Question 1

Wealth (1889) 
Andrew Carnegie
In bestowing charity, the main consideration should be to help those who will help themselves; to provide part of the means by which those who desire to improve may do so; . . . Neither the individual nor the race is improved by almsgiving.
Individualism will continue, but the millionaire will be but a trustee for the poor; entrusted for a season with a great part of the increased wealth of the community, but administering it for the community far better than it could or would have done for itself. The best minds will thus have reached a stage in the development of the race in which it is clearly seen that there is no mode of disposing of surplus wealth . . . save by using it year by year for the general good.
-What notion is implied by Carnegie's argument?

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A)   Failure to advance in society indicated lack of character and self-reliance.
B)   Good fortune was based primarily on luck.
C)   Government was essential to the functioning of society.
D)   Employers must ensure the dignity of the worker.

Question 2

Evaluate the extent to which the end of the Civil War marked a turning point for industrial capitalism, analyzing what changed and what stayed the same from the period before the election to the period after it.

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Question 3

A Defense of Political Graft (1905) 
George W. Plunkitt
EVERYBODY is talkin' these days about Tammany men growin' rich on graft, but nobody thinks of drawin' the distinction between honest graft and dishonest graft. There's all the difference in the world between the two. Yes, many of our men have grown rich in politics. I have myself. I've made a big fortune out of the game, and I'm gettin' richer every day, but I've not gone in for dishonest graft-blackmailin' gamblers, saloonkeepers, disorderly people, etc.-and neither has any of the men who have made big fortunes in politics. . . .
There's an honest graft, and I'm an example of how it works. I might sum up the whole thing by sayin': "I seen my opportunities and I took 'em."
Just let me explain by examples. My party's in power in the city, and it's goin' to undertake a lot of public improvements. Well, I'm tipped off, say, that they're going to lay out a park at a certain place.
I see my opportunity and I take it. I go to that place and I buy up all the land I can in the neighborhood. Then the board of this or that makes its plan public, and there is a rush to get my land, which nobody cared particular for before.
Ain't it perfectly honest to charge a good price and make a profit on my investment and foresight? Of course, it is. Well, that's honest graft.
-As a result of the rampant graft described in this passage, many cities and states

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A)   instituted new rules such as recalls, initiatives, and referendums.
B)   changed the qualifications for participation in local politics.
C)   saw outbreaks of violence directed against the rich.
D)   were overtaken by federal regulators.

Question 4

Which statement about the Haymarket Affair is FALSE?

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A)   A bomb exploded, killing a police officer.
B)   The Knights of Labor was directly responsible for the violence that took place at Haymarket.
C)   Employers took the opportunity to paint the labor movement as a dangerous and un-American force prone to violence and controlled by foreign-born radicals.
D)   Seven of the eight men accused of plotting the Haymarket bombing were foreign born.

Question 5

The Dawes Act (1887) 
Sec. 6. That upon the completion of said allotments and the patenting of the lands to said allottees, each and every member of the respective bands or tribes of Indians to whom allotments have been made shall have the benefit of and be subject to the laws, both civil and criminal, of the State or Territory in which they may reside; . . . And every Indian born within the territorial limits of the United States to whom allotments shall have been made under the provisions of this act, or under any law or treaty, and every Indian born within the territorial limits of the United States who has voluntarily taken up, within said limits, his residence separate and apart from any tribe of Indians therein, and has adopted the habits of civilized life, is hereby declared to be a citizen of the United States, and is entitled to all the rights, privileges, and immunities of such citizens, whether said Indian has been or not, by birth or otherwise, a member of any tribe of Indians within the territorial limits of the United States without in any manner affecting the right of any such Indian to tribal or other property.
-Which movement or trend was most significant in creating the conflict with the Plains Indians that ultimately led to this law?

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A)   railroad expansion to the West Coast
B)   the extermination of the bison population throughout the Great Plains
C)   the social gospel movement
D)   increasing urbanization in the territories

Question 6

Which of the following does NOT describe the impact of corporations on the American West?

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A)   Scientific mining techniques introduced by corporate engineers displaced independent prospectors.
B)   Lumber companies decimated coastal forests, inspiring the twentieth-century conservation movement.
C)   Urban populations in California declined as people moved to the centers of agricultural production.
D)   Communal landholdings in New Mexico were taken over by commercial farmers and ranchers.

Question 7

What criticism did Henry Demarest Lloyd leverage against Rockefeller's Standard Oil in Wealth against Commonwealth (1892) ?

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A)   Rockefeller's oil corporation was excessively competitive.
B)   Standard Oil was overcharging end-consumers of their products.
C)   Standard Oil was employing more foreigners than Americans.
D)   Standard Oil was undermining fair competition in the marketplace.

Question 8

Why did western territories take longer than eastern territories to achieve statehood?

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A)   Many easterners were wary of granting statehood until white and non-Mormon settlers counterbalanced the large Latino and Mormon populations.
B)   Local leaders were hostile to federal involvement in territorial affairs and resisted calls for statehood.
C)   Long-term warfare with native peoples made the establishment of stable communities difficult for white settlers.
D)   The Mormon and Latino populations in these areas did not grow rapidly enough to reach the requisite numbers for statehood.

Question 9

An example of what the economist and social historian Thorstein Veblen meant by "conspicuous consumption" is:

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A)   Mrs. Bradley Martin's costume ball.
B)   an immigrant's purchase of bread.
C)   the free services handed out by social reformers.
D)   John D. Rockefeller's purchase of a competing company.

Question 10

One significant economic impact of the second industrial revolution was:

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A)   a more stable economy.
B)   frequent and prolonged economic depressions.
C)   higher prices.
D)   a more equitable distribution of wealth.

Question 11

The term "Gilded Age" describes all of the following EXCEPT:

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A)   a period of corruption and corporate domination of politics.
B)   the years between 1870 and 1890.
C)   the title of an 1873 novel by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley.
D)   an era where the scramble for wealth benefited all Americans equally.

Question 12

Which statement about the theory of Social Darwinism is FALSE?

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A)   The theory borrowed language from Charles Darwin.
B)   The theory argued that evolution was as natural a process in human society as in nature and that government must not interfere.
C)   The theory argued that failure to advance in society indicated a lack of character.
D)   The theory argued that the "deserving poor" only included children.

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