Chapter 17 Quiz- "Freedom's Boundaries, at Home and Abroad"

11.Twenty years after the end of Reconstruction, African Americans in the South: A.had entered the middle class in significant numbers B.had increased their role in local politics C.suffered the most from the region's poor conditions D.were much better off financially

C

14.Between 1890 and 1906, southern state governments and white Southerners eliminated black voting using all of the following EXCEPT: A.poll taxes B.violence and intimidation C.racial tests D.literacy and understanding tests E.the grandfather clause

C

1.In the Insular Cases, the Supreme Court: A.determined that Puerto Ricans and Filipinos would become U.S. citizens in 1904 B.held that the Constitution did not fully apply to the territories acquired by the United States during the Spanish-American War C.determined that Puerto Ricans and Filipinos were entitled to the same rights as U.S. citizens D.held that the annexation of the Philippines violated the Fourteenth Amendment

B

12.At the end of the 19th century, lynching: A.rarely happened B.was an act of violence directed mostly at black men C.affected only southern whites D.caused Ida B. Wells to stop writing and speaking

B

18.The severe depression of 1893: A.was a period in which labor and capital looked for compromise B.led to increased conflict between capitol and labor C.caused little if any hardship D.affected only factory workers

B

19.The Populist platform: A.appealed only to farmers B.called for public ownership of railroads C.called for the end of democratic government D.supported the interests of big business

B

3.The Spanish-American War: A.ended American expansionism B.brought the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico under U.S. control C.was a victory for Spain D.lasted several years

B

4.Journalists who worked for newspapers like William Randolph Hearst's New York Journal, which sensationalized events to sell papers, were called: A.Social Reformers B.Yellow Journalists C.Muckrakers D.Trustees

B

20.The People's Party: A.evolved out of the Farmer's Alliance B.attracted only workers C.represented the interests of big business D.attracted only farmers

A

6.In 1900, most of the nearly 5 million women who worked for wages worked in: A.the garment industry and as dmoestic laborers B.politics C.education D.secretarial positions

A

7.The American Federation of Labor's founder Samuel Gompers used the idea of "freedom of contract" to: A.argue against interference by judges with workers' right to organize unions B.argue for direct confrontation between unions and corporations C.argue for the right of owners to form political parties to shape government D.justify the exclusion of women and blacks from the American Federation of Labor

A

8.In his Atlanta speech of 1895, Booker T. Washington: A.encouraged blacks to adjust to segregation B.fought against segregation C.opposed vocational education for blacks D.called for poltiical equality

A

15.Which institution was hardest hit by the Redeemers once they assumed power in the South? A.Churches B.Mental Health facilities C.Public Schools D.Jails

C

16.The silver issue: A.united Democrats and Republicans B.divided the Republican Prty during the 1892 election C.refers to the fight to increase the money supply by minting silver money D.had little support from Democrat William Jennings Bryan

C

17.How were federal troops used in the Pullman Strike of 1894? A.as spies, such as an early Feral Bureau of Investigation B.as moderators between the employees and employers C.to help suppress the strikers on behalf of the owners D.they were not used at all

C

2.The Philippine War: A.was part of the American effort to liberate the Philippines B.resulted in Filipino independence C.was far longers and bloodier than the Spanish-American War D.was little debated at the time

C

5.The Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU): A.argued that politics was not the place for women B.was a small organization of radical feminists C.moved from demanding prohibition to pushing for women's suffrage D.was led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton

C

10.The Immigration Restriction League: A.called for increased immigration from Asia B.wanted to bar immigrants under the age of eighteen C.was founed by new immigrants D.wanted to bar immigrants who were illiterate

D

13.In Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the Supreme Court: A.ruled that "separate but equal" accommodations were unconstitutional B.supported the right of women to vote C.supported the right of workers to join unions D.ruled that "separate but equal" accomodations were constitutional

D

9.The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: A.was directed only at women and illiterates B.was not racially motivated C.favored Japanese imigrants D.prohibited any Chinese from entering the United States

D