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American HistoryYA
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Construction of skyscrapers was made possible during the 1800’s because of? | New methods of making steel |
| Which of the following is true about the Chinese Exclusion Act? | It resulted in segregated classrooms |
| The head of Tammany Hall in NYC, considered one of the earliest and most powerful political bosses. | William Tweed |
| A organized group that controlled activities of a political party in a city and offered services to voters and businesses in exchange for political/financial favors, support, and votes. | Political machine |
| The typical supporter of a political machine included all of the following except: | Urban community |
| Urbanization is | Movement from country to city |
| An example of patronage would be: | Appointing a friend to a political position |
| Who used the power of the presidency to clean up the New York Customs House but was unable to get any legislative support for civil service reform? | Rutherford B. Hayes |
| Stalwarts were strong supporters of which of the following? | the spoils system |
| Which of the following issues prompted the assassination of President Garfield? | civil service reform |
| Overt favoritism to “native” born Americans | Nativism |
| This act passed by Congress slammed the door on Chinese immigration for ten years | Chinese Exclusion Act |
| Immigrants at Ellis Island were expected to be all of the following except: | English speaking |
| In the late 1800s nativism was most popular among which group of people? | Those born in America |
| The giving of government jobs to people who helped a candidate get elected | spoils system |
| Which of the following is not a way in which President Hayes attempted to launch the Civil Service Reform Movement to end corruption in politics | fired a NY Senator for corruption |
| Authorized a civil service commission to make appointments to federal jobs through a merit system on the basis of performance and examination | Pendleton Act of 1883 |
| Single Family Dwellings that shared sidewalls with other similar houses, usually very unclean | row houses |
| A mixture of people of a different culture/race who blended together by abandoning their native language and cultures | assimilation |
| Event that occurred in NYC as a result of President Lincoln’s call for soldiers | Draft Riots |
| All of the following became popular right around the turn of the century except: | driving |
| In the late 1800s, children who faced the greatest difficulty in enrolling in public high schools were: | African American |
| In 1892 Election ______ ran and was elected again and became the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms. | Grover Cleveland |
| This act was passed by President Benjamin Harrison and raised tariffs to their highest level ever in 1890. | Wilson Gorman Act |
| In 1888 Election who was the Republican candidate that wasfinanced by large corporationsthat wanted tariffs to be higher than they were and although he lost the popular vote by some 100,000voteshe won the majority of the electoral votes andthe presidency? | Benjamin Harrison |
| Which of the following statements about the Pendleton Act is FALSE? | The Pendleton Act is not important and unsuccessful. |
| Because James Garfield had ties to reformers, the Republican party nominated _____________________ as Garfield's vice-presidential running mate because he had ties to Roscoe Conkling, the political boss in New York. | Chester Arthur |
| Which one of the following was NOT one of the six urban problems we discussed in class? | unemployment |
| Which of the following statements about urbanization and city life is FALSE? a. The first paid professional police department was organized in New York in 1844. | Scavengers, or trash collectors kept the city streets clean. |
| Which of the following statements is FALSE about life during the beginning of the 20th century (1900)? | President McKinley worked incredibly hard to root out corruption in the cities and helped pass the Pure Food and Drug Act. |
| Through what place did immigrants arrive on the East Coast pass before entry into the United States? | Ellis Island |
| Political Cartoonist responsible for the downfall of Boss Tweed | Thomas Nast |
| This term is the name of a restriction limiting Japanese immigration to the U.S. in the late 1800's. | Gentlemen’s Agreement |
| This farmer, surveyor and journalist started the movement for modernized urban parks, like Central Park in New York City. | Fredrick Law Olmstead |
| This term refers to the confusion and anxiety many of the new arrivals experienced during the height of immigration. | Culture shock |
| Through what place did immigrants arrive on the West Coast pass before entry in the United States? | Angel Island |
| This person invented the Kodak Camera. | George Eastman |
| This was intended to soothe the inhabitants of New York City and let then enjoy a “natural setting.” | Central Park |
| This journalist was known for his contributions to mass publications, such as a longer Sunday edition and a sports page. | Joseph Pulitzer |
| This journalist was known for his sensational stories of imaginary trips to Mars and strange happenings in the United States. | William Randolph Hearst |
| This Supreme Court decision established the principle “separate but equal” facilities that would remain in the South for almost 60 years. | Plessy v. Ferguson |
| This is a system of involuntary labor that Mexicans and African Americans were forced into in the South after the Civil War. | debt peonage |
| African Americans had to pass this in order to vote, often times it was given to them in a foreign language. | literacy test |
| Prominent African American who believed that if African Americans could prove their economic worth they would achieve equality. | Booker T. Washington |
| These were passed in the South to prevent white and black people from intermixing and to prevent blacks from achieving equality. | Jim Crow Laws |
| This had to be paid in order to gain access to the voter’s booth in the South. It kept many whites and blacks from voting. | poll tax |
| This was added to the constitutions of several Southern states to enable white people to vote who may have been kept from doing so by other restrictions. | grandfather clause |
| This term is used to refer to any system of separating people on the basis of race. | segregation |
| This was the first African American to graduate from Harvard with a doctorate. | W.E.B. Dubois |
| Illegal execution without a trial usually carried out by a mob. | lynching |
| List three of the six urban problems and one specific fact about each one. (6 pts.) | Water Fire Sanitation |
| List at least two specific reasons why immigrants came to America? Be specific. (2 points). | Escape bad situations Economic opportunity Democracy and bill of rights |
| Explain at least two facts about the inspection process (medical & questioning) in detail. (4 points) | $25 no disease able to work |
| List ONE VERY SPECIFIC problems with public education in the late 1800’s. (1 points) | 10% of the population graduated. African-Americans excluded. Chinese are segregated. |
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