Midterm Flashcards
By 1890, the majority of the American workforce…
Worked for wages
What did the 1880 census show for the first time?
Many Americans engaged in non-farming jobs
The second industrial revolution was marked by…..
Increased activity in the railroad industry
How did the expansion of railroads accelerate the second industrial revolution in America?
Railroads created a true national market for U.S. goods.
What changes did railroads bring to American society during the Gilded Age?
The introduction of railroads enabled a national market for goods and led to the creation of time zones
What was the difference between skilled and semiskilled workers during the Gilded Age?
Skilled workers were less common, had technical skills, and enjoyed better wages depending on the industry.
What did Social Darwinists believe?
They believed that human progress was a natural process, and therefore, the government should not interfere with it.
Why is the period between 1870 and 1890 known as the :Gilded Age”?
Where there was a generalized idea that America was doing well on the surface, it masked corruption, oppression, and poverty.
Which of the following statements accurately describes farming in the Great Plains?
Husbands and sons tended to cash crops, while women tended to animals and grew crops for food.
What happened in both the 1876 and 1888 presidential elections?
The losers of the popular vote won the electoral college.
Why did the South fail to attract significant economic development in the wake of Reconstruction?
Investors looked for cheap labor and low taxes, but made few capital investments.
The Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson…
Argued that segregated facilities did not discriminate.
On what grounds did Justice David J. Brewer dissent from the majority opinion in the case of Fong Yue Ting (1893), which authorized the federal government to expel Chinese aliens without due process of law?
Brewer worried that a similar rationale could be used in the future to subvert the rights to due process of other people.
What was the focus of Yick Wo v. Hopkins?
Protecting the opportunity to earn a living regardless of race.
Had the Teller Amendment been applied to the Philippines and Cuba; how would it have changed the Spanish-American War?
The United States would have been barred from annexing the archipelago.
How did American racial attitudes shape South African politics?
The Union of South America followed the model of U.S. segregation with its own system of apartheid.
Populists intended to do which of the following?
Restore economic opportunity.
In which of the following ways were the boundaries of freedom redrawn in the United States during the nineteenth century?
Several states adopted literacy and residency requirements to restrict immigrant voting.
Newspapers like the New York Journal and the New York World used sensational accounts to sell more copies. These types of papers were known as…
The “yellow press”
How did southern states disenfranchise African Americans Between 1890 and 1906?
By using the grandfather clause, the poll tax, and literacy texts.
What Progressive-era issue became a crossroads where the paths of labor radicals, cultural modernists, and feminists intersected?
Birth control.
Which of the following statements about urban Progressives is true?
They sought to improve public transportation.
Which of the following statements about the Oregon System is correct?
It sought to transfer power from party bosses to ordinary citizens.
What did passage of the Seventeenth Amendment entail?
U.S. senators were now chosen by the popular vote.
