Question 1

The 1894 Pullman Strike

Accepted Answer

A)  ended with the arrival of Coxey's Army, a private security agency hired by George Pullman. 
B)  crippled national rail service and triggered the arrest of union president Eugene V. Debs. 
C)  resulted in a rare compromise between the American Railway Union and Pullman Sleeping Cars. 
D)  received unexpected support from Attorney General Richard Olney, who believed in the rights of railroad workers to a fair wage. 
E)  led to public disapproval of union president Eugene V. Debs. 
A)  ended with the arrival of Coxey's Army, a private security agency hired by George Pullman. 
B)  crippled national rail service and triggered the arrest of union president Eugene V. Debs. 
C)  resulted in a rare compromise between the American Railway Union and Pullman Sleeping Cars. 
D)  received unexpected support from Attorney General Richard Olney, who believed in the rights of railroad workers to a fair wage. 
E)  led to public disapproval of union president Eugene V. Debs.

Question 2

Right after the Spanish-American War, what did proponents of American imperialism use to justify their arguments?

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A)  The United States had a natural curiosity in regard to world cultures. 
B)  America was a benevolent power that needed to spread liberty. 
C)  America needed to subjugate "inferior" cultures. 
D)  The United States needed to focus on gaining access to Europe since most of her immigrants came from this continent. 
E)  America needed to stop the communists from taking over Russia. 
A)  The United States had a natural curiosity in regard to world cultures. 
B)  America was a benevolent power that needed to spread liberty. 
C)  America needed to subjugate "inferior" cultures. 
D)  The United States needed to focus on gaining access to Europe since most of her immigrants came from this continent. 
E)  America needed to stop the communists from taking over Russia.

Question 3

In the Insular Cases, the Supreme Court

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A)  determined that Puerto Ricans and Filipinos would become U.S. citizens in 1904. 
B)  held that the Constitution did not fully apply to the territories acquired during the Spanish-American War. 
C)  determined that Puerto Ricans and Filipinos were entitled to the same rights as U.S. citizens. 
D)  held that the annexation of the Philippines violated the Fourteenth Amendment. 
E)  ruled that the Foraker Act of 1900, which declared Puerto Rico an "insular territory," was unconstitutional. 
A)  determined that Puerto Ricans and Filipinos would become U.S. citizens in 1904. 
B)  held that the Constitution did not fully apply to the territories acquired during the Spanish-American War. 
C)  determined that Puerto Ricans and Filipinos were entitled to the same rights as U.S. citizens. 
D)  held that the annexation of the Philippines violated the Fourteenth Amendment. 
E)  ruled that the Foraker Act of 1900, which declared Puerto Rico an "insular territory," was unconstitutional.

Question 4

William Jennings Bryan

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A)  called for the unrestricted minting of silver money. 
B)  angered Populists after giving a fiery convention speech denouncing the "free coinage" of silver. 
C)  failed to win enough support from the Democratic Party as the nominee for president in 1896. 
D)  entered politics late in life, after a successful career as a Methodist minister. 
E)  had a weak presidential campaign after he refused numerous speaking engagements. 
A)  called for the unrestricted minting of silver money. 
B)  angered Populists after giving a fiery convention speech denouncing the "free coinage" of silver. 
C)  failed to win enough support from the Democratic Party as the nominee for president in 1896. 
D)  entered politics late in life, after a successful career as a Methodist minister. 
E)  had a weak presidential campaign after he refused numerous speaking engagements.

Question 5

In the 1880s and 1890s, the Civil War came to be recalled as a "tragic family quarrel among whites in which blacks had played no significant part." Who created this imagery of the Civil War and with what purpose?

Accepted Answer

This imagery of the Civil War as a "trag

Question 6

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Insular Cases

Accepted Answer

The Insular Cases are a series of opinio

Question 7

The term "exodus" in regard to the Kansas Exodus was derived from what?

Accepted Answer

A)  slaves escaping through the Underground Railroad before the Civil War 
B)  immigrants leaving war-torn Europe 
C)  Russian refugees escaping the tsar's pogroms 
D)  slaves escaping the Roman Empire 
E)  an Old Testament story in the Bible 
A)  slaves escaping through the Underground Railroad before the Civil War 
B)  immigrants leaving war-torn Europe 
C)  Russian refugees escaping the tsar's pogroms 
D)  slaves escaping the Roman Empire 
E)  an Old Testament story in the Bible

Question 8

An all-encompassing system of white domination in the South was achieved through

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A)  barring blacks from ever entering "whites only" railroad cars. 
B)  an exodus of over 90 percent of African-Americans northward. 
C)  businesses serving whites before blacks. 
D)  a growing number of white immigrants from Europe. 
E)  refusing business to black customers. 
A)  barring blacks from ever entering "whites only" railroad cars. 
B)  an exodus of over 90 percent of African-Americans northward. 
C)  businesses serving whites before blacks. 
D)  a growing number of white immigrants from Europe. 
E)  refusing business to black customers.

Question 9

Native-born middle-class women under the leadership of Carrie Chapman-Catt argued that they deserved the right to vote on account of their

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A)  birth in the United States. 
B)  status as an educated and superior race. 
C)  feminine sensibilities. 
D)  service as volunteers during the Civil War. 
E)  identity as taxpayers. 
A)  birth in the United States. 
B)  status as an educated and superior race. 
C)  feminine sensibilities. 
D)  service as volunteers during the Civil War. 
E)  identity as taxpayers.

Question 10

Blacks owned more land in 1900 than they had at the end of Reconstruction.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Most female activists brought together by the National Association of Colored Women came from

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A)  poverty. 
B)  northern cities. 
C)  plantations. 
D)  the urban black middle class. 
E)  white aristocracy. 
A)  poverty. 
B)  northern cities. 
C)  plantations. 
D)  the urban black middle class. 
E)  white aristocracy.

Question 12

How did black women challenge the racial ideology of the Jim Crow South?

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A)  They formed their own secret militant organization. 
B)  They used their positions in domestic service for sabotage, pilfering, and revenge. 
C)  They insisted on the equal respectability of black women by working for "racial uplift." 
D)  They stressed the supremacy of their men to counter claims that black families lacked patriarchal order. 
E)  African-American women's organizations established gun clubs and shooting ranges to improve their skills at self-defense. 
A)  They formed their own secret militant organization. 
B)  They used their positions in domestic service for sabotage, pilfering, and revenge. 
C)  They insisted on the equal respectability of black women by working for "racial uplift." 
D)  They stressed the supremacy of their men to counter claims that black families lacked patriarchal order. 
E)  African-American women's organizations established gun clubs and shooting ranges to improve their skills at self-defense.

Question 13

New immigrants were welcomed and treated with respect because their labor was desperately needed in the cities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Restricting immigration was regarded as a method to upgrade the "quality" of the population.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Match between columns
                        Premises: Frances Willard
José Martí
Booker T. Washington
James Weaver
Emilio Aguinaldo
William Jennings Bryan
John Marshall Harlan
William McKinley
Samuel Gompers
Theodore Roosevelt
Eugene Debs
Alfred T. Mahan

Accepted Answer

The Answer of annexed the Philippines and led the Filipino is...

Question 16

Discuss the many obstacles faced by Chinese immigrants to the United States in the late nineteenth century. Among the immigrant groups arriving in the United States, how were arrivals from China singled out for particular discrimination by Americans? Why do you think the Chinese received such unique treatment?

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Chinese immigrants faced numerous obstac

Question 17

What term best describes the status of blacks brought about by a segregated South?

Accepted Answer

A)  symbiotic 
B)  subservient 
C)  hopeful 
D)  totally isolated 
E)  free 
A)  symbiotic 
B)  subservient 
C)  hopeful 
D)  totally isolated 
E)  free

Question 18

American expansionism after the 1890s

Accepted Answer

A)  was largely driven by the desire for expanded overseas trade. 
B)  was hampered by the continued U.S. observance of the Monroe Doctrine. 
C)  had little to do with American consumer demand for foreign products. 
D)  severely depressed the nation's agricultural and industrial production. 
E)  was not affected by the development of the railroad. 
A)  was largely driven by the desire for expanded overseas trade. 
B)  was hampered by the continued U.S. observance of the Monroe Doctrine. 
C)  had little to do with American consumer demand for foreign products. 
D)  severely depressed the nation's agricultural and industrial production. 
E)  was not affected by the development of the railroad.

Question 19

Why did the South fail to attract significant economic development in the wake of Reconstruction?

Accepted Answer

A)  Northern investors stayed away, appalled by southern race relations. 
B)  Northerners considered a South without African-Americans in chains too risky for investment. 
C)  Investors looked for cheap labor and low taxes, but made few capital investments in the region. 
D)  Southern white supremacists tended to scare off northern capital industries. 
E)  Southern Klansmen scared away many interested investors. 
A)  Northern investors stayed away, appalled by southern race relations. 
B)  Northerners considered a South without African-Americans in chains too risky for investment. 
C)  Investors looked for cheap labor and low taxes, but made few capital investments in the region. 
D)  Southern white supremacists tended to scare off northern capital industries. 
E)  Southern Klansmen scared away many interested investors.

Question 20

In 1896, in the landmark decision of Plessy v. Ferguson, the Court ruled against segregation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 17: Freedoms Boundaries, at Home and Abroad, 1890-1900

The 1894 Pullman Strike

Right after the Spanish-American War, what did proponents of American imperialism use to justify their arguments?

In the Insular Cases, the Supreme Court

William Jennings Bryan

In the 1880s and 1890s, the Civil War came to be recalled as a "tragic family quarrel among whites in which blacks had played no significant part." Who created this imagery of the Civil War and with what purpose?

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Insular Cases

The term "exodus" in regard to the Kansas Exodus was derived from what?

An all-encompassing system of white domination in the South was achieved through

Native-born middle-class women under the leadership of Carrie Chapman-Catt argued that they deserved the right to vote on account of their

Blacks owned more land in 1900 than they had at the end of Reconstruction.

Most female activists brought together by the National Association of Colored Women came from

How did black women challenge the racial ideology of the Jim Crow South?

New immigrants were welcomed and treated with respect because their labor was desperately needed in the cities.

Restricting immigration was regarded as a method to upgrade the "quality" of the population.

What term best describes the status of blacks brought about by a segregated South?

American expansionism after the 1890s

Why did the South fail to attract significant economic development in the wake of Reconstruction?

In 1896, in the landmark decision of Plessy v. Ferguson, the Court ruled against segregation.

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