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InQuizitive Chapter 16: America's Gilded Age, 1870—1890

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What arguments does Chief Joseph make about the treatment and conditions of his fellow Nez Percé in "Voices of Freedom"?

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What arguments does Chief Joseph make about the treatment and conditions of his fellow Nez Percé in "Voices of Freedom"?

All people, whites and Native Americans alike, should be treated equally.

The Nez Percé would also have to change and adapt.

Between 1860 and 1880, the number of railroad track miles tripled in the United States, and tripled again by 1920.

True

The massive expansion of the railroad allowed for the United States to develop a truly national economy. Soon national brands became popularized, such as Ivory soap and Quaker Oats.

Every Republican candidate for president from 1868 to 1900 except for James G. Blaine had fought in the Confederate army in the Civil War.

False

Every Republican candidate for president from 1868 to 1900 except for James G. Blaine had fought in the Union army in the Civil War.

Despite promises in promotional pamphlets, farming on the Great Plains was not an easy task. Identify the statements that describe farming on the Great Plains.

The Homestead Act led to thousands of families moving westward to farm.

Wheat and corn were primary crops grown on the Great Plains for the national and international markets.

In 1879, the United States went off the gold standard to help debt-ridden farmers.

False

In 1879 the United States returned to the gold standard by which currency was exchangeable with gold at a fixed rate.

Identify the statements that describe working conditions and policies during the Gilded Age in America.

"The miner's freedom" consisted of work rules that left skilled miners free of managerial supervision on the job.

Many industrial workers labored with no pensions, compensation for injuries, or protections against unemployment.

The Knights of Labor were the first group to try to organize unskilled and skilled labor, both men and women, and black and white, though they gave into West Coast racism and excluded the despised immigrants from Asia on the West Coast.

True

The group reached a peak membership of nearly 800,000 in 1886 (making it the largest labor organization of the nineteenth century) and involved millions of workers in strikes, boycotts, political action, and educational and social activities.

Identify the statements that describe examples of Christian moral reform and its successful attempts to stamp out sin.

Women's Christian Temperance Union

Mann Act of 1910

Gambling, prostitution, polygamy, and birth control were all targets of the legislation attempts to control or eliminate by Evangelical Christians in the Gilded Age.

In Gilded Age America, dissatisfaction with the new social order extended beyond the working class and into the middle class. Some of the most popular works of literature in the era concerned the crumbling social order or the means of fixing it.
Match the authors to their literary contributions:

Progress and Poverty
Correct label: Henry George

The Cooperative Commonwealth Correct label: Laurence Gronlund

Looking Backward
Correct label: Edward Bellamy

During the Gilded Age, the federal government sought to define the place of Native Americans in society and address questions of indigenous citizenship.
Place the following events in chronological order:

1) Congress eliminated the treaty system with native tribes.

2) The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Elk v.Wilkins that citizenship did not apply to Native Americans.

3) The Dawes Act was passed, dividing tribal land into parcels of land open for white settlement.

4) Congress extended citizenship to all Native Americans.

Identify the statements that describe the Knights of Labor.

The Knights of Labor included women in its membership.

The conquest of the American West was a unique phenomenon in global history, whereby settlers moved boldly into the interior of regions of a great continent with a temperate climate, bringing their families, crops, and livestock, and establishing mining and other industries.

False

Argentina, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Africa, like the United States, are termed "settler societies" because the immigrant population quickly outnumbered and displaced the native population.

Most of the farms on the Great Plains were bonanza farms that covered thousands of acres and employed large numbers of agricultural wage workers.

False

Bonanza farms were large farms, often owned by companies and run by professional managers. This style of farming did not constitute the majority of farmers in the Great Plains.

The "overwhelming labor question" replaced slavery as the hot-button topic in the late nineteenth century. Identify the events and actions that illustrate the "overwhelming labor question."

the Great Railroad Strike

Troops fired on striking workers in Pittsburgh, killing twenty people.

The federal government built National Guard armories in major cities to ensure troops would be on hand if strikes got out of control

Between the end of the Civil War and the early twentieth century, the United States experienced stagnant economic growth and the loss of international markets.

False

The federal government actively promoted industrial and agricultural development. It enacted high tariffs that protected America from foreign competition, granted land for railroad companies to encourage construction, and used the army to remove Indians from western lands desired by farmers and mining companies.