According to your instructor, the list of American descendants who could rightfully sue on behalf of the discriminatory treatment received by their ancestors, both official and not, is limited to both Native Americans and African Americans. True * False According to one of your readings/handouts, African Americans are today, still feeling the effects of American slavery, even though it officially ended nearly 150 years ago. * True False "Scientific management" was seen to be a way to increase the employees' control of the workplace. True * False Americans' political party loyalty in the late nineteenth century was grounded in issues of public policy. True * False Voter turnout for presidential elections in the late nineteenth century was much higher in terms of percentages than is the case today. * True False Few, if any, of the Populists' proposed political reforms ever became a reality. True * False Reform and protest movements of the late nineteenth century were able to overcome racial and ethnic prejudice in their organizations. True * False During the Civil War, the War Department was not able to meet the needs of the nation's first mass army. True * False Radical Republicans believed that the federal government should leave the South to its own devices. True * False Many Indian tribes were virtually destroyed by the Dawes Act. * True False Major economic setbacks helped large businesses by wiping out weaker competitors. * True False The Grange was both a social and a political organization for farmers and their families. * True False The Civil War was the most lethal conflict in American history. * True False After Reconstruction, the government turned away from any interference in society or the economy. True * False Mining unions admitted members from all ethnic and racial backgrounds. True * False The People's Party platform called for little more than the government ownership of railroad lines. True * False The Union blockade was initially successful but became less so as the war dragged on. True * False The South recovered quickly from the economic consequences of the Civil War. True * False Railroad companies were as important to western settlement as federal land grants. * True False The Homestead strike ended in disaster, with the Homestead factory reducing the work force, lengthening the workday, and cutting wages. * True False Black codes were intended to protect freed African-Americans from white hostility. True * False