Objective Test 2 Flashcards
True or False
As more and more immigrants came to the US, the national government expanded its efforts to assimilate the newcomers.
False
True or False
Cities’ development and growth provided more employment opportunities for women.
True
True or False
Americans generally opposed free public education because they believed it too expensive after the Panic of 1873 and the Depression of 1893.
False
True or False
On the whole, political “machines” (like Tammany Hall in NYC) tended to welcome New Immigrants because they could get their votes simply by doing them some favors.
True
True or False
Because of the rising tide of “New Immigrants,” the US passed its first law restricting ethnic groups: immigrants from Southern Europe.
False
True or False
As city sizes swelled, American cities were surprisingly good at avoiding big city problems like disease and crime.
False
True or False
William Randolph Hearst gained prominence running newspapers that used the tactics of “yellow journalism.”
True
True or False
Because of issues like the gold standars, strikes, and tariffs (esp. the McKinley Tariff), discontent among America’s poorer citizens seemed to be growing in the late 1800s.
True
True or False
It is argued that the coming of the railroad both made and unmade the “Long Drive” of the American West.
True
By 1900, it could be said that American cities had ____ since 1860.
A. Shrunk slightly
B. Grown slightly
C. Shrunk greatly
D. Grown greatly
D. Grown greatly
The greatest factor in drawing country people to the cities was the
A. Lure of consumerism in the cities
B. Newly re-designed tenements
C. Availability of jobs and regular pay
D. Development of the railroad
C. Availability of jobs and regular pay
Which of the following trends are best illustrated by the rise of “cavernous” new stores like Macy’s and Marshall Field’s?
A. “Free Silver”
B. Rising consumerism
C. Power of the railroads
D. Westward movement/expansion
B. Rising consumerism
The “Old Immigrants” generally resisted the “New Immigrants” arrival. They did so because the New Immigrants were all but which of the following:
A. Mostly from Northern Europe
B. Mostly from Southern or Eastern Europe
C. Mostly Catholic
D. More likely to be poor, less educated
A. Mostly from Northern Europe
In their first generation, the majrity of “New Immigrants”
A. Quickly assimilated themselves into American life and culture
B. Returned to Europe soon after coming to the US
C. Experienced tough immigration restrictions
D. Tried to preserve their Old Country culture in America
D. Tried to preserve their Old Country culture in America
Religious groups or denominations that were most likely to accept Darwinism were
A. Mormon
B. Conservative Protestant
C. Catholic
D. Liberal Protestant
D. Liberal Protestant
Religion in the late 1800s was marked by all but which of the following:
A. Strong advocacy of women’s sufferage
B. Encouraging social reform
C. Large revival meetings
D. Advocacy of the abolition of alcohol
A. Strong advocacy of women’s sufferage
In terms of their religion, most of the “New Immigrants” were
A. Jewish
B. Amish
C. Liberal Protestant
D. Catholic
E. Conservative Protestant
D. Catholic
It would appear that the biggest reason that Old Immigrants disliked the arrival of New Immigrants was that:
A. Old Immigrants believed that America was pretty full already
B. New Immigrants tended to vote Republican
C. New Immigrants were culturally quite different
D. New Immigrants were black
C. New Immigrants were culturally quite different
The Morrill Act fostered the growth of many new state colleges and universities were created with the help of
A. Railroads
B. Private donations
C. Land grants
D. Denominational support
C. Land grants
Booker T. Washington’s personal rise to prominence came from (the) ____ ; consequently he advocated ____ for other African-Americans’ advance.
A. Railroad work; organized labor
B. Hard work in the mills; mill ownership
C. Scholarship; academic training
D. Vocational training; vocational training
D. Vocational training; vocational training
In this era, some of the largest newspapers gained popularity by/with:
A. Partnership with machine politics
B. Refusing to print scandals
C. Printing sensationalist stories of scandal
D. Hard-hitting editorials
C. Printing sensationalist stories of scandal
That approach (printing scandals) to expanding circulation was often described as
A. Honest graft
B. Muckraking
C. Yellow journalism
D. Bees’ knees
E. Penny press
C. Yellow journalism
Selling over 100 million copies of his works, he was probably the most popular author in the era for his tales of rags-to-riches heroes:
A. Henry James
B. Mark Twain
C. Horatio Alger
D. Lew Wallace
C. Horatio Alger
Which of the following was not a prominent American author writing in the late 1800s?
A. Augustus Saint-Gaudens
B. Lew Wallace
C. Mark Twain
D. Stephen Crane
A. Augustus Saint-Gaudens
W.E.B. du Bois could be described by all but which of the following statements:
A. Aided the establishment of the NAACP
B. Advocated the development of a “Talented Tenth”
C. Supported Booker T. Washington
D. Demanded complete equality for blacks
C. Supported Booker T. Washington
As prohibition gained strength in the late 1800s, its strength came primarily from:
A. Industrialists
B. Farmers
C. Scientists
D. Women
D. Women
Nearly all advocates for women’s rights in the late 1800s would advocate which of the following goals:
A. Labor rights of women
B. Admission to medical and law schools
C. Suffrage
D. Birth control
C. Suffrage
Individual who encouraged the creation of a “Talented Tenth” to encourage equal rights for African Americans:
A. W.E.B. du Bois
B. John Dewey
C. Ida B. Wells
D. Booker T. Washington
A. W.E.B. du Bois
As Americans moved to the city, they also came to realize that they needed more activity, especially outdoors. As a result, this hobby began to take off, becoming something of a “craze” by 1900:
A. Bowling
B. Kite-flying
C. Hockey
D. Bicycling
D. Bicycling
Jane Addams is sometimes called an “urban reformer.” Specifically, she worked on the issue of
A. Better roads and sanitation
B. Immigration assimilation
C. The “City Beautiful Movement”
D. More schools for women
B. Immigration assimilation
The Pragmatist philosopher John Dewey had an extensive influence in what field:
A. Law
B. Religion
C. Busines/Industry
D. Education
D. Education
Journalist whose main jouranlistic target was lynching, esp. in the South:
A. Ida B. Wells
B. Joseph Glidden
C. Thomas Eakins
D. Jane Addams
A. Ida B. Wells
Someone described as nativist would propose
A. Protecting Indians’ lands
B. Land conservation
C. “Free Silver”
D. Restricting immigration
D. Restricting immigration
As America grew more industrial and urban, it saw the development of or rise in all but which of these forms of entertainment in the late 1800s:
A. Barnum’s circus
B. Cody’s Wild West Show
C. Baseball
D. All grew more popular
D. All grew more popular
The religious philosophy that emphasized the need for man to engage in social reform to prepare the world for the coming of Christ:
A. Pragmatism
B. Social Gospel
C. Millennialism
D. Christian Science
B. Social Gospel
Edward Bellamy wrote one of the best-selling books of the late 1800s, Looking Backward. It was a novel that called for reform, sepecifically through implementing
A. Nuclear energy
B. A “one-child policy”
C. “Free Silver”
D. Socialism
D. Socialism
Indians fought whites for all but which of the following reasons:
A. To secure their rights under the US Constitution
B. To avenge whites’ massacres of Indians
C. To defend their lands
D. To preserve their nomadic way of life
A. To secure their rights under the US Constitution
Which two opposed each other at the Battle of the Little Bighorn?
A. Dan Sickles
B. Nez Perce
C. George Custer
D. Chief Joseph
E. Sitting Bull
F. Geronimo
G. William T. Sherman
H. Philip Sheridan
C. George Custer
E. Sitting Bull
The biggest factor in forcing the Plains Indians to surrender was
A. Their fear of the Buffalo Soldiers
B. Big cash payments for the various tribes’ land
C. They realized agriculture was profitable
D. The decimation of the buffalo herds
D. The decimation of the buffalo herds
Indians surrendered their lands only when they
A. Lost mobility as their horses were slaughtered
B. Chose to migrate out of the US to Canada and Mexico
C. Were allowed to hunt buffalo on reservations
D. Received promises of supplies on reservations
D. Received promises of supplies on reservations
The Indian Wars of the West were marked by the fact that
A. The Indians were never able to acquire many rifles
B. The Army dominated with superior technology and mobility
C. There were cruelties and massacres on each side
D. The Indians were never a match for the soldiers
C. There were cruelties and massacres on each side
As Indians were being forced to move to reservations, a hope arose among Indians that this practice might bring help for the Indians:
A. Reclaiming Oklahoma
B. The Ghost Dance
C. Re-seizing the sacred Black Hills
D. Buffalo sacrifices
B. The Ghost Dance
The mining industry was a boon to the Western economy, especially for farmers, because it played a vital role in
A. Keeping more self-employed workers
B. Bringing law and order to the West
C. Enabling the production of more currency
D. Supporting western agriculture with tax revenue for the ranchers
C. Enabling the production of more currency
The stated or expressed purpose of the Homestead Act was to
A. Open Oklahoma for settlement
B. Encouragle settlement of the West
C. Encourage the removal of the Indians
D. Facilitate mining claims
B. Encourage settlement of the West
The opening of ____ to settlement can be seen as a “final straw” in the treatment of the Indian, since it broke former “forever” promises:
A. Oklahoma
B. Arizona
C. Colorado
D. Wyoming
A. Oklahoma
