Ch. 17 Freedom's Boundaries, At Home And Abroad Pt. 1 Flashcards
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What was the name of the 1899 policy established by Secretary of State John Hay with regard to China? A. the open door policy B. the Chinese Exclusion Act C. the Monroe Doctrine D.the Hay Corollary
A. the open door policy
Who won the 1892 presidential election?
A. Grover Cleveland, the Democrat
B. William Henry Harrison, the Republican
C. James Weaver, the Populist
D. William Jennings Bryan, an Independent
A. Grover Cleveland, the Democrat
In February 1898, what ship exploded in Havana Harbor with a loss of nearly 270 lives? A. the battleship Arizona B. the battleship McKinley C. the battleship Maine D. the battleship Missouri
C. the battleship Maine
The congressman from Nebraska who was the Democratic Party nominee for president in 1896, and who called for the free coinage of silver was: A. James G. Blaine. B. William Jennings Bryan. C. William McKinley. D. Grover Cleveland.
B. William Jennings Bryan.
During the 1880s, the South as a regional whole
A. sank deeper and deeper into poverty.
B. flourished, as industrial expansion and agricultural diversification made the “New South” the richest region in the country.
C. became increasingly culturally diverse as new immigrants and freedmen worked together in the region’s mines, mills, and factories.
D. built thousands of new public schools, hundreds of hospitals, and scores of new factories.
A. sank deeper and deeper into poverty.
The “subtreasury plan” was
A. a policy of opening banks in each state.
B. a plan developed by the undersecretary of commerce that would ensure equitable international exchange.
C. another name for the black market.
D. a plan to establish federal warehouses where farmers could store crops until they were sold.
D. a plan to establish federal warehouses where farmers could store crops until they were sold.
What was the name of the naval officer and his 1890 book that argued that no nation could prosper without a large fleet of ships engaged in international trade, protected by a powerful navy operating overseas bases?
A. J. M. Price, Seapower Comes of Age
B. Theodore Roosevelt, The History of the United States Navy
C. Alfred T. Mahan, The Influence of Sea Power upon History
D. Josiah Strong, Our Country
C. Alfred T. Mahan, The Influence of Sea Power upon History
From 1880 to the mid-twentieth century, the number of people lynched reached nearly A. 200. B. 250. C. 1,000. D. 5,000.
D. 5,000.
The 1897 Dingley Tariff
A. lowered tariff rates.
B. fulfilled one of the Populist Party’s political party platform promises.
C. raised tariff rates to their highest level in American history up to that time.
D. lowered tariff rates east of the Mississippi, while raising them in the Far West.
C. raised tariff rates to their highest level in American history up to that time.
Which of the following series of events is listed in proper sequence?
A. founding of People’s (Populist) party; William Jennings Bryan’s “cross of gold” speech; birth of the Farmers’ Alliance; Coxey’s Army
B. Kansas Exodus; Civil Rights Cases; Booker T. Washington’s Atlanta address; Plessy v. Ferguson
C. sinking of battleship Maine; publication of Josiah Strong’s Our Country; Platt Amendment; overthrow of Hawaii’s Queen Liliuokalani
D. Battle of Manila Bay; founding of Immigration Restriction League; Homestead steel strike; founding of National American Woman Suffrage Association
B. Kansas Exodus; Civil Rights Cases; Booker T. Washington’s Atlanta address; Plessy v. Ferguson
Which of the following was not a leading strategy of the Populists?
A. using vigilante tactics to intimidate farmers who failed to join the cause
B. creating cooperative enterprises through which to distribute their crops on more reasonable terms
C. holding public events to give their followers a sense of power and community
D. declaring political independence from the two major political parties
A. using vigilante tactics to intimidate farmers who failed to join the cause
Which of the following was not a central principle of the American Federation of Labor?
A. labor should avoid entanglement in politics
B. bargaining with employers over day-to-day issues is the most promising avenue for labor
C. organized labor should pursue concrete gains rather than dreamy reforms
D. unions should make it a priority to include workers of all backgrounds, regardless of race, ethnicity, sex, or skill
D. unions should make it a priority to include workers of all backgrounds, regardless of race, ethnicity, sex, or skill
What 1893 U.S. Supreme Court decision authorized the federal government to expel Chinese aliens without due process of law? A. The United States v. Wong Kim Ark B. Yick Wo v. Hopkins C. Fong Yue Ting D. Saum Song Bo
C. Fong Yue Ting
Between 1879 and 1880, an estimated 40,000–60,000 African-Americans migrated to A. South Carolina. B. California. C. Massachusetts. D. Kansas.
D. Kansas.
Who was the African-American leader who delivered a speech in 1895 at the Atlanta Cotton Exposition urging black Americans to adjust to segregation and stop agitating for civil and political rights? A. W. E. B. Du Bois B. Frederick Douglass C. Samuel Armstrong D. Booker T. Washington
D. Booker T. Washington
Which of the following was not a grievance of the Farmers’ Alliance and the Populists?
A. excessive interest rates
B. excessive power of the labor unions
C. excessive power of the banks and railroads
D. inadequate government response to the plight of ordinary farmers
B. excessive power of the labor unions
Which was the largest citizens’ movement of the nineteenth century? A. the abolitionist movement B. the Farmers’ Alliance C. the prohibitionist movement D. The American Federation of Labor
B. the Farmers’ Alliance
What war lasted from 1899–1903, in which 4,200 Americans and over 100,000 Filipinos perished? A. There was no such war. B. the Spanish-American War C. the Cuban-Filipino Conflict D. the Philippine War
D. the Philippine War
What was known as the “splendid little war” of 1898? A. the Spanish-American War B. the Mexican-American War C. the Great War D. the Philippine War
A. the Spanish-American War
The Women’s Christian Temperance Union began by demanding the prohibition of alcoholic drinks, but developed into an organization:
A. calling for a comprehensive program of economic and political reforms, including the right to vote.
B. opposed to women’s suffrage.
C. that held meetings specifically to help men and women control their tempers.
D. that promoted workers’ unions in the temperance industry.
A. calling for a comprehensive program of economic and political reforms, including the right to vote.
Which was not one of the devices used by southern whites to keep blacks from exercising suffrage? A. the poll tax B. literacy tests C. the grandfather clause D. a religious test
D. a religious test
Which was not principally one of the networks by which women exerted a growing influence on public affairs in the late nineteenth century? A. temperance associations B. social reform organizations C. political party organizations D. women’s clubs
C. political party organizations
In 1894, the nation’s urban working class voters shifted their support en masse to the Republican Party because: A. republicans claimed that raising tariff rates would restore prosperity by protecting manufacturers and industrial workers from the competition of cheap imported goods. B. they did not shift their support to the Republican Party, since the Republican Party is the party of big business, and big business is opposed to the interests of the working class. C. in solidarity with farmers across the nation, working people believed it was time for a change. D. a sharp upturn in the economy and the return to “good times” meant increasingly that the American people shared a common cause and interests.
A. republicans claimed that raising tariff rates would restore prosperity by protecting manufacturers and industrial workers from the competition of cheap imported goods.
The immigrants facing the harshest reception in late-nineteenth-century America were those arriving from: A. eastern Europe. B. the Caribbean. C. China. D. Scandinavia.
C. China.
