chapter 17 study guide

Which of the following was NOT an argument of anti-imperialists against American expansionism?

a. America did not have the manpower necessary to staff new foreign embassies.

How did the Civil War come to be remembered by the 1890s as the white North and South moved

a. As a tragic family quarrel among white Americans, in which blacks played no significant part.

What did the term "white man's burden" mean?

a. Domination of non-whites by white people was necessary for the progress of civilization.

Which statement about the Spanish-American War is true?

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

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

a. proposing the creation of government-sponsored crop warehouses.

In contrast to the expansion of the 1890s, U.S. interests in Alaska originated in a desire for:

a. territory.

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

b. Public schools.

"New immigrants"

b. arrived in large numbers from the Russia and the Austro-Hungarian empires.

The 1894 Pullman Strike:

b. crippled national rail service and triggered the arrest of union president, Eugene V. Debs.

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

b. encouraged blacks to adjust to segregation.

Plessy v. Ferguson:

b. sanctioned racial segregation.

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

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

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

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

Republican presidential candidate William McKinley:

c. argued in favor of the gold standard.

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

c. the eventual return of most black migrants to the South

Americans have referred to the 1890s as the women's era because:

c. women's economic opportunities and roles in public life expanded.

Why did Americans celebrate the Spanish-American War?

d. Americans experience the war as an occasion for national reconciliation between North and South.

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

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

Which statement about the People's Party is FALSE?

d. It emerged as an urban, middle-class vehicle for social, economic, and political reform.

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882:

e. was the first time race was used to exclude an entire group of people from entering the UnitedStates.

Which was NOT part of the Populist platform?

higher tariffs

The severe depression of 1893:

led to increased conflict between capitol and labor.

The New South as promoted by Henry Grady:

promised prosperity based on industrial expansion.