US History Test 1 Study Questions

In the 1850's, review the U.S. policy of "concentration" for Indians

By the early 1850's, the government created a new reservations known as "concentration". In 1851, the government assigned each tribe its own define reservation, confirmed by individual treaties- treaties often illegitimately negotiated with unauthorized Indian representatives chosen by whites, people known sarcastically as "treaty chiefs"

the business structure of standard oil was a good example of ...

horizontal integration

review the panic of 1893

it launched the most severe depression the nation had ever experienced. It started when the Philadelphia and reading railroad declared bankruptcy. When the railroads suffered, everyone else did.

according to the philosophy of pragmatism, society should be guided by...

scientific inquiry

in 1894, the immigration restriction league proposed...

screening tests and illiteracy tests to separate the "desirables" from the "undesirables"

In the late nineteenth century, "range wars" in the West were often between...

series of "range wars"-between sheepmen and cattlemen, ranchers, and farmers-erupted out of the tensions among these competing groups

the primary goal of the American protective association was to...

stop immigration

the "city beautiful" movement in the US was inspired, in part, by...

the "Great White City"

Samuel Gompers was the leader of the...

the American Federation of Labor (AFL)

the Spanish-american war revealed to American military planners what about our military readiness

the Spanish American war made the country realize that we did not have a national military system ready at call. so America became prepared and made military training academies for officers and enlarged the army

review the election of 1892 and the peoples party

the election demonstrated the potential power of the new movement. The peoples party were a group of dissident farmers.

throughout the late nineteenth century, the federal government took what approach to governing

the federal government did very little

review the "open door notes"

the metaphor secretary of state John hay used in 1898 to characterize the access to Chinese markets he desired for the United States; it was later expanded to refer to policy of granting equal trade access to all countries

in the late nineteenth century, review the Tammany Hall Political machine

the most famous urban boss was William m. tweed. His extravagant use of public funds and kickbacks landed him in jail in 1872.

In the late nineteenth century, political "machines" in cities owed in their existence to what groups

the power vacuum that the chaotic growth of cities had created and to the potential voting power of large immigrant communities.

Taylorism

the scientific management of employees. making them more interchangeable

in the 1888 election, the position of primary importance to the Republican Party was....

the tariff

review the pullman strike of 1894

thousands of railroad workers went on strike in 27 states and transportation was shutdown from Chicago to the pacific coast

the business structure of Carnegie steel was a good example of...

vertical integration

an examination of American voters in the late nineteenth century reveals what key factor

voter turnout in presidential elections between 1860-1900 averaged over 78 percent of all eligible voters. After looking over voters, the region was the most important

The Spanish-american war began primarily because of events in what country...

Cuba

The Comstock Lode primarily produced what material

Silver

In the 1917, review automobile production

1895;4 in America cars 1917; 5 million cars in America

the gospel of wealth

Carnegie proposed that the best way of dealing with the new phenomenon of wealth inequality was for the wealthy to redistribute their surplus means in a responsible and thoughtful manner.

During the nineteenth century , in the far west the. term ,"coolie" referred to what nationality

Chinese indentured servants whose condition was close to slavery

Review the Treaty of Paris concluding the Spanish-American War

Confirmed the terms of armistice and brought a formal end to the war. Americans also demanded that the Spanish give the Philippines to the US. An offer of $20 million softened their resistance, but ultimately they accepted all of the American terms.

William Jennings Bryan was nominated for president in the 1896 election by what parties..

Democratic and populists

in the 1870s the "Internal combustion engine" was developed in what location

France, germany, and austria

During the late nineteenth century, anarchists in the United States were responsible for_______________ in the marketplace

Haymarket bombing

by 1890, populations in the biggest urban areas consisted of...

Immigrants. 80 percent in New York, 87 percent in Chicago, 84 percent in Milwaukee and Detroit

Review the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

In 1882, Congress responded to the political pressure and the growing racial violence by passing the Chinese Exclusion Act, which banned Chinese Immigration into the United States for ten years and barred Chinese already in the contrary from becoming natural citizens.

During the nineteenth century, review hispanics living in California

In California, Spanish settlement began in the eighteenth century with a string of Catholic missions along the Pacific Coast. So vast were the numbers of English-speaking immigrants that the "californios" ( as Hispanic residents were called) had little power

during the 1870-1880s, most immigrants came from...

Ireland, england, and Northern Europe

Beginning in he 1898, review the American war in the Philippines. What type of war and were there casualties

It was a long and bloody war with the use of guerrilla warfare. There were 4,300 American deaths and that there were at least 50,00 natives that died.

The bulk of US soldiers in the Spanish-American War came from what military units...

National Guard

the first significant oil production in the US occurred in what state

Pennsylvania

In the late nineteenth century, review efforts to reduce poverty in America

Public agencies and private philanthropic organizations offered some relief

In the late nineteenth century, the surge of farming settlement in the West was a result

Stories of the vast wealth in the West drew more and more farmers. Journalists and visitors wrote about how prosperous the west was.

Review the Foraker Act of 1900

The American military forces occupied Cuba, and rained in control. Until the ___________ended military rule and established a formal colonial government

In 1890, the "Ghost Dance" what did this mean to the Indians

The new revival's most conspicuous feature was a mass, emotional "Ghost Dance" which inspired ecstatic, mystical visions-including images of the retreat of white people from the plains and a restoration of the great buffalo herds.

In the United States , the steel industry first emerged in what states

Western Pennsylvania and eastern ohio

The "Cross of Gold" speech was given in 1896 by...

William Jennings Bryan

during the early decades of the twentieth century, most Americans began to view leisure time as...

a normal part of life. Leisure was once viewed as laziness, but now people looked for new mays to entertain.

Review the 1876 Battle of Little Bighorn

at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in Southern Montana in 1876, an unprecedentedly large army, perhaps 2500 tribal warriors, surprised Custer and part of hi regiment, surrounded them, and killed every soldier

During the late nineteenth century, child labor in the US did what..

caused 38 states to pass child labor laws

According to the terms of the 1901 Platt amendment, transferred what territories to the US.

cuba

the pullman striker of 1894 began when George pullman, owner of the company, did what to wages...

cut wages by 25 percent

the political battles between stalwarts and half-breeds constituted a fight between

democrats and republicans

Until its repeal in 1885, the labor contract law meant what to immigrants

employers paid for the passage of immigrant workers and deduct in from their pay later

In the 1890s, Florence Kelley and the national consumers league sought to...

mobilize the power of women as consumers to force retailers and manufacturers to improve wages and working conditions, it also encourage women to only buy products with the leagues "white label", which implied that it was made under fair working conditions