HIST 021 Midterm
T/F: The Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution granted the vote to white women, but not to black women.
False
T/F: "Vertical integration" meant the incorporation within one company of different stages or production or distribution.
True
Which of the following was not a major reason for America's imperial expansion? A: A desire to broaden the exposure of Americans to different cultures. B: A conviction that it was America's mission to uplift "less civilized" peoples. C: A sense of strategic rivalry with other imperial powers. D: A quest on the part of business for new markets for goods.
A: A desire to broaden the exposure of Americans to different cultures.
Which of the following is not a theme of Senator Ben Tillman's 1900 statement? (Doc: Senator Benjamin R. "Pitchfork Ben" Tillman Justifies Violence Against Southern Blacks) A: African Americans will someday achieve equal citizenship rights; they're just not ready yet. B: White violence against African Americans has been spurred by the black insistence on political rights. C: The lynching of African-American men is justified, as a way to keep them from assaulting white women. D: African Americans should never be allowed to vote.
A: African Americans will someday achieve equal citizenship rights; they're just not ready yet.
Which of the following was not a significant provision of the 1865 Mississippi Black Codes? (Doc: Mississippi Black Codes) A: Any black person exhibiting disrespect for the American flag was subject to fine and/or imprisonment. B: It was a crime for a white person and a black person to marry, or to engage in sexual relations. C: Any black person found publicly associating with white people on terms of equality was subject to fine and/or imprisonment. D: Any black person who quit a job before his or her contractual term of service had expired was liable to arrest.
A: Any black person exhibiting disrespect for the American flag was subject to fine and/or imprisonment.
Which of the following was not a significant feature of the New West? A: Cowboys actually had pretty comfortable lives, despite the images typically presented in Hollywood movies. B: The growth of commercial centers, manufacturing, and extractive industry triggered the rise of major cities out West. C: Homestead farmers experienced widespread hardship and social isolation. D: Railroads wielded enormous power over the region's development.
A: Cowboys actually had pretty comfortable lives, despite the images typically presented in Hollywood movies.
Which of the following was not a key reason for the late-nineteenth-century trend towards corporate consolidation (i.e., the trend towards monopoly)? A: Excessive regulation by the federal government made it impossible for small companies to remain profitable. B: Periodic economic depressions weeded out the weaker companies in various industries. C: Some companies drove others out of business by operating at a loss and underselling the competition. D: Some companies grew more competitive than others by taking over more of the stages of production and distribution.
A: Excessive regulation by the federal government made it impossible for small companies to remain profitable.
Which of the following was not a symbol of white civilization suggested in John Gast's 1872 painting, "American Progress" [Doc: John Gast, "American Progress"]? A: Football fields. B: Schoolbooks. C: Telegraph lines. D: Railroads.
A: Football fields.
Which of the following was not a key reason for the decline and subjugation of the Native Americans? A: Indifference to the value of guns and horses undermined Indians' capacity to resist U.S. military force. B: The common white view of Indians as savage and uncivilized discouraged efforts to protect their independence. C: Vital national resources out West gave U.S. settlers a strong motivation to remove Indians. D: The U.S. government routinely broken treaty commitments to the Indians concerning which land was to be theirs.
A: Indifference to the value of guns and horses undermined Indians' capacity to resist U.S. military force.
Which of the following was not a major effect of Reconstruction (at its height) upon southern society? A: It inspired a mass exodus of southern blacks to lands that had never known slavery. B: It helped restrain southern whites from exploiting the labor of former slaves. C: It saw the spread of schools and churches across the South, built by and for African Americans. D: It saw the federal government take a direct role in the relations between black and white southerners.
A: It inspired a mass exodus of southern blacks to lands that had never known slavery.
Which of the following was not a significant form of native-born response to late nineteenth-century immigration? A: Outraged by unchecked immigration from Mexico, millions of Americans demanded the construction of a wall along the U.S./Mexico border. B: Hostility towards foreign newcomers was directed with particular force at people from China. C: Immigrants, particularly of non-Protestant backgrounds, were widely regarded as a threat to America culture. D: Industrial employers generally welcomed the inflow of newcomers from abroad, regarding them as a vital source of labor.
A: Outraged by unchecked immigration from Mexico, millions of Americans demanded the construction of a wall along the U.S./Mexico border.
Which of the following was not a feature of the 1877 nationwide railroad strike? A: President Hayes refused company requests for federal troops to quell the strike. B: Resentment over wage cuts and dictatorial management practices helped spark the strike. C: After two weeks of bitter struggle, the strike was defeated all around the nation. D: In a number of cities, other kinds of workers showed extensive solidarity with the striking railroad workers.
A: President Hayes refused company requests for federal troops to quell the strike.
Which of the following was not a trend in the status of women in early twentieth-century America? A: The circumstances of black, immigrant, and native-born white women were becoming more and more alike. B: In the cities, women assumed an increasingly visible place in public settings. C: The presence of women in the paid labor force was on the rise. D: A renewal of feminism was challenging traditional constraints of women's roles.
A: The circumstances of black, immigrant, and native-born white women were becoming more and more alike.
Which of the following is not a theme of the 1883 essay by the Social Darwinist author William Graham Sumner? (Doc: "The Rich Are Good-Natured": William Graham Sumner Defends the Wealthy) A: The growing gulf between the haves and the have-nots poses a threat to American freedom. B: The rewarding of able industrial leaders with handsome fortunes ultimately benefits all Americans. C: Efforts to redistribute wealth from the rich to the poor are misguided. D: The wealthy classes in America are unfairly characterized as immoral, and undeserving of their wealth.
A: The growing gulf between the haves and the have-nots poses a threat to American freedom.
Which of the following was not a significant effect of World War I on American society? A: The withdrawal of the federal government from domestic affairs, so that it could concentrate on the war overseas. B: The vigorous suppression of antiwar dissent. C: A growing demand on the part of labor for greater democracy at the workplace. D: An influx of women into many occupations previously reserved for men.
A: The withdrawal of the federal government from domestic affairs, so that it could concentrate on the war overseas.
Which of the following was not a theme of the statements issued by Chief Joseph, leader of the Nez Perce, in the document, "Chief Joseph Speaks: Selected Statements and Speeches?" A: Whites and Indians could never coexist; only a fight to the finish can resolve their differences. B: The U.S. government should extend to Indians the same rights enjoyed by whites. C: Native Americans were not, as commonly depicted, barbaric peoples. D: Past promises made to Indians by American officials had often proven false
A: Whites and Indians could never coexist; only a fight to the finish can resolve their differences.
Which of the following was not an explanation for widespread alienation from the political process during the late nineteenth century? A: A sense that the national government had minimal impact on people's daily lives. B: A conviction that Americans were overly burdened by federal income taxes. C: A belief that the two major parties failed to seriously debate or address some of the deepest material problems facing American society. D: A feeling that government was irredeemably corrupt.
B: A conviction that Americans were overly burdened by federal income taxes.
Which of the following was not an explanation for widespread participation in the political process during the late nineteenth century? A: A feeling that political parties were integral to one's social identity. B: An extension of voting rights to women throughout the nation. C: A deeply rooted attachment to the rituals of American democracy. D: An ongoing sense of hope that government would come to deliver on the promise of American democracy.
B: An extension of voting rights to women throughout the nation.
Which of the following was not a key sector of America's late-nineteenth-century industrial expansion? A: Railroad B: Automobile C: Coal D: Steel
B: Automobile
Which of the following was not a major "bonanza" attracting investment and settlers to the late nineteenth-century West? A: Precious metals B: Cotton. C: Wheat D: Cattle.
B: Cotton.
Which of the following was not a major element of the Progressive agenda? A: Limiting the power of the railroads. B: Expanding the rights of all citizens, regardless of race. C: Protecting consumers. D: Conserving natural resources.
B: Expanding the rights of all citizens, regardless of race.
Which of the following is not a theme of the 1893 American Federation of Labor document on unemployment? (Doc: "Certain Fundamental Truths": The AFL Protests Unemployment) A: Our crusade to alleviate economic hardship is in the tradition of the Declaration of Independence. B: Government must refrain from acting to reduce unemployment. C: At a time when millions in our nation are on the verge of starvation, we all must do everything we can to relieve the suffering. D: There's something wrong in our land when a few thousand people are very rich, while millions are mired in poverty.
B: Government must refrain from acting to reduce unemployment.
Which of the following was not a widespread activity among newly emancipated blacks? A: Seeking to obtain land of their own. B: Moving to the North in search of greater freedom and opportunity. C: Moving about just to get the feel of freedom. D: Learning how to read and write.
B: Moving to the North in search of greater freedom and opportunity.
Which of the following is not a theme of Senator Albert Beveridge's 1898 speech? (Doc: Albert Beveridge, The March of the Flag) A: Filipinos aren't civilized enough for self-government. B: Since no other great powers seem inclined towards imperial expansion, the U.S. is morally obliged to take on the burdens of empire. C: It is God's will that the U.S. extend its imperial reach. D: Acquisition of colonial territory will enhance U.S. access to valuable material resources.
B: Since no other great powers seem inclined towards imperial expansion, the U.S. is morally obliged to take on the burdens of empire.
Which of the following was not a significant development in postwar America? A: The Constitutional enfranchisement of women. B: The Constitutional enfranchisement of African Americans. C: A surge of labor militancy and radicalism across the country. D: A fierce federal assault on the rights of labor and radical activists.
B: The Constitutional enfranchisement of African Americans.
Which of the following is not an impression we get from the documents "Theodore Dreiser, Sister Carrie" and "A Visit to the City, or At the Phone Booth" on the ways young rural women experienced their initial exposure to the big city? A: The range of modern consumer goods were a source of amazement. B: The lure of mass consumption and mass leisure in the big city couldn't match the satisfactions of traditional rural life. C: Newcomers from the countryside felt insecure over their ability to find a place in modern urban culture. D: The varieties of popular entertainment in the big city could be highly captivating.
B: The lure of mass consumption and mass leisure in the big city couldn't match the satisfactions of traditional rural life.
Which of the following was not a theme of Senator Robert La Follette's statement on American entry into the war (Doc: Senator Robert M. La Follette Votes Against a Declaration of War]? A: It is the poor who will bear the real burden of the war. B: While I don't agree that the U.S. should have entered the war, now that we have done so, all Americans should rally to support it. C: The decision to the enter the war should have been put directly before the American people for a referendum. D: Our allies in this war are hardly the democrats that Wilson implies.
B: While I don't agree that the U.S. should have entered the war, now that we have done so, all Americans should rally to support it.
Which of the following was not a factor behind the spread of Jim Crow laws in the South? A: Growing tolerance, and even encouragement, by the federal government for white supremacy. B: The spread of white supremacist theories across the country during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. C: A growing insistence by blacks that whites simply leave them alone. D: A widespread notion that a system of segregation would help diminish racial tensions within the region.
C: A growing insistence by blacks that whites simply leave them alone.
Which of the following is not a theme of Theodore Roosevelt's 1899 statement? (Doc: Theodore Roosevelt, The Strenuous Life) A: No man should fear work or war; no woman should fear motherhood. B: A strenuous life is a noble life. C: A nation measures its greatness not so much by the wars it fights as by the peace it preserves. D: The United States must play an active part in the affairs of the world.
C: A nation measures its greatness not so much by the wars it fights as by the peace it preserves.
Which of the following is not a theme of Theodore Roosevelt's 1910 "New Nationalism" speech (Doc: Theodore Roosevelt, New Nationalism Speech)? A: Equality of opportunity is essential to national progress. B: Special privilege, by which people enjoy wealth and power they have not earned, must be eliminated. C: Capitalism is inherently corrupt, and therefore must be eliminated. D: Big business should function as the servant of society, not its master.
C: Capitalism is inherently corrupt, and therefore must be eliminated.
Which of the following is not a theme of Carl Sandburg's poem about Chicago? (Doc: Carl Sandburg, Chicago) A: Chicago is a town of both great vitality and great suffering. B: Chicago makes enormous contributions to the nation's economy. C: Chicago is not as coarse and noisy as its critics claim. D: Despite its social problems, Chicago is an exciting, vibrant city.
C: Chicago is not as coarse and noisy as its critics claim.
Which of the following was not a theme of President Wilson's Declaration of War message of 1917 (Doc: President Wilson's Declaration of War Speech to Congress)? A: This war must be devoted to making the world safe for democracy. B: America's grievance is not with the German people, but with its tyrannical and warlike government. C: Democracy must be expanded to include not only the relations between citizens and their government, but also between workers and their employers. D: The U.S. does not enter this war in search of colonial empire.
C: Democracy must be expanded to include not only the relations between citizens and their government, but also between workers and their employers.
Which of the following was not a theme of government propaganda during World War I? A: German soldiers are barbaric villains. B: All Americans, including children, have an important role to play in winning this war. C: German-Americans are no less loyal than Americans of any other background. D: Real men volunteer to fight overseas.
C: German-Americans are no less loyal than Americans of any other background.
Which of the following was not an essential ingredient of the Progressive ideology? A: Human beings, and their society, can be meaningfully elevated through collective effort. B: For all its accomplishments, laissez-faire capitalism has produced dehumanizing conditions for millions of Americans. C: Government has shown itself to be so corrupt and incompetent that it can never be a means of uplifting society; Progressives must rely wholly on their own voluntary efforts. D: Government is most effective when left to the professionals.
C: Government has shown itself to be so corrupt and incompetent that it can never be a means of uplifting society; Progressives must rely wholly on their own voluntary efforts.
Which of the following is not a notable theme raised (or implied) in Jourdon Anderson's 1865 letter to his former master, Col. P.H. Anderson? (Doc: Jourdan Anderson writes his former master) A: For former slaves, education is vital to the attainment of freedom. B: Former masters are deeply indebted to the freedpeople for the labor they had extracted from them under slavery. C: In all fairness, former slaveowners deserve full compensation for the loss of their human property. D: Freedpeople stand to receive greater respect and opportunity up North than down South.
C: In all fairness, former slaveowners deserve full compensation for the loss of their human property.
Which of the following was not a phenomenon that entered American life during the first decade-and-a-half of the twentieth century? A: The Model T car. B: Motion pictures. C: Interstate highways. D: Coney Island.
C: Interstate highways.
Which of the following was not a feature of the Spanish-American War? A: The U.S. emerged from its victory against Spain as an imperial power, its empire extending from the Caribbean to the far Pacific. B: Once the Spanish had been ousted from the Philippines, a bitter war broke out between the U.S. and Filipinos over who would govern that land. C: Once the U.S. freed the Philippines from Spanish colonial rule, it promptly recognized the Philippines as an independent nation. D: A wave of nationalistic fervor across the U.S., fueled by sensational newspaper reports, helped generate a ground-swell for war with Spain.
C: Once the U.S. freed the Philippines from Spanish colonial rule, it promptly recognized the Philippines as an independent nation.
Which of the following is not a theme of William Jennings Bryan's 1899 statement? (Doc: William Jennings Bryan, "America's Mission") A: The U.S. need not annex other lands to maintain its status as a world power. B: Our destiny lies in not imperial conquest, but in the promotion of democracy. C: Our imperial ventures during the Spanish-American War may have been a mistake, but national honor now requires that we stick to this approach. D: The quest for empire violates the founding principles of our republic.
C: Our imperial ventures during the Spanish-American War may have been a mistake, but national honor now requires that we stick to this approach.
Which of the following is not a theme of W.E.B. Du Bois's essay on Booker T. Washington? A: Booker T. Washington's strategy for black advancement concedes too much to the forces of Jim Crow. B: African Americans must resist any form of social or political degradation as a people. C: Southern blacks must start at the bottom of southern society and work their way up. D: Southern blacks can never attain material progress without full political rights.
C: Southern blacks must start at the bottom of southern society and work their way up.
Which of the following was not a key reason for the expansion of American industry in the late nineteenth century? A: Great amounts of labor, native-born and immigrant, made large-scale industrial production possible. B: The extension of railroads from coast to coast created massive markets for industrial goods, and the transportation to ship them. C: The advent of long-distance trucking opened the door for great advances in the production and distribution of industrial goods. D: Large infusions of capital from the eastern U.S. and Europe fueled the growth of modern corporate enterprises.
C: The advent of long-distance trucking opened the door for great advances in the production and distribution of industrial goods.
Which of the following was not a major cause of the decline of Reconstruction? A: a growing weariness in the North with the sectional issue and the burdens of enforcing Reconstruction B: a growing perception among northerners that southern blacks were unfit for equal citizenship C: a deepening of mutual respect between black and white southerners, making Reconstruction seem no longer necessary D: the use of fraud and terror to prevent blacks from voting or running for office
C: a deepening of mutual respect between black and white southerners, making Reconstruction seem no longer necessary
Which of the following was not a key motivation behind Progressive reform? A: A drive to enhance the efficiency of government and the economy. B: A drive to diminish conflict among different groups of Americans. C: A drive to make society more just and fair. D: A drive to free American politics from its obsession with moral uplift.
D: A drive to free American politics from its obsession with moral uplift.
Which of the following was not a development in the racial order of the South during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? A: The passage of legislation designed to bar African Americans from voting. B: The imposition of legal segregation between blacks and whites in many areas of public life. C: A rising tide of organized violence against African Americans. D: A growing effort to expel African Americans from the South.
D: A growing effort to expel African Americans from the South.
Which of the following is not a theme of Rudyard Kipling's description of Chicago? (Doc: Rudyard Kipling, Chicago) A: The streets are drab and lacking in color. B: Chicagoans seem too obsessed with money. C: The city is terribly overcrowded. D: Although this is no place to relax, one has to admire the spirit of enterprise and competition that thrives there.
D: Although this is no place to relax, one has to admire the spirit of enterprise and competition that thrives there.
Which of the following was not a trend in the status of labor in early twentieth-century America? A: Unsafe working conditions remained a major issue. B: Many industrial workers found the regimented nature of their work to be alienating. C: Many workers, feeling their voice and power at the workplace waning, embraced the call for "industrial democracy." D: As material life improved, the vast majority of workers lost interest in unions.
D: As material life improved, the vast majority of workers lost interest in unions.
Which of the following is not a key theme of Henry George's essay on the state of American society? (Doc: The Paradox of Capitalist Growth (1879) A: When industrialization was just getting going, most people assumed that it would create a happier, more harmonious country. B: The great rise in productivity has failed to diminish the existence of poverty in our land. C: Progress and poverty seem paradoxically to be linked together in modern American society. D: It will take a generation for the current industrial advances of American society to raise the poor out of poverty.
D: It will take a generation for the current industrial advances of American society to raise the poor out of poverty.
Which of the following was not true of the 1912 presidential election? A: Of the four candidates (Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft, and Debs), only Taft leaned at all in the direction of the laissez-faire philosophy so prevalent during the late nineteenth century. B: Of the four candidates, only Debs rejected the legitimacy of capitalism. C: Wilson's victory triggered a new phase of Progressive reform, affecting such areas as banking, the tariff, and the conditions of workers and farmers. D: Once Wilson was elected, he surprised many by abandoning his Progressive program.
D: Once Wilson was elected, he surprised many by abandoning his Progressive program.
Which of the following is not a key theme of Andew Carnegies's essay on the state of American society? (Doc: Andrew Carnegie, The Triumph of America, 1885) A: The United States is a classless society, in which all citizens are equal. B: America's favorable topography and climactic conditions help explain its extraordinary progress. C: America owes much of its present prosperity to the British strain that runs through most of its people. D: So long as poverty continues to haunt our land, celebrations of American progress will be premature.
D: So long as poverty continues to haunt our land, celebrations of American progress will be premature.
Which of the following is not a theme of Booker T. Washington's 1895 address? (Doc: Booker T. Washington, Atlanta Compromise Address) A: Southern blacks don't seek social intermingling with whites; they simply want to share in contributing to the region's progress. B: Southern blacks should not look to the North for their salvation; their best friends are southern whites. C: Southern blacks must start at the bottom of southern society and work their way up. D: Southern blacks can never attain material progress without full political rights.
D: Southern blacks can never attain material progress without full political rights.
Which of the following was not a feature of late nineteenth-century immigration to the United States? A: By the end of the century, most immigrants to America came from the southern and eastern parts of Europe. B: A significant minority of immigrants ended up returning to their homelands. C: Most immigrants settled in industrial cities. D: Upon arriving in America, most immigrants quickly lost their sense of ethnic identity.
D: Upon arriving in America, most immigrants quickly lost their sense of ethnic identity.
Which of the following was not a characteristic of early twentieth-century mass consumption? A: In this period, one's capacity to acquire modern consumer goods became a new measure of "freedom". B: Within immigrant families, the appeal of consumerism often led to tensions between parents and the younger generation. C: The cities lay at the forefront of mass consumption. D: Working-class people were generally too swamped with arduous toil to think much about fashion or entertainment.
D: Working-class people were generally too swamped with arduous toil to think much about fashion or entertainment.
T/F: According to Jacob Riis' report on immigrant life in New York City (Doc: Jacob Riis Tours New York City's Fourth Ward), ethnically-based neighborhoods found little place in the American city.
False
T/F: As African Americans were systematically relegated to a second-class status, racial violence against them actually declined.
False
T/F: Business cycles of "boom" and "bust" had not yet arrived in America during the late nineteenth century.
False
T/F: By the early years of the twentieth century, the Anti-Imperialist League had effectively checked enthusiasm in American for imperial expansion.
False
T/F: Immigrants from southern and eastern Europe showed little interest in newer forms of popular entertainment such as dance halls, nickelodeons, and amusement parks.
False
T/F: In late-nineteenth-century Americas, ethnic and racial background had little to with one's party loyalty.
False
T/F: In the early twentieth century, American industry was on the rise and agriculture was in decline.
False
T/F: Industrialization was a major factor behind mass immigration to America, but mass immigration was not a major factor behind American industrialization.
False
T/F: Ironically, the more extensive Jim Crow barriers became, the more openings blacks found for occupational advancement.
False
T/F: Once the U.S. entered the First World War, antiwar opposition vanished.
False
T/F: Only after Spain threatened to invade America did the United States decide to go to war.
False
T/F: President Wilson won reelection in 1916 on the slogan, "We Must Fight to Make the World Safe for Democracy."
False
T/F: The "first industrial revolution" or the early-mid nineteenth century involved only small-scale workshops; factories would only appear during the "second industrial revolution" of the late nineteenth century.
False
T/F: The Battle of Wounded Knee marked that last Indian victory over U.S. troops.
False
T/F: The Democrats were the party of big business; the Republicans, the party of organized labor.
False
T/F: The West of the late nineteenth century was a strikingly homogeneous world; only in the twentieth century would it become ethnically diverse.
False
T/F: The end of the war quickly brought a restoration of social tranquility at home.
False
T/F: The vast majority of immigrants to the late-nineteenth-century U.S. settled in industrial cities; few headed for the rural West.
False
T/F: The vast majority of newcomers to America in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries arrived in violation of immigration law.
False
T/F: Theodore Roosevelt's "New Nationalism" advocated energetic government regulation of the economy, while Woodrow Wilson's "New Freedom" called on government to refrain from intervening in business affairs.
False
T/F: Turn-of-the-century Jim Crow laws were enacted in clear defiance of Supreme Court decisions.
False
T/F: Under Radical Reconstruction, the majority of the South's top elected positions were held by African Americans.
False
T/F: Under the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, the land of former slaveholders was to be seized and redistributed among their former slaves.
False
T/F: Women reformers paid little attention to the plight of the immigrant poor, viewing that is a "man's issue."
False
Which of the following was not a feature of the urban boom of the late nineteenth century? A: By the turn of the twentieth century, about a quarter of urban dwellers had migrated from the American countryside. B: Many Americans were drawn to the liveliness of the city, while many others were repelled by its often harsh material conditions. C: The growth in urban population was due mostly to the arrival of immigrants from abroad. D: Almost all of America's rapidly expanding cities were located on the Atlantic coast.
Not A or B??? I think it's C
T/F: 1886 was known as the year of labor's "Great Upheaval."
True
T/F: According to Charlotte Perkins Gilman (Doc: Women and Economics), women should value themselves more by their contributions to society than by their looks and their possessions.
True
T/F: After emancipation, many freedwomen chose to withdraw from field work, and focus their efforts at home.
True
T/F: As late as the 1880s, the United States remained a second-rate power as the major powers of Europe pursued their imperial ambitions.
True
T/F: At times, Progressive reformers endeavored to expand popular democracy; at others times, they endeavored to limit it.
True
T/F: By the second decade of the twentieth century, the number of southern blacks able to vote had been reduced to a small fraction of what it had been two decades earlier.
True
T/F: During the late nineteenth century, neither the Republicans nor the Democrats promoted any serious federal programs to address poverty or joblessness.
True
T/F: Henry Ford paid his workers an unheard of five dollars a day as a way to foster a more reliable labor force.
True
T/F: In its 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson decision, the Supreme Court argued that legal segregation between the races was constitutional, so long as it did not inherently promote inequality.
True
T/F: In the Reconstruction South, "carpetbaggers" were Republicans from the North, and "scalawags" were Republicans from the South.
True
T/F: In the late nineteenth century, wage labor became Americans' chief source of livelihood
True
T/F: Large corporate enterprises established a strong presence in the timberlands and mining regions of the New West.
True
T/F: One of the chief ideas behind Frederick W. Taylor's "scientific management" was the submission of workers to the dictates of their supervisors.
True
T/F: President Theodore Roosevelt asserted U.S. authority over the Canal Zone without allowing Panamanians a voice in the matter.
True
T/F: The American war to quell Filipino sovereignty turned out to be much longer and bloodier than the Spanish-American War had been.
True
T/F: The Knights of Labor and the Populists each viewed growing inequalities of wealth and power as a series threat to American democracy.
True
T/F: The Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire of 1911 brought public attention to the harsh labor conditions experienced by working-class immigrant women.
True
T/F: The U.S. victory in the Spanish-American War brought the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico under American control.
True
T/F: The extermination of the buffalo drastically undermined the independence of the Plains Indians.
True
T/F: The new radical "bohemia" that arose in settings like Greenwich Village adopted new ways of thinking about politics, culture, and sexuality.
True
T/F: Thomas Edison was one of late-nineteenth-century America's leading inventors.
True
T/F: Upon arrival, Protestant immigrants tended to face less hostility and discrimination than did immigrants of Catholic or Jewish backgrounds.
True
T/F: Urban photographers provided a vital source of knowledge about immigrant conditions in late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century America.
True
T/F: While many were disturbed by the protracted bloodshed overseas, most Progressives saw wartime mobilization as an opportunity to remake American society.
True
