American History DE Exam 1

Populism promoted what?

ALL OF THE ABOVE
-biracial economic cooperation
-an eight hour work day

• an increase in the circulation of silver

The Haymarket Affair

was blamed, probably unfairly, on members of the Knights of Labor accused of being anarchists

The pullman strike (1984) was significant because

President Grover Cleveland sent in federal troops to break the strike

In the 1890s the Populist Party supported what?

They proposed to raise farm prices by increasing the amount of currency in circulation

Who was the first president to draw popular attention to the need for conservation?

Theodore Roosevelt

Walking Cities were what?

cities where a person's job is walking distance from their home

The real heart of the progressive movement was the effort of the reformers to do what?

use the government as an agency for human welfare

Which was the first industry to be regulated by the U.S government

Railroads

All of the following are true about The Plain Folk in the old South, except

They were landless and had to rely on the planters for everything.

The Reconstruction period came to an end with

The Compromise of 1877

Before 1900 the Interstate Commerce Commission was handicapped by

court decisions

After 1880 most immigrants to America were?

jews and catholics from eastern and southern Europe

Chicago's Hull house was designed to assist who?

Slum Dwellers

Which of the following was not a goal of The Progressive Era?

women's suffrage
labor reform
prohibiton
racial equality*

"Birds of passage"

refers to immigrants who returned to their homeland after a period in the U.S

The term Muckraker is used to refer to an author whose writings deal mainly what?

exposing social conditons in need of reform

The 17th Amendment

authorized the popular election of US Senators

Which of the following best describes the method supported by most progressive to solve the problem of economic power and its abuses?

regulate big business

At its beginning, the American Federation of Labor aimed to do what?

formed craft unions of skilled workers

As president, Taft

He withdrew more public lands in four years than Theodore Roosevelt did in over eight years.

The U.S. had a liberal immigration policy during the most of the 19th century because

a shortage of labor in the us

During the 19th century, discrimination against immigrants to the U.S was mainly based on the belief that immigrants..

lowered the scale of wages because they were willing to work for less money

The Progressive Movement of the early 20th century sought to do what?

-solved problems created by industrialism

The yellow journalism arose from what?

the circulation war between New York Newspapers

America went to war against Spain because all of the following except

-Spain's refusal to discuss peace

Which policy toward business did the federal gov. generally follow before 1880?

Laissez Faire

Why were people opposed to chain gang labor?

took jobs that would have otherwise gone to the poor

The tactics of john D. rockafeller

-alliance with J.P. Morgan

Chester A. Arthur was

connected with the New York Customs House corruption before becoming Vice president

The Pendleton civil service act

requires that government employees be hired based on Competitive examinations rather than political connections.

Grover Cleveland

was the first democrat elected to the WHITE HOUSE since before the civil war

Why did Bismarck want to unify Germany?

he realized that Germany would remain weak as long as they were not unified

Which of the following was the immediate cause of WWI?

Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand

England tried to maintain a policy of Splendid isolation this meant:

the England would stay out of conflicts on the European continent

what was the blank check

germany offer of unconditional support of Austria

What mistake did Germany make which brought England into WWI?

invading of Belgium

What was the Schlieffen Plan?

Germanys plan to fight a two front war.

What was the Zimmerman Telegram?

telegram from German government to Mexican government encouraging Mexico to attack the United States

The Roosevelt Corollary

Teddy Roosevelt's foreign policy stating the US would intervene in the Western Hemisphere affairs

Share cropping in the post civil war south mean what?

-Planters and former slaves supplied each other's needs

The Progressives were most antagonized by President Taft when he

signed the Payne Aldrich Tariff

Which of the following was not a concern England had for Germany?

-interest in Balkans

Who created the first billion dollar company?

J.P. Morgan

What caused a huge influx of whites into Indian Territory in 1848?

The discovery of gold.

What occurred as a result of industrialisation between 1865 and 1914?

-Rise in wages and earnings
-change from personal relationships to impersonal
-more women and children entering the workforce
-poor conditions in factories

What did the Knights of Labor Demand?

Equal pay for both men and women

What did New South Advocates assume?

Taxes
Government services
Wages would be kept low

What did Samuel Gompers of the AFL want?

Preferred to negotiate agreements but would strike if necessary.

What occurred regarding urban growth in the New South?

New cities emerged more than older ones growing, new cities suffered from peer transportation communication, and sanitation

What happened at Wounded Knee, SD in 1890?

Sioux men, women, and children were slaughtered