American History 2 Midterm (Chapters 16-20)

Which political party during the Gilded Age promoted the plight of miners and farmers?

Populists

The end of the Pullman Strike came when

President Cleveland dispatched federal troops to remove train cars from the tracks.

The new immigrants that arrived after 1890 to the United States were not primarily

Protestant.

Which of the following was not a reform advocated by the Knights of Labor?

Providing access to jobs for reformed convicts

By 1897, the United States had more of this than all the European nations combined

Railroads

What title was given to the political and economic leaders during the Gilded Age?

Robber barons

This individual led the American Federation of Labor.

Samuel Gompers

What was not a cause of the changes in recreation and leisure in the Gilded Age?

Sanitation improvements

In an effort to prevent corporations from obtaining market monopolies, Congress passed the

Sherman Anti-Trust Act.

In an effort to prevent corporations from obtaining market monopolies, Congress passed the:

Sherman Anti-Trust Act.

Which political party ran as a third party in the 1912 election?

Socialist

Andrew Carnegie is best associated with which industry?

Steel

In the cities, what helped spur the development of professional sporting events?

Streetcars

During the Progressive Era, what was the most popular form of reform?

Temperance

Which of the following was not a reason to move to the cities during the Gilded Age?

Tenant farming removed prime land from the agricultural economy, thus causing the loss of jobs.

What incident set off the Taft-Roosevelt feud?

The Ballinger-Pinchot controversy

The first federal law passed to restrict immigration on the basis of race was

The Chinese Exclusion Act.

What was a reason that married women were offered less pay during the Gilded Age?

Their husbands supported them.

As labor unions became more common during the Gilded Age, what other aspect did they take on in the lives of their members?

They provided social activities.

This legal entity allowed companies to sidestep laws that forbade them from owning stock in their competitors.

Trust

What was the United States' first billion-dollar corporation?

United States Steel Corporation

What book brought to light the abuses in the United States meatpacking industry in the early 20th century?

Upton Sinclair's The Jungle

What is one thing that the United States had that other nations did not that helped spur the Industrial Revolution?

Vast natural resources

Theodore Roosevelt was all of the following on the eve of the War of 1898 except

a pacifist.

As many as __________________ of the cowboys who participated in the Texas cattle drives were African Americans.

25 percent

By 1900, the per capita income of the South was ___________ that of the national average.

60 percent

Which of the following would favor the policy of sound money?

Banker

In 1882, Congress banned further immigration to the United States from what country?

China

More than 200,000 _______________________ arrived in California between 1876 and 1890.

Chinese

The Sandlot Incident was aimed at protesting the hiring of what group of immigrants?

Chinese

President Cleveland made the Panic of 1893 worse by

Congress to switch back to only minting gold

What affected African Americans' rights to vote in the South during the Gilded Age?

Crow Laws removed their right to vote.

Which of the following was not a big business that attracted cheap laborers to their factories during the Progressive period?

Farming

What economic doctrine was typically used during the post-Civil War era?

Laissez-faire

The so-called grandfather clause originated in what state?

Louisiana

In 1885, the United States government stopped

companies from paying to import workers from outside the nation.

As the 19th century came to a close, land ownership in the South

declined sharply.

During the period immediately following the Civil War, major cities in the United States

experienced growth, sometimes up to four times their original population.

Unlike today, citizens during the Gilded Age expected the ___________ to have little to no effect on their daily lives.

federal government

President Cleveland's decision to support the gold standard

fractured the Democrat party into pro-gold, pro-silver wings.

Which of the following industries was the United States not a world leader in by 1900?

gold

Whites on the Hawaiian Islands were referred to as

haoles.

The southerners who participated in the crop-lien system included all of the following except

merchants.

All of the following forces supported late 19th century imperialism except

racial equality.

Because of the excesses of the Gilded Age, a major period of ________ occurred to _______ it.

reform, counter

The most popular leisure destinations for the urban working class during the Gilded Age were

saloons.

The presidential election of 1884 could be described as

scandals over issues.

After the Civil War, many southerners dreamed of a freer world of small farms and industry. It was called

the New South.

After the Civil War two new "frontiers" of opportunity emerged in the United States. They were

the South and West.

Advocates of a New South believed that

the South needed to embrace new technologies.

The term Seward's folly applies to

the United States acquisition of Alaska in 1867.

According to your textbook, at the very end of the War of 1898

the status of the Philippines was unresolved.

The post-Civil War South industrialized in all of the following areas except

the weapons industry.

When one company buys everything needed to produce, market, and deliver their product, they have participated in

vertical integration.

Which of the following statements regarding settlers to the New West after the Civil War is most accurate?

was challenging for this diverse group of settlers.

The practice by Republicans of reminding voters who caused the Civil War was known as

waving the bloody shirt.

Many of the reforms pushed by the Populists

were implemented by the progressives.

The Philippines received their independence from the United States in what year?

1946

John D. Rockefeller is best associated with which industry?

Oil

According to the ____________________ the frontier era of American development had ended.

1890 national census

President Theodore Roosevelt intervened personally to break which strike?

1902 coal strike

______________________ was a tax that had to be paid before a person could vote.

A poll tax

Which of the following was not a cause of industrial growth in the era following the Civil War?

A resurging southern economy

What segment of the economy was not actively engaged in recruiting newly arrived immigrants during the Gilded Age?

Agriculture

Eugene V. Debs and the ___________ became famous during the ____________.

American Railway Union, Pullman Strike

Which of the following statements regarding American imperialism at the end of the 19th century is inaccurate?

Americans believed that other cultures were superior.

What is the term given to describe the ability of companies to afford technological improvements and the workforces to propel them into the modern age?

Economies of scale

What invention spurred the industrial and urban development?

Electricity

_______________________ was the leader of the Filipino nationalists during the War of 1898.

Emilio Aguinaldo

_____________________ was the name for the African Americans who migrated West in search of social and economic opportunities.

Exodusters

The Knights of Labor's decline began because of its perceived involvement in

Haymarket Riot.

Thanks to this man's invention, steel became substantially cheaper to make.

Henry Bessemer

The concept of "survival of the fittest" being applied to human society was introduced by

Herbert Spencer.

After the Civil War, what was the complaint about the federal tariff?

It was not forcing American companies to be competitive with their prices.

During the Progressive Era, who was considered a leading reformer?

Jane Addams

In the latter half of the 19th century of all the following groups migrated to the New West except

Japanese.

What affected African Americans' rights to vote in the South during the Gilded Age?

Jim Crow Laws removed their right to vote.

The group of journalists who drew attention to the abuses in society and published them in stories were known collectively as

Muckrakers.

This early union was more interested in working to craft state laws important to their members than directly bargaining with employers.

National Labor Union

Which of the following statements best describes the status of Native Americans at the end of the 19th century?

Native American resistance to westward expansion had been crushed.

The rise of this ailment was used to try to keep women from attending college and out of the workplace.

Neurasthenia

The first monopoly broken up by President Theodore Roosevelt was

Northern Securities Company.

Which statement regarding the crop-lien system is most accurate?

The system was inefficient, corrupt, and racially unfair.

What was an example of the new types of entertainment that became popular during the Gilded Age?

Wild West traveling shows

Which United States president was responsible for the annexation of Hawaii?

William McKinley

Americans at the turn of the century generally felt safe because of all of the following reasons except

atomic technology.

The economic situation in the New West can best be described as

boom/bust.

In cities during the Gilded Age, the political process was usually controlled by ________, and their organizations were known as _________.

bosses, machines

In the second half the 19th century all of the following were found in the New West except

bronze.

Native-born Americans who saw the influx of new immigrants to the United States with concern were called

nativists.

Before the Civil War, if you were a young child and you had a job, most likely you worked

on a farm.

By 1900, _____ of college students were women.

one-third