APUSH Quiz 1
The precipitating factor in the 1894 Pullman strike was Pullman's
cutting of wages without proportionate cuts in company housing rents
All of the following are true of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act except:
It was very effective.
n the last half of the nineteenth century, the New South advocates supported
expansion of southern industry
Who is associated with the Haymarket Square riot?
the knights of labor
Pendleton Act
Congressional legislation that established the Civil Service Commission, which granted federal government jobs on the basis of examinations instead of political patronage, thus reining in the spoils system.
Interstate Commerce Act
Congressional legislation that established the Interstate Commerce Commission, compelled railroads to publish standard rates, and prohibited rebates and pools. Railroads quickly became adept at using the act to achieve their own ends, but it gave the government an important means to regulate big business. Railroads quickly became adept at using the act to achieve their own ends. but it gave the government an important means to regulate big business. It gave the government an important means to regulate big business.
The assassination of President James Garfield by a disappointed office seeker did which of the following?
Created the impetus to establish the first civil service system for federal employees
Which of the following was the most important factor promoting the construction of railroads after the Civil War?
Government subsidies in the form of loans and land grants
Which one of the following railroad companies did not receive a land grant from the federal government? AP
Great Northern Railroad
Why was the Democrats' nomination of Horace Greeley as their presidential candidate in 1872 politically disastrous?
Greeley had spent many years denouncing Democrats as morally deficient slave traders and traitors.
Who was declared the victor in 1876?
Hayes
The depression that began with the panic of 1873 created the first major clamor for which of the following?
Inflationary policies to be promoted by issuing greenbacks and other forms of soft money
What did a vertical integration like the Carnegie Steel Corporation accomplish?
It established monopolistic control of every phase of business, from raw material to final consumer. It established monopolistic control of every phase of business, from raw material to final consumer.
Which of the following is true of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890?
It had little immediate impact on the regulation of large corporations.
What best describes the primary base of the Democratic Party?It included wealthy easterners, poorer midwesterners, and debt-burdened agrarians.
It included wealthy easterners, poorer midwesterners, and debt-burdened agrarians.
What was the significance of the Supreme Court ruling in Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railroad Company v. Illinois?
It prohibited states from regulating interstate commerce.
Which of the following was true of the American labor movement in the late nineteenth century?
It was involved in a number of violent strikes.
Which of the following best accounts for the success of the American Federation of Labor in organizing labor in the late 1800s?
Its policy of organizing only skilled craftsmen
President assassinated during his first year in office
James A Gairfield
Millionaire who conspired to corner the gold market in 1869
Jay Gould
To justify their economic domination of their industries, large trusts like Standard Oil and those of Swift and Armour claimed what?
Large-scale methods of production and distribution could provide superior products at low prices.
Every contract, combination in form of trust orotherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade orcommerce in any territory of the United States . . .is hereby declared illegal." The passage above was most effectively used for which purpose in the late nineteenth century?
Limiting the power of labor unions
the union membership card pictured above is designed to accomplish which of the following?
Link union membership with patriotic and religious images
Which two railroads joined to create the first transcontinental line in 1869?
The Union Pacific and the Central Pacific
Which of the following best explains a connection between the economic productivity of the United States in the mid-1800s and in the late 1800s?
The application of new technologies expanded large-scale industrial manufacturing.
Which of the following was not an effect of transcontinental railroad lines?
The cost of the railroads resulted in an economic depression.
Access to natural resources for businesses changed from the mid-1800s to the late 1800s most directly as a result of which of the following factors?
The expansion of communication systems such as the electric telegraph
Rutherford B. Hayes
The former Republican governor of Ohio who became president after the contested 1876 election. By 1880 he had lost the support of his party and was not renominated for the office.
he People's (Populist) Party emerged most directly in response to which of the following late-nineteenth-century trends?
The growth of corporate power in agriculture and the economy
What brought a halt to Boss Tweed's widespread corruption? AP
The journalistic exposes of The New York Times and cartoonist Thomas Nast
Interlocking Directorates
The practice of having executives or directors from one company serve on the board of directors of another company. J. P. Morgan introduced this practice to eliminate banking competition in the 1890s.
Vertical Integration
The practice perfected by Andrew Carnegie of controlling every step of the industrial production process in order to increase efficiency and limit competition.
Horizontal Integration
The practice perfected by John D. Rockefeller of dominating a particular phase of the production process in order to monopolize a market, often by forming trusts and alliances with competitors.
What was one of the most difficult adjustments many formerly rural workers had to make to the industrial system? AP
The strict discipline and regimentation of time
"Waving the Bloody Shirt"
The use of Civil War imagery by political candidates and parties to draw votes to their side of the ticket. The use of Civil War imagery by political candidates and parties to draw votes to their side of the ticket.
Which best describes the relationship between the Democrats and the Republicans during the Gilded Age? AP
They had few significant policy differences.
How did the government contribute to the building of the national rail network?
They provided free grants of federal land to the railroad companies.
City bosses and urban political machines in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries did which of the following?
They provided some welfare for poor immigrants in exchange for political support.
Who of the following was known as the most versatile inventor of the Gilded Age?
Thomas Edison
Crédit Mobilier scandal
Was an example of some of the corruption that occurred during this period of time. All choices are correct. A construction company was formed by owners of the Union Pacific Railroad for the purpose of receiving government contracts to build the railroad at highly inflated prices—and profits. In 1872 a scandal erupted when journalists discovered that the Crédit Mobilier Company had bribed congressmen and even the vice president to allow the ruse to continue.
Haymarket Square
A May Day rally that turned violent when someone threw a bomb into the middle of the meeting, killing several dozen people. Eight anarchists were arrested for conspiracy contributing to the disorder, although evidence linking them to the bombing was thin. Four were executed, one committed suicide, and three were pardoned in 1893.
Horace Greeley
A New York newspaper editor, Greeley ran for president in 1872 under the mantles of the Liberal Republican and Democratic parties.
Plessy v. Ferguson
A Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of segregation laws, saying that as long as blacks were provided with "separate but equal" facilities, these laws did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment. This decision provided legal justification for the Jim Crow system until the 1950s.
Closed Shop
A union-organizing term that refers to the practice of allowing only unionized employees to work for a particular company. The AFL became known for negotiating closed-shop agreements with employers, in which the employer would agree not to hire nonunion members.
n its efforts on behalf of workers, the National Labor Union won which of the following? AP
An eight-hour day for government workers
The People's Party (Populist) advocated which of the following? CB
An increase in the money supply
What was the basic belief of the Social Darwinists?
Survival of the fittest.
Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railroad Company v. Illinois
Tghis decision occurred in 1886. As a result, reformers turned their attention to the federal government, which now held sole power to regulate the railroad industry. A Supreme Court decision that prohibited states from regulating the railroads because the Constitution grants Congress the power to regulate interstate commerce.
Which of the following labor organizations endorsed the philosophy of "bread and butter" unionism by concentrating on demands for higher wages, shorter hours, and improved work conditions? (CB)
The American Federation of Labor
All of the following were nineteenth-century transcontinental railroad lines except:
The Canadian Railroad
Although the Sherman Antitrust Act was originally intended to inhibit the growth of business monopolies, courts initially used its provisions successfully against (CB)
labor unions
Between 1870 and 1900, farmers did all of the following in an attempt to better their condition EXCEPT
limit production of crops
In the second half of the nineteenth century, the formation of labor unions was often a response to
low wages and dangerous conditions in industrial work
In the three decades following the Civil War, the policies of the Republican Party generally favored CB
northern industrial interests
The method of mass production that developed during the nineteenth century was a process that
relied on the use of power-driven machinery
The American Federation of Labor under the leadership of Samuel Gompers organized
skilled workers in craft unions in order to achieve economic gains
At the end of the nineteenth century, the desire of American business to control supplies of raw materials led to
vertical integration
Which group was most dramatically altered by the new industrial age?
women
Which of the following groups would be most likely to support the Populist Party?
Sharecroppers
As a result of electoral irregularities, how many contested electoral votes were there in this election? Meaning that the election's results would have to await the settlement of these votes.
20
After the Civil War, some businesspeople and newspaper editors—such as the Atlanta Constitution's Henry Grady—promoted the idea of a New South. Which of the following best describes their vision for the southern states?
A mixed economy no longer primarily dependent on cash crops
Jay Gould
A railroad magnate who was involved in the Black Friday scandal in 1869 and later gained control of many of the nation's largest railroads, including the Union Pacific. He became revered and hated for his ability to manipulate railroad stocks for his personal profit and for his ardent resistance to organized labor.
Tweed Ring
A symbol of Gilded Age corruption, "Boss" Tweed and his deputies ran the New York City Democratic party in the 1860s and swindled $200 million from the city through bribery, graft, and vote-buying. Boss Tweed was eventually jailed for his crimes and died behind bars.
Gilded Age
A term given to the period 1865-1896 by Mark Twain, indicating both the fabulous wealth and the widespread corruption of the era.
Members of which of the following groups were most likely to support the Populist Party?
Sharecroppers from the South
During the Gilded Age, which of the following groups generally voted Republican?
Black northerners
How did Congress intend to decide the disputed election?
By a special electoral commission created by Congress
How did J. P. Morgan eliminate his banking competition?
By establishing interlocking directorates
Which was a result of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?
Chinese immigration was prohibited in the United States until 1943.
All of the following were true of the Election of 1884 except:
Cleveland chose to "lie like a gentleman" about his illegitimate son.
Chinese immigration was prohibited in the United States until 1943.
Cleveland had been involved in an amorous affair with a Buffalo widow, who had an illegitimate son, for whom Cleveland had made financial provision.
In contrast to the Knights of Labor, what did the American Federation of Labor advocate for?
Concentrating on improving wages and hours and avoiding general social reform
Which of the following was LEAST involved in the struggle for women's rights?
Dorothea Dix
States in which of the following time zones were not compelled by the federal government to cede land to railroad companies?
Eastern Time
The Interstate Commerce Act achieved all of the following except:
Eliminated government supervision of the railroads
True or False: Democrats and Republicans were at opposite ends of the room on questions of the tariff and civil-service reform during the postwar period.
False
"If they dare to come out in the open field and defend the gold standard as a good thing, we will fight them to the uttermost. Having behind us the producing masses of this nation and the world, supported by the commercial interests, the laboring interests, and the toilers everywhere, we will answer their demand for a gold standard by saying to them: You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns; you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold." William Jennings Bryan, 1896 Which of the following groups would most likely agree with the quote above?
Midwestern farmers
The Compromise of 1877 resulted in all of the following except:
More rights for blacks in the South
We believe that the time has come when the railroad corporations will either own the people or the people must own the railroads ... We demand a national currency, safe, sound, and flexible ... We demand a graduated income tax ... We demand a free ballot." Which of the following groups included the passage above in its platform?
People's Party (Populists)
Who did southern textile mills generally employ?
Poor whites recently off the farms
Grover Cleveland
President from 1885 to 1889 and again from 1893 to 1897.Cleveland's first term was dominated by the issues of military pensions and tariff reforms. He lost the election of 1888, but he ran again and won in 1892. During his second term, he faced one of the most serious economic depressions in the nation's history but failed to enact policies to ease the crisis. Cleveland's first term was dominated by the issues of military pensions and tariff reforms. He lost the election of 1888, but he ran again and won in 1892. During his second term, he faced one of the most serious economic depressions in the nation's history but failed to enact policies to ease the crisis.
What was one reason for the extremely high voter turnouts and partisan fervor between the Democrats and the Republicans of the Gilded Age?
Sharp ethnic and cultural differences in the membership of the two parties
The decisions of the Supreme Court in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries generally did which of the following?
Strengthened the position of big business.
The U.S. population increased dramatically during the mid- to late-nineteenth century. With increasing industrialization came waves of immigrants seeking work and a better life. By 1870, the United States had become the third-largest nation in the world. This accelerated growth came with a cost, however. Increasing disillusionment, political wrangling, and economic crises besieged the nation. Demonstrate your understanding of this period by answering the following question.
Reviving gory images of the Civil War
Obscure candidate who was at one point dubbed "The Great Unknown"
Rutherford B Hayes
What was the significance of the Supreme Court's ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson? AP
Segregation laws were upheld as constitutional.
William Jennings Bryan's "Cross of Gold" oration was primarily an expression of his
advocacy of free and unlimited coinage of silver
