HIST 1302 MIDTERM

The _____ was a romanticized interpretation of the Civil War that envisioned Confederates as noble defenders of the Southern way of life.

"Lost Cause"

After the Civil War, many African American communities began to establish:

Schools to educate their children.

Which of the following statements regarding southern sharecroppers is INACCURATE?

Sharecroppers were often poor whites.

In the 1870's, what invention allowed the construction of large apartment buildings to become significantly cheaper?

Steam radiators.

This group/organization was created to assist newly freed slaves in acclimating to their new status.

The Freedman's bureau

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

Americans believed that other cultures were superior.

Casualties were staggering during the Great War, mainly because of new technologies. Which of the following was NOT used in the Great War?

Atomic weapons.

Due to Reconstruction in the South, this group would travel to the area to fill the vacancies in the state governments for which their own citizens were forbidden.

Carpetbaggers.

Which of the following would have been considered an average progressive during the late 19th and early 20th century?

Christian moralists.

What invention spurred the industrial and urban development of the late 19th century?

Electricity.

As a result of high cotton prices, many sharecroppers were able to save money and buy farms.

False

Pioneer women enjoyed full equality with men in the West.

False

Progressives generally believed government should not interfere with big business.

False

Spain refused to consider practically all of the American demands concerning Cuba before the United States declared war.

False

Tenement housing gave city dwellers substantially healthier and more comfortable living conditions.

False

The Haymarket affair was a peaceful protest against the use of child labor.

False

The United States purchased Alaska from Great Britain.

False

The number of inventions registered at the US Patent Office remained fairly constant through the 19th century.

False

Women in "war work" were usually able to keep their jobs after the war.

False

After the Second Industrial Revolution, corporations tried their hands at:

Farming

During the Great War, which countries made up the Allied Powers?

France, Great Britain, Russia.

How long did the conflict known as the Great War last?

From 1914 to 1918.

During the Great War, what countries made up the Central Powers?

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy.

The United States government encouraged western settlement by doing all of the following except:

Giving land to former slaves.

_______ and _______ wanted Germany to pay for the entire financial cost of the war.

Great Britain, France

What was the progressive approach to social problems?

Investigate, educate, legislate.

What was the immediate cause of the outbreak of the Great War?

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

Which of the following was NOT a motive of reformers?

To abolish slavery.

Anarchists oppose all forms of government.

True

During World War I, popular prejudice associated anything German with disloyalty.

True

Farmers were generally hurt by high tarrifs.

True

In March, 1917, German submarines sank five U.S. vessels in the North Atlantic.

True

Many immigrant groups in the United States supported the Central Powers in the European War

True

Many reformers were motivated by conservative religious belief.

True

Most Americans experienced a rising standard of living in the late 19th century.

True

One major task in big cities was disposing of horse waste.

True

Saloons were the poor man's social club during the late 19th century.

True

Social Darwinist ideas justified policies of imperial expansion.

True

The popular election of senators required a constitutional amendment.

True

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

Vast natural resources.

As President, Andrew Johnson

Was prejudiced and combative against African Americans and Congress respectively.

Americans at the turn of the 20th century generally felt safe because all of the following EXCEPT:

atomic technology

The Fifteenth Amendment freed the slaves.

false

The South emerged from the Civil War with a strong, diversified economy.

false

Cholera, typhoid fever, and yellow fever were often the result of urban areas of _______.

poor sanitation.

All of the following forces supported late 19th century imperialism EXCEPT:

racial equality.

Overcrowded, filthy, and poorly maintained ________ were where the poor of the urban areas lived.

tenements

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

the New South.

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

Agriculture.