Gilded Age TEST Flashcards

1
Q

What event(s) would help lead to the Second Industrial Revolution?

A

New technology, Factories become larger, and the spread of railroads.

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2
Q

Plessy Vs Ferguson established the Supreme Court notion of ____

A

“Separate but Equal”

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3
Q

What was the 15th amendment to the United States?

A

People could not be denied the right to vote because of race.

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4
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Why did the U.S. have interest in Cuba before the start of the Spanish-American War

A

Cuba’s Sugar and mining industry.

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5
Q

A goal of the transcontinental railroad?

A

Brought the “East & West together” for the first time.

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6
Q

In 1891, _____, who was only 1/8 black, was removed from a “Whites Only” car. (Led to a Court Case)

A

Homer Plessy

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7
Q

How did the product of steel help transform the US economy into “modern”?

A

Steel was less expensive and stronger then iron.

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8
Q

When Congress passed the 14th amendment what were they trying to accomplish?

A

States would require to grant citizenship to all US born individuals AND equal protection.

Both A & B

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9
Q

What reason did Congress use when they impeached President Andrew Johnson?

A

Violated the Office Tenure Act passed by Congress.

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10
Q

Why were literacy tests/poll taxes unstitutated in the Southern states for voting purposes?

A

Impede African-Americans from voting.

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11
Q

What land purchases was seen as “Seward’s Folly”?

From Russia

A

Alaska

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12
Q

Battle commonly known as Custer’s Last Stand.

A

Battle of Little Big Horn

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13
Q

What industry expanded in the South following the Civil War?

A

Textile industry

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14
Q

What would NOT be considered the cause of the Spanish-American War?

A

President McKinley calling for a war declaration.

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15
Q

13th Amendment?

A

Abolition of Slavery.

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16
Q

Name of US Battleship docked in Havana Harbor?

Killed 260 men

A

USS Maine

17
Q

What is ture in regards to the annexation of Hawaii?

A

White planters wanted their sugar, and Hawaii would serve as a naval base.

Both A & B

18
Q

Why did the US war department create the Freedman’s Bureau?

A

To negotiate labor contract disputes among newly freed individuals.

19
Q

What is true about the 1851 Fort Laramie Treaty?

A

Allow settlers to travel through the Plains, they would not be followed, and it would end violence.

All of the Above

20
Q

The policy of “Americanizing Indians” was known as…?

A

Dawes Act

21
Q

True or False

Literacy tests are unconstitutional.

A

True

22
Q

True or False

Andrew Johnson was the first to be impeached.

A

True

23
Q

True or False

Andrew Carnegie was an entrepreneur and railroad tycoon?

A

False

24
Q

True or False

Yellow Journalism can be defined as newspaper sensationalism?

A

True

25
Q

True or False

John D. Rockefeller profited heavy on the oil industry?

A

True