HIST 152 Quizz 1

Booker T. Washington urged blacks to try to combat segregation and become active in political affairs. True

False

Henry Ford paid his employees five dollars a day because he wished to avoid strikes at his factory. True False

False

Which was NOT part of the Populist platform? A graduated income tax. Direct election of U.S. senators. Government ownership of railroads. Higher tariffs. Workers' right to form unions.

Higher Tariffs

Why did the South fail to attract significant economic development in the wake of Reconstruction? Northern investors stayed away, appalled by southern race relations. Northerners considered a South without African-Americans in chains too risky for investment. Investors came to the South for cheap labor and low taxes, so they made few capital investments in the region. Southern white supremacists tended to scare off northern capital industries. Southern Klansmen scared away many interested investors.

Investors came to the South for cheap labor and low taxes, so they made few capital investments in the region

Who is NOT considered a Progressive President William McKinely Theodore Roosevelt Woodrow Wilson William Howard Taft

Mckinely

How did nickelodeons reflect a mass-consumption society in the Progressive era? Amusement parks and dance halls had lost considerable popularity by this time. Nickelodeons offered elite theatergoers a highbrow alternative to vaudeville shows. Nickelodeons offered a popular and less expensive leisure activity for urban residents. Nickelodeon shows quickly became widely available, thus providing entertainment to small-town residents. Nickelodeons were popular in rural communities where people could not attend vaudeville shows.

Nickelodeons offered a popular and less expensive leisure activity for urban residents

Why is the year 1877 significant in American history? Andrew Johnson was impeached and removed from office. The Ku Klux Klan was established by James K. Crow. Rutgers defeated Princeton in the first college football game. The Corrupt Bargain removed Federal Troops from the South.

The Corrupt Bargain removed Federal Troops from the South.

Which was NOT a part of Reconstruction? Military Reconstruction Act The Freedmen's Bureau The Dawes Act The 14th Amendment

The Dawes Act

Which statement about the disenfranchisement of blacks in the South is FALSE? White leaders presented disenfranchisement as a "good government" measure. Between 1890 and 1906, every southern state enacted laws or constitutional provisions meant to eliminate the black vote. In passing various laws to restrict blacks from voting, numerous poor and illiterate whites also lost the right to vote in the South. The elimination of black and many white voters could not have been accomplished without the approval of the North. The Supreme Court upheld the grandfather clause.

The Supreme Court upheld the grandfather clause.

Why did businesses support the Pure Food and Drug Act? They understood that they were liable if they harmed the health of consumers by selling spoiled products. They wanted to protect their workers from spoiled foods. They saw their own market share dwindle as superior European foods grew more popular. They understood that greater public confidence in the quality of the products helped their sales. They were concerned about the health and welfare of their workers.

They understood that they were liable if they harmed the health of consumers by selling spoiled products

Which of the following statements about urban Progressives is NOT true? They worked to reform the structure of government. They sought to establish public control of gasworks and waterworks. They raised taxes to increase spending on schools and parks. They sought to improve public transportation. They worked with political machines

They worked with political machines.

Drawing on the reform programs of the Gilded Age and the example of European legislation, Progressives sought to reinvigorate the idea of an activist, socially conscious government. True False

True

In 1896, in the landmark decision of Plessy v. Ferguson, the Court gave its approval of state laws requiring separate facilities for blacks and whites. True False

True

One particularly influential muckraker was Ida Tarbell, whose book The History of the Standard Oil Company appeared in 1904. True False

True

The Morrill Land-Grant Act, passed during the Civil War, prohibited mining and railroad companies from continued use of public lands. True False

True

The depression that began in 1893 heightened the belief that a more aggressive foreign policy was necessary to stimulate American exports. True False

True

The idea for the Statue of Liberty originated as a response to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. True False

True

an era where the scramble for wealth benefited all Americans equally. the remarkable economic expansion of the time period. the title of an 1873 novel by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley. the years between 1870 and 1890. a period of corruption and corporate domination of politics.

an era where the scramble for wealth benefited all Americans equally

The Sixteenth Amendment: called for the direct election of senators. authorized Congress to implement a graduated income tax. instituted the initiative, referendum, and recall. prohibited the use and sale of alcohol. granted women the right to vote.

authorized Congress to implement a graduated income tax

In the late nineteenth century, social thinkers such as Edward Bellamy, Henry George, and Laurence Gronlund offered numerous plans for change, primarily because they were alarmed by a fear of: class warfare and the growing power of concentrated capital. increasing power of the executive branch of government and lack of checks and balances. the rapid migration of African-Americans from the South to the industrial North, and their increased voting power. the increased numbers of immigrants from southern and eastern Europe who brought dangerous socialist ideas to the masses. the momentum gained by women in their efforts to win suffrage and other rights in the public realm.

class warfare and the growing power of concentrated capital.

The 1894 Pullman Strike: ended with the arrival of Coxey's Army, a private security agency hired by George Pullman. crippled national rail service and triggered the arrest of union president Eugene V. Debs. despite significant violence, resulted in a rare compromise between the American Railway Union and Pullman Sleeping Cars. received unexpected support from Attorney General Richard Olney, who believed in the rights of railroad workers to a fair wage. led to public disapproval of union president Eugene V. Debs.

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

In How the Other Half Lives, Jacob Riis: focused on the wretched conditions of New York City slums. wrote about captains of industry. discussed the lives of wealthy Americans. highlighted the benefits of the second industrial revolution. provided a fictional account of life in 1890.

focused on the wretched conditions of New York City slums

Birds of passage were: immigrants who planned on returning to their homeland. single women who worked until they got married. strikebreakers who were sent in by factory owners. stowaways on passenger ships, attempting to immigrate to America. immigrants who visited settlement houses for temporary help.

immigrants who visited settlement houses for temporary help.

Americans have referred to the 1890s as the women's era because: women could vote. few women had to work outside the home. women's economic opportunities and roles in public life expanded. growing numbers of women held political office. most men supported equal rights for women.

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

Journalists who worked for newspapers like William Randolph Hearst's New York Journal, which sensationalized events to sell papers, were called: yellow journalists. trustees. social reformers. muckrakers. freelancers.

yellow journalists