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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following best describes the main idea of Andrew Carnegie’s Gospel of Wealth?Privately held wealth should be handed over to the government to be redistributedWealthy individuals should use their wealth for social benefitParents have an obligation to pass on their wealth to their childrenAccumulating large amounts of wealth violates Christian principals
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following pairs of immigrant groups were most prominent in the construction of the first transcontinental railroad?Chinese & IrishIrish & JapaneseChinese & JapaneseChinese & Italians
- 3. Multiple Choice
The above cartoon is intended to expressopposition to women's rightsopposition to states rightsa critique of reconstructionopposition to the draft - 4. Multiple ChoiceThe Ghost Dance was an American Indian religious movement associated withThe Pueblo RevolutionThe Sioux tribeThe success of the Natives against the American armyThe success of the Natives in assimilating into American culture
- 5. Multiple ChoiceThe People’s Party (Populist) advocated which of the following?an increase of the money supplysupport for civil rights legislationa decrease in agriculture productionjoint ownership of businesses by urban workers and farmers
- 6. Multiple ChoiceAt the end of the nineteenth century, the desire of American business to control supplies and processes of raw materials led toautomation of industryhorizontal integrationvertical integrationdevelopment of the "putting-out system"
- 7. Multiple ChoiceCoxey’s Army of 1894 marched on Washington, D.C. tosupport the Republican partypromote Southern black rightsparticipate in the end of monopoliesdemand economic relief
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following was a result of the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 ?it encouraged cooperative ownership among the Native AmericansNative Indians to attack US fortsforced assimilation of Native AmericansRelocation of Natives across the Mississippi River
- 9. Multiple Choice
In the late nineteenth century, state governments in the South were largely successful in restricting
the power of the Democratic party in the region
corruption of the national government
blacks from voting through poll taxes, literacy taxes, and the grandfather clause
anti trust laws in textile mills to allow the South to overtake the North in textile production
- 10. Multiple ChoiceFrederick Jackson Turner’s theory emphasized the significance of the frontier for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:an open frontier led to the development of a unique American characterfree and cheap land promoted settlement to the westfrontier helped establish democratic institutionsfrontier could be land given to former slaves
- 11. Multiple Choice
The National American Woman Suffrage Association...
achieved its central political goal by 1900
elected Ida B. Wells as its president
excluded black members
made a radical departure from the goals expressed at Seneca Falls
- 12. Multiple ChoiceAlthough the Sherman Antitrust Act was originally intended to inhibit the growth of business monopolies, courts initially used its provisions successfully againstbankslabor unionsimmigrantspolitical machines
- 13. Multiple Choice
Members of the American (Know-Nothing) Party of the 1850s typically supported
universal manhood suffrage
the restoration of a strong national bank
restrictions preventing Catholics from holding office
immediate abolition of slavery
- 14. Multiple ChoiceW. E. B. Du Bois differed in philosophy from Booker T. Washington in that Du Bois believedAfrican Americans should pursue immediate and full equalityjob training was ultimately more important than formal educationcivil rights would come through local efforts rather than national organizationsegregation was a southern problem more than a national one
- 15. Multiple ChoiceThe Supreme Court decision of Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) did which of the following?denounced business combinations in restraint of tradesanctioned separate but equal facilitiesdefined the Constitution as "color blind"Empowered the US government to enact treaties with the Native Americans
- 16. Multiple ChoiceIn 1890 the most important source of revenue came fromincome taxessales taxesliquor taxescustom duties
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWilliam Jennings Bryan's "cross of gold" speech was primarily an expression ofhis religious viewsanti-farmers viewshis advocacy of unlimited coinage of silveropposition to teaching evolution in schools
- 18. Multiple ChoiceThe cartoon above is commentary of 19th centurylabor unrestbusiness monopoliescivil-rights campaignurban corruption
- 19. Multiple Choice
The Railroad Strike of 1877 began when the four largest railroads decided to cut employee wages.
True
False
- 20. Multiple Choice
In the wake of anti-Chinese sentiment and violence in California, the United States Congress ...
negotiated a restricted-immigration agreement with China.
banned the Kearneyites in San Francisco.
sent many Chinese back to their homeland.
passed a law excluding Chinese immigrants from entering the US
- 21. Multiple Choice
Settlement houses sought to help...
immigrants adapt to American customs and language
formerly enslaved men and women adjust to life after slavery
farmers fight unfair banking practices
American Indians resist encroachment on their lands
- 22. Multiple Choice
The Platt Amendment gave United States gained a the right to intervene in...
the Philippines
Cuba
Panama
Puerto Rico
- 23. Multiple Choice
The Roosevelt Corollary...
overturned the Monroe Doctrine
outline specific punishments for European countries who got involved in Latin American Affairs
proclaimed the US could get involved in the affairs of Latin America to collect debts owed to other countries
improved relations between the US & Latin America
- 24. Multiple Choice
Who is this guy?
William Jennings Bryan
William McKinley
John C. Calhoun
Samuel Gompers
- 25. Multiple Choice
Which is NOT true of the Pullman Strike?
a federal court injunction was used to break the strike
the Sherman Antitrust Law was used to condemn the workers
it represented a triumph for the workers
it was not supported by the AFL
- 26. Multiple Choice
One of the main reasons that the Chinese initially came to the United States was to...
mine for gold
own farms
escape religious persecution
work in factories
- 27. Multiple Choice
The 1884 election contest between James G. Blaine and Grover Cleveland was noted for its
mudslinging
yellow journalism
debates on imperialism
civility
- 28. Multiple Choice
Which state was NOT carried by the Populists in the election of 1892?
Nevada
Kansas
Idaho
Texas
- 29. Multiple Choice
President Grover Cleveland aroused widespread public anger by his action of borrowing $65 million in gold from
JP Morgan
Andrew Carnegie
John D Rockefeller
Thomas Edison
- 30. Multiple Choice
During the building of the Panama Canal, all of the following difficulties were encountered EXCEPT:
yellow fever
guerrilla warfare
poor sanitation
landslides
- 31. Multiple Choice
America's initial Open Door Policy was essentially an argument to promote
military protection for the Chinese emperor.
the principle of self-determination.
exclusive trade concessions for the U.S. in Shanghai.
free trade in China.
- 32. Multiple Choice
Before a treaty annexing Hawaii to the US could be rushed through the US Senate in 1893
war broke out between the U.S. and Spain
the white American "sugar kings" decided that Hawaii should remain independent
President Harrison's term expired and anti-imperialist Grover Cleveland became president
popular opinion in the U.S. turned against such colonial ventures
- 33. Multiple Choice
The greatest loss of life for American fighting men during the Spanish-american War resulted from
naval battles in the Caribbean
the war in the Philippines
land battles in the Cuban campaign
diseases contracted in the tropical regions
- 34. Multiple Choice
in 1899, guerilla warfare broke out in the Philippines because
spanish citizens still living there tried to regain political control of the country
the united states refused to give filipino people their independence
communist insurgents attempted to seize control of the islands
american missionaries tried to convert Catholic Filipinos to protestantism
- 35. Multiple Choice
She used a traditional view of women’s sphere to argue for the vote and became president of NAWSA
Carrie Chapman Catt
Susan B Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Ida B Wells
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