Gilded Age TEST Flashcards
(25 cards)
What event(s) would help lead to the Second Industrial Revolution?
New technology, Factories become larger, and the spread of railroads.
Plessy Vs Ferguson established the Supreme Court notion of ____
“Separate but Equal”
What was the 15th amendment to the United States?
People could not be denied the right to vote because of race.
Why did the U.S. have interest in Cuba before the start of the Spanish-American War
Cuba’s Sugar and mining industry.
A goal of the transcontinental railroad?
Brought the “East & West together” for the first time.
In 1891, _____, who was only 1/8 black, was removed from a “Whites Only” car. (Led to a Court Case)
Homer Plessy
How did the product of steel help transform the US economy into “modern”?
Steel was less expensive and stronger then iron.
When Congress passed the 14th amendment what were they trying to accomplish?
States would require to grant citizenship to all US born individuals AND equal protection.
Both A & B
What reason did Congress use when they impeached President Andrew Johnson?
Violated the Office Tenure Act passed by Congress.
Why were literacy tests/poll taxes unstitutated in the Southern states for voting purposes?
Impede African-Americans from voting.
What land purchases was seen as “Seward’s Folly”?
From Russia
Alaska
Battle commonly known as Custer’s Last Stand.
Battle of Little Big Horn
What industry expanded in the South following the Civil War?
Textile industry
What would NOT be considered the cause of the Spanish-American War?
President McKinley calling for a war declaration.
13th Amendment?
Abolition of Slavery.
Name of US Battleship docked in Havana Harbor?
Killed 260 men
USS Maine
What is ture in regards to the annexation of Hawaii?
White planters wanted their sugar, and Hawaii would serve as a naval base.
Both A & B
Why did the US war department create the Freedman’s Bureau?
To negotiate labor contract disputes among newly freed individuals.
What is true about the 1851 Fort Laramie Treaty?
Allow settlers to travel through the Plains, they would not be followed, and it would end violence.
All of the Above
The policy of “Americanizing Indians” was known as…?
Dawes Act
True or False
Literacy tests are unconstitutional.
True
True or False
Andrew Johnson was the first to be impeached.
True
True or False
Andrew Carnegie was an entrepreneur and railroad tycoon?
False
True or False
Yellow Journalism can be defined as newspaper sensationalism?
True
