Chapter 19 Quiz Answers

The prominent political movements between the end of Reconstruction and World War I ignored which of the following goals?

Bringing full equality to Blacks.

In a landmark decision regarding the Northern Securities Company, the U.S. Supreme Court declared the Sherman Antitrust Act unconstitutional.

False, the Supreme Court ordered the Northern Securities Company railroad trust dissolved.

After Roosevelt won the presidency in his own right in 1904, he did which of the following?

Implemented his Square Deal by stepping up his attacks on American trusts.

Which of the following was a result of the laws passed to disenfranchise blacks across the South in the 1890s and early 1900s?

Segregation laws barring blacks from public and private places such as hotels, parks, and public drinking fountains were passed.

What did William Jennings Bryan mean when he stated, "You shall not crucify mankind on a cross of gold" in his famous 1896 speech?

The United States should abandon the gold standard to stimulate industry.

In the early 1900s, the Industrial Workers of the World were committed to achieving a new society run by and for workers.

True

Why did Congress abandon efforts to enforce black voting rights and fair elections in the South after 1892?

Voters largely rejected Republicans and their policies in 1890, giving control of Congress and the presidency to the Democrats.

What was the outcome of the 1912 presidential election?

Wilson won with a minority of the popular vote because Taft and Roosevelt split the Republican vote.

In their 1892 Omaha Platform, Populists called for

a federal income tax.

Between 1910 and 1917, all the industrial states enacted laws that

provided insurance for on-the-job accidents.