Quiz 4

Which statement best explains how the Electoral college controversy during the Hayes-Tilden presidential election of 1876 was resolved?

• Hayes promise to end Reconstruction if he received the electoral support of the southern states.

• Tilden obtained the electoral support of the northern states after agreeing to end segregation.

• Hayes obtained the electoral support of the northern states after promoting immigration reform.

• Tilden opposed Jim Crow laws, which gained him the electoral support of the southern states.

What issue was Thomas Nast raising in the cartoon?

• Boss Tweed's inherited wealth

• Boss Tweed's lack of intelligence

• the corrupt influence of money in politics in New York City

• the cost of political campaigns in New York City

What was the purpose of publishing images such as this one?

• to document the living conditions of immigrants

• to discourage immigration to industrial centers

• to encourage the living conditions of immigrants

• to bring awareness of the need for public transportation

What was one reason for the expansion of machine politics in the late nineteenth century ?

• The rapid influx of immigrant made it difficult for local governments to provide basic services.

• Federal restrictions prevented voters from influencing government decisions at the local level.

• The economy was too tightly regulated to allow urban growth.

• Settlement houses failed to help immigrants adjust to life in the city.

T. A. Edison Electric-Lamp Patent, 1880

How did the invention shown in this patent illustration affect industry?

• Machines needed to be repaired less frequently.

• Products could be manufactured on an assembly line.

• Businesses needed to hire skilled workers.

• Factories could extend working hours.

The following cartoon "Bosses of the Senate" appeared in the magazine Puck in 1889.

What does this cartoon imply about U.S. economic policy prior to 1890?

• The federal government passed laws that favored natural-resource conservation over industrial production.

• The federal government passed laws that increased market competition and decreased industrial power.

• The federal government passed laws that increased corporate taxes and decreased public spending.

• The federal government passed laws that favored large corporations over small businesses.

The knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor developed in response to the

• Increase need to protect worker interests

• decreased power of political machines

• increased demand for skilled workesr

• decreased profitability of the agricultural sector

Which of the following best characterizes the Gilded Age?

• The discovery of goldfields in the West led to an increase in the amount of money issued for circulation.

• Industrialists used their connections with corrupt government officials for material gain and political power

• in the Deep South a sharp increase in immigration brought a boom in construction and industry.

• Small, family-owned farms were bought and consolidated to form large agricultural corporations.

During the late 1800's, which action did Congress take to regulate the business practices of companies such as Standard Oil and Carnegie Steel?

• Proposal of the 16th Amendment

• passage of the Sherman Antitrust Act

• adoption of the Gentlemen's Agreement

• establishment of the Federal Reserve System

All who recall the condition of the country in 1890 will remember that ... the country was in real danger from another kind of slavery... that would result from the aggregations of capital in the hands of a few individuals and [businesses] controlling, for their own profit and advantage exclusively, the entire business of the country, including the production and sale of the necessaries of life.

--Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan, 1911

In this excerpt, justice Harlan is warning against--

• a civil service based on patronage rather than merit

• allowing powerful monopolies to dominate interstate commerce

• a lack of federal funding for essential transportation systems

• allowing labor unions to interfere with production goals