important composer

b. The tastes of young people drove interest and profits, and these shifted from emotional and simple melodies of Tin Pan Alley to the vibrant and up tempo sounds of ragtime

Which of the following was an important economic shift in the Gilded Age with regard to agriculture?

a. The managerial revolution forced farmers to develop new, more scientific approaches

b. Competition among farmers in what is now considered the Midwest grew so fierce that some began competing with southern plantation and growing cotton to diversify their efforts

c. Advances in technology and knowledge allowed for grain production in the Great Plains, and refrigeration and railroad expansion allowed Midwestern farmers to begin growing perishable crops and raising livestock

c. Advances in technology and knowledge allowed for grain production in the Great Plains, and refrigeration and railroad expansion allowed Midwestern farmers to begin growing perishable crops and raising livestock

The work of Bret Harte is an example of which trend in American popular culture in the Gilded Age?

a. His writing represented the combination of political journalism and popular interest stories

b. His portrayals of mining camps represented both the popularity of literature that depicted distintive regions in the country, and while he romanticized their lives, his focus on the life of ordinary miners is also representative of social realism

c. He was one of the great composers to emerge from Tin Pan Alley

b. His portrayals of mining camps represented both the popularity of literature that depicted distintive regions in the country, and while he romanticized their lives, his focus on the life of ordinary miners is also representative of social realism

This issue became the focus of political reformers in the Gilded Age, and their cause was advanced by the death of President Garfield.

a. scientific management
b. expanding the right to vote to women nationwide
c. civil service reform

c. civil service reform

Who were the muckrakers and how did they get their nickname?

a. Those who supported the immigrants and called for an expansion of immigration
b. Often journalists, the muckrakers sought to bring problems into the open so they would shock readers and be dealt with by experts
c. The labor union for people employed as janitors

b. Often journalists, the muckrakers sought to bring problems into the open so they would shock readers and be dealt with by experts

Which reformer brought the Settlement House movement to America to help immigrants and other poor urban residents?

a. Jane Addams
b. ida tarbell
c. Margaret sanger

a. Jane Addams

Progressive reform started at the top - with presidents and the federal government - and eventually worked its way down to the states and then cities.

TRUE FALSE

FALSE

The Wisconsin Idea refers to

a. The ideal that expertise generated in the state's universities should be shared with all of the state's residents.
b. The coordination of water use by all of the states bounded by the Great Lakes.
c. Free university tuition for in state residents.

a. The ideal that expertise generated in the state's universities should be shared with all of the state's residents.

Which of the following best describes the approaches Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson took toward trusts?
a. Roosevelt and Wilson both disliked trusts and while they used strong language in denouncing them, neither did anything to change the role they played in the modern American economy
b. Roosevelt and Wilson both thought trusts were vital to America's economic stability and growth and they sought to neutralize Progressive critics of the trusts
c. Roosevelt primarily sought to regulate trusts and protect the American people from their worst abuses, while Wilson was more aggressive about trying to eliminate them because they didn't allow for fair business competition

c. Roosevelt primarily sought to regulate trusts and protect the American people from their worst abuses, while Wilson was more aggressive about trying to eliminate them because they didn't allow for fair business competition

Which of the following years was one of economic growth and prosperity during the Gilded Age?

Was the Gilded Age a time of prosperity?

What type of economy did we have during the Gilded Age?

How much did the economy grow in the Gilded Age?