US History Unit 1 Test Rev Flashcards
Reconstruction ended for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
a) An end to racial discrimination.
b) Industrialization in the North.
c) Interest in Westward Expansion.
d) Election of 1876 and the Compromise of 1877.
a) An end to racial discrimination.
Which of the following was a success for the Freedmen’s Bureau?
a) It drastically changed the attitude of many Northern whites
b) It helped target KKK victims
c) It built schools and reunited families
d) It made slavery illegal
c) It built schools and reunited families
Which piece of evidence BEST supports the following claim?
“One of the goals of the late 19th century reformers was to end urban poverty.”
a) Corporations like the Carnegie Steel Company grew in the late 1800s.
b) Settlement Houses like Jane Addams’ Hull House developed in cities.
c) Organizations such as the Immigration Restriction League formed.
d) The coalition of farmers known as the Grange Movement united.
b) Settlement Houses like Jane Addams’ Hull House developed in cities.
Most of the conflicts between Native American tribes and the U.S. military were caused by…
a) Indian attacks on white settlements.
b) Disputes of the price paid for Indian land.
c) Disputes over moving Indians to reservations.
d) Slaughter of the buffalo on the Great Plains.
c) Disputes over moving Indians to reservations.
[The cartoon caption says, “Who stole the people’s money? Do tell.” (This was an old time expression used to ask another person to tell the truth.) This question is attributed to the New York Times. Then it says, “’T (which is a contraction meaning “It”) Was Him.”]
a) Recall elections
b) Laissez-faire capitalism
c) Social Darwinism
d) Political machines
d) Political machines
In the quote below, what impact of the Civil War is Daniel Wells most concerned about?
“There is probably at the present moment no country in the civilized world which contains such an accumulation of anarchical elements as the south.” -Daniel Wells, Chicago Herald
a) Economic impact
b) Political impact
c) Social impact
d) Military impact
b) Political impact
All of the following were complaints by farmers about industrialization EXCEPT:
a) Railroad monopolies
b) High degrees of personal debt
c) Falling crop prices
d) Increased competition from western migration
d) Increased competition from western migration
W.E.B. Du Bois would agree with which of the following statements?
a) “The development of a ‘Talented Tenth’ of highly educated professional African Americans is the solution to the racial problems plaguing the United States.”
b) “Industrial skills and accommodating the separation of the races in social situations is the solution to the racial problems in the United States.”
c) “Africans throughout the world have nothing in common.”
d) “Racial equality can only be achieved through accommodation, accommodation, and accommodation.”
a) “The development of a ‘Talented Tenth’ of highly educated professional African Americans is the solution to the racial problems plaguing the United States.”
Which of the following is NOT a consequence of the Industrial Revolution in the United States?
a) Increased demand for workers
b) Growth in new technology
c) Poor working conditions for laborers
d) High wages for workers
d) High wages for workers
What was the most significant purpose of Native American boarding schools?
a) Assimilate Native Americans
b) Teach job skills
c) Provide students with a place to live
d) Teach reading, writing, and math
a) Assimilate Native Americans
Which accurately describes the demand for labor during the second Industrial Revolution?
a) Immigrants were needed to supply the labor force
b) Demand for skilled and educated workers was high
c) Adult males were the main source of labor
d) African Americans were able to find quality jobs in factories in the big cities
a) Immigrants were needed to supply the labor force
Which of the following would not be an appropriate headline for a series on urban life at the turn of the 20th century?
a) “Roving Immigrant Gangs Plague Safety of New York Streets”
b) “Millions of Southern and Eastern Immigrants Flood into Eastern Seaboard Cities”
c) “Sanitary Conditions at Local Butchering Plant Praised as Outstanding”
d) “Local Textile Factory Rumored to Bar Doors and Windows to Prevent Escape”
c) “Sanitary Conditions at Local Butchering Plant Praised as Outstanding”
Which of the following statements about the post-war south is false?
a) The infrastructure of bridges, roads, and railroads was destroyed
b) Thousands of people were unemployed
c) Southerners welcomed northern assistance
d) Water, shelter, and food were in short supply
c) Southerners welcomed northern assistance
“No race that has anything to contribute to the markets of the world is long in any degree ostracized. It is important and right that all privileges of the law be ours, but it is vastly more important that we are prepared for the exercise of these privileges. The opportunity to earn a dollar in a factory just now is worth infinitely more than the opportunity to spend a dollar in an opera house.”
What is the main idea expressed in the above quote by Booker T. Washington?
a) African American equality can be bought in world markets.
b) Equality is an unrealistic expectation for African Americans.
c) Economic opportunities are the first step on the path to equality.
d) African Americans should demand complete equality immediately.
c) Economic opportunities are the first step on the path to equality.
“Any fool can destroy trees. They cannot run away; and if they could, they would still be destroyed – chased and hunted down as long as fun or a dollar could be got out of their bark…. Few that fell trees plant them; nor would planting avail much towards getting back anything like the noble primeval forests. … It took more than three thousand years to make some of the trees in these Western woods – trees that are still standing in perfect strength and beauty, waving and singing in the mighty forests of the Sierra. Through all the wonderful, eventful centuries … God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand straining, leveling tempests and floods; but he cannot save them from fools – only Uncle Sam can do that.”
In response to the progressive campaign reflected above, Congress…
a) Created the National Parks Service.
b) Eliminated the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
c) Passed the Eighteenth Amendment.
d) Created the Federal Reserve System.
a) Created the National Parks Service.
