American History Chapter 17-18

One of the biggest political issues of the late 19th century was

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By 1900, what percentage of the residents in major cities was foreign born?

30 percent

Turner's "frontier thesis" argued that

America's frontier had made it more democratic

In the second half the 19th century all of the following were found in the New West except

Bronze

In 1882, Congress banned further immigration to the United States from what country?

China

Miners were drawn to Nevada's Comstock Lode by the discovery of _____________ there in the 1850s.

Gold

The section of the Republican party during the Gilded Age that was concerned with the excesses of the time were known as the

Half-Breeds

The concept of "survival of the fittest" being applied to human society was introduced by

Herbert Spencer

The ______________________ was a series of state constitutional amendments designed to restrict black voting rights in the 1890s.

Mississippi Plan

_____________________ was the name given to the violent racism against successful blacks that appeared in late 19th century.

Negrophobia

The __________________ was a new political party made up largely of farmers from the South and West who wanted to gain political influence in the East.

People's party

Which political party during the Gilded Age promoted the plight of miners and farmers?

Populists

The post-Civil War South industrialized in all of the following areas except

The weapons industry

Frederick Jackson Turner's frontier thesis ignored all of the following groups except

White men

In cities during the Gilded Age, the political process was usually controlled by ________, and their organizations were known as _________.

bosses, machines

In 1885, the United States government stopped

companies from paying to import workers from outside the nation

According to your textbook, the post-Civil War West symbolized

economic opportunity and personal freedom

Cholera, typhoid fever, and yellow fever were often the result in urban areas of

poor sanitation

A major concern toward those labeled "new immigrants" was

that they resisted assimilation

The Panic of 1893 started when

the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad declared bankruptcy.