Ch 16-20 WS US History

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the formation of credit card companies

during the late nineteenth century, all of the following innovations occurred in consumer goods except

had expanded significantly

during the late nineteenth century, college education for American women

the principal tool for gaining civil rights was to elect blacks to public office

during the progressive era, W.E.B. Du Bois asserted all the following except

barbed wire

fences most commonly made from

John D. Rockefeller

founded the Socialist Labor Party in the United States.

Americans were now a distinctive people

frederick jackson turner claimed in "the significance of the frontier in american history" that

football

in 1869, princeton and rutgers played the first intercollegiate game in america of

was constructed with steel girders

in 1884, the first "modern" skyscraper built in the united states

all foreigners in china

in 1900, the Chinese bower rebellion was directed at

improve wages and working conditions of manufacturers and retailers

in the 1890s, florence kelley and the national consumers league sought to

strict regulations were imposed on factory owners

in the aftermath of the 1911 triangle shirtwaist fire in New York City

mostly came from Europe

in the late 19th century, the population in urban areas of the US

gender, class, and race

in the late nineteenth century, leisure activities tended to be divided by

formed close-knit ethnic communities within the cities

in the late nineteenth century, most immigrants to the united states

saw its most famous boss, william m tweed, sent to prison

in the late nineteenth century, new york's tammany hall political machine

the rapid growth of urban america & the influx of millions of immigrants

in the late nineteenth century, political "machines" in cities owed their existence to

initially praised as an improvement in housing for the poor

tenement buildings the urban america were

the 1893 Colombian Exposition in Chicago

the "city beautiful" movement in the united states was inspired, in part, by

labor union in the coal industry

the molly miguires were a

creek

which of the following indian tribes was not found on the pacific coast of the far west

that american society was capable of improvement

while progressivism has many meanings it tended to be based on the central assumption

initial acceptance to hostility

white response to Chinese

municipal governments

During the progressive era, one of the first targets for political reformers

Deserved to vote because of their unique traits as women

During the progressive era, supporters of woman suffrage argued that female voters

was a spiritual revival that swept across Europe during the 16th century

Ghost dance

imperialists

In 1898, pressure for the American entry into war in Cuba came from

saw five million cars on American roads.

In 1917, automobile production in the United States

faced considerable guerrilla tactics. became increasingly brutal. came to view filipinos as almost subhuman

In its war in the Philippines, the United State's military

small scale farmers

In the 1890s, Populism appealed to

E. organize industrial production into many simple tasks.

In the early twentieth century, a principle goal of "Taylorism" was toA. make industrial workers more independent in carrying out their jobs.B. emphasize the importance of craft and quality in the workplace.C. encourage industrial workers to act creatively to solve production problems.D. create a large labor force of highly skilled workers.E. organize industrial production into many simple tasks.

unhappy Republicans who threatened to vote for the Democrats

In the election of 1884, "Mugwumps" were

favored the direct election of United States senators

In the late nineteenth century, American Populism

founded the Socialist Labor Party in the United States.

In the late nineteenth century, Daniel De Leon

catholics

In the late nineteenth century, Democrats tended to attract the greater numbers of

a majority of the black and white male population in the North received federal pensions

In the late nineteenth century, as veterans of the Civil War retired,

farmers

In the late nineteenth century, the Granger Laws supported the interests of

took place near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

Orville and Wilbur Wright's first successful airplane flight in 1903

witnessed a revolution by American planters

Prior to its annexation by the United States in 1898, Hawaii

barely developed at all

Prior to the Civil War, the steel industry in the United States

the far western states

Significant voting rights for women were first won in

all of the above

The 1912 presidential election was an ideological contest between

was used by the federal government against labor unions

The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890

purchase silver but not coin it

The Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890 called for the federal government to

The war generated anti-radical feelings in the country

WW1 hurt the socialist movement in the united states

It was greatly strengthened by the end of the economic depression in the late 1870s

What statement regarding the national Grange movement is FALSE?

80-85%

by 1890, the percentage of the population of chicago, new york, and detroit that were made up of immigrants was approximately

theologians & scientist & educators

charles darwin's theories of evolution met initial resistance from

none of the above

As president Woodrow Wilson

was a fiscal conservative

As president, Grover Cleveland

believed in the transformative power of public enlightened opinion

At the turn of the twentieth century, progressive activists

the rich had great responsibilities to society.

According to the ideas expressed by Andrew Carnegie in his The Gospel of Wealth,

C. Atlanta.

All of the following cities became important centers for steel production EXCEPTA. Pittsburgh. B. Chicago.C. Atlanta. D. Birmingham.E. Detroit.

William clark

All of the following writers and artists made significant contributions to the romanticizing of the American West EXCEPT A. Frederic Remington B. Mark Twain C. Theodore Roosevelt D. william clark E. Frederick Jackson Turner

gained momentum as a result of WW1

Between 1914 and 1919, the temperance movement

barred chinese already in the country from becoming natural citizens

Chinese exclusion act of 1882

Great Britain and Northern Europe

During the 1870s and 1880s, most of the immigrants to the United States came from

all of the above

Environmental issues, Theodore Roosevelt

E. vertical integration.

The business structure of Carnegie Steel was a good example ofA. vertical integration.B. horizontal integration.C. diagonal integration.D. central integration.E. vertical and horizontal integration.

was viewed as a plan to save the indians

The dawes act of 1877

all of the above (buffalo)

The decimation of American buffalo herds in the late 19th centuryA. destroyed the ability of Plains Indians ti resist the advance of white settlersB. was accelerated by Indian tribes who killed large #s of buffalo to sell to white AmericansC. happened almost entirely in the space of a single decadeD. happened almost entirely in the space of a single decade, destroying the ability of Plains Indians to resist the advance of white settlersE. All of the above

created a new type of paper currency

The federal reserve act

a voter's regional background

The high degree of party loyalty in the late nineteenth century is explained primarily by

promoted the idea that capitalism offered all people a chance for great wealth.

The social theory of Social Darwinism

saddles.spurs.lariats.leather chaps.

The western cattle industry saw Mexican ranchers first develop

E. The Amalgamated trade union won the strike.

Which of the following events did NOT occur during the Homestead strike of 1892?A. dy Frick shut down the plant in an attempt to destroy the Amalgamated union.B. The entire Pennsylvania National Guard was ordered to protect strikebreakers.C. Hundred of guards hired by Homestead were defeated in a deadly battle with strikers.D. One radical made a failed attempt to assassinate Henry Clay Frick.E. The amalgamated trade union won the strike

B. it saw Congress outlaw railroad combinations

Which of the following statements about the American railroad industry in the late nineteenth century is FALSE?A. It included the nation's largest businesses.B. It saw Congress outlaw railroad combinations.C. It relied partially on government subsidies for its growth.D. It was among the first to adopt new corporate form of organization.E. It became a national symbol of concentrated economic power.

neighboring farms

Which of the following was NOT a significant source of resentment for the late nineteenth-century farmers? railroads neighboring farms banks manufacturers prices

fur trading

Which was NOT a major western industry? mining fur trading ranching commercial farming railroads building

Terence V. Powderly

at its height in 1886, the knights of labor were led by

desirable

at the end of the 19th century, most Americans viewed leisure time as

women

at the turn of the 20th century, the leaders of the settlement house movement were mostly

San Francisco

largest Chinese community

journalists

muckrakers

often lack access to the outside world

plains farm life


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