Mid-Term Ch. 16-20 Flashcards
What was the reason that married women were offered less pay during the Gilded Age?
Their husbands supported them
What invention spurred the industrial and urban development?
Electricity
This legal entity allowed companies to sidestep laws that forbade them from owning stock in their competitors
Trust
This woman established Hull House, a settlement house for immigrants in Chicago?
Jane Addams
What title was given to the political and economic leaders during the Gilded Age?
Robber barons
The largest group employed in factories during the Gilded Age was
immigrants
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.
Typewriter
This individual led the American Federation of Labor.
Samuel Gompers
The rise of the ailment was used to try to keep women from attending college and out of the workplace.
Neurathenia
Why were trusts created?
To sidestep laws preventing one company from owning another.
By 1897, the U.S. had more of this than all the European nations combined
Railroads
The way in which businesses cultivated and bought influence from government officials is called
lobbying
The Sandlot incident was aimed at protesting the hiring of what group of immigrants?
Chinese
The process Rockefeller used to gain control of his company’s industry is known as
horizontal integration
Which of the following was not a reform advocate by the Knights of Labor?
Providing access to jobs for reformed convicts
Andrew Carnegie is best associated with which indrustry?
Steel
In an effort to prevent corporations from obtaining market monopolies, Congress passed the
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Eugene V. Debs and the _________ became famous during the _________.
American Railway Union, Pullman Strike
By 1900, ________ of college students were women
one-third
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?
Economies of scale
The ___________________ was a romanticized interpretation of Civil War that envisioned Confederates as noble defenders of the southern way of life.
“Lost Cause”
After the Civil War two new “frontiers” of opportunity emerged in the United States. They were
the South and West.
The “frontier thesis” focused primarily on
Christian white men.
Populism was based on the idea that
the common man should have more of a say in politics.
_____________________ was the name given to the violent racism against successful blacks that appeared in late 19th century.
Negrophobia
All of the following constitute the Great Plains except:
Oklahoma.
Montana.
eastern Kansas.
Nebraska.
Wyoming
eastern Kansas.
The so-called grandfather clause originated in what state?
Louisiana
Advocates of a New South believed that
the South needed to embrace new technologies.
____________________________ argued that the black response to racial prejudice should be “ceaseless agitation.”
W.E.B. Du Bois
The historian who developed the so-called frontier thesis was
Frederick Jackson Turner.
Immigrants who arrived before 1890 to the United States were primarily
Protestant.
Perhaps one of the greatest catalysts to reform during the Gilded Age was the assassination of
President Garfield.
What made immigration different in the time between 1860 and 1920 than in previous years?
The immigrants tended to come from eastern and southern Europe.
A major concern toward those labeled “new immigrants” was
that they resisted assimilation.
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.
Tenant farming removed prime land from the agricultural economy, thus causing the loss of jobs.
What did one journalist call “the social and intellectual center of the neighborhood” during the Gilded Age in large cities?
Saloons
Which of the following would favor the policy of sound money?
Banker
Because of the excesses of the Gilded Age, a major period of ________ occurred to _______ it.
reform, counter
Native-born Americans who saw the influx of new immigrants to the United States with concern were called
nativists.
The concept of “survival of the fittest” being applied to human society was introduced by
Herbert Spencer.
After the United States took control of the Philippines, ______________ became the official language.
English
______________________ was President Taft’s use of the State Department to help American companies and banks invest in foreign countries.
“Dollar diplomacy”
_____________________ is a sensationalist style of newspaper reporting that appeared during the Spanish-American War (War of 1898).
Yellow journalism
Prominent American anti-imperialists at the end of the 19th century include all of the following except
William Seward.
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.
The United States planned to annex Japan.
Once Theodore Roosevelt became president, his motto became
“Speak softly, and carry a big stick.”
The Philippines received their independence from the United States in what year?
1946
“Open Door” policy of _________________ stated that China should remain open to European and American trade.
John Hay
The largest territorial acquisition of the 19th century since the Louisiana Purchase was
Alaska.
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.
Most native Hawaiians opposed American annexation.
Which of the following was not a goal of late 19th century progressives?
Equality for minorities
This belief during the Progressive Era persuaded followers to pursue their ideals to effect the coming of the “Kingdom of God.”
Social gospel
President Theodore Roosevelt accomplished the majority of his progressive agenda
by convincing Congress to pass legislation.
What was the progressive approach to social problems?
Investigate, educate, legislate
Which political party ran as a third party in the 1912 election?
Socialist
Who is best associated with the Hull House?
Jane Addams
During the Progressive Era, what was the most popular form of reform?
Temperance
In 1900 ______ of 82 million Americans lived in poverty.
10 million
Because of the Roosevelt–Taft feud, Theodore Roosevelt decided to
break a pledge he had made to not seek another term in office.
A system of governance in which a trained administrator was appointed to run a city was called a
city-manager plan.
