The American Yawp, Chapter 16-22 quizzes

Approximately what percent of early rodeo contestants were women?

10%

What percent of married women worked outside of the home in the 1920s?

10%

when did the united states begin trading with china?

1784

Which census first revealed that a majority of Americans were living in cities

1920

The final two decades of the nineteenth century saw over _________ strikes and lockouts

20,000

From 1880 to 1950, approximately _______ African Americans were murdered by white mobs.

5,000

By 1890, in most large northern cities, immigrants and their children amounted to what percent of the population?

60%

By 1900, the richest ten percent controlled perhaps _______ percent of the nation's wealth.

90%

What was the Zimmerman Telegram?

A German offer to help Mexico recover land lost in the Mexican-American War if they would side with Germany in WW1

What was the Lost Cause?

A glorification of the memory of the Confederacy and a romanticization of the Old South as a pastoral land with benevolent masters and happy slaves

Warren G. Harding won office by campaigning on which theme

A return to normalcy

Marcus Garvey created a movement encouraging black Americans to migrate to Africa. To do this he created which of the following

A shipping company called the Black Star Line

What economic opportunity drew the most migrants to the West?

Access to land for agriculture

What was the most important aspect of the southern economy in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?

Agriculture

One of the intellectual leaders of the Harlem Renaissance wrote that "we are achieving something like a spiritual emancipation." Who was this intellectual?

Alain Locke

Which of the following statements regarding "muscular Christianity" are true:

All of the above (a. Motivated by a fear that the country had become a nation of emasculated men b. Sought to stiffen young men's' backbones by putting them in touch with their primal manliness c. Built summer camps and gymnasiums where young American men could strengthen their bodies and spirits)

What tactics were used to disenfranchise black voters?

All of the above (a. Poll taxes b. Literacy tests c. Violence and intimidation)

By 1913, the United States produced one-third of the world's industrial output. This was more than __________.

All of the above, combined (a. Britain b. France c. Germany)

The Socialist Party of America achieved which of the following gains in the early twentieth century?

All of the above. (A. Elected over 1,000 candidates to American political offices B. Gained over 150,000 registered members C. Garnered nearly one million votes for Socialist Party presidential candidate Eugene Debs in 1912)

**What was Frederick Jackson Turner's "Frontier Thesis?"

American culture was forged by the struggle between civilized settlers and savage frontier life, giving it a democratic and hardworking spirit

What was the particular spark that ignited World War I?

Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and Grand Duchess Sophie

How did President Lincoln respond to the Sioux Uprising?

Attempted to commute the sentences of captured Indians in order to maintain peace

Which of these authors criticized Victorian era gender norms?

Both (a. Charlotte Perkins Gilman b. Kate Chopin)

In the late nineteenth century, which American city had the largest meat processing industry?

Chicago

Which city served as the most important railroad hub, connecting the East and the West?

Chicago

Women served in the armed forces during World War I. They served in all of the following positions EXCEPT a. Naval yeomen b. Telephone operators c. Physicians d. Commissioned officers

Commissioned officers

As President Theodore Roosevelt transformed the American navy by emphasizing which of the following strategies?

Creating battleships and a "blue water" navy that would win battles against rival fleets

How did the Roosevelt Corollary modify the Monroe Doctrine?

Declaring that the U.S. had the right to preemptive action through intervention in any Latin American nation to correct administrative and fiscal deficiencies

Immigrant Americans tended to vote for which political party?

Democratic

Army General John "Black Jack" Pershing used all of the following technologies in his attempt to capture Pancho Villa EXCEPT a. Motorized vehicles b. Reconnaissance aircraft c. Wireless telegraph d. Destroyers

Destroyers

What was the result of the King-Crane commission?

Discovery that most inhabitants of the Middle East favored an independent state free of European control

What was the primary purpose of the failed Equal Rights Amendment?

Eliminate all legal distinctions based on sex

What theme dominated American popular entertainment in the 1920s?

Escape

Which of the following issues most concerned American diplomats prior to World War I?

Expanding transatlantic trade

How did increased availability of consumer credit in the 1920s influence American expenditures?

Expenditures increased

The Homestead Act granted official title to 160 acre plots of land after how many years of settlement?

Five years

How was the transcontinental railroad funded?

Grants and loans from fed gov

Which of the following events most seriously damaged the Knights of Labor?

Haymarket Affair

Why did William Jennings Bryan attack the Gold Standard?

He wanted to increase inflation to lower the burden of farmers debts

The Triple Entente united all of the following nations EXCEPT

The United States

What did the United States demand from the Comanche leading to the Red River War?

The United States demanded that the Comanche settle on government reservations

Why did the League of Nations fail?

The United States did not join it

What most directly explains the boost in production of McCormick reapers?

The adoption of interchangeable parts

The Dakota Uprising of 1862 began with what event?

The death of five white settlers at the hands of four young Santee men

What was the "tainted money debate?"

The decision whether the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions would accept a large donation by John D. Rockefeller

Catholic clergymen who took up the name "Americanists" believed in all of the following EXCEPT a. Catholic immigrants should try to assimilate into the English-speaking mainstream b. Public schools were a danger to the catholic faith c. The church should close <ethic parishes= d. The separation of the church and the state would benefit Catholicism

The separation of church and state would benefit Catholicism

All of the following statements regarding the Philippine-American War are true EXCEPT

The war began with the assassination of Emilio Aguinaldo, president of the First Philippine Republic

All of the following statements regarding the boosters of the New South are true EXCEPT a. They saw economic independence as a means of limiting connections between North and South b. They embraced industrialization as a tool to encourage economic development c. They were exclusively white and sought to maintain the racial status quo d. They sought to move away from the South's dependence on cotton, believing that agricultural diversification would lead to economic development

They saw economic independence as a means of limiting connections between North and South

All of the following statements regarding the Guano Islands Act of 1856 are true EXCEPT a. Guano was a popular fertilizer that was integral to industrial farming b. This legislation put Guano Islands on a path to statehood that later was rejected c. This legislation authorized and encouraged Americans to venture into the seas and claim islands with guano deposits for the United States d. These acquisitions were the first insular, unincorporated territories of the United States

This legislation put Guano Islands on a path to statehood that later was rejected

What was the purpose of Western cattle drives?

To bring cattle to eastern markets, mostly through railroad hubs

The National Origins Act restricted the number of immigrants from any given country to ____ percent of the number of current Americans from that country

Two

A wave of mergers peaked between 1897 and 1904. The largest of these mergers created the first billion dollar American corporation. What was that corporation?

United States Steel

Why did President Wilson authorize the invasion of Veracruz, Mexico?

Victoriano Huerta executed democratically elected president, Francisco Madero Americans with financial investments in Mexico asked for intervention Mexican forces mistakenly arrested American sailors

The Paiute prophet Wovoka promised that which of the following would occur if Indians obeyed his instructions and participated in the ceremony that came to be called the Ghost Dance

a. Dead relatives would return to Earth b. Drought would end and the buffalo would return c. Anglo settlers would disappear in an apocalyptic disaster

How did southern reformers seek to combat corruption? a. Disenfranchising black voters b. Invoking the fifteenth amendment in legal cases c. Passing campaign finance reform d. Southern reformers did not show concern with corruption

a. Disenfranchising black voters

Which of the following definition best describes the work of muckrakers? a. Investigative journalists b. Organized crime hitmen c. Social workers d. Legislators who defended lynching

a. Investigative journalists

Which of the following environmental thinkers advocated preservation rather than conservation? a. John Miur b. Gifford Pinchot c. Alice Hamilton d. All of the above

a. John Miur

What explains the popularity of Wild West shows?

a. Tapped into anxieties about men losing their masculinity in the "softer" world of factory and office work b. Most Americans believed that Native cultures were disappearing, if not already gone, and felt a sense of urgency to see their dances and hear their songs c. The Old West seemed an uncomplicated place where the struggle between right and wrong was clear, unlike modern America which seemed increasingly morally complicated.

Why did so many die in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire? a. Unsafe working conditions b. Racial violence c. Corrupt law enforcement d. Union protests

a. Unsafe working conditions

W.E.B. DuBois, founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, broke with his former mentor Booker T. Washington because, DuBois believed that Washington ______. a. Was not bold enough b. Was too radical c. Was corrupt and immoral d. Lacked the skills to organize a large movement

a. Was not bold enough

Who advocated racial accommodationism? a. W.E.B. DuBois b. Booker T. Washington c. Eugene Debs d. Ida B. Wells

b. Booker T. Washington

Which of the following writers most effectively used photography in their work? a. Upton Sinclair b. Jacob Riis c. Edward Bellamy d. Ida B. Wells

b. Jacob Riis

Theodore Roosevelt first gained fame as a trust busters by attacking which monopoly in 1902? a. Standard Oil b. Northern Securities c. J.P. Morgan Chase d. General Electric

b. Northern Securities

What legal principle was enshrined by the Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson? a. Habeus corpus b. Separate but equal c. No taxation without representation d. Lynch law

b. Separate but equal

All of the following statements regarding the National Women's Party are true EXCEPT: a. Led by Alice Paul b. Picketed the White House c. Advocated violent resistance to sexism d. Over 150 members were arrested and imprisoned

c. Advocated violent resistance to sexism

How did progressive Democratics in the South seek to solve the problems of racial strife? a. Advocating for equal access to education for all b. Seeking to dismantle Jim Crow laws c. Legislating segregation d. All of the above

c. Legislating segregation

Which ethnic group faces the most rigid immigration restrictions?

chinese

In the election of 1896, 130,000 black Louisianans voted. In 1900 the number was __________. a. 158,450 b. 139,482 c. 53,459 d. 5,320

d. 5,320

All of the following were candidates in the 1912 presidential election EXCEPT: a. Woodrow Wilson b. Theodore Roosevelt c. William Howard Taft d. Al Smith

d. Al Smith

Which of the following statements regarding Jane Addams' activism are true? a. Spoke out against militarism b. Created an influential settlement home in Chicago c. Favored cooperation between the rich and the poor d. All of the above

d. All of the above

Which of the following best describes the Social Gospel? a. The belief that Christ would return to Earth in the next decade b. A theological defense of segregation c. A religious of temperance activists d. The goal of saving society as well as souls

d. The goal of saving society as well as souls

Women participated in the global influence of the United States in many ways, including as all of the following EXCEPT a. Missionaries b. Teachers c. Diplomats d. Medical professionals

diplomats

At the turn of the century, the percentage of immigrants from which region decreased in relation to other regions?

eastern europe

Which ethnic group was most numerous among the Catholic bishops in the United States?

irish

Taylorism attempted to use scientific principles to better handle which aspect of business?

management

During the nineteenth century, American interests in the Middle East revolved around all of the following EXCEPT a. Religion b. Oil c. Education d. Access to trading routes

oil

How did the United States respond to the Boxer rebellion in China?

president mickenly sent the us army into china without consulting congress

What economic activity most united Brazil and the United States in the early nineteenth century?

sugar trade

________________, wrote an influential book, Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases and helped inspire the anti-lynching movement.

Ida B. Wells

What disease proved most deadly during and in the immediate aftermath of World War I?

Influenza

How did railroads transform the American economy?

Inspired the development of organized labor to meet the needs of a permanent working class

Which of the following groups was the most radical?

Knights of Labor

Two events are widely credited with inspiring the rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan. One is the release of the film The Birth of the Nation. What was the second?

Lynching of Leo Frank

How did attitudes toward sex change in the 1920s?

Many college-educated white women rebelled against "Victorian" notions of sexuality, leading to an increase in premarital sex

Which of the following factors contributed to William McKinley's victory over William Jennings Bryan in the 1896 election?

McKinley was able to spend five times more than Bryan on the campaign

Which of the following describes the place of the labor movement during the 1920s?

Membership declined

Most practices and objects associated with American cowboys were modified from ______ ranchers

Mexican

What did the Populists propose in the Omaha Platform?

Nationalizing the country's railroad and telegraph systems to ensure that essential services would be run in the best interests of the people

A vibrant homosexual culture developed during the 1920s in which American city?

New York

The Teapot Dome Scandal sent several prominent members of the Harding administration to jail. The scandal involved the leasing of government land to what group?

Oil companies

How did the United States respond to the Bolshevik Revolution?

Opposed the Revolution and sent American troops, who remained in Russia until 1920

Why were southerners unable to maintain unity in the People's Party?

Racial Conflict

What was the Red Summer of 1919?

Racial Violence in twenty-five American Cities

Which group received more land from the government?

Railroad companies (significantly more than homesteaders)

All of the following groups provided cultural space for immigrants to maintain their arts, languages, and traditions EXCEPT a. Rotary clubs b. Workmen's clubs c. Mutual-aid societies d. Parish churches

Rotary clubs

Where did Germany first invade?

Russia

Which group founded the People's Party (also known as the Populists)?

Small farmers in the South, Midwest, and Great Plains

What was the purpose of the Dawes General Allotment Act?

Splintered vast Native American reservations into individual family homesteads

Which of the following most accurately describes the arguments of Social Darwinism?

State welfare and private charity would lead to degeneration by perpetuating the survival of the weak

How did many black leaders, including W. E. B. DuBois respond to the war?

Supporter the war effort and lobbied to include black soldiers in front-line combat positions

Fundamentalist Christianity coalesced around a series of ideas best articulated in a pamphlet commissioned by oil barons Lyman and Milton Stewart. What is the name of this pamphlet?

The Fundamentals

Why did the Russian army disintegrate?

The German invasion of 1916 killed several key commanders in the Russian army

What was the result of the Kaiserschlacht?

The Germans launched five failed major attacks

Which group accounted for 90% of household expenditures in 1920s homes?

Women

what was the open door policy?

a call for all western powers to have equal access to chinese markets