Unit 1 Test Review- Growing Pains

The end of the Pullman Strike came when

President Cleveland dispatched federal troops to remove train cars from the tracks.

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 was not a cause of the changes in recreation and leisure in the Gilded Age?

Sanitation improvements

____was the spiritual and political movement started by _____ to make Indian soldiers bulletproof.

The Ghost Dance, Wovoka

Which of the following statements regarding the consequences of the War of 1898 is most accurate?

The war boosted American self-confidence and reinforced racist attitudes

Why were trusts created?

To sidestep laws preventing one company from owning another

What is one thing that the United States had that other nations did not that helped spur the Industrial Revolution?

Vast natural resources

As a result of the crop-lien system in the South, farmers often had ________ at the end of the harvest.

a larger debt

A common occurrence during the Gilded Age of politics was that members of Congress often

accepted bribes

The Sandlot Incident was aimed at protesting the hiring of what group of immigrants?

Chinese

Which of the following was developed before the Civil War?

Cotton gin

Which of the following groups did not fight in the War of 1898?

Dominicans

The Cuban War for Independence against Spain lasted how long?

From 1895- 1898

What did not play a role in the terrible economic conditions in the South during the late 19th century?

Lack of Labor

According to Frederick Jackson Turner, the frontier

defined and shaped America

All of the following constitute the Great Plains expect

eastern Kansas

According to your textbook, the post- Civil War symbolized

economic opportunity and personal freedom

President Cleveland's decision to support the gold standard

fractured the Democrat party into pro-gold, pro-silver wings

The use of the Mississippi Plan and the poll tax

hurt both black and poor white voters.

The largest group employed in factories during the Gilded Age was

immigrants

One of the biggest political issued of the late 19th century was

monetary issues

Cholera, typhoid fever, and yellow fever were often the result in urban areas of

poor sanitation

Because of the excesses of the Gilded Age, a major period of ________ occurred to _______ it.

reform, counter

The presidential election of 1884 could be described as

scandals over issues

Overcrowded, filthy, and poorly maintained ____ were where the poor of the urban areas lived.

tenements

The Panic of 1893 started when

the Philadelphia and reading railroad declared bankruptcy

As a result of the Treaty of Paris, Spain received $20 million from the United States in return for all of the following territories expect

the Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam

Many in the South believed that they had lost the war because

the South relied too much on slavery and cotton cultivation

Populism was based on the idea that

the common man should have more of a say in politics

Exampled of Jim Crow segregation include all of the following except

the grandfather clause

According to your text book, at the very end of the War of 1898

the status of the Philippines was unresolved

The term Seward's folly applies to

the united states acquisition of Alaska in 1867

The Homestead Strike ended with

the workers' union destroyed and their leaders imprisoned

One of the ways politics in the Gilded Age was different than today was that

voters voted for the same party, year after year regardless of the candidate

The Philippines received their independence from the United States in what year?

1946

Partly as a result of the publication of ____ by Helen Hunt Jackson, U.S policies regarding the Indians gradually _____

A Century of Dishonor, improves

Which of the following statements regarding race relations in the last years of the 19th century is most accurate?

Economic, legal, and social discrimination against blacks increased

In the late 19th century, Americans began to consider expanding into all of the following areas except

Europe

After the Civil War what was the compliant about the federal tariff?

It was not forcing American companies to be competitive with their prices

What affected African Americans' rights to vote in the South during the Gilded Age?

Jim Crow Laws removed their right to vote

Which of the following statements best describe the status of Native Americans at the end of the 19th century?

Native American resistance to westward expansion had been crushed

The rise of this ailment was used to try to keep women from attending college and out of the workplace.

Neurasthenia

Which of the following statements regarding the Southern economy at the end of the 19th century is most accurate?

The South was producing as much cotton as it had before the Civil War

Which of the following statements regarding American imperialism in the Pacific is inaccurate?

The United States planned to annex Japan

What invention did not ease the ability of people to live outside of major urban areas yet still work there?

The automobile

What made immigrants different in the time between 1860 and 1920 than in previous years?

The immigrants tended to come from eastern and southern Europe

Which statement regarding the crop-lien system is most accurate

The system was inefficient, corrupt, and racially unfair

Which of the United States president was responsible for the annexation of Hawaii?

William McKinley

As a result of the publication of The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660- 1783, the United States

built eleven new steel battleships

Before the Civil War, if you were a young child and you had a job, most likely you worked

on a farm