quiz 3 history

Apart from the racial identity of victims, what typically triggered the lynch violence of southern white mobs?

The victim's alleged sexual conduct.

All of the following statements about Emilio Aguinaldo are true EXCEPT:

a. Aguinaldo led the Filipino armed struggle for independence against Spain. b. Aguinaldo led the Filipinos in the war against the United States. c. Aguinaldo opposed American imperialism. Incorrect d. Aguinaldo argued that the United States was betraying its own values by annexing the Philippines. e. Aguinaldo believed that Filipinos could only govern themselves with U.S. assistance. d)

All of the following were used by southern whites to maintain domination over blacks EXCEPT:

a. limiting economic opportunities b. outlawing the use of black female domestic workers in white homes Correct c. disenfranchisement d. inferior education e. racial segregation b)

Between 1890 and 1906, southern state governments and white Southerners eliminated black voting using all of the following EXCEPT:

a. literacy and understanding tests. b. poll taxes. c. the grandfather clause. d. racial tests. Correct e. violence and intimidation. d)

As a rail hub in the Gilded Age and beyond, Chicago...

a. struggled to maintain a supply of potable water. b. tripled its population. c. imported timber and exported lumber. d. came to dominate the futures market for commodities. e. none of these. f. included millions of cattle, hogs, sheep, and horses. g. all of these. g)

President William McKinley justified U.S. annexation of the Philippines on all of the following grounds EXCEPT:

a. the United States believed the Filipinos were not ready for self-government. b. the United States needed to civilize Filipinos. c. the United States needed to Christianize the Filipinos. d. the United States needed to ensure that the Philippines became an independent democracy. Correct e. the United States needed the islands for business and trade. d)

The Spanish-American War:

brought the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico under U.S. control.

The severe depression of 1893:

led to increased conflict between capitol and labor.

In Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the Supreme Court:

ruled that "separate but equal" accommodations were constitutional.

Founded in 1886, the American Federation of Labor:

successfully organized immigrant workers.

By the end of the nineteenth century, African-American men in the South:

were forced out of politics and passed leadership to female African-American activists.