Unit 1 Test Review- Growing Pains
The end of the Pullman Strike came when
President Cleveland dispatched federal troops to remove train cars from the tracks.
The ________ were a special regiment made up of good shots and good riders that Theodore Roosevelt joined during the War of 1898
Rough Riders
What was not a cause of the changes in recreation and leisure in the Gilded Age?
Sanitation improvements
____was the spiritual and political movement started by _____ to make Indian soldiers bulletproof.
The Ghost Dance, Wovoka
Which of the following statements regarding the consequences of the War of 1898 is most accurate?
The war boosted American self-confidence and reinforced racist attitudes
Why were trusts created?
To sidestep laws preventing one company from owning another
What is one thing that the United States had that other nations did not that helped spur the Industrial Revolution?
Vast natural resources
As a result of the crop-lien system in the South, farmers often had ________ at the end of the harvest.
a larger debt
A common occurrence during the Gilded Age of politics was that members of Congress often
accepted bribes
The Sandlot Incident was aimed at protesting the hiring of what group of immigrants?
Chinese
Which of the following was developed before the Civil War?
Cotton gin
Which of the following groups did not fight in the War of 1898?
Dominicans
The Cuban War for Independence against Spain lasted how long?
From 1895- 1898
What did not play a role in the terrible economic conditions in the South during the late 19th century?
Lack of Labor
According to Frederick Jackson Turner, the frontier
defined and shaped America
All of the following constitute the Great Plains expect
eastern Kansas
According to your textbook, the post- Civil War symbolized
economic opportunity and personal freedom
President Cleveland's decision to support the gold standard
fractured the Democrat party into pro-gold, pro-silver wings
The use of the Mississippi Plan and the poll tax
hurt both black and poor white voters.
The largest group employed in factories during the Gilded Age was
immigrants
One of the biggest political issued of the late 19th century was
monetary issues
Cholera, typhoid fever, and yellow fever were often the result in urban areas of
poor sanitation
Because of the excesses of the Gilded Age, a major period of ________ occurred to _______ it.
reform, counter
The presidential election of 1884 could be described as
scandals over issues
Overcrowded, filthy, and poorly maintained ____ were where the poor of the urban areas lived.
tenements
The Panic of 1893 started when
the Philadelphia and reading railroad declared bankruptcy
As a result of the Treaty of Paris, Spain received $20 million from the United States in return for all of the following territories expect
the Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam
Many in the South believed that they had lost the war because
the South relied too much on slavery and cotton cultivation
Populism was based on the idea that
the common man should have more of a say in politics
Exampled of Jim Crow segregation include all of the following except
the grandfather clause
According to your text book, at the very end of the War of 1898
the status of the Philippines was unresolved
The term Seward's folly applies to
the united states acquisition of Alaska in 1867
The Homestead Strike ended with
the workers' union destroyed and their leaders imprisoned
One of the ways politics in the Gilded Age was different than today was that
voters voted for the same party, year after year regardless of the candidate
The Philippines received their independence from the United States in what year?
1946
Partly as a result of the publication of ____ by Helen Hunt Jackson, U.S policies regarding the Indians gradually _____
A Century of Dishonor, improves
Which of the following statements regarding race relations in the last years of the 19th century is most accurate?
Economic, legal, and social discrimination against blacks increased
In the late 19th century, Americans began to consider expanding into all of the following areas except
Europe
After the Civil War what was the compliant about the federal tariff?
It was not forcing American companies to be competitive with their prices
What affected African Americans' rights to vote in the South during the Gilded Age?
Jim Crow Laws removed their right to vote
Which of the following statements best describe 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
Which of the following statements regarding the Southern economy at the end of the 19th century is most accurate?
The South was producing as much cotton as it had before the Civil War
Which of the following statements regarding American imperialism in the Pacific is inaccurate?
The United States planned to annex Japan
What invention did not ease the ability of people to live outside of major urban areas yet still work there?
The automobile
What made immigrants different in the time between 1860 and 1920 than in previous years?
The immigrants tended to come from eastern and southern Europe
Which statement regarding the crop-lien system is most accurate
The system was inefficient, corrupt, and racially unfair
Which of the United States president was responsible for the annexation of Hawaii?
William McKinley
As a result of the publication of The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660- 1783, the United States
built eleven new steel battleships
Before the Civil War, if you were a young child and you had a job, most likely you worked
on a farm