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Chapter 16 Review
Written Questions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What were the major causes of American industrial growth during the Gilded Age? | Immigration, innovative spirit, new sources of power, sympathetic government. |
| How did the great numbers of immigrants during the Gilded Age help increase expansion of American industry? | Increased products and workforce. |
| Who were the "robber barons"? | Aggressive cost efficient businessmen. |
| Who were the muckrackers? | Journalists who attacked successful industrialists. |
| Why did Rockefeller choose to invest in oil refining? | Refining was a safe investment. |
| What company set up the first major trust that inspired other companies to do the same thing? | Standard Oil (Exxon) |
| How did tobacco and textiles help build the South? | Matched the north's economic and industrial capacity. |
| How did industrialization allow middle-class Americans to afford high-quality, stylish clothing? | By raising the standard of living. |
| Why was Bell's achievement in communication during the Gilded Age so important? | It was the most significant communication. |
| What president was assassinated in 1881? Why? | Garfield. He was shot by a disgruntled stalwart who wanted Arthur to be president. |
| How did the Civil Service Commission stop the abuses of the spoils system? | Passed the Pendelton act, established rules for employers, CSC appointed. |
| Why did so many Americans favor the federal regulation of the railroads? | Cheaper for consumers shipping goods. |
| Why did government pass the Interstate Commerce Act? | To control the railroads. |
| What was the Sherman Antitrust Act? | Stopped monopolies. |
| What was the name of America's first important labor union? | Knights of Labor |
| What is the lock-out method of striking? | To lock out the striking employees. |
| How did the use of an injunction help the strike issue? | Court order forbidding an action. |
| What is socialism? | Government ownership/regulation of the means of production. |
| What was the goal of the Grange during the 1870's? | State regulation of railroads. |
| Who was Charles Darwin? | Invented the theory of evolution by natural selection. |
| What was the Plessy v. Ferguson ruling in the Supreme Court? | Decreed separate but equal facilities for whites and blacks. |
| What was the major elements of American society during the Gilded Age? | Urbanization, new immigration, materialism. |
| Why did materialism become so popular in America during the late 1800's? | America was a consumer society in which people associated with each owner based on what they owned. |
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