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Chapter 16 Summative Quiz

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1. The passage of the Sherman Antitrust Act reflected Congress’s desire to

enable small businesses to compete as equals with large corporations.

limit, but not eliminate, the ability of big business to dominate the economy.

protect consumers from the negative impact of industrial monopolies.

use legislation to limit corporate growth and the consolidation of wealth.

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2. What caused the gross domestic product of the United States to quadruple between 1860 and 1890?

The ruthless business practices of the robber barons

The discoveries of Thomas Alva Edison’s “invention factory”

The rapid growth of industrial manufacturing

The new approach to oil drilling known as “cracking”

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3. Proponents of the “New South” approach to developing the region were motivated by

the belief that the South lost the Civil War because the North had more manufacturing and better infrastructure.

a desire to decrease poverty by creating more industrial jobs.

the hope that urbanization and industrialization would undermine racial segregation and inequality.

the desire to challenge the North’s dominance of national and international economic markets.

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4. Advocates of the free-market economy argued that the key to success was

inherited wealth.

government regulation.

individual merit.

parental encouragement.

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5. Which nineteenth-century innovation did economist Richard T. Ely hold responsible for producing a “progeny of evils”?

Electric light

The railroad

The skyscraper

The phonograph

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6. The rise of black-run schools, churches, and businesses in the South was an unintended consequence of

Jim Crow laws.

the increased number of lynchings.

Jack Johnson’s heavyweight title.

poll taxes.

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7. The purpose of “grandfather clauses” in the voting laws of southern states was to

grant the vote to African Americans whose grandfathers had been slaves.

permit illiterate whites to vote while disenfranchising illiterate blacks.

create separate polling places for blacks and whites.

grant the vote to white women whose grandfathers had been slave owners.

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8. The idea that public accommodations for black and white citizens could be “equal but separate” was supported by the

Plessy v. Ferguson decision.

Slaughterhouse Cases.

U.S. v. E.C. Knight decision.

Sherman Antitrust Act.

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9. Why were senators able to amass more power and influence than congressmen during the Gilded Age?

House members had difficulty being reelected, so they didn’t experience the benefits of incumbency.

The House was controlled by Democrats while Republicans held both the presidency and a Senate majority.

The Senate had a strong majority leader and the House did not.

House committee chairmen did not control the introduction of pieces of legislation.

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10. Followers of religious denominations that emphasized the free will of the individual were more likely to vote for Republicans than Democrats because they believed

government should not try to legislate morality.

government could help eliminate ignorance and bad behavior.

the “hoopla” of politics was more important than the substance.

in racial segregation.

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11. The younger generation of Republicans whose politics were not primarily determined by their experiences of the Civil War and Reconstruction were known as

“half-breeds.”

“undecideds.”

“white collars.”

“Odd Fellows.”

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12. Most Americans during the late nineteenth century expected politicians to provide

moral guidance.

solutions to social problems.

entertainment.

inspiration and idealism.