Exam 1 (Quiz Study) Flashcards
Scientific Racism espoused all of the following beliefs EXCEPT
“new immigrants” were inferior, thus they must be helped by native Americans.
A major difference between the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor was
membership in the Knights of Labor was open to all workers.
A turning point in the Pullman strike occurred when
President Cleveland ordered federal troops to enforce a court order against the strike.
An industrial owner who practiced horizontal integration
bought out competitors in the same industry.
Coney Island in New York served as an optimal example of American’s love for
amusement parks and technological wonders.
Jacob A. Riis’s How the Other Half Lives focused on
the sordid life of the urban poor.
Of the following groups that migrated to the United States in the late nineteenth century, which were motivated most by a fear of violence
Russian Jews
Regarding the increase of female workers, most Americans believed that
a woman’s proper role was still caring for home and family.
Residential suburbs were first populated by
members of the middle class.
The Great Uprising of 1877 was a general strike against the nation’s
railway companies.
The term “Great Migration” refers to the
mass movement of American blacks from the rural South to the urban North.
The workplace of the late 1800s included all of the following conditions EXCEPT
a safe and healthy environment.
Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle focused of the problems of
meatpacking plants.
Which spectator sport was largely favored by the middle class at the turn of the century?
Professional baseball
Which statement would most likely have been said by a believer in Social Darwinism?
“The laws of nature dictate the conditions of life for both rich and poor.”
All of the following statements are true about typical mining towns EXCEPT
as towns developed, local agriculture and transportation decreased.
All of the following tribes lived on the Great Plains EXCEPT the
Chinooks
Effects of the Dawes Act included
more Indian land being owned by whites.
Farming in the West
required a much larger scale of farming to achieve success.
Joseph McCoy made an important decision when he
established a northern shipping point for cattle in Abilene, Kansas.
Mining eventually became a corporate operation because
massive capital investment in equipment was conducive to financial success.
The Homestead Act
guaranteed free acres of land to citizens who farmed the land for five years.
The Santa Fe Ring
seized millions of acres through fraud and legal manipulation.
The Sioux were finally defeated
because it was difficult for them to sustain their traditional Indian economy.
The cattle industry and “cattle drives” originated in
Texas.
The corporate cattle boom collapsed because
corporations overstocked ranges which caused ecological disaster.
The development of mining technology resulted in
less use of skilled labor.
The second Treaty of Fort Laramie
required the United States to abandon routes traveling through Sioux territory.
What event in 1848 started a huge influx of whites into Indian Territory?
The discovery of gold in Indian territories.
What happened at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, in 1890?
At least 150 Sioux men, women, and children were slaughtered.
Which group was not a major part of the people known as “cowboys”?
Irish-Americans who left urban areas in the East.
Which statement about prostitutes in mining towns is not true?
Most prostitutes were able to save enough to buy small homes or businesses.
Which statement about the Sand Creek Massacre is not true?
The fighting began when Indians attacked a mining town.
Grandfather clauses and poll taxes were used to
deny blacks the right to vote.
A supporter of temperance believed that
consumption of alcohol was sinful.
All of the following statements about W.E.B. Du Bois are true EXCEPT
he stressed agricultural education as the major aspect of improving life for blacks.
Booker T. Washington emphasized
vocational training as a way of establishing economic independence.
D.W. Griffith’s successful film, Birth of a Nation, promoted an image of
romanticized heroism by the Ku Klux Klan.