2nd Sem History - LUOA

Which of the following is true of the Compromise of 1877? [Please choose all that apply.]

- there was an agreement to pull military support out of the South - it signaled the end of Reconstruction since Republican governments collapsed and white Democrats gained control of the South - Rutherford B. Hayes became President

Which of the following prompted the Great Railroad Strike of 1877?

10% pay cut.

By the end of the nineteenth century, what percentage of whites in the South were not able to read?

11

Laws that disenfranchised blacks and circumvented which Constitutional Amendment?

14th

Between 1865 and 1897, the national railway network grew from 35,000 to almost _________ miles of track.

200,000

About what percentage of American cowboys were African Americans?

25%

According to the lesson, approximately how many African-Americans traveled to Northern cities between 1890 and 1910?

300,000

According to the lesson, the average steel worker during the Gilded Age worked approximately how many hours a week?

84

Which of the following best describes a holding company?

A company that holds a significant amount of stock in several other companies within the same industry

According to the lesson, which of the following best describes the results of the Great Railroad Strike of 1877?

A massive failure.

Which of the following individual is famous for inventing the telephone?

Alexander Graham Bell

Which of the following best describes the purpose of the Bland-Allison Act of 1878 and the Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890?

Allow the limited coinage of silver

Which of the following best describes most American's attitude concerning political parties during the Gilded Age?

Americans were extremely loyal to their party.

Which of the following individuals called himself a "distributor" of wealth, believing that he had a duty to give back to those who had helped him acquire his riches?

Andrew Carnegie

Which of the following individuals is most closely associated with the steel-making industry?

Andrew Carnegie

Which of the following Southern cities became the largest producer of coal and steel in the South?

Birmingham, Alabama

Which of the following was the greatest contributing factor in the defeat of William Jennings Bryan in the Election of 1896?

Bryans failed to appeal to the immigrant and poor working in the Midwest.

Before the discovery of bright-leaf tobacco, most people smoked tobacco in pipes, but the new strain of tobacco was suitable for ______________, which became a boom for the tobacco industry in the upper South.

Cigarettes

Which of the following modern-day states experienced mining booms after the discovery of silver or gold? [Please choose all that apply.]

Colorado Idaho California

In 1870's democrats in the South reorganized the party platform as a _____________________ movement

Conservative

Although Samuel Tilden received the majority of the popular vote and seemed ahead in the Electoral College, what created controversy regarding the outcome of the election?

Contested electoral votes from South Carolina, Florida, and Louisiana.

Jacob ___________, a Populist businessman from Ohio, began to push for a government public-works program for the unemployed. His ideas gained a significant following in 1894.

Coxey

What was the final result of Coxey's Army?

Coxey's protesters were arrested and put in detention camps.

_________________ became a major concern in the South as the timber industry grew, but a warm climate helped limit the ecological devastation the industry may have caused.

Deforestation

Who became the first African American to earn a doctorate at Harvard College and later founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People?

Dubois

Which of the following best describes the campaign of William Jennings Bryan in the Election of 1896?

Energetic and Active.

Which of the following best describes the purpose of the Civil Service Commission, established in 1883?

Ensure that all federal jobs be appointed by a merit system.

Which of the following religious groups tended to identify with Republicans during the Gilded Age?

Evangelicals

Marxist ideals gained influence in the United States through immigrants from which of the following European countries?

Germany

Which of the following was the only Democratic Party candidate to win the Presidency between 1869 and 1914?

Grover Cleveland

According to the lesson, which of the following was the most important ingredient to the rise of big business?

Growing population and availability of cheap labor.

The violent __________________ Affair in Chicago led to the demise of the _______________________ of Labor, a powerful national labor union.

Haymarket ; Knights

Which of the following best describes T. McCants Stewart's experience as an African American visiting the South in the 1880s?

He found both black and white southerners to be equally polite.

Which of the following best describes President Cleveland's response to labor strikes in his second term?

He opposed them, sometimes with force.

Which of the following best describes T. McCants Stewart's experience as an African American visiting the South in the 1880s?

He was surprised to find relative acceptance and freedom.

Which of the following U.S. cities was first founded as a mining boom town?

Helena, Montana

Which of the following US cities was first founded as a mining boom town?

Helena, Montana

Which of the following was the editor of the Atlanta Constitution, who wrote an article detailing his vision for "The New South?"

Henry W. Grady

Which of the following best describes the management structure of most big businesses during the Gilded Age?

Hierarchical

What was the name of the mining technique that used high pressure water cannons to break away hillsides and reveal valuable minerals?

Hydraulic Mining

Which of the following best describes what Western miners and farmers called the "Crime of '73?"

In 1873, republicans in congress stopped the production of silver coins.

Which of the following best describes the purpose of the Bland-Allison Act of 1878, which President Hayes attempted but failed to block with his veto?

Increasing the supply by minting more silver coins.

Though he was involved in several industries, J.P. Morgan first acquired his wealth through which of the following?

Investment banking

Which of the following best describes the provisions of the Contract Labor Act of 1864?

It allowed the Federal government to pay for an immigrants passage to the United States.

Which of the following individuals gained significant profits from Cleveland's decision to allow the Treasury to borrow money from Wall Street investment bankers?

J.P Morgan

Charles Guiteau, a mentally deranged man disgruntled over having been refused a Federal job, assassinated which of the following US. Presidents?

James A. Garfield

Which of the following built the American Tobacco Company, which came to control 75 percent of all tobacco manufacturing by 1904?

James B. Duke

Who built the American Tobacco Company, which came to control 75 percent of all tobacco manufacturing by 1904?

James B. Duke

Which of the following individuals became the People's Party nominee for President in the Election of 1892?

James B. Weaver

Which of the following led the Republican "Half-Breeds" and was the Republican nominee for President in 1884?

James Gillespie Blaine

Laws that discriminated against blacks in the South became known as _______ ________ laws after the name of a derogatory black character in a famous minstrel show.

Jim Crow

Which of the following individuals is most closely associated with the oil industry during the Gilded Age?

John D Rockefeller

Which of the following individuals became the Presidential nominee of the Gold Democrats?

John M. Palmer

Which of the following labor unions had a radical, utopian vision of an economic system based on cooperation rather than competition?

KOL (knights of Labor)

Most important and influential secret society that arose in the south to oppose Radical Reconstruction was

Klu Klux Klan

Which of the following individuals coined the term "Gilded Age?"

Mark Twain

Into which state did President Grant refuse to send federal troops to restore order after race riots began in 1875, thus marking the end of the military component of Reconstruction?

Mississippi

Which of the following individuals founded the Patrons of Husbandry in 1867, which later spawned the Granger Movement?

Oliver H. Kelley

According to the lesson, an oil rush began in the 1860s in which of the following states?

Pennsylvania

Which of the following is NOT a natural resource that helped to contribute to the industrial and economic boom of the Gilded Age?

Petroleum

Which of the following incidents set off a nationwide panic that led to the Depression of 1893?

Philadelphia and Reading railroad declared bankruptcy.

Which 1886 Supreme Court case upheld segregation laws in the South, provided that all accommodations for blacks and whites were "separate, but equal"?

Plessy v. Ferguson

Though he later came to dominate other industries, Andrew Carnegie was a manager in which of the following industries before 1873?

Railroad

According to the lesson, which of the following industries was the first to produce modern corporations?

Railroads

Which of the following best describes the major goal of the Workingman's Party of California?

Restrict Chinese Immigration.

Which of the following Presidents campaigned on a promise to fight corruption after Grant's scandal-filled term in office?

Rutherford B. Hayes

Which of the following Presidents campaigned on a promise to fight corruption after Grant's scandal-filled term in office?

Rutherford B. Hayes.

Which of the following individuals led the American Federation of Labor almost continually from 1886 to 1924?

Samuel Gompers

Which of the following best describes the main purpose of the "Granger laws," established by members of the Granger Movement after 1874?

Set maximum prices for transporting and storying farmers produce.

Between 1860 and 1920, the United States accepted 28 million immigrants. Most of these immigrants came from which of the following parts of the world?

Southern and Eastern Europe

What was the name of Boss Tweed's political institution that dominated politics in New York City?

Tammany Hall

Which of the following issues became the main focus of the Election of 1888?

Tariff reform.

What was the name of multifamily dwellings in many American cities that were usually between four and six stories high and housed dozens of families?

Tenements

Which of the following individuals became the leader of the Knights of Labor in 1879 and helped it become a national organization?

Terrence Powderly

Between 1880 and 1900, the South surpassed New England as the largest producer in which of the following industries?

Textiles

Which of the following eventually became the nation's largest labor union, reaching its peak at four million members in 1920?

The American Federation of Labor

What organization came alongside Eugene V. Debs in the Pullman Strike?

The American Railway Union.

Which of the following best describes most Americans' view of the Federal government during the Gilded Age?

The Federal government was insignificant in most Americans' lives.

The Sherman Anti-Trust Act gave which of the following U.S. Federal departments greater power to break up monopolies?

The Justice Department

Which of the following was the first labor union engaged on a national scale made up of representatives from several craft unions?

The National Labor Union

What event in 1873 shifted the focus of the Republicans to economic matters and created a depression that lasted for six years?

The Panic of 1873

Formed in 1877 out of the International Workingmen's Association, which of the following was the first Socialist political party in the United States?

The Socialist Labor Party

Democrats in which of the following regions were the most aggressive advocates of the unlimited coinage of silver?

The West

On May 1, 1866, the Knights of Labor organized a one-day general strike of 340,000 workers that eventually led to the Haymarket Affair. What was the goal of that strike?

The establishment of an 8 hour work day

On May 1, 1866, the Knights of Labor organized a one-day general strike of 340,000 workers that eventually led to the Haymarket Affair. What was the goal of that strike?

The establishment of an eight-hour workday

What was the main persuasive goal of the "Cross of Gold" Speech?

The federal government should allow the unlimited coinage of silver.

Which of the following inventions are attributed to Thomas A. Edison? [Please choose all that apply.]

The phonograph The storage battery The motion picture camera The electric motor

Which of the following remained one of the most important crops in Virginia and the upper South after the Civil War?

Tobacco

Which of the following is NOT true of unions formed during the mining booms?

Unions ultimately proved to be ineffective at helping miners receive better treatment.

What was the name of the Supreme Court case which severely weakened the Sherman Anti-Trust Act and helped protect monopolies?

United States v. E. C. Knight Company

According to the lesson, which of the following best describes a stock?

Units that represent part ownership of a company sold in order to raise revenue

What was the name given to Mexican cowboys during the time of the cattle drives?

Vaqueros

Which of the following is true of most American workers' wages between 1860 and 1890?

Wages generally rose.

According to the lesson, the Depression of 1893, brought the most harm to which of the following groups?

Western Farmers

Who were the primary targets of the KKK in the South during Reconstruction? [Please choose all that apply.]

White Republicans; African Americans

In the midterm election, the People's Party lost much of its support from which of the following groups to the influence of the Democratic Party?

White Southerners.

Which of the following individuals did the Populists nominate for President in the Election of 1896?

William Jennings Bryan

Which of the following individuals created a powerful political machine in New York City and was known for using corrupt police to maintain control?

William Tweed

In the Election of 1880, the Democratic Party nominated this former Union general, hoping his nomination would distance themselves from secessionism and the Confederacy?

Winfield Scott Hancock

Which of the following best describes the predominant social make-up of most boom towns?

Young, Single Men

Because of its connection to the fringes of the labor movement, ____________________ caused many Americans to link labor unions with violent protest and terrorism.

anarchism

Grover ______________, the nominee of the Democrat Party, won the election of 1892, though Populists gained a significant portion of the popular vote.

cleveland

According to the lesson, the push and pull factors that led many Americans to migrate to cities were primarily ____________ in nature

economic

According to the lesson, Thomas Edison's most important invention was the __________________

lightbulb

The notion that belligerent Northerners had wrecked the dream of Southern prosperity became known as the "_________ Cause" in the South.

lost

Which of the following was NOT one of the provisions of the Enforcement Acts passed in response to the rise of the KKK?

made it a federal crime to interfere with someone's life liberty and property

Which of the following united in 1889 to form the new National Alliance, which eventually led to the establishment of the People's Party in 1892? [Choose all that apply.]

northern and southern farmers alliances

The National Labor Union was more focused on ____________________ change than on bargaining with big business.

political

___________ taxes limited the voting rights of black Southerners by requiring citizens to pay a fee in order to vote.

poll

In 1887, during Grover Cleveland's first term, Congress passed legislation to create the Interstate Commerce Commission, which was tasked with regulating the ___________ freight prices.

railroad

Supporters of the ruling class of lawyers, merchants, businessmen, and planters in the South called them ______________ while their detractors referred to them as _______________.

redeemers ; bourbons

In the Election of 1876, both the Republicans and Democrats favored

relaxing radical Reconstruction policies and a return of state rule in the South

Most African Americans in the South identified with the ______________ Party after the Civil War.

republic

_________________ was an agricultural system whereby a farm laborer worked someone else's land in return for supplies and a portion of the crop he produced.c

sharecropping

In 1893, President Cleveland convinced Congress to repeal the Sherman _____________ Purchase Act, which led to the rise of the _____________ Democrats to oppose Cleveland's actions. [One word will answer both blanks.]

silver

Massive migration to cities saw the rise of densely populated sections of those cities called _________, where disease and poverty were rampant.

slums

Western farmers and ranchers were upset with the government in 1890 when they raised the _____________ rate, which led to a steep decline of beef and crop exports.

tariff