Exam 1 - HIST 1302
The _________ were a special regiment made up of good shots and good riders that Theodore Roosevelt joined during the War of 1898.
Rough Riders
What did one journalist call "the social and intellectual center of the neighborhood" during the Gilded Age in large cities?
Saloons
What was not a cause of the changes in recreation and leisure in the Gilded Age?
Sanitation imporvements
In the 1870s, what invention allowed the construction of large apartment buildings to become significantly cheaper?
Steam radiators
The treaty that ended the War of 1898 and made Cuba independent was the
Treaty of Paris
Alfred Thayer Mahan wrote The Influence of Sea Power upon History
True
Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species put forward the theory of evolution.
True
Social Darwinist ideas justified policies of imperial expansion.
True
The Farmers' Alliance accepted black members
True
The spread of mass transit was a major factor in the growth of the suburbs
True
_______ was President Taft's use of the State Department to help American companies and banks invest in foreign countries.
"Dollar diplomacy"
Once Theodore Roosevelt became president, his motto became
"Speak softly, and carry a big stick."
Which of the following would favor the policy of sound money?
Banker
In 1866, Secretary of State William H. Seward attempt to gain _______ for the United States.
British Columbia
In 1882, Congress banned further immigration to the United States from what country?
China
Which of the following tribes did not agree to relocate after a conference at Medicine Lodge, Kansas in 1876?
Delaware
In an act of terrorism, Spaniards in Cuba blew up the battleship Maine.
False
Pioneer women enjoyed full equality with men in the West.
False
The Foran Act made it illegal for federal or state government workers to join labor unions
False
The Haymarket affair was a peaceful protest against the use of child labor.
False
The United States purchased Alaska from Great Britain.
False
Throughout the Gilded Age, The Democrats controlled both houses of Congress.
False
In the _______, Plains tribal chiefs agreed in 1851 to accept definite tribal borders and allow whites to travel west.
Fort Laramie Treaty
_______ led the American troops at the Infamous Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876.
George A. Custer
What did no play a role in the terrible economic conditions in the South during the late 19th century?
Lack of Labor
The power meant that those newly elected could appoint people to jobs in their sphere of authority.
Patronage
This replaced the spoils system for federal jobs with job placement on the basis of competitive testing.
Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act
President Cleveland made the Panic of 1893 worse by
convincing Congress to switch back to only minted gold
As the 19th century came to a close, land ownership in the South
declined sharply
During the period immediately following the Civil War, major cities in the United States
experienced growth, sometimes up to four time their original population.
All of the following were common problems for homesteaders on the Great Plains except
forest fires
Miners were drawn to Nevada's Comstock Lode by the discovery of ________ there in the 1850s.
gold
The process Rockefeller used to gain control of his company's industry is known as
horizontal integration
Because of the excesses of the Gilded Age, a major period of ______ occurred to _______ it.
reform, counter
As the South industrialized after the Civil War, it saw its greatest industrial gains in
textiles
A major concern toward those labeled "new immigrants" was
that they resisted assimilation
The Knights of Labor's decline began because of its perceived involvement in
the Haymarket Riot
The Homestead Strike ended with
the workers' union destroyed and their leaders imprisoned
When one company buys everything needed to produce, market, and deliver their product, they have participated in
vertical integration
John D. Rockefeller is best associated with which industry?
Oil
Many Americans in the late 19th century assumed some races, like ________, were superior and other races, like _______, were inferior.
Anglo-Saxons, Indians
Charles Darwin coined the phrase "survival of the fittest."
False
What organization was formed to prevent the Anglo-Saxon "race" from being "contaminated"?
Immigration Restriction League
What invention did not ease the ability of people to live outside of major urban areas yet still work there?
The automobile
What was an example of the new types of entertainment that became popular during the Gilded Age?
Wild West traveling shows
In the last quarter of the 19th century, most southern communities lacked ________, so they relied on _________.
banks, barter
Native-born Americans who saw the influx of new immigrants to the United States with concern were called
nativists
Before the Civil War, if you were a young child and you had a job, most likely you worked
on a farm
By 1900, ________ of college students were women.
one-third
Thanks to the electrical light.
owners made their workers work longer.