Question 1

Which of the following motivated U.S. control over Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines?

Accepted Answer

A)   the search for raw materials
B)   the desire to unravel European empires
C)   exclusive access to consumer markets in these territories
D)   control of gateways for American commerce
E)   These islands harbored a growing number of exiled labor radicals. D

Question 2

The Women's Christian Temperance Union was a small but effective organization that won the vote for women in many of the Midwestern states.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

Which was part of the Populist platform?

Accepted Answer

A)   a flat income tax
B)   proportionate representation in the U.S. Senate
C)   privatization of railroads
D)   higher tariffs
E)   workers' right to form unions E

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

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Question 5

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-United States v. Wong Kim Ark

Accepted Answer

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Question 6

Where did the U.S.S. Maine sink?

Accepted Answer

A)   Santo Domingo
B)   Havana
C)   Boston
D)   California
E)   New York

Question 7

According to Wells, what was the solution to stop lynching?

Accepted Answer

A)   to counteract the mobs with violence
B)   to allow the public force to perform the lynching
C)   to spark a moral debate among Protestants and Catholics
D)   to awaken a public sentiment to repudiate it
E)   to fine those involved in the lynchings

Question 8

The severe depression of 1893

Accepted Answer

A)   was quickly over, and the economy was soon booming.
B)   caused little, if any, hardship.
C)   affected only factory workers.
D)   was a period in which labor and capital looked for compromise.
E)   led to increased conflict between capital and labor.

Question 9

In "Deporting Mohammedans," William Birney outlined the negative implications of allowing Muslims to enter the country.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The black middle class in southern cities

Accepted Answer

A)   mainly occupied supervisory positions in factories.
B)   socialized with the white middle class.
C)   worked as clerks and secretaries in offices.
D)   worked as teachers and physicians and owned businesses serving the black community.
E)   was formed overwhelmingly by women.

Question 11

Discuss some of the freedoms and restrictions experienced by American women after 1880. How did some women's lives seem to change for the better, while others' did not? How would you explain the disparity of their situations? Support your answer with specific examples from the text.

Accepted Answer

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Question 12

With the Redeemers in power in the South,

Accepted Answer

A)   Louisiana became the only state in the Union where white illiteracy rates decreased.
B)   convict labor became a profitable venture for lumber companies.
C)   taxes on white landowners increased in most southern states.
D)   African-Americans gained representation in local and state offices.
E)   state budgets ballooned to cover increasing expenses on military forces.

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

A)   the "new" press.
B)   the workers' press.
C)   the "yellow press."
D)   freelancers.
E)   the corporate press.

Question 14

In the 1890s, 3.5 million immigrants arrived in the United States. Where did most of them come from?

Accepted Answer

A)   Ireland, England, and Wales
B)   Germany and France
C)   China
D)   South America
E)   Southern and Eastern Europe

Question 15

Populists intended to do which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   create the foundations of a system based on communitarian cooperation
B)   free America from foreign-born individuals
C)   disfranchise blacks and women
D)   restore economic opportunity
E)   give back to Americans all the well-paying jobs occupied by immigrants

Question 16

As a consequence of disfranchising in the South and the enforcement of voting requirements in the North and West, suffrage was increasingly deemed as a privilege and not a right.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Some view L. Frank Baum's book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz as a commentary on the election of 1896 and its aftermath.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

In 1898, the American system of government had no provision for permanent colonies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The ascendancy of the American Federation of Labor during the 1890s reflected

Accepted Answer

A)   the increasing radicalism of the American labor movement.
B)   the increasing social conscience in the American population overall.
C)   a shift from broad reform goals to more limited goals.
D)   the success of the political lobbying efforts of labor organizers.
E)   the growing role of women in the union movement.

Question 20

After the Spanish-American War, who established the Philippines' provisional government with a constitution modeled on that of the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)   José Martí
B)   Orville Platt
C)   Rudyard Kipling
D)   Emilio Aguinaldo
E)   Joseph Pulitzer

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

Which of the following motivated U.S. control over Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines?

The Women's Christian Temperance Union was a small but effective organization that won the vote for women in many of the Midwestern states.

Which was part of the Populist platform?

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

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -United States v. Wong Kim Ark

Where did the U.S.S. Maine sink?

According to Wells, what was the solution to stop lynching?

The severe depression of 1893

In "Deporting Mohammedans," William Birney outlined the negative implications of allowing Muslims to enter the country.

The black middle class in southern cities

Discuss some of the freedoms and restrictions experienced by American women after 1880. How did some women's lives seem to change for the better, while others' did not? How would you explain the disparity of their situations? Support your answer with specific examples from the text.

With the Redeemers in power in the South,

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

In the 1890s, 3.5 million immigrants arrived in the United States. Where did most of them come from?

Populists intended to do which of the following?

As a consequence of disfranchising in the South and the enforcement of voting requirements in the North and West, suffrage was increasingly deemed as a privilege and not a right.

Some view L. Frank Baum's book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz as a commentary on the election of 1896 and its aftermath.

In 1898, the American system of government had no provision for permanent colonies.

The ascendancy of the American Federation of Labor during the 1890s reflected

After the Spanish-American War, who established the Philippines' provisional government with a constitution modeled on that of the United States?