Midterm Exam 2 (Chapter 16-20)
The ___________________ was a romanticized interpretation of Civil War that envisioned Confederates as noble defenders of the southern way of life.
"Lost Cause"
According to the ____________________ the frontier era of American development had ended.
1890 national census
As many as __________________ of the cowboys who participated in the Texas cattle drives were African Americans.
25 percent
By 1900, what percentage of the residents in major cities was foreign born?
30 percent
What invention spurred the industrial and urban development?
Electricity
After the United States took control of the Philippines, ______________ became the official language.
English
The "Redeemers" of the post-Civil War South included all of the following except
Farmers
After the Second Industrial Revolution, corporations tried their hands at
Farming
Which of the following was not a big business that attracted cheap laborers to their factories during the Progressive period?
Farming
The section of the Republican party during the Gilded Age that was concerned with the excesses of the time were known as the
Half-Breeds.
The concept of "survival of the fittest" being applied to human society was introduced by
Herbert Spencer.
This man created the United States' first billion-dollar corporation.
J. P. Morgan
This woman established Hull House, a settlement house for immigrants in Chicago.
Jane Addams
Who is best associated with the Hull House?
Jane Addams
What affected African Americans' rights to vote in the South during the Gilded Age?
Jim Crow Laws removed their right to vote.
Which of the following is an example of a land grant college?
Kansas State University
Which of the following statements regarding settlers to the New West after the Civil War is most accurate?
Life was challenging for this diverse group of settlers.
The ______________________ was a series of state constitutional amendments designed to restrict black voting rights in the 1890s.
Mississippi Plan
Which of the following statements best describes the status of Native Americans at the end of the 19th century?
Native American resistance to westward expansion had been crushed.
The first monopoly broken up by President Theodore Roosevelt was
Northern Securities Company.
This power meant that those newly elected could appoint people to jobs in their sphere of authority.
Patronage
The end of the Pullman Strike came when
President Cleveland dispatched federal troops to remove train cars from the tracks.
Perhaps one of the greatest catalysts to reform during the Gilded Age was the assassination of
President Garfield.
By 1897, the United States had more of this than all the European nations combined
Railroads
What title was given to the political and economic leaders during the Gilded Age?
Robber barons
What did one journalist call "the social and intellectual center of the neighborhood" during the Gilded Age in large cities?
Saloons
This individual led the American Federation of Labor.
Samuel Gompers
The father of the muckrakers, and their style of writing, could be considered
Samuel McClure.
Frederick Winslow Taylor and the gospel of efficiency is best associated with which concept?
Scientific management
________________________ were poor white farmers who rented land in return for a substantial share of the crop they helped bring in.
Share tenants
In an effort to prevent corporations from obtaining market monopolies, Congress passed the
Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
Which political party ran as a third party in the 1912 election?
Socialist
Andrew Carnegie is best associated with which industry? Correct!
Steel
In the cities, what helped spur the development of professional sporting events?
Streetcars
During the Progressive Era, what was the most popular form of reform?
Temperance
Which of the following was not a reason to move to the cities during the Gilded Age?
Tenant farming removed prime land from the agricultural economy, thus causing the loss of jobs.
Which of the following was not a method adopted during the Progressive Era to improve government?
Term limits
The author of the infamous de Lôme letter was Depuy de Lôme. Who was he?
The Spanish ambassador to the United States
Which statement regarding the crop-lien system is most accurate?
The system was inefficient, corrupt, and racially unfair.
Which of the following statements regarding the consequences of the War of 1898 is most accurate?
The war boosted American self-confidence and reinforced racist attitudes.
What was a reason that married women were offered less pay during the Gilded Age?
Their husbands supported them.
This legal entity allowed companies to sidestep laws that forbade them from owning stock in their competitors.
Trust
Because of this machine, and the belief that women were more dexterous than men, the post-Civil War era saw an increase in the female workforce in businesses.
Typewriter
What was the United States' first billion-dollar corporation?
United States Steel Corporation
What is one thing that the United States had that other nations did not that helped spur the Industrial Revolution?
Vast natural resources
____________________________ argued that the black response to racial prejudice should be "ceaseless agitation."
W.E.B. Du Bois
What was an example of the new types of entertainment that became popular during the Gilded Age?
Wild West traveling shows
Which United States president was responsible for the annexation of Hawaii?
William McKinley
The United States government encouraged western settlement by doing all of the following except
giving land to former slaves.
Because of President Arthur's reform programs
he was not chosen by the Republicans as their candidate for a second term.
The process Rockefeller used to gain control of his company's industry is known as
horizontal integration.
When one company buys or forces out all of their competitors, it is participating in
horizontal integration.
The way in which businesses cultivated and bought influence from government officials is called
lobbying
The southerners who participated in the crop-lien system included all of the following except
merchants
Before the Civil War, if you were a young child and you had a job, most likely you worked
on a farm.
Thanks to the electrical light,
owners made their workers work longer.
Because of the amount of free time available to workingmen during the Gilded Age, "talking ______" became a popular hobby.
politics
All of the following forces supported late 19th century imperialism except
racial equality.
The area west of the Mississippi had room for all of the following except
seafaring
Overcrowded, filthy, and poorly maintained ___________ were where the poor of the urban areas lived.
tenements
The Knights of Labor's decline began because of its perceived involvement in
the Haymarket Riot.
The Panic of 1893 started when
the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad declared bankruptcy.
After the Civil War two new "frontiers" of opportunity emerged in the United States. They were
the South and West.
One of the first major areas of reform during the Gilded Age was toward
the railroads.
Wilson's definition of progressivism applied to _______ only.
the white
The largest territorial acquisition of the 19th century since the Louisiana Purchase was
Alaska
Turner's "frontier thesis" argued that
America's frontier had made it more democratic.
Eugene V. Debs and the ___________ became famous during the ____________.
American Railway Union, Pullman Strike
By the 1890s, the largest ethnic population in Hawaii was
Asians
Which of the following would favor the policy of sound money?
Banker
Perhaps the most profound work of science published during the latter half of the 19th century was
Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species.
In 1882, Congress banned further immigration to the United States from what country?
China
The Sandlot Incident was aimed at protesting the hiring of what group of immigrants?
Chinese
In 1883, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the __________________ was unconstitutional.
Civil Rights Act of 1875
Which of the following did not aid the construction of taller buildings in the Gilded Age?
Coal-burning furnaces
Which of the following was developed before the Civil War?
Cotton gin
The decision to only allow gold to be coined for money was derisively called the
Crime of '73.
Which of the following groups did not fight in the War of 1898?
Dominicans
Which of the following was not an example of a group created during the Progressive Era to promote social justice?
Young Women's Christian Association
As a result of the crop-lien system in the South, farmers often had _____________________ at the end of the harvest.
a larger debt
Theodore Roosevelt was all of the following on the eve of the War of 1898 except
a pacifist.
The Legal Tender Act of 1862
allowed for the printing of paper currency.
The economic situation in the New West can best be described as
boom/bust.
In cities during the Gilded Age, the political process was usually controlled by ________, and their organizations were known as _________.
bosses, machines
As a result of the publication of The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660-1783, the United States
built eleven new steel battleships.
President Cleveland made the Panic of 1893 worse by
convincing Congress to switch back to only minting gold.
According to Frederick Jackson Turner, the frontier
defined and shaped America.
All of the following constitute the Great Plains except
eastern Kansas.
One of the ways politics in the Gilded Age was different than today was that
voters voted for the same party, year after year, regardless of the candidate.
