U.S. HIstory Midterm exam quiz questions
the triangle shirtwaist company fire
Brought in its wake much-needed safety legislation
the progressive presidents were (3)
Theodore Roosevelt William Howard Taft Woodrow Wilson
the first billion dollar enterprise corporation was
U.S. Steel
if a man from Maine came to live in the south as a teacher what would he most likely be labeled as
a carpetbagger
Eugene V. Debs
a socialist candidate for president
Jane addams
advocated for the working poor
after the civil war what happened in regards to religion
african-americans started their own churches
in Muller v. Oregon the Supreme Court ----
argued that women were too weak to work long hours
the 16th amendment
authorized congress to implement a graduated income tax
Margaret Sanger was a
birth control advocate
who migrated to Kansas during the Kansas exodus
blacks
what best describes the black response to the ending of the civil war and the coming of freedom
blacks focused on fam and looked for fam members who had been separated from them during the slavery era
in regards to public education in the south during reconstruction
blacks had a desire to learn so they could enter politics
massive hunting of what animal hurt the Plain Indians
buffalo
Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller
built up giant corporations that dominated their respective markets
what was a reason for US control over Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines
control of strategic gateways from which to project American naval and commercial power
after the civil war which of the following became a symbol of a life of freedom on the open range
cowboys
president Theodore Roosevelt-
distinguished between "good" and "bad" trusts
the Dawes act of 1887
divided tribal lands into parcels of land for Indian families
for workers, the second industrial revolution meant what
frequent periods of mass unemployment higher wages than those earned by European industrial workers dangerous work conditions increase of women working in industry
between 1890 and 1906, southern state gov and white southerners eliminated black voting using what
grandfather clause literacy and understanding tests poll taxes violence and intimidation
according to the authors of the Dawes Severalty Act, what constituted a civilized life for Native Americans in the later nineteenth century
individual property ownership and farming on family plots
analyze reconstruction policy in what way was it a success
it established an amendment promising equal protection for all
Spanish-American war
lasted only 4 months resulted in less than 400 U.S. battle causalities
after the civil war ex-slaves were labeled as "drifters'' what was the reality for these ex-slaves
many slaves were moving around in search of family members who had been sold
a Nickelodeon was a -----
motion-picture theater
newspaper and magazine writers who exposed the ills of industrial and urban life fueling the progressive movement were known as __________
muckrackers
Andrew Johnson's reconstruction policy emphasized
pardons for most white southerners
the Chinese exclusion act of 1882-
prohibited any Chinese from entering the US
what was used by southern whites to maintain domination over blacks
racial segregation disenfranchisement limiting economic opportunities inferior education
the ____ made possible the second industrial revolution in america
railroads
the silver issue
refers to the fight to increase the money supply by minting silver money
in Plessy v. Ferguson the supreme court
ruled that "separate but equal" accommodations were constitutional
a worker who crossed a picket line during a strike was called a what
scab
feminism
sought to attack the traditional roles of sexual behaviors for women
the 15th amendment
sought to guarantee that one could not be denied suffrage rights based on race
what brought about a new wave of sympathy for the plight of women in the garment industry in Lawrence, Massachusetts
the appearance of malnourished children evacuated from Lawrence shocked the public
in 1883 ----- divided the nation into the four time zones still used today
the major railroad companies
the theory of social darwinism argued that-
the theory of evolution applies to humans, thus explaining why some were rich and some were poor
how did populists hope to guarantee farmers inexpensive access to markets for their crops
they called for public ownership of the railroads
apart from the racial identity of victims, what typically triggered the Lynch violence of southern white mobs
victim's alleged sexual conduct
the ghost danace
was a religious revitalization campaign around Indians, feared by whites
at the end of 19th century lynching-
was an act of violence directed mostly at black men
in the 19th century, pools, trusts, and mergers were:
ways that manufacturers sought to control the marketplace
journalists who worked for newspapers like William Randolph Hearst's New York journal which sensationalized events to sell papers were called-
yellow journalists