History final 17
Which was NOT part of the Populist platform
Higher tariffs
What did the term "white man's burden" mean
Imperialism required long absences from friends and family back home.
After the 1896 election, voter participation began a steady downhill trend that continues to this day
True
The "new imperialism" involved European colonial powers seeking to consolidate their domination of Africa, Asia, and the Middle East in the name of "civilization."
True
William McKinley championed a government that would help ordinary Americans.
True
Which statement about the 1896 election is FALSE
William Jennings Bryan lost because he supported the gold standard
The Platt Amendment
authorized the United States to intervene militarily in Cuba.
In the Insular Cases, the Supreme Court
determined that Puerto Ricans and Filipinos would become U.S. citizens in 1904
In his Atlanta speech of 1895, Booker T. Washington:
encouraged blacks to adjust to segregation
Farmers believed that their plight derived from all of the following EXCEPT
the free and unlimited coinage of silver.
The Philippine war
was far longer and bloodier than the Spanish-American War
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
was the first time race was used to exclude an entire group of people from entering the United States
In 1898, the American system of government had no provision for permanent colonies
False
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
Which institution was hardest hit by the Redeemers once they assumed power in the South
Public schools
How did Populists hope to guarantee farmers inexpensive access to markets for their crops
They called for public ownership of the railroads
The severe depression of 1893
led to increased conflict between capital and labor
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