Chapter 17 quiz

The ascendancy of the American Federation of Labor during the 1890s reflected:

a shift from broad reform goals to more limited goals.

Which was NOT part of the Populist platform?

Higher tariffs.

Why did the South fail to attract significant economic development in the wake of Reconstruction?

Investors came to the South for cheap labor and low taxes, so they made few capital investments in the region.

Which institution was hardest hit by the Redeemers once they assumed power in the South?

Public schools.

How were federal troops used in the Pullman Strike of 1894?

To help suppress the strikers on behalf of the owners.

In the 1890s, the National American Woman Suffrage Association:

argued that native-born white women's votes would counteract the "ignorant foreign vote."

The Platt Amendment:

authorized the United States to intervene militarily in Cuba.

Supporters of the Anti-Imperialist League:

believed that American energies should be directed at home, not abroad.

In his Atlanta speech of 1895, Booker T. Washington:

encouraged blacks to adjust to segregation.

In the Insular Cases, the Supreme Court:

held that the Constitution did not fully apply to the territories acquired by the United States during the Spanish-American War.

The "Kansas Exodus" meant all of the following EXCEPT:

the eventual return of most black migrants to the South.

American expansionism after the 1890s:

was largely driven by the desire for expanded overseas trade.

By the end of the nineteenth century, African-American men in the South:

were forced out of politics and passed leadership to female African-American activists.

Which of the following was the reason for U.S. control over Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines?

Control of strategic gateways from which to project American naval and commercial power.

Which of the following statements most accurately describes the significance of the 1892 strike in Homestead, Pennsylvania?

It demonstrated the enormous power of large corporations and reflected the belief of many working Americans that they were being denied economic independence and self-governance.

What explains the appeal of the Lost Cause mythology for Southern whites in the late nineteenth century?

It helped southern whites cope with defeat but preserve white supremacy.

Apart from the racial identity of victims, what typically triggered the lynch violence of southern white mobs?

The victim's alleged sexual conduct.

Which statement about the Spanish-American War is true?

The war lasted only four months and resulted in less than 400 U.S. battle casualties.

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882:

led to an increase in civil rights for Chinese people and Chinese-Americans living in the United States.

The Farmers' Alliance hoped to improve American farmers' economic stress by:

proposing the creation of government-sponsored crop warehouses.

The Philippine War:

resulted in Filipino independence.

Plessy v. Ferguson:

sanctioned racial segregation.

The Supreme Court decision United States v. Wong Kim Ark ruled that:

the Fourteenth Amendment gave Asians born in the United States citizenship.