Ch. 16-19

"Boss" William M. Tweed was a(n):

the head of a political machine.

What was the aim of Carlisle, a boarding school for Indians?

to civilize the Indians, making them "American" as whites defined the term

Bonanza farms:

typically had 3,000 acres of land or more.

In his Atlanta speech of 1895, Booker T. Washington:

urged blacks to accept segregation.

Chief Joseph:

wanted freedom for his people, the Nez Percé.

The severe depression of 1893:

was marked by high and long-term unemployment, exemplified by Coxey's Army.

The Haymarket Affair:

was provoked by the 1886 bombing at a Chicago labor rally.

Crédit Mobiler and the Whiskey Ring:

were indicative of the corruption in the Grant administration.

From 1880 to the mid-twentieth century, the number of people lynched reached nearly:

5,000.

Which was the Ellis Island of the West?

Angel Island

As president, Theodore Roosevelt was determined to break up every business trust he could find.

False

Theodore Roosevelt's "New Nationalism" called for vigorous federal intervention in the economy, while Woodrow Wilson's "New Freedom" called on government to stay out of business affairs.

False

The leader of the band of several hundred unemployed men who marched on Washington in May 1894 to demand economic relief was:

Jacob Coxey.

Between 1879 and 1880, an estimated 40,000-60,000 African Americans migrated to:

Kansas

All of the following people were "muckrakers" EXCEPT:

Samuel Gompers

Which statement about the textile strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts, in 1912 is FALSE?

The strikers asked the American Federation of Labor for assistance.

The Progressive presidents were:

Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson

How were federal troops used in the Pullman Strike of 1894?

To help suppress the strikers on behalf of the owners

The Industrial Workers of the World:

advocated a workers' revolution.

Elk v. Wilkins (1884):

agreed with lower court rulings that the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments did not apply to Indians.

The new concepts of a "living wage" and the "American standard of living":

allowed for criticism of the inequalities of wealth and power.

The American Federation of Labor's founder Samuel Gompers used the idea of "freedom of contract" to:

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

In Muller v. Oregon, the Supreme Court:

argued that women were too weak to work long hours.

Margaret Sanger was a:

birth-control advocate.

The Spanish-American War:

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

Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller:

built up giant corporations that dominated their respective markets.

The Social Gospel:

called for an equalization of wealth and power.

The Populist platform:

called for government control of business.

The Women's Christian Temperance Union began by demanding the prohibition of alcoholic drinks, but developed into an organization:

calling for a comprehensive program of economic and political reforms, including the right to vote.

A cause not widely championed by Progressives was:

civil rights for blacks.

After the Civil War, which of the following became a symbol of a life of freedom on the open range?

cowboys

The Civil Service Act of 1883:

created a merit system for government workers.

Booker T. Washington:

encouraged blacks to adjust to segregation and abandon the push for civil rights.

The Grange was an organization that:

established cooperatives for storing and marketing farm output.

Vaudeville is a:

form of entertainment.

During the "Age of Empire," American racial attitudes:

had a global impact.

By 1912, the Socialist Party:

had elected scores of local officials.

In the South, the Redeemers:

imposed a new racial order.

After 1900, the campaign for women's suffrage:

included both middle- and working-class women.

The 1887 Dawes Act:

led to the loss of tribal lands, and the erosion of Indian cultural traditions.

The Indian victory at Little Bighorn:

only temporarily delayed the advance of white settlement.

The ____________ made possible the second industrial revolution in America.

railroads

The silver issue:

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

Feminism:

sought to attack the traditional roles of sexual behavior for women

The Teller Amendment stated that:

the United States would not annex Cuba.