History
Approximately what percent of early rodeo contestants were women?
10%
When did the United States begin trading with China?
1784
Which census first revealed that a majority of Americans were living in cities?
1920
By 1890, in most large northern cities, immigrants and their children amounted to what percent of the population?
60%
What was the Open-Door Policy?
A call for all western powers to have equal access to Chinese markets
What was the Lost Cause?
A glorification of the memory of the Confederacy and a romanticization of the Old South as a pastoral land with benevolent masters and happy slaves
What economic opportunity drew the most migrants to the West?
Access to land for agriculture
The Paiute prophet Wovoka promised that which of the following would occur if Indians obeyed his instructions and participated in the ceremony that came to be called the Ghost Dance
All of these
The Socialist Party of America achieved which of the following gains in the early twentieth century?
All of these
What explains the popularity of Wild West shows?
All of these
What tactics were used to disenfranchise Black voters?
All of these
Which of the following factors contributed to William McKinley's victory over William Jennings Bryan in the 1896 election?
All of these
Which of the following statements regarding "muscular Christianity" are true:
All of these
By 1913, the United States produced one-third of the world's industrial output. This was more than __________.
All of these combined
What was Frederick Jackson Turner's "Frontier Thesis?"
American culture was forged by the struggle between civilized settlers and savage frontier life, giving it a democratic and hardworking spirit
Which of these authors criticized Victorian era gender norms?
Both of these
Which city served as the most important railroad hub, connecting the East and the West?
Chicago
Which ethnic group faced the most rigid immigration restrictions?
Chinese
As President, Theodore Roosevelt transformed the American navy by emphasizing which of the following strategies?
Creating battleships and a "blue water" navy that would win battles against rival fleets
How did the Roosevelt Corollary modify the Monroe Doctrine?
Declaring that the U.S. had the right to preemptive action through intervention in any Latin American nation to correct administrative and fiscal deficiencies
Immigrant Americans tended to vote for which political party?
Democratic Party
The Homestead Act granted official title to160 acre plots of land after how many years of settlement?
Five Years
Which of the following events most seriously damaged the Knights of Labor?
Haymarket Affair
Why did William Jennings Bryan attack the Gold Standard?
He wanted to increase inflation to lower the burden of farmers debts
________________, wrote an influential book, Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases and helped inspire the anti-lynching movement.
Ida B. Wells
Which of the following groups was the most radical?
Knights of Labor
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Lesson 2
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Lesson 3
Most practices and objects associated with American cowboys were modified from ______ ranchers.
Mexican
During the nineteenth century, American interests in the Middle East revolved around all of the following EXCEPT
Oil
How did the United States respond to the Boxer Rebellion in China?
President McKinley sent the U.S. Army into China without consulting congress
Catholic clergymen who took up the name "Americanists" believed in all of the following EXCEPT
Public schools were a danger to the Catholic faith
Which group received more land from the government?
Railroad companies
All of the following groups provided cultural space for immigrants to maintain their arts, languages, and traditions EXCEPT
Rotary Clubs
Which group founded the People's Party (also known as the Populists)?
Small farmers in the South, Midwest, and Great Plains
Which of the following most accurately describes the arguments of Social Darwinism?
State welfare and private charity would lead to degeneration by perpetuating the survival of the weak
What most directly explains the boost in production of McCormick reapers?
The adoption of interchangeable parts
All of the following statements regarding the boosters of the New South are true EXCEPT
They saw economic independence as a means of limiting connections between North and South
All of the following statements regarding the Guano Islands Act of 1856 are true EXCEPT
This legislation put Guano Islands on a path to statehood that later was rejected
What was the purpose of Western cattle drives?
To bring cattle to eastern markets, mostly through railroad hubs
A wave of mergers peaked between 1897 and 1904. The largest of these mergers created the first billion-dollar American corporation. What was that corporation?
United States Steel
The Spanish-American War resulted in the United States acquiring all the following territories from the Spanish EXCEPT
the Philippines