Chapter 17
Which of the following was NOT a factor in shaping Gilded Age politics?
Business remained separate from politics
Which phrase best summarizes what Riis considers the cause of the problems he sees?
"throw off a scum of 40,000 human wreaks"
Booker T. Washington believed that the best way for blacks to improve their status in the US was to:
Accommodate themselves to segregation and disfranchisement while at the same time working hard and proving their economic value to society
The grandfather clause
Allowed otherwise ineligible voters to cast ballot if their grandfather had been eligible to vote
In 1883, the Supreme Court ruled that the 14th Amendment's "equal protection" clause
Applies only to state governments
The "new immigrants" who arrived in America after 1890 differed from the older immigrants in that they
Came from southern and eastern Europe
Which of the following was a consequence of the rapid growth of American cities?
Cities were forced to spend millions of dollars to provide drinking water
The American Federation of Labor
Concentration on concrete goals like raising wages and reducing hours of labor
Which individual would be most likely to argue that the government should not intervene the tenants?
Eugene Debs
Nativists
Feared efforts by immigrants to hold onto their cultural traditions
Late 19th century American cities differed from those in the early 19th century in that they
Had mass transportation
How did Booker T. Washington respond to the movement toward segregation and disfranchisement?
He urged black people to accept it temporarily and concentrate on economic improvement
Sexual relationships between homosexuals or lesbians in the late 19th century were
Illegal, though fairly common in several places
Which statement best describes whit American attitudes toward Indians by the 1880s?
It is our duty to help Indians leave their inferior culture and become a part of white society
Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act in response to pressure from what group?
Labor Unions
Foreigners were encouraged to assimilate into American culture by all of the following factors EXCEPT:
Laws required churches to be independent of foreign influence
Jacob Riis's 1890 book "How the Other Half Lives" shocked middleclass Americans with its sensational description of
Lower-class slums
The new system of mass consumption had the most dramatic impact on
Middleclass women
Which of the following statements is LEAST true about immigration to the US between 1880 and 1900?
Most immigrants came from northern and western Europe
During the late 19th century, which of the following groups most benefited from the poverty described by Riis?
Political machines
Many Native Americans objected to the Dawes Severalty Act cause
Private land ownership conflicted with traditional Native American beliefs
In the late 19th century cases dealing with the rights of blacks, the Supreme Court decided that:
Racial segregation was constitutional as long as each race had equal facilities
Most of the new immigrants in the last 4 decades of the 1800s were
Rural people, who had difficulties adjusting to American city life
In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the Supreme Court ruled that
States may exclude blacks from certain facilities if there are equal ones available
Which political party in the South promoted the idea of the Lost Cause?
The Democratic Party
Fear of and resentment against foreign immigrants in the late 1800s led to all of the following developments EXCEPT:
The President's support of literacy requirements for immigrants
All of the following are factors that contributed to the development of cities EXCEPT:
The attempt to build larger, more humane housing for the poor workers
Which statement best describes manufacturing in late 19th century America?
The nation had developed a regional manufacturing belt
Which statement best describes American education in the late 19th century?
The typical high school graduate was female
Which statement about Chinese immigrants is most accurate?
They formed self-contained homogenous communities in cities.
Which statement regarding Hispanos is most accurate?
They help significant political power in New Mexico
Which statement in most consistent with women's experiences in the late 19th century?
They were joining clubs that encouraged their participation in reform movements
Despite the problems of rapid growth, the duties of the late 1800s continued to grow because
They were the sources of jobs
One theme of the Gilded Age politics was the:
Triumph of urban-industrial interests
During the years from 1885 to 1900, a lynching took place early once every
Two days
