History 1302

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King Cotton survived the Civil War and expanded over new acreage:

Because traditional over planting of the crop continued

Which of the following was the reason for U.S. control over Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines?

Control of strategic gateways from which to project American Naval and commercial power

All of the following resulted from the growth during the Gilded Age EXCEPT

Corporate social conscience

What was the name of the Indian warrior that Custer confronted at the Battle of Little Big Horn?

Crazy Horse

Between the end of the Civil War and the Early Twentieth century, the United States growth was tripe that of Great Britain

False

Due to high cotton prices, many sharecroppers were able to save money and buy farms

False

The Haymarket Riot was a peaceful protest against the use of child labor

False

The Populist Party sought to reach the "Working Class"

False

The cowboys of the West were exempt from struggles of the workers in industrial cities

False

When negotiating with the unions, Henry Frick was committed to reaching a mutually beneficial solution.

False

The Farmer Alliance was NOT

Founded in Kansas

Which was NOT part of the Populist platform?

Higher tariffs

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 of the following best accounts for the success of Standard Oil?

It's corporate structure- known as vertical integration- allowed the company to grow tremendously

These severe depression of 1893

Led to increased conflict between capital and labor.

During the Gilded Age, all of the following were causes of growth EXCEPT

Limited Capital

What state was discussed as having benefited with a population from the Home stand Act

Minnesota

The Indian victory of the Little Bighorn:

Only temporarily delayed the advance of white settlement

Queen Liliuokalani

Opposed the Americanization of Hawaii

When the American- led overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy in the early 1890s was improperly done:

President Cleveland preferred that the monarchy be restored to power

How did the expansion of railroads accelerate the second industrial revolution in America?

Railroads created a true national market for U.S. goods.

During the 1896 Campaign, William Jennings Bryan

Spoke and campaigned all over the country

The Roosevelt Corollary:

Stated that the United States could intervene in the affairs of Latin American countries to forestall the intervention of other powers

In the election of 1900, the McKinley- Roosevelt ticket campaigned on a plate form that:

Supported American territorial acquisitions following the Spanish-American War

Which statement about the disenfranchisement of blacks in the South is FALSE?

The Supreme Court upheld the grandfather clause.

Which statement about the Spanish- American war is true

The war lasted only four months and resulted in less than 400 U.S. battle casualties

One reason the United States went to war against Spain was that:

There was strong support among the American people for going to war

Why did tenant farmers have no incentive to take care of the farmland that they were on?

They did not own the land on which they farmed

Why did the United States fight a war in the Philippines after the Spanish-American war?

To quell an insurrection of Filipinos who apposed annexation by the United States

Most Americans experienced a rising standard of living in the late nineteenth century

True

One of the biggest problems farmers faced was falling commodity prices, caused in part by overproduction

True

Segregation first existed in the Pre- Civil War North.

True

Bonanza Farms:

Typically had thousands of acres of land or more

By 1890, the majority of Americans:

Worked for wages

Workers of the Pullman Palace Car Company complained about all of the following EXCEPT

town high death rate


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