U.S. HIstory Midterm exam quiz questions

the triangle shirtwaist company fire

Brought in its wake much-needed safety legislation

the progressive presidents were (3)

Theodore Roosevelt William Howard Taft Woodrow Wilson

the first billion dollar enterprise corporation was

U.S. Steel

if a man from Maine came to live in the south as a teacher what would he most likely be labeled as

a carpetbagger

Eugene V. Debs

a socialist candidate for president

Jane addams

advocated for the working poor

after the civil war what happened in regards to religion

african-americans started their own churches

in Muller v. Oregon the Supreme Court ----

argued that women were too weak to work long hours

the 16th amendment

authorized congress to implement a graduated income tax

Margaret Sanger was a

birth control advocate

who migrated to Kansas during the Kansas exodus

blacks

what best describes the black response to the ending of the civil war and the coming of freedom

blacks focused on fam and looked for fam members who had been separated from them during the slavery era

in regards to public education in the south during reconstruction

blacks had a desire to learn so they could enter politics

massive hunting of what animal hurt the Plain Indians

buffalo

Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller

built up giant corporations that dominated their respective markets

what was a reason for US control over Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines

control of strategic gateways from which to project American naval and commercial power

after the civil war which of the following became a symbol of a life of freedom on the open range

cowboys

president Theodore Roosevelt-

distinguished between "good" and "bad" trusts

the Dawes act of 1887

divided tribal lands into parcels of land for Indian families

for workers, the second industrial revolution meant what

frequent periods of mass unemployment higher wages than those earned by European industrial workers dangerous work conditions increase of women working in industry

between 1890 and 1906, southern state gov and white southerners eliminated black voting using what

grandfather clause literacy and understanding tests poll taxes violence and intimidation

according to the authors of the Dawes Severalty Act, what constituted a civilized life for Native Americans in the later nineteenth century

individual property ownership and farming on family plots

analyze reconstruction policy in what way was it a success

it established an amendment promising equal protection for all

Spanish-American war

lasted only 4 months resulted in less than 400 U.S. battle causalities

after the civil war ex-slaves were labeled as "drifters'' what was the reality for these ex-slaves

many slaves were moving around in search of family members who had been sold

a Nickelodeon was a -----

motion-picture theater

newspaper and magazine writers who exposed the ills of industrial and urban life fueling the progressive movement were known as __________

muckrackers

Andrew Johnson's reconstruction policy emphasized

pardons for most white southerners

the Chinese exclusion act of 1882-

prohibited any Chinese from entering the US

what was used by southern whites to maintain domination over blacks

racial segregation disenfranchisement limiting economic opportunities inferior education

the ____ made possible the second industrial revolution in america

railroads

the silver issue

refers to the fight to increase the money supply by minting silver money

in Plessy v. Ferguson the supreme court

ruled that "separate but equal" accommodations were constitutional

a worker who crossed a picket line during a strike was called a what

scab

feminism

sought to attack the traditional roles of sexual behaviors for women

the 15th amendment

sought to guarantee that one could not be denied suffrage rights based on race

what brought about a new wave of sympathy for the plight of women in the garment industry in Lawrence, Massachusetts

the appearance of malnourished children evacuated from Lawrence shocked the public

in 1883 ----- divided the nation into the four time zones still used today

the major railroad companies

the theory of social darwinism argued that-

the theory of evolution applies to humans, thus explaining why some were rich and some were poor

how did populists hope to guarantee farmers inexpensive access to markets for their crops

they called for public ownership of the railroads

apart from the racial identity of victims, what typically triggered the Lynch violence of southern white mobs

victim's alleged sexual conduct

the ghost danace

was a religious revitalization campaign around Indians, feared by whites

at the end of 19th century lynching-

was an act of violence directed mostly at black men

in the 19th century, pools, trusts, and mergers were:

ways that manufacturers sought to control the marketplace

journalists who worked for newspapers like William Randolph Hearst's New York journal which sensationalized events to sell papers were called-

yellow journalists