Quiz 3

The Philippine War:

was far longer and bloodier than the Spanish-American War.

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 was NOT part of the Populist platform?

Higher tariffs.

Which statement about the People's Party is FALSE?

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

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

The victim's alleged sexual conduct.

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

To help suppress the strikers on behalf of the owners.

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

encouraged blacks to adjust to segregation.

The New South as promoted by Henry Grady:

promised prosperity based on industrial expansion.

Plessy v. Ferguson:

sanctioned racial segregation.

Journalists who worked for newspapers like William Randolph Hearst's New York Journal, which sensationalized events to sell papers, were called:

yellow journalists.