HISTORY CHAPTER 17
The Philippine War:
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Native-born middle-class women under the leadership of Carrie Chapman-Catt argued that they deserved the right to vote on account of:
their birth in the United States.
On what grounds did Justice David J. Brewer dissent from the majority opinion in the case of Fong Yue Ting (1893) that authorized the federal government to expel Chinese aliens without due process of law?
Brewer worried that a similar rationale could be used in the future to subvert the rights to due process of other people.
American interest in its new possessions had to do with wanting wealth from natural resources and large-scale American settlement.
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New immigrants were welcomed and treated with respect because their labor was desperately needed in the cities.
F
William McKinley championed a government that would help ordinary Americans.
F
Which was NOT part of the Populist platform?
Higher tariffs.
Which of the following does NOT describe an effect of U.S. Chinese exclusion policies of the late nineteenth century?
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Which of the following was NOT an argument of anti-imperialists against American expansionism?
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With the Redeemers in power in the South:
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Why did the Populist movement energize thousands of American women?
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Which of the following statements most accurately describes the significance of the 1892 strike in Homestead, Pennsylvania?
It demonstrated the enormous power of large corporations and reflected the belief of many working Americans that they were being denied economic independence and self-governance.
Which statement about the People's Party is FALSE?
It emerged as an urban, middle-class vehicle for social, economic, and political reform.
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.
After the Spanish-American War, the United States fought a much longer and deadlier war against the Filipinos in order to subdue the island for annexation.
T
Chinese demands for equal rights forced the Supreme Court to define the reach of the Fourteenth Amendment.
T
In 1898, the American system of government had no provision for permanent colonies.
T
The Homestead Strike demonstrated that neither a powerful union nor public opinion could influence the conduct of the largest corporations
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The Homestead Strike demonstrated that neither a powerful union nor public opinion could influence the conduct of the largest corporations.
T
The Populists made remarkable efforts to unite black and white small farmers on a common political and economic program.
T
The notion of the "white man's burden" inspired a sense of fraternity among Anglo-Saxon nations.
T
Through a network of women's clubs, temperance associations, and social reform organizations, women exerted a growing influence on public affairs.
T
In contrast to the expansion of the 1890s, U.S. interests in Alaska originated in a desire for:
Territory
How did American racial attitudes shape South African politics?
The Union of South Africa followed the model of U.S. segregation with its own system of apartheid.
Had the Teller Amendment been applied to the Philippines and Cuba, how would it have changed the Spanish-American war?
The United States would have been barred from annexing the archipelago.
How did economic development in Brazil during and after the American Civil War affect the lives of southern cotton farmers?
The expansion of Brazilian cotton cultivation lowered global prices for the crop and led to indebtedness and loss of land for southern farmers.
Apart from the racial identity of victims, what typically triggered the lynch violence of southern white mobs?
The victim's alleged sexual conduct.
Which statement about the Spanish-American War is true?
The war lasted only four months and resulted in fewer than 400 U.S. battle casualties.
How did black women challenge the racial ideology of the Jim Crow South?
They insisted on the equal respectability of black women by working for "racial uplift."
How were federal troops used in the Pullman Strike of 1894?
To help suppress the strikers on behalf of the owners.
After the Spanish-American War, the United States fought a much longer and deadlier war against the Filipinos in order to subdue the island for annexation
True
Which statement about the 1896 election is FALSE?
William Jennings Bryan lost because he supported the gold standard
Republican presidential candidate William McKinley:
argued in favor of the gold standard.
The Platt Amendment:
authorized the United States to intervene militarily in Cuba.
Supporters of the Anti-Imperialist League
believed that American energies should be directed at home, not abroad.
During the "Age of Empire," American racial attitudes:
had a global impact
The severe depression of 1893:
led to increased conflict between capital and labor.
The Farmer's Alliance hoped to improve American farmers' economic stress by:
proposing the creation of government-sponsored crop warehouses.
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.
The "Kansas Exodus" meant all of the following EXCEPT:
the eventual return of most black migrants to the South
By the end of the nineteenth century, African-American men in the South:
were forced out of politics and passed leadership to female African-American activists.
Americans have referred to the 1890s as the women's era because
women's economic opportunities and roles in public life expanded.
Americans have referred to the 1890s as the women's era because:
women's economic opportunities and roles in public life expanded.