Unit 1 (Ch. 15 - 18)

In 1929, the base price of a Ford Model T was Select one: a. $1120. b. $630. c. $950. d. $290. e. $470.

$290

In the late nineteenth century, leisure activities could sometimes bridge, but tended to be divided by, Select one: a. gender. b. race. c. class. d. both race and gender. e. All these answers are correct.

All these answers are correct

Charles Darwin's theories of evolution met initial resistance from many Select one: a. educators. b. theologians. c. scientists. d. theologians and educators. e. All these answers are correct.

All these answers are correct.

At the conclusion of President Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial, Select one: a. Johnson resigned from office just prior to the vote. b. Johnson was convicted and then pardoned by the Senate. c. every Senate Republican voted to convict. d. Johnson was acquitted by a margin of one vote. e. a majority of senators voted to acquit.

Johnson was acquitted by a margin of one vote.

As Republicans planned for Reconstruction, Select one: a. Radicals sought many conditions for readmission, such as disenfranchisement of many white Southerners. b. moderates believed the South should be readmitted without any concessions on black rights. c. Conservatives sought many conditions to readmit the former Confederate states. d. they were hampered by the fact that no thought had been given to the task until the end of the war. e. President Lincoln suggested that no conditions be put on the former Confederate states.

Radicals sought many conditions for readmission, such as disenfranchisement of many white Southerners.

In the 1850s, the U.S. policy of "concentration" for Indians Select one: a. affirmed and continued the previous federal treatment of Indians. b. set the basis for Indian policy for the rest of the century. c. reduced conflicts between whites and Indians. d. had many benefits for both whites and Indians. e. assigned all tribes to their own defined reservations.

assigned all tribes to their own defined reservations.

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 Select one: a. resulted in the deportation of half of the Chinese in the United States. b. had little effect on the size of the Chinese population in America. c. was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. d. banned Chinese already in the United States from becoming naturalized citizens. e. officially reduced the rate of Chinese immigration to the United States for five years.

banned Chinese already in the United States from becoming naturalized citizens.

The Knights of Labor Select one: a. began as a secret fraternal organization. b. tried in particular to enlist support for their cause from lawyers. c. was primarily a trade union. d. did not allow women to join. e. focused its efforts on improving wages and reducing hours.

began as a secret fraternal organization.

In the nineteenth century, vaudeville theater Select one: a. saw its birth as an art form in the United States. b. consisted of a variety of theater acts. c. only employed white performers. d. both consisted of a variety of stage acts, and only employed white performers. e. None of these answers is correct.

consisted of a variety of theater acts.

In the final days of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln Select one: a. continued to insist that the Confederacy had no legal right to exist. b. argued it best to readmit the Confederate states to the Union without condition. c. called on the Confederacy to negotiate a peace treaty with the United States. d. declared that the Confederate government must repudiate its constitution. e. met with Jefferson Davis in Richmond, Virginia.

continued to insist that the Confederacy had no legal right to exist.

To John D. Rockefeller and many other major industrialists in the late nineteenth century, the great curse of the modern economy was Select one: a. government regulation. b. the chronic labor shortage. c. the income tax. d. cutthroat competition. e. the corporate tax.

cutthroat competition.

In the 1890s, Florence Kelley and the National Consumers League sought to Select one: a. improve the safety and quality of consumer products. b. encourage immigrants to become greater consumers. c. protect family businesses from the competition of corporate retailers. d. force retailers and manufacturers to improve wages and working conditions for workers. e. All these answers are correct.

force retailers and manufacturers to improve wages and working conditions for workers.

During the late nineteenth century, all of the following innovations occurred in consumer goods EXCEPT the Select one: a. emergence of ready-made clothing. b. opening of large department stores. c. formation of credit card companies. d. development and mass production of tin cans. e. ability to refrigerate foods artificially.

formation of credit card companies.

The Fourteenth Amendment Select one: a. was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. b. gave citizenship rights to all people born in the United States and to everyone naturalized. c. ended slavery throughout the United States. d. was written in such a way as to appease the woman's suffrage movement. e. gave voting rights to all male Americans.

gave citizenship rights to all people born in the United States and to everyone naturalized.

Jim Crow laws Select one: a. challenged white Redeemer rule in the South. b. imposed a system of state-supported segregation. c. attacked the problem of lynching. d. did not apply to public parks, beaches, or picnic areas. e. led immediately to a dramatic black exodus from the South.

imposed a system of state-supported segregation.

In 1865, African Americans defined "freedom" as Select one: a. immediate representation in the U.S. Congress. b. the ability to return to their ancestral homelands. c. economic wealth. d. independence from white control. e. All these answers are correct.

independence from white control.

In his books, Horatio Alger Select one: a. inspired readers with stories of Americans rising from "rags-to-riches." b. argued that wealth and privilege were ultimately hollow achievements. c. criticized child labor in American industry. d. took critical issue with the ideas of Social Darwinism. e. offered true accounts of poor Americans who had become wealthy.

inspired readers with stories of Americans rising from "rags-to-riches."

Advocates of the "New South" Select one: a. opposed using northern capital. b. challenged the assumptions of white supremacy. c. in fact advocated a return to the plantation system of the antebellum South. d. promoted southern industry and ideals like thrift and progress. e. discouraged white women from working outside of the home.

promoted southern industry and ideals like thrift and progress.

Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West shows Select one: a. showed the realities of life on the frontier. b. proved to be popular in Europe as well as the United States. c. ignored the fact that Cody had never actually lived in the West himself. d. often competed against those of sharpshooter Annie Oakley. e. did not include representations of Indians.

proved to be popular in Europe as well as the United States.

In the 1890s, Jacob Riis Select one: a. reported on the living conditions of the urban poor to encourage improvements. b. documented the stories of wealthy Americans who came from humble origins. c. favored stopping immigration as a way to improve urban American cities. d. crusaded to expose political corruption in major American cities. e. pushed for the creation of mass transit systems and outlying suburbs in America's cities.

reported on the living conditions of the urban poor to encourage improvements.

The Haymarket Square riot of 1886 Select one: a. took place in Indianapolis. b. resulted in the conviction and execution of several anarchists. c. led to public outrage over the police firing into a crowd of workers. d. was the catalyst for several wide-ranging labor reforms. e. resulted in a strike at the McCormick Harvester Company.

resulted in the conviction and execution of several anarchists.

At the conclusion of President Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial, Select one: a. Johnson resigned from office just prior to the vote. b. Johnson was convicted and then pardoned by the Senate. c. every Senate Republican voted to convict. d. Johnson was acquitted by a margin of one vote. e. a majority of senators voted to acquit. Feedback The correct answer is: Johnson was acquitted by a margin of one vote. Question 3 Complete Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 By the end of Reconstruction, Select one: a. most Southern black women over 16 years of age did field work. b. black women still could not marry with any legal standing. c. most Southern black women played a role in the family that was very different from that of white women. d. most black women over 16 years of age did not hold a job. e. roughly half of all black women over 16 years of age were working for wages.

roughly half of all black women over 16 years of age were working for wages.

In the late nineteenth century, the Tammany Hall political machine Select one: a. operated out of Chicago and saw its most famous boss, William M. Tweed, sent to prison. b. saw its most famous boss, William M. Tweed, sent to prison. c. operated out of Chicago. d. was one of the few machines that did not engage in graft and corruption. e. All these answers are correct.

saw its most famous boss, William M. Tweed, sent to prison.

The Pullman strike of 1894 Select one: a. was ultimately successful for the strikers. b. ended when Governor John Peter Altgeld called out the militia to protect employers. c. ended when George Pullman dropped his demand that workers live in company housing. d. saw the president of the United States order federal troops to break the strike. e. had little effect on rail transportation throughout the nation.

saw the president of the United States order federal troops to break the strike.

Chinese tongs were Select one: a. prostitutes. b. community officials. c. indentured servants. d. secret societies. e. merchants.

secret societies.

By the 1890s, more than half of all immigrants to the United States were coming from Select one: a. Mexico and Central America. b. Great Britain and Germany. c. southern and eastern Europe. d. Ireland and Italy. e. China and Japan.

southern and eastern Europe.

The "city beautiful" movement in the United States was inspired, in part, by Select one: a. both the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago, and the new technology of skyscrapers. b. the economic depression of 1893. c. the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago. d. the new technology of skyscrapers. e. None of these answers is correct.

the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago.

In 1890 at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, Select one: a. Plains Indians mounted their last major attack on white Americans. b. the Sioux attempted to leave the reservation for Canada. c. the U.S. Seventh Cavalry suffered no casualties. d. the U.S. Seventh Cavalry massacred up to 200 Indians. e. All these answers are correct.

the U.S. Seventh Cavalry massacred up to 200 Indians.

One key to Henry Ford's success in the mass production of automobiles was Select one: a. a reduction in the size of his labor force. b. his encouragement of labor unions in organizing his factories. c. the training of highly skilled workers. d. the use of welds instead of rivets to speed production. e. the moving assembly line.

the moving assembly line.

In the late nineteenth century, political "machines" in cities owed their existence to Select one: a. the rapid growth of urban America and the potential voting power of large immigrant communities. b. disillusionment with heavy-handed and powerful city governments. c. the potential voting power of large immigrant communities. d. the potential voting power of large immigrant communities and disillusionment with powerful city governments. e. the rapid growth of urban America.

the rapid growth of urban America and the potential voting power of large immigrant communities.

In the late nineteenth century, organized labor failed to make great gains for all of the following reasons EXCEPT Select one: a. the relatively small membership of the major labor organizations when compared to the total workforce. b. the opposition of powerful and wealthy corporations. c. the total failure of state and federal governments to pass legislation that would protect the rights of workers. d. tensions between ethnic and racial groups, which divided the work force. e. the constantly shifting nature of the workforce.

the total failure of state and federal governments to pass legislation that would protect the rights of workers.

In 1890, the "Ghost Dance" Select one: a. was a spiritual revival among Plains Indians. b. was a spiritual revival among Plains Indians, inspired by the Paiute prophet Chief Joseph. c. honored all the Indians who had died in battle with white Americans. d. marked the resumption of hostilities by Plains Indians. e. All these answers are correct.

was a spiritual revival among Plains Indians.

In the late nineteenth century, "range wars" in the West were often between Select one: a. white American ranchers and Mexican ranchers. b. white Americans and Indians. c. white American ranchers and farmers. d. individual white American ranchers and large American ranching corporations. e. white American ranchers and Chinese ranchers.

white American ranchers and farmers.