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chapter 16-19
Taylorism attempted to use scientific principles to better handle which aspect of business? | management |
What most directly explains the boost in production of McCormick reapers? | The adoption of interchangeable parts |
By 1913, the United States produced one-third of the world's industrial output. This was more than __________ | All of the above, combined (a. Britain b. France c. Germany) |
A wave of mergers peaked between 1897 and 1904. The largest of these mergers created the first billion dollar American corporation. What was that corporation? | United States Steel |
By 1900, the richest ten percent controlled perhaps _______ percent of the nation's wealth | 90% |
Which of the following most accurately describes the arguments of Social Darwinism? | State welfare and private charity would lead to degeneration by perpetuating the survival of the weak |
Which of the following events most seriously damaged the Knights of Labor? | Haymarket Affair |
Which of the following groups was the most radical? | Knights of Labor |
The final two decades of the nineteenth century saw over _________ strikes and lockouts | 20,000 |
Which group founded the People's Party (also known as the Populists)? | Small farmers in the South, Midwest, and Great Plains |
What did the Populists propose in the Omaha Platform? | Nationalizing the country's railroad and telegraph systems to ensure that essential services would be run in the best interests of the people |
Why were southerners unable to maintain unity in the People's Party? | Racial Conflict |
Why did William Jennings Bryan attack the Gold Standard? | He wanted to increase inflation to lower the burden of farmers debts |
Which of the following factors contributed to William McKinley's victory over William Jennings Bryan in the 1896 election? | McKinley was able to spend five times more than Bryan on the campaign |
The Socialist Party of America achieved which of the following gains in the early twentieth century? | All of the above. (A. Elected over 1,000 candidates to American political offices B. Gained over 150,000 registered members C. Garnered nearly one million votes for Socialist Party presidential candidate Eugene Debs in 1912) |
The Homestead Act granted official title to 160 acre plots of land after how many years of settlement? | Five years |
What economic opportunity drew the most migrants to the West? | Access to land for agriculture |
The Dakota Uprising of 1862 began with what event? | The death of five white settlers at the hands of four young Santee men |
How did President Lincoln respond to the Sioux Uprising? | Attempted to commute the sentences of captured Indians in order to maintain peace |
What did the United States demand from the Comanche leading to the Red River War? | The United States demanded that the Comanche settle on government reservations |
How was the transcontinental railroad funded? | Grants and loans from fed gov |
What was the purpose of Western cattle drives? | To bring cattle to eastern markets, mostly through railroad hubs |
Most practices and objects associated with American cowboys were modified from ______ ranchers | Mexican |
Which city served as the most important railroad hub, connecting the East and the West? | Chicago |
Which group received more land from the government? | Railroad companies |
What was the purpose of the Dawes General Allotment Act? | Splintered vast Native American reservations into individual family homesteads |
The Paiute prophet Wovoka promised that which of the following would occur if Indians obeyed his instructions and participated in the ceremony that came to be called the Ghost Dance | Dead relatives would return to Earth Drought would end and the buffalo would return Anglo settlers would disappear in an apocalyptic disaster All of the above |
Approximately what percent of early rodeo contestants were women? | 10% |
What explains the popularity of Wild West shows? | Most Americans believed that Native cultures were disappearing, if not already gone, and felt a sense of urgency to see their dances and hear their songs? |
What was Frederick Jackson Turner's "Frontier Thesis?" | American culture was forged by the struggle between civilized settlers and savage frontier life, giving it a democratic and hardworking spirit |
In the late nineteenth century, which American city had the largest meat processing industry? | Chicago |
How did railroads transform the American economy? | Inspired the development of organized labor to meet the needs of a permanent working class |
Which census first revealed that a majority of Americans were living in cities | 1920 |
By 1890, in most large northern cities, immigrants and their children amounted to what percent of the population? | 60% |
All of the following groups provided cultural space for immigrants to maintain their arts, languages, and traditions EXCEPT | Rotary clubs |
Immigrant Americans tended to vote for which political party? | Democratic |
All of the following statements regarding the boosters of the New South are true EXCEPT | They sought to move away from the South's dependence on cotton, believing that agricultural diversification would lead to economic development |
From 1880 to 1950, approximately _______ African Americans were murdered by white mobs. | 5,000 |
________________, wrote an influential book, Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases and helped inspire the anti-lynching movement. | Ida B. Wells |
What tactics were used to disenfranchise black voters? | All of the above (a. Poll taxes b. Literacy tests c. Violence and intimidation) |
What was the Lost Cause? | A glorification of the memory of the Confederacy and a romanticization of the Old South as a pastoral land with benevolent masters and happy slaves |
What was the most important aspect of the southern economy in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? | Agriculture |
What was the "tainted money debate?" | The decision whether the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions would accept a large donation by John D. Rockefeller |
Which of the following statements regarding "muscular Christianity" are true: | (fear) the country had become a nation of emasculated men Sought to stiffen young men's' backbones putting them in touch with their primal manliness c. Built summer camps and gymnasiums where young American men could strengthen their bodies and spirits) |
Which of these authors criticized Victorian era gender norms? | Both (a. Charlotte Perkins Gilman b. Kate Chopin) |
when did the united states begin trading with china? | 1784 |
what was the open door policy? | a call for all western powers to have equal access to chinese markets |
how did the united states respond to the boxer rebellion in china? | president mickenly sent the us army into china without consulting congress |
All of the following statements regarding the Guano Islands Act of 1856 are true EXCEPT | This legislation put Guano Islands on a path to statehood that later was rejected |
Why did President Wilson authorize the invasion of Veracruz, Mexico? | Victoriano Huerta executed democratically elected president, Francisco Madero Americans with financial investments in Mexico asked for intervention Mexican forces mistakenly arrested American sailors |
During the nineteenth century, American interests in the Middle East revolved around all of the following EXCEPT | oil |
All of the following statements regarding the Philippine-American War are true EXCEPT | The war began with the assassination of Emilio Aguinaldo, president of the First Philippine Republic |
As President Theodore Roosevelt transformed the American navy by emphasizing which of the following strategies? | Creating battleships and a "blue water" navy that would win battles against rival fleets |
How did the Roosevelt Corollary modify the Monroe Doctrine? | Declaring that the U.S. had the right to preemptive action through intervention in any Latin American nation to correct administrative and fiscal deficiencies |
Women participated in the global influence of the United States in many ways, including as all of the following EXCEPT | diplomats |
Which ethnic group faces the most rigid immigration restrictions? | chinese |
At the turn of the century, the percentage of immigrants from which region decreased in relation to other regions? | eastern europe |
Which ethnic group was most numerous among the Catholic bishops in the United States? | irish |
Catholic clergymen who took up the name "Americanists" believed in all of the following EXCEPT | The separation of church and state would benefit Catholicism |
What economic activity most united Brazil and the United States in the early nineteenth century? | sugar trade |
Which ethnic group faced the most rigid immigration restrictions in the late 19th century?
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was the first significant law restricting immigration into the United States. Many Americans on the West Coast attributed declining wages and economic ills to Chinese workers.
Which Census first revealed that a majority of Americans were living in cities?
The 1920 census marked the first time in which over 50 percent of the U.S. population was defined as urban.
How did the United States respond to the Boxer Rebellion in China American yawp?
The following year, in 1900, American troops joined a multinational force that intervened to prevent the closing of trade by putting down the Boxer Rebellion, a movement opposed to foreign businesses and missionaries operating in China.
When did the United States begin trading with China group of answer choices?
American trade with China began as early as 1784, relying on North American exports such as furs, sandalwood, and ginseng, but American interest in Chinese products soon outstripped the Chinese appetite for these American exports.