Major Exam 1 Questions (final)

Question 1

Effects of the Dawes Act included:

Answer 1

more Indian land being owned by whites.

Question 2

Mining eventually became a corporate operation because:

Answer 2

massive capital investment in equipment was conducive to financial success.

Question 3

Booker T. Washington emphasized:

Answer 3

vocational training as a way of establishing economic independence.

Question 4

Jim Crow laws:

Answer 4

established segregation as an institution in southern states.

Question 5

Scientific racismespoused all of the following beliefs EXCEPT:

Answer 5

“new immigrants” were inferior, thus they must be helped by native Americans.

Question 6

The term “Great Migration” refers to the:

Answer 6

mass movement of American blacks from the rural South to the urban North.

Question 7

Rationales for imperialism in the era 1890-1910 included all of the following ideas EXCEPT:

Answer 7

the United States needed a vast buffer zone to offset communist expansionism.

Question 8

The crucial role in capturing San Juan Hill was played by:

Answer 8

the 10th Negro Cavalry.

Question 9

The most accurate description of thespoils systemis:

Answer 9

awarding patronage jobs based on party activism and loyalty.

Question 10

Throughout the 1890s, Supreme Court decisions tended to:

Answer 10

support the powers of big business.

Question 11

The Pendleton Civil Service Act began the move toward:

Answer 11

separating partisan politics from attaining government jobs.

Question 12

A major difference between Theodore Roosevelt and the presidents of the Gilded Era was:

Answer 12

Roosevelt was much more aggressive in his use of presidential powers.

Question 13

Reformers who focused on ending child labor faced resistance from big business and:

Answer 13

some poor parents who needed the extra income.

Question 14

The Homestead Act

Answer 14

provided title to 160-acre parcels if owners “improved” them within five years.

Question 15

Why did Congress repeal the Fort Laramie Treaty in 1877?

Answer 15

It wanted to open the Black Hills for gold seekers and land speculators.

Question 16

Who was chiefly responsible for popularizing the theory of Social Darwinism?

Answer 16

Herbert Spencer

Question 17

Why did the United States witness a surge of hysteria against the labor movement in the mid-1880s?

Answer 17

Americans feared the infiltration of foreign radicals through the labor movement.

Question 18

Why did so many wives and children in immigrant families work for wages?

Answer 18

Most immigrant men did not make enough money to support a family.

Question 19

Most immigrant men did not make enough money to support a family.

Answer 19

His photography made the plight of New York’s poor visible to millions.

Question 20

Throughout the 1880s, 1890s, and long after, African American voters in the South overwhelmingly voted for

Answer 20

Republicans.

Question 21

How did the Roosevelt corollary subvert the Monroe Doctrine?

Answer 21

It asserted the nation’s right to intervene in internal affairs in Latin America.

Question 22

Homer Plessy argued before the Supreme Court in 1896 that the ___________ Amendment was violated by the forced segregation of streetcar passengers in Louisiana.

Answer 22

Fourteenth

Question 23

Passed by Congress in 1910s, the Mann Act

Answer 23

outlawed the transport of women across state lines for “immoral purposes.”

Question 24

The Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution mandated

Answer 24

the direct election of senators.

Question 25

African Americans like Booker T. Washington opposed the annexation of the Philippines because

Answer 25

the U.S. should not try expand democracy abroad while democracy did not yet exist at home.

Question 26

Match each entrepreneur below with the field of enterprise with which he is historically identified.
A. Andrew Carnegie 1. steel
B. John D. Rockefeller 2. oil
C. J. Pierpont Morgan 3. tobacco
D. James Duke 4. banking

Answer 26

A-1, B-2, C-4, D-3

Question 27

The _______________ Amendment was especially helpful to giant corporations when defending themselves against regualtion by state governments.

Answer 27

Fourteenth

Question 28

The major factor in drawing country people off the farms and into the big cities was

Answer 28

the availability of industrial jobs

Question 29

Settlement houses such as Hull House engaged in all of the following activites except

Answer 29

instruction in socialism

Question 30

The Dawes Severalty Act was designed to promote Indian

Answer 30

assimilation

Question 31

One problem with the Homestead Act was that

Answer 31

160 acres were inadequate for productive farming on the rain-scarce Great Plains

Question 32

U.S. naval captain Alfred Thayer argued that

Answer 32

control of the seas was the key to world domination

Question 33

The Teller Amendment

Answer 33

guaranteed that the United States would uphold the independence of Cuba

Question 34

Passage of the Federal Meat Inspection Act was essentially facilitated by the publication of

Answer 34

Passage of the Federal Meat Inspection Act was essentially facilitated by the publication of

Question 35

The Sixteenth Amendment provided for

Answer 35

a personal income tax

Question 36

How did Indians respond to their disillusionment with failed government policies, ecological catastrophe, cultural collapse, and tribal sovereignty in the late 19th century?

Answer 36

Some turned to the so-called Ghost Dance that promised a death-like state of grace

Question 37

A new genre of reporting emerged at the turn-of-the-century, derided by critics as

Answer 37

muckraking.

Question 38

Why did the audiences of vaudeville shows enjoy the portrayal of contemporary ethnic stereotypes?

Answer 38

The numerous performances helped ease ethnic tensions and create a sense of belonging.

Question 39

What did it mean for Indians, Puerto Ricans, and Filipinos to be “nationals”?

Answer 39

They owed allegiance to the U.S. but did not enjoy the privileges of citizenship.

Question 40

The meeting of the International Council of Women that Jane Addams and Julia Lathrop attended in Paris in 1900 stressed

Answer 40

the responsibility of women protect and educate society.