Question 1

Most political bosses of the late nineteenth century were shrewd politicians who ​

Accepted Answer

A) managed their operations from behind the scenes. 
B) spent their own  money on elaborate election campaigns. 
C) ​reduced the budget by eliminating social services. 
D) ​actively fought government graft and corruption. 
A) managed their operations from behind the scenes. 
B) spent their own  money on elaborate election campaigns. 
C) ​reduced the budget by eliminating social services. 
D) ​actively fought government graft and corruption.

Question 2

J.P.Morgan founded the Standard Oil Company.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Which of the following was not one of the Ocala demands? ​

Accepted Answer

A) The subtreasury program 
B) Regulation of transportation facilities 
C) ​Free and unlimited coinage of silver 
D) ​Abolition of the income tax 
E) ​Abolition of private banks 
A) The subtreasury program 
B) Regulation of transportation facilities 
C) ​Free and unlimited coinage of silver 
D) ​Abolition of the income tax 
E) ​Abolition of private banks

Question 4

Who was James B.Weaver? ​

Accepted Answer

A) the president of the Texas Farmers' Alliance 
B) the Populist Party's candidate in the1892 election 
C) ​the leader of the Tammany Hall political machine 
D) ​the labor leader who instigated the Homestead Strike 
A) the president of the Texas Farmers' Alliance 
B) the Populist Party's candidate in the1892 election 
C) ​the leader of the Tammany Hall political machine 
D) ​the labor leader who instigated the Homestead Strike

Question 5

Between 1870 and 1890,net immigration to the United States totaled over 20 million.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The Wilson-Gorman Tariff included provisions for all of the following except ​

Accepted Answer

A) reducing duties on wool 
B) adding a personal income tax 
C) ​raising duties on copper and lumber 
D) ​repealing reciprocal trade provisions of the McKinley Tariff Act 
A) reducing duties on wool 
B) adding a personal income tax 
C) ​raising duties on copper and lumber 
D) ​repealing reciprocal trade provisions of the McKinley Tariff Act

Question 7

Which region of the country favored William McKinley over William Jennings Bryan in the 1896 presidential election? ​

Accepted Answer

A) the Northeast 
B) the South 
C) ​the Great Plains 
D) ​the Far West 
A) the Northeast 
B) the South 
C) ​the Great Plains 
D) ​the Far West

Question 8

Which group encouraged farmers to raise "less corn and more hell" and served as the basis for the Populist Party's platform? ​

Accepted Answer

A) the Knights of Labor 
B) the Farmers' Alliance 
C) ​the American Federation of Labor 
D) ​the Colored Farmers' National Alliance and Cooperative Union 
A) the Knights of Labor 
B) the Farmers' Alliance 
C) ​the American Federation of Labor 
D) ​the Colored Farmers' National Alliance and Cooperative Union

Question 9

The United States passed the first child labor law forbidding children younger than 16 from working in factories in the 1860s. ​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Which union embraced women,blacks,and agricultural workers,as well as workers from various skilled crafts? ​

Accepted Answer

A) American Federation of Labor 
B) National Labor Union 
C) ​Knights of Labor 
D) ​American Railway Union 
A) American Federation of Labor 
B) National Labor Union 
C) ​Knights of Labor 
D) ​American Railway Union

Question 11

Who coined the term the Gilded Age? ​

Accepted Answer

A) Horatio Alger 
B) Mark Twain 
C) ​Mary Elizabeth Lease 
D) ​"Boss" Tweed 
A) Horatio Alger 
B) Mark Twain 
C) ​Mary Elizabeth Lease 
D) ​"Boss" Tweed

Question 12

Horizontal integration is the practice of gaining control of all aspects of a particular industry,from the extraction of raw materials to the distribution of the finished product. ​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Most political bosses of the late nineteenth century were shrewd politicians who

J.P.Morgan founded the Standard Oil Company.

Which of the following was not one of the Ocala demands?

Who was James B.Weaver?

Between 1870 and 1890,net immigration to the United States totaled over 20 million.

The Wilson-Gorman Tariff included provisions for all of the following except

Which region of the country favored William McKinley over William Jennings Bryan in the 1896 presidential election?

Which group encouraged farmers to raise "less corn and more hell" and served as the basis for the Populist Party's platform?

The United States passed the first child labor law forbidding children younger than 16 from working in factories in the 1860s.

Which union embraced women,blacks,and agricultural workers,as well as workers from various skilled crafts?

Who coined the term the Gilded Age?

Horizontal integration is the practice of gaining control of all aspects of a particular industry,from the extraction of raw materials to the distribution of the finished product.

The Atlantic World and the Dawn of Exploration, 1492-1535

Contact, colonization, and Exchange in the Atlantic World, 1492-1600

Colonizing North America, 1565-1763

Dissolving the Political Bands, 1763-1776

The American Revolution, 1776-1789

Forging a New Nation, 1790-1828

The Market Revolution and Social Reform, 1800-1860

The Peculiar Institution: the Old South and Slavery, 1800-1860

Democracy and Popular Politics, 1828-1848

Manifest Destiny and Western Expansion, 1820-1860

The Impending Crisis, 1848-1861

A House Divided: Civil War, 1861-1865

Bitter Aftermath: Reconstruction and Redemption, 1863-1896

Projecting Power, widening Borders: the Politics of Westward Expansion, 1865-1914

The Reform Impulse: the Progressive Era, 1895-1920

America and Global Conflict: World War I, 1914-1920

The Rise of American Mass Culture, 1920-1929

A Nation in Crisis: the Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

World War Ii at Home and Abroad, 1939-1945

Affluence and Anxiety: Cold War America, 1945-1960

Revolution and Crisis, 1960-1974

A Conservative Resurgence, 1975-1992

America in a Global Context, 1989-Present

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Exam 15: Change and Resistance: Industrialization, urbanization, and Farm Protest, 1865-1910

Most political bosses of the late nineteenth century were shrewd politicians who ​

J.P.Morgan founded the Standard Oil Company.​

Which of the following was not one of the Ocala demands? ​

Who was James B.Weaver? ​

Between 1870 and 1890,net immigration to the United States totaled over 20 million.​

The Wilson-Gorman Tariff included provisions for all of the following except ​

Which region of the country favored William McKinley over William Jennings Bryan in the 1896 presidential election? ​

Which group encouraged farmers to raise "less corn and more hell" and served as the basis for the Populist Party's platform? ​

The United States passed the first child labor law forbidding children younger than 16 from working in factories in the 1860s. ​

Which union embraced women,blacks,and agricultural workers,as well as workers from various skilled crafts? ​

Who coined the term the Gilded Age? ​

Horizontal integration is the practice of gaining control of all aspects of a particular industry,from the extraction of raw materials to the distribution of the finished product. ​

The Atlantic World and the Dawn of Exploration, 1492-1535

Contact, colonization, and Exchange in the Atlantic World, 1492-1600

Colonizing North America, 1565-1763

Dissolving the Political Bands, 1763-1776

The American Revolution, 1776-1789

Forging a New Nation, 1790-1828

The Market Revolution and Social Reform, 1800-1860

The Peculiar Institution: the Old South and Slavery, 1800-1860

Democracy and Popular Politics, 1828-1848

Manifest Destiny and Western Expansion, 1820-1860

The Impending Crisis, 1848-1861

A House Divided: Civil War, 1861-1865

Bitter Aftermath: Reconstruction and Redemption, 1863-1896

Projecting Power, widening Borders: the Politics of Westward Expansion, 1865-1914

The Reform Impulse: the Progressive Era, 1895-1920

America and Global Conflict: World War I, 1914-1920

The Rise of American Mass Culture, 1920-1929

A Nation in Crisis: the Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

World War Ii at Home and Abroad, 1939-1945

Affluence and Anxiety: Cold War America, 1945-1960

Revolution and Crisis, 1960-1974

A Conservative Resurgence, 1975-1992

America in a Global Context, 1989-Present

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Most political bosses of the late nineteenth century were shrewd politicians who

J.P.Morgan founded the Standard Oil Company.

Which of the following was not one of the Ocala demands?

Who was James B.Weaver?

Between 1870 and 1890,net immigration to the United States totaled over 20 million.

The Wilson-Gorman Tariff included provisions for all of the following except

Which region of the country favored William McKinley over William Jennings Bryan in the 1896 presidential election?

Which group encouraged farmers to raise "less corn and more hell" and served as the basis for the Populist Party's platform?

The United States passed the first child labor law forbidding children younger than 16 from working in factories in the 1860s.

Which union embraced women,blacks,and agricultural workers,as well as workers from various skilled crafts?

Who coined the term the Gilded Age?

Horizontal integration is the practice of gaining control of all aspects of a particular industry,from the extraction of raw materials to the distribution of the finished product.