US History 2

(Q003) The first transcontinental railroad was completed in

1869

(Q012) Which of the following accurately describes the near disappearance of the buffalo herds in the West?

A combination of factors, including a drought and competition with other animals, contributed to the buffalo's decline.

(Q006) The first successful Kansas cow town was

Abilene

(Q011) The Haymarket Riot involved

America's first terrorist bombing.

(Q004) The native American who surrendered with the "I will fight no more forever" speech was

Chief Joseph.

(Q003) In 1882, Congress passed the first federal law to restrict the immigration of free people based on race and class. The immigrants this legislation targeted were from

China

(Q007) Southern blacks who migrated to Kansas were called

Exodusters

(Q015) The first transcontinental railroad went from St. Louis to Los Angeles.

False

(Q016) After the Civil War, population growth was stronger on the rural frontier than in the cities.

False

(Q018) Andrew Carnegie was an important railroad "robber baron."

False

(Q018) The southern crop-lien system discouraged the growing of cotton and tobacco.

False

(Q019) Among Thomas Edison's inventions were the typewriter and the telephone.

False

(Q019) In 1887, the United States bought Alaska from Britain for $7.2 million.

False

(Q019) Nativists believed that immigrants could, and should, be Americanized quickly.

False

(Q020) Soldiers who were hired to guard cattle on the long trail to market were known as "buffalo soldiers."

False

(Q021) Andrew Carnegie consolidated the steel industry into U.S. Steel.

False

(Q022) A letter from Depuy de Lôme played a significant role in creating tensions that led to the annexation of Hawaii.

False

(Q022) In the late nineteenth century, saloons were popular gathering places for both men and women.

False

(Q022) J. P. Morgan's life was viewed as a "rags to riches" story.

False

(Q023) Charles Darwin supported Herbert Spencer's application of his ideas regarding evolution to human social relations.

False

(Q023) George A. Custer lost to the Sioux at the Battle of Wounded Knee.

False

(Q024) During the election of 1892, the Republican party supported an eight-hour workday and sought to protect American jobs by limiting immigration.

False

(Q024) The Dawes Severalty Act allowed Native Americans to keep most of their land.

False

(Q025) The Ghost Dance was a new Native American religion that united Christian and native teachings.

False

(Q026) The first major interstate labor strike was the Homestead Steel Strike in 1892.

False

(Q027) Joseph Glidden's invention of barbed wire in 1873 revolutionized the way in which cotton was farmed.

False

(Q028) Woodruff v. North Bloomfield was a landmark case involving fencing and grazing rights for cattle ranchers.

False

(Q029) The Panama Canal opened in 1909 at the end of Theodore Roosevelt's administration.

False

(Q029) The Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890 outlawed corporate actions in "restraint of trade."

False

(Q030) Turner's frontier thesis praised the role of women and Mexicans in the creation of a democratic West.

False

(Q030) William Jennings Bryan won the election of 1896.

False

(Q015) What step did President Cleveland take to address the economic depression that began in 1893?

He returned the nation to the gold standard.

(Q004) Social Darwinism had its roots in the work of

Herbert Spencer.

(Q001) Which of the following statements accurately describes the typical tenement apartment building?

It housed twenty-four to thirty-two families.

(Q010) What did the Sherman Silver Purchase Act do?

It increased the amount of silver the government purchased.

(Q012) Which of the following statements accurately describes the American Federation of Labor?

It primarily organized skilled workers.

(Q014) Which of the following statements accurately describes the Great Sioux War?

It was the largest military campaign since the end of the Civil War.

(Q006) Which of the following statements regarding the Gilded Age is true?

No president won a majority of the popular votes.

(Q008) The largest sources of immigration to the West during this period were

Northern Europe and Canada.

(Q013) The president of the United States used federal troops to end the strike at

Pullman, Illinois.

(Q008) What political party was associated with the temperance movement?

Republican

(Q011) Which president described himself, near the end of his term, as a president without a party?

Rutherford B. Hayes

(Q009) Which chronology is correct?

Sand Creek Massacre, Little Bighorn, the capture of Geronimo, Wounded Knee

(Q015) Which of the following statements accurately describes small farmers in the West by the 1890s?

They were almost always supporters of Northeastern Republicans.

(Q007) The "battle of the currents" involved

Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse.

(Q016) A major contributor to industrial growth in the later part of the nineteenth century was electrical power.

True

(Q016) In southern textile mills, women and children outnumbered men as workers.

True

(Q017) In 1890, a majority of New Yorkers were foreign born.

True

(Q017) In the 1880s, the United States was the only industrialized nation that had no insurance program to cover on-the-job injuries.

True

(Q017) James Buchanan Duke played a key role in the development of the cigarette industry.

True

(Q018) By 1900, saloons were popular places of leisure among urban wage workers.

True

(Q019) The expansion of mining helped bring about territorial governments and calls for statehood in the West.

True

(Q020) John D. Rockefeller used Cleveland, Ohio, as his initial base of operations.

True

(Q020) The Interstate Commerce Commission was the first federal regulatory agency.

True

(Q021) Darwin's On the Origin of Species was shocking to many because, at the time of its initial publication, most people embraced a literal interpretation of the biblical creation story.

True

(Q021) Partisan considerations in Congress hampered the creation of new states.

True

(Q022) Hydraulic mining led to terrible economic problems as polluted water made its way to the rich agricultural land in the Central Valley of California.

True

(Q023) Mother Jones famously led a march of child workers and was committed to advancing the labor movement.

True

(Q024) Emilio Aguinaldo at first aided George Dewey against the Spanish in the Philippines.

True

(Q024) In 1880, one out of every six children under the age of fourteen was working full time.

True

(Q025) In the post-Civil-War period, the Democratic party appealed to southern white voters.

True

(Q025) Terence V. Powderly led the Knights of Labor.

True

(Q026) "Boss" Tweed led the Tammany Hall political machine in New York City after the Civil War.

True

(Q026) Refrigerated railroad cars were an important factor in the success of the western cattle industry.

True

(Q027) The Granger movement failed in addressing issues such as declining crop prices and, thus, led to the rise of the Farmers' Alliance.

True

(Q027) Under Samuel Gompers, the American Federation of Labor concentrated on economic gains for workers and avoided involvement in politics.

True

(Q028) Employees of the Pullman company were required to live in company houses, in communities in which all property was company-owned.

True

(Q028) Support for civil service reform rose following the assassination of President James A. Garfield.

True

(Q029) A key contributor to making western agriculture profitable was the invention of the sodbuster plow.

True

(Q029) By 1900, the United States was producing a significant percentage of the world's goods.

True

(Q030) Under the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, the United States assumed the right to intervene in Latin America.

True

(Q014) During the election of 1896, who said, "You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns"?

William Jennings Bryan

(Q004) The Spanish-American War occurred during the presidency of

William McKinley.

(Q013) Theodore Roosevelt became president as a result of the death of

William McKinley.

(Q005) The last gasp of the Indian wars came at the so-called battle of

Wounded Knee.

(Q005) The implications of social Darwinism included

a belief in the progress of human societies through competition.

(Q009) The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 was

a notable event in part because of the presence of women protestors.

(Q005) The latest evidence suggests the sinking of the Maine was caused by

an accidental explosion and fire on the ship.

(Q001) The New South's creed was

an idealized vision of a decentralized, democratic society.

(Q001) Which of the following was a step the federal government took during the Civil War to help create a national economy?

authorizing the federal government to issue paper money

(Q007) Which chronology is correct?

de Lôme letter, sinking of the Maine, Teller Amendment, battles around Santiago

(Q006) The Teller Amendment

denied any U.S. intention to take Cuba.

(Q010) The Mississippi Plan of the 1890s was aimed mostly at

diminishing voting rights of African Americans.

(Q005) John D. Rockefeller stands out among nineteenth-century business leaders because of his

innovative organization called vertical integration.

(Q010) All of the following are true of anarchists in the late nineteenth century EXCEPT that they

largely migrated from American to European cities.

(Q013) In 1873, the invention of barbed wire predominantly triggered conflict between

larger cattle ranchers and smaller ranchers fighting to retain the open range.

(Q003) Tenantry and sharecropping led to

loss of soil fertility.

(Q002) In the 1880s, the largest source of foreign immigration to the United States shifted from

northwestern Europe to southeastern Europe.

(Q013) A major problem facing farmers in the late nineteenth century was

overproduction of agricultural products and the subsequent decline in commodity prices.

(Q002) The first big business in the United States was in

railroads

(Q009) By the 1880s, the federal government operated at a surplus because of

revenues generated by tariffs.

(Q008) Sears, Roebuck and Company became the nation's largest retailer by

selling directly to the consumer at low prices.

(Q012) All of the following are true of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act EXCEPT that it

set up the Interstate Commerce commission.

(Q007) The Democratic party generally consisted of

southern whites, Catholics, and those in favor of states' rights.

(Q011) The concept of "separate but equal" accommodations for blacks and whites was legitimized after

the Supreme Court's ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson.

(Q002) The chief accomplishment of the New South movement was

the development of the textile industry.

(Q006) Andrew Carnegie's "Gospel of Wealth" explained

the virtues of economic competition.

(Q012) Although Theodore Roosevelt successfully negotiated for the United States to use the Canal Zone, many felt his tactics during the negotiations with Panama

were illegal.

(Q004) The new "bonanza" farms that spread across the West were different from preceding agricultural enterprises in that they

were run like factories.

(Q014) The National Labor Union united craft unions to advocate for improved workplace conditions; however, membership was prohibited for

women and African Americans.