Chapter 17: Freedom's Boundaries, at Home and Abroad Questions

What explains the appeal of the Lost Cause mythology for Southern whites in the late nineteenth century? a) It allowed Southerners to engage in denial and believe they never lost the Civil War. b) It downplayed the tensions between the Union and the Confederacy. c) It preserved memory of the Confederacy without the burden of white supremacy. d) It helped southern whites cope with defeat but preserve white supremacy. e) It helped them to pretend that slavery had never really ended.

) It helped southern whites cope with defeat but preserve white supremacy.

Journalists who worked for newspapers like William Randolph Hearst's New York Journal, which sensationalized events to sell papers, were called: a) yellow journalists. b) trustees. c) social reformers. d) muckrakers. e) freelancers.

a) yellow journalists.

Which of the following stated that the Constitution did not fully apply to the territories recently acquired by the United States? a) Teller Amendment. b) Insular Cases. c) Platt Amendment. d) Plessy v. Ferguson. e) Chinese Exclusion Act.

b) Insular Cases.

Which institution was hardest hit by the Redeemers once they assumed power in the South? a) Churches. b) Public schools. c) Mental health facilities. d) Jails. e) Sharecropping.

b) Public schools.

The Farmers' Alliance: a) successfully worked with banks. b) was subsidized by the railroad industry. c) sought to improve conditions through cooperatives. d) achieved its goals and disbanded shortly after its founding. e) was limited only to the Northeast.

c). sought to improve conditions through cooperatives

Who migrated to Kansas during the Kansas Exodus? a) Indians. b) Working-class families. c) Chinese. d) Blacks. e) White sharecroppers.

d) Blacks.

Which statement about the Spanish-American War is true? a) The war lasted only four months and resulted in less than 400 U.S. battle casualties. b) Congress indicated that it was going to war to annex Cuba. c) The war came as little surprise given the fact that William McKinley campaigned in 1896 on a platform favoring imperial expansion. d) Admiral Dewey secured Manila Bay by defeating the Spanish in a bloody three-day battle. e) The treaty that ended the war granted U.S. citizenship to the peoples of the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam.

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

Which statement about the South after 1890 is FALSE? a) Whites feared that northerners and the federal government would abolish the Jim Crow laws. b) Populists in some states openly courted black votes. c) Poll taxes and literacy tests were used extensively to disfranchise blacks. d) Segregation policies were upheld by court cases like Plessy v. Ferguson. e) The elimination of black voting rights could not have been accomplished without the approval of the North.

a) Whites feared that northerners and the federal government would abolish the Jim Crow laws.

The American Federation of Labor's founder Samuel Gompers used the idea of "freedom of contract" to: a) argue against interference by judges with workers' right to organize unions. b) argue for the right of workers to form political parties to shape government. c) argue for direct confrontation between unions and corporations. d) justify the exclusion of women and blacks from the American Federation of Labor. e) explain the American Federation of Labor's policy of admitting unskilled workers to its union.

a) argue against interference by judges with workers' right to organize unions.

The People's Party: a) evolved out of the Farmers' Alliance. b) attracted only workers. c) attracted only farmers. d) represented the interests of big business. e) did little to spread their message.

a) evolved out of the Farmers' Alliance.

n Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the Supreme Court: a) ruled that "separate but equal" accommodations were constitutional. b) ruled that "separate but equal" accommodations were unconstitutional. c) supported the right of women to vote. d) supported the right of workers to join unions. e) supported the right of African-Americans to vote.

a) ruled that "separate but equal" accommodations were constitutional

The Supreme Court decision United States v. Wong Kim Ark ruled that: a) the Fourteenth Amendment gave Asians born in the United States citizenship. b) San Francisco had to grant licenses to Chinese-operated laundries. c) Chinese merchants were exempt from the Chinese Exclusion Act. d) the federal government had the right to expel Chinese aliens without due process of law. e) Chinese women were forbidden to immigrate to the U S.

a) the Fourteenth Amendment gave Asians born in the United States citizenship.

How were federal troops used in the Pullman Strike of 1894? a) As moderators between the employees and employers. b) To help suppress the strikers on behalf of the owners. c) They were not used at all. d) As workers themselves, to replace the striking workers. e) As spies, such as an early Federal Bureau of Investigation.

b) To help suppress the strikers on behalf of the owners.

In his Atlanta speech of 1895, Booker T. Washington: a) called for political equality. b) encouraged blacks to adjust to segregation. c) opposed vocational education for blacks. d) fought against segregation. e) continued the abolitionist political tradition.

b) encouraged blacks to adjust to segregation.

In the Insular Cases, the Supreme Court: a) determined that Puerto Ricans and Filipinos would become U.S. citizens in 1904. b) held that the Constitution did not fully apply to the territories acquired by the United States during the Spanish-American War. c) determined that Puerto Ricans and Filipinos were entitled to the same rights as U.S. citizens. d) held that the annexation of the Philippines violated the Fourteenth Amendment. e) ruled that the Foraker Act of 1900, which declared Puerto Rico an "insular territory," was unconstitutional.

b) held that the Constitution did not fully apply to the territories acquired by the United States during the Spanish-American War.

William Jennings Bryan: a) wrote utopian novels. b) ran for president in 1896 on the free silver platform. c) argued in favor of the gold standard. d) ran as a Republican and a Populist in 1896. e) was especially popular in the Northeast.

b) ran for president in 1896 on the free silver platform.

Founded in 1886, the American Federation of Labor: a) was led by Terence Powderly. b) restricted membership to only skilled workers. c) was structured much like the Knights of Labor. d) restricted membership to only unskilled workers. e) successfully organized immigrant workers.

b) restricted membership to only skilled workers.

At the end of the nineteenth century, lynching: a) rarely happened. b) was an act of violence directed mostly at black men. c) caused Ida B. Wells to stop writing and speaking. d) was always done in secret. e) affected only southern whites.

b) was an act of violence directed mostly at black men.

The Philippine War: a) resulted in Filipino independence. b) was far longer and bloodier than the Spanish-American War. c) was little debated at the time. d) was part of the American effort to liberate the Philippines. e) is well remembered today.

b) was far longer and bloodier than the Spanish-American War.

After the 1890s, American expansionism: a) was limited to North America. b) was partly fueled by the need to stimulate American exports. c) was welcomed by the majority of Hawaiians. d) discouraged patriotism. e) was denounced by writers such as Josiah Strong and Alfred T. Mahan.

b) was partly fueled by the need to stimulate American exports.

By the end of the nineteenth century, African-American men in the South: a) were limited to holding local offices. b) were forced out of politics and passed leadership to female African-American activists. c) continued to hold elective office with no restrictions. d) joined the Democratic Party. e) supported the redrawing of congressional district lines.

b) were forced out of politics and passed leadership to female African-American activists.

The Immigration Restriction League: a) called for increased immigration from Asia. b) was founded by new immigrants. c) wanted to bar immigrants under the age of eighteen. d) wanted to bar immigrants who were illiterate. e) wanted to end all immigration.

d) wanted to bar immigrants who were illiterate.

All of the following statements about Emilio Aguinaldo are true EXCEPT: a) Aguinaldo led the Filipino armed struggle for independence against Spain. b) Aguinaldo led the Filipinos in the war against the United States. c) Aguinaldo believed that Filipinos could only govern themselves with U.S. assistance. d) Aguinaldo opposed American imperialism. e) Aguinaldo argued that the U S was betraying its own values by annexing the Philippines.

c) Aguinaldo believed that Filipinos could only govern themselves with U.S. assistance.

Republican presidential candidate William McKinley: a) was a stage actor of some renown. b) ran for president in 1896 on the free silver platform. c) argued in favor of the gold standard. d) lost to Bryan in 1896. e) was especially popular in the South.

c) argued in favor of the gold standard.

The Spanish-American War: a) lasted several years. b) was a victory for Spain. c) brought the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico under U.S. control. d) resulted in thousands of U.S. combat deaths. e) ended American expansionism.

c) brought the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico under U.S. control

The Populist platform: a) called for the end of democratic government. b) supported the interests of big business. c) called for public ownership of railroads. d) appealed only to industrial workers. e) appealed only to farmers.

c) called for public ownership of railroads.

The new immigrants of the Gilded Age: a) were seen as no different from the old immigrants. b) received a warm welcome in America. c) came from southern and eastern Europe. d) were few in number. e) came mostly from Great Britain.

c) came from southern and eastern Europe.

The Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU): a) was a small organization of radical feminists. b) was led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton. c) moved from demanding prohibition to pushing for women's suffrage. d) was a single-issue organization out to ban alcohol. e) argued that politics was not the place for women.

c) moved from demanding prohibition to pushing for women's suffrage.

The silver issue: a) had little support from Democrat William Jennings Bryan. b) divided the Republican Party during the 1892 election. c) refers to the fight to increase the money supply by minting silver money. d) had dissipated from American politics by the 1896 election. e) united Democrats and Republicans.

c) refers to the fight to increase the money supply by minting silver money.

The Teller Amendment stated that: a) the United States would annex the Philippines. b) Cuba was to be a protectorate of the United States. c) the United States would not annex Cuba. d) Puerto Rico was to become a territory of the United States. e) the United States would not annex the Philippines.

c) the United States would not annex Cuba.

In 1900, most of the nearly 5 million women who worked for wages worked in: a) secretarial positions. b) politics. c) the garment industry and as domestic laborers. d) education. e) reform movements.

c) the garment industry and as domestic laborers.

Farmers believed that their plight derived from all of the following EXCEPT: a) high freight rates charged by railroads. b) excessive interest rates for loans from bankers. c) the high tariff policies of the federal government. d) the fiscal policy that reduced the supply of money in the economy. e) the free and unlimited coinage of silver.

c) the high tariff policies of the federal government

In 1899, President William McKinley explained in an interview with Methodist Church leaders that his decision to annex the Philippines: a) was an easy foreign-policy decision. b) was dishonorable and undermined U.S. democracy. c) was in part based on his desire to educate and uplift the Filipinos. d) was bad for U.S. business interests. e) was part of his plan to grant Filipinos U.S. citizenship.

c) was in part based on his desire to educate and uplift the Filipinos.

Americans have referred to the 1890s as the women's era because: a) women could vote. b) few women had to work outside the home. c) women's economic opportunities and roles in public life expanded. d) growing numbers of women held political office. e) most men supported equal rights for women.

c) women's economic opportunities and roles in public life expanded.

Which was NOT part of the Populist platform? a) A graduated income tax. b) Direct election of U.S. senators. c) Government ownership of railroads. d) Higher tariffs. e) Workers' right to form unions.

d) Higher tariffs.

Which statement about the People's Party is FALSE? a) It emerged from the Farmers Alliance in the 1890s and claimed to speak for all the "producing classes." b) It embarked on a remarkable effort of community organization and education. c) Its platform of 1892 remains a classic document of American reform, advocating radical ideas of the day such as graduated income tax and increased democracy. d) It emerged as an urban, middle-class vehicle for social, economic, and political reform. e) It sought to rethink the relationship between freedom and government in order to address the crisis of the1890s.

d) It emerged as an urban, middle-class vehicle for social, economic, and political reform.

In the 1890s, the National American Woman Suffrage Association: a) supported the right of immigrant women to vote. b) supported the right of African-American women to vote. c) was dominated by working-class women. d) argued that native-born white women's votes would counteract the "ignorant foreign vote." e) argued that all women, regardless of race or ethnicity, should vote.

d) argued that native-born white women's votes would counteract the "ignorant foreign vote."

The Platt Amendment: a) recognized Cuban autonomy. b) granted independence to Puerto Rico. c) limited the U.S. presence in the Philippines. d) authorized the United States to intervene militarily in Cuba. e) declared Cuba a colony of the United States.

d) authorized the United States to intervene militarily in Cuba.

The 1894 Pullman Strike: a) was remarkably peaceful. b) was a victory for labor. c) had no impact on rail service. d) collapsed when union leaders were jailed. e) was supported by President Cleveland.

d) collapsed when union leaders were jailed

The "white man's burden": a) refers to the horrors of lynching. b) refers to the failure of Reconstruction. c) was a term coined by Mark Twain. d) comes from a poem by Rudyard Kipling. e) comes from a speech by Booker T. Washington.

d) comes from a poem by Rudyard Kipling.

In the South, the Redeemers: a) supported the rights of blacks. b) continued the policies of Reconstruction. c) supported public education. d) imposed a new racial order. e) passed no new laws.

d) imposed a new racial order.

Twenty years after the end of Reconstruction, African-Americans in the South: a) were much better off financially. b) had increased their role in local politics. c) had entered the middle class in significant numbers. d) suffered the most from the region's poor conditions. e) had the same rights as whites.

d) suffered the most from the region's poor conditions.

Which statement about the disenfranchisement of blacks in the South is FALSE? a) White leaders presented disenfranchisement as a "good government" measure. b) Between 1890 and 1906, every southern state enacted laws or constitutional provisions meant to eliminate the black vote. c) In passing various laws to restrict blacks from voting, numerous poor and illiterate whites also lost the right to vote in the South. d) The elimination of black and many white voters could not have been accomplished without the approval of the North. e) The Supreme Court upheld the grandfather clause.

e) The Supreme Court upheld the grandfather clause.

Which statement about the 1896 election is FALSE? a) William McKinley's victory ended the political stalemate that had persisted since 1876. b) The Populist Party declined after the election. c) The election is considered the first modern presidential campaign. d) McKinley's campaign raised millions of dollars compared to Bryan. e) William Jennings Bryan lost because he supported the gold standard.

e) William Jennings Bryan lost because he supported the gold standard.

Supporters of the Anti-Imperialist League: a) wanted to civilize "savage" peoples. b) argued in favor of "benevolent" imperialism. c) maintained that Filipinos were entitled to U.S. citizenship. d) argued that Puerto Ricans were entitled to U.S. citizenship. e) believed that American energies should be directed at home, not abroad

e) believed that American energies should be directed at home, not abroad

The severe depression of 1893: a) was quickly over, and the economy was soon booming. b) caused little if any hardship. c) affected only factory workers. d) was a period in which labor and capital looked for compromise. e) led to increased conflict between capitol and labor.

e) led to increased conflict between capitol and labor.

All of the following were used by southern whites to maintain domination over blacks EXCEPT: a) racial segregation b) disenfranchisement c) limiting economic opportunities d) inferior education e) outlawing the use of black female domestic workers in white homes

e) outlawing the use of black female domestic workers in white homes

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: a) was directed only at women and illiterates. b) was not racially motivated. c) was found unconstitutional. d) favored Japanese immigrants. e) prohibited any Chinese from entering the United States.

e) prohibited any Chinese from entering the United States.

Between 1890 & 1906, southern state governments and white Southerners eliminated black voting using all of the following EXCEPT: a) the grandfather clause. b) literacy and understanding tests. c) poll taxes. d) violence and intimidation. e) racial tests.

e) racial tests.

President William McKinley justified U.S. annexation of the Philippines on all of the following grounds EXCEPT: a) the United States needed to civilize Filipinos. b) the United States needed the islands for business and trade. c) the United States believed the Filipinos were not ready for self-government. d) the United States needed to Christianize the Filipinos. e) the United States needed to ensure that the Philippines became an independent democracy.

e) the United States needed to ensure that the Philippines became an independent democracy.

Plessy v. Ferguson: a) was a unanimous decision. b) sanctioned racial segregation. c) voided the Thirteenth Amendment. d) limited the hours that women could legally work. e) was fully supported by Booker T. Washington.

e) was fully supported by Booker T. Washington.

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: a) led to an increase in civil rights for Chinese people and Chinese-Americans living in the United States. b) only barred immigration of Chinese women. c) led to the deportation of the 105,000 Chinese people living in the United States in 1882. d) led to a decrease in discrimination and violence against the Chinese. e) was the first time race was used to exclude an entire group of people from entering the United States.

e) was the first time race was used to exclude an entire group of people from entering the United States.