Mid-Term Ch. 16-20

Question 1

What was the reason that married women were offered less pay during the Gilded Age?

Answer 1

Their husbands supported them

Question 2

What invention spurred the industrial and urban development?

Answer 2

Electricity

Question 3

This legal entity allowed companies to sidestep laws that forbade them from owning stock in their competitors

Answer 3

Trust

Question 4

This woman established Hull House, a settlement house for immigrants in Chicago?

Answer 4

Jane Addams

Question 5

What title was given to the political and economic leaders during the Gilded Age?

Answer 5

Robber barons

Question 6

The largest group employed in factories during the Gilded Age was

Answer 6

immigrants

Question 7

Because of this machine, and the belief that women were more dexterous than men, the post-Civil War era saw an increase in the female workforce in businesses.

Answer 7

Typewriter

Question 8

This individual led the American Federation of Labor.

Answer 8

Samuel Gompers

Question 9

The rise of the ailment was used to try to keep women from attending college and out of the workplace.

Answer 9

Neurathenia

Question 10

Why were trusts created?

Answer 10

To sidestep laws preventing one company from owning another.

Question 11

By 1897, the U.S. had more of this than all the European nations combined

Answer 11

Railroads

Question 12

The way in which businesses cultivated and bought influence from government officials is called

Answer 12

lobbying

Question 13

The Sandlot incident was aimed at protesting the hiring of what group of immigrants?

Answer 13

Chinese

Question 14

The process Rockefeller used to gain control of his company’s industry is known as

Answer 14

horizontal integration

Question 15

Which of the following was not a reform advocate by the Knights of Labor?

Answer 15

Providing access to jobs for reformed convicts

Question 16

Andrew Carnegie is best associated with which indrustry?

Answer 16

Steel

Question 17

In an effort to prevent corporations from obtaining market monopolies, Congress passed the

Answer 17

Sherman Anti-Trust Act

Question 18

Eugene V. Debs and the _________ became famous during the _________.

Answer 18

American Railway Union, Pullman Strike

Question 19

By 1900, ________ of college students were women

Answer 19

one-third

Question 20

What is the term given to describe the ability of companies to afford technological improvements and the workforces to propel them into the modern age?

Answer 20

Economies of scale

Question 21

The ___________________ was a romanticized interpretation of Civil War that envisioned Confederates as noble defenders of the southern way of life.

Answer 21

“Lost Cause”

Question 22

After the Civil War two new “frontiers” of opportunity emerged in the United States. They were

Answer 22

the South and West.

Question 23

The “frontier thesis” focused primarily on

Answer 23

Christian white men.

Question 24

Populism was based on the idea that

Answer 24

the common man should have more of a say in politics.

Question 25

_____________________ was the name given to the violent racism against successful blacks that appeared in late 19th century.

Answer 25

Negrophobia

Question 26

All of the following constitute the Great Plains except:
Oklahoma.
Montana.
eastern Kansas.
Nebraska.
Wyoming

Answer 26

eastern Kansas.

Question 27

The so-called grandfather clause originated in what state?

Answer 27

Louisiana

Question 28

Advocates of a New South believed that

Answer 28

the South needed to embrace new technologies.

Question 29

____________________________ argued that the black response to racial prejudice should be “ceaseless agitation.”

Answer 29

W.E.B. Du Bois

Question 30

The historian who developed the so-called frontier thesis was

Answer 30

Frederick Jackson Turner.

Question 31

Immigrants who arrived before 1890 to the United States were primarily

Answer 31

Protestant.

Question 32

Perhaps one of the greatest catalysts to reform during the Gilded Age was the assassination of

Answer 32

President Garfield.

Question 33

What made immigration different in the time between 1860 and 1920 than in previous years?

Answer 33

The immigrants tended to come from eastern and southern Europe.

Question 34

A major concern toward those labeled “new immigrants” was

Answer 34

that they resisted assimilation.

Question 35

Which of the following was not a reason to move to the cities during the Gilded Age?
-The introduction of agricultural machinery made it possible for one farmer to do more.

• Tenant farming removed prime land from the agricultural economy, thus causing the loss of jobs.
• Life was more exciting in cities.
• Cities sprung up around major landmarks, like mines and rail yards.
• The demand for jobs occurred in urban areas, thus causing people to move there.

Answer 35

Tenant farming removed prime land from the agricultural economy, thus causing the loss of jobs.

Question 36

What did one journalist call “the social and intellectual center of the neighborhood” during the Gilded Age in large cities?

Answer 36

Saloons

Question 37

Which of the following would favor the policy of sound money?

Answer 37

Banker

Question 38

Because of the excesses of the Gilded Age, a major period of ________ occurred to _______ it.

Answer 38

reform, counter

Question 39

Native-born Americans who saw the influx of new immigrants to the United States with concern were called

Answer 39

nativists.

Question 40

The concept of “survival of the fittest” being applied to human society was introduced by

Answer 40

Herbert Spencer.

Question 41

After the United States took control of the Philippines, ______________ became the official language.

Answer 41

English

Question 42

______________________ was President Taft’s use of the State Department to help American companies and banks invest in foreign countries.

Answer 42

“Dollar diplomacy”

Question 43

_____________________ is a sensationalist style of newspaper reporting that appeared during the Spanish-American War (War of 1898).

Answer 43

Yellow journalism

Question 44

Prominent American anti-imperialists at the end of the 19th century include all of the following except

Answer 44

William Seward.

Question 45

Which of the following statements regarding American imperialism in the Pacific is inaccurate?

The United States wished to take advantage of Asian markets.

The United States wanted to gain valuable ports.

The United States wanted Hawaii.

The United States planned to annex Japan.

Answer 45

The United States planned to annex Japan.

Question 46

Once Theodore Roosevelt became president, his motto became

Answer 46

“Speak softly, and carry a big stick.”

Question 47

The Philippines received their independence from the United States in what year?

Answer 47

1946

Question 48

“Open Door” policy of _________________ stated that China should remain open to European and American trade.

Answer 48

John Hay

Question 49

The largest territorial acquisition of the 19th century since the Louisiana Purchase was

Answer 49

Alaska.

Question 50

Which of the following statements most accurately represents Hawaiian attitudes toward American annexation in the 1890s?

Most Hawaiians supported American annexation.

All Hawaiians supported American annexation.

Some Hawaiians opposed American annexation.

Most native Hawaiians opposed American annexation.

Answer 50

Most native Hawaiians opposed American annexation.

Question 51

Which of the following was not a goal of late 19th century progressives?

Answer 51

Equality for minorities

Question 52

This belief during the Progressive Era persuaded followers to pursue their ideals to effect the coming of the “Kingdom of God.”

Answer 52

Social gospel

Question 53

President Theodore Roosevelt accomplished the majority of his progressive agenda

Answer 53

by convincing Congress to pass legislation.

Question 54

What was the progressive approach to social problems?

Answer 54

Investigate, educate, legislate

Question 55

Which political party ran as a third party in the 1912 election?

Answer 55

Socialist

Question 56

Who is best associated with the Hull House?

Answer 56

Jane Addams

Question 57

During the Progressive Era, what was the most popular form of reform?

Answer 57

Temperance

Question 58

In 1900 ______ of 82 million Americans lived in poverty.

Answer 58

10 million

Question 59

Because of the Roosevelt–Taft feud, Theodore Roosevelt decided to

Answer 59

break a pledge he had made to not seek another term in office.

Question 60

A system of governance in which a trained administrator was appointed to run a city was called a

Answer 60

city-manager plan.