Ch. 17 Freedom's Boundaries, At Home And Abroad Pt. 2 Flashcards
(28 cards)
Most Americans who looked to expand America’s influence overseas were interested not in territorial possessions, but in expanded _____.
trade
True or False: Segregation was more than a form of racial separation; it was one part of an all-encompassing system of white domination.
True
An oversupply of cotton on the world market, which led to a sharp decline in prices, contributed to a farmers’ revolt and gave rise to the ________ __________.
Populist Movement
An oversupply of _______ on the world market, which led to a sharp _______ in prices, contributed to a farmers’ revolt and gave rise to the Populist Movement.
cotton
decline
True or False: Southern Populists forged notable alliances between black and white farmers.
True
Like the American Federation of Labor, the ________ _________ _______ ________ __________ was infused with the social elitism of the times.
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Like the American Federation of Labor, the National American Woman Suffrage Association was infused with the ______ _______ of the times.
social elitism
True or False: As the subordination of blacks grew more rigid, American attitudes toward immigrants grew more tolerant.
False
In _____ and again in _____, the United States Congress passed laws excluding immigrants from China.
1882
1902
In 1882 and again in 1902, the United States Congress passed laws excluding immigrants from ______.
China
True or False: With the exception of some dockworkers’ and mine laborers’ unions, blacks were excluded from membership in the few unions that existed in the South in the late nineteenth century.
True
True or False: In 1915, the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated the “grandfather clause” for violating the Fifteenth Amendment.
True
True or False: Only after Spain threatened to invade America did the United States elect to go to war.
False
True or False: In a show of democratic solidarity on the part of the American people, the Farmers’ Alliance, especially in the southern states, welcomed black farmers into the Alliance.
True
Southern Democrats raised the threat of “_____ ____” to justify denying blacks the right to vote.
black rule
One consequence of the bitter attacks on African Americans’ political rights across the South was that by 1940, ___% of adult black Southerners were not registered to vote.
97%
True or False: The 1890s saw a widespread imposition not only of disfranchisement, but also of segregation in the South.
True
True or False: In the late nineteenth century, urban workers rallied in support of Populist farmers.
False
Government intervention was vital to the defeats of the 1892 _________ ______ and the 1894 _______ ______.
Homestead strike
Pullman strike
Government intervention was vital to the defeats of the _____ Homestead strike and the _____ Pullman strike.
1892
1894
True or False: Beginning in 1880, “new immigrants” were welcomed with open arms by the American people.
False
True or False: Populists in western states endorsed woman suffrage.
True
True or False: Turn-of-the-century segregation laws were passed in clear defiance of Supreme Court rulings.
False
The election of _____ is sometimes called the first modern presidential campaign, in part because of the amount of ______ spent—William McKinley raised some $10 million, while William Jennings Bryant raised only around $300,000.
1896
money
