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History Midterm
Pinson
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which of the following marked the end of the wars between the federal government and the Plains Indians? | d) the massacre at Wounded Knee |
| Why did the policy of treating the Great Plains as a huge reservation change? | white settlers began wanting the land on the plains |
| Which of the following events occurred first? | the sand creek massacre |
| Which of the following was not central to the life and culture of the Plains Indians in the 1800s? | land ownership |
| Who were the exodusters? | former slaves from the south who settled on the great plains |
| why did little of the free land offered by the homestead act end up being claimed by settlers? | most of it was taken by people seeking profits |
| Who invented the typewriter? | Christopher Sholes |
| first successfully used a steam engine to remove oil from beneath the earth's surface | Edwin L. Drake |
| ran the American Railway Union and later ran for president several times as a socialist | Eugene V. Debs |
| Scottish immigrant who made a fortune in steel and donated most of his profits | Andrew Carnegie |
| organized coal miners, their wives, and their children to fight for better working conditions | Mary Harris "mother" jones |
| created trusts and was criticized as a robber baron while serving as head of the Standard Oil Company | John D. Rockefeller |
| perfected the incandescent light bulb, created an electrical power system, and organized power plants | Thomas Alva Edison |
| developed a cheap and effective manufacturing process for making steel | Henry Bessemer |
| opened the way for worldwide communications with invention of the telephone | Alexander Graham Bell |
| railroad-car mogul who built a town to house his employees | George M. Pullman |
| The main immigration processing station in San Francisco was called | Angel Island |
| The main goal of the Chinese Exclusion Act was to | decrease Chinese Immigration |
| The main goal of the Americanization movement was to | assimilate people of various cultures into the dominant culture. |
| The row house was a new type of housing that conserved space by | sharing side walls with other buildings. |
| Settlement houses were founded in the late 1800s by | social reformers. |
| The illegal use of political influence for personal gain is called | graft |
| Tammany Hall was the name of | a New York City political machine. |
| An example of patronage would be | appointing a friend to a political position. |
| . The Stalwarts were strong supporters of | the spoils system. |
| The Pendleton Civil Service Act required | applicants for government jobs to pass examinations. |
| The inventor of the popular roll-film camera was | George Eastman |
| In Chicago, ____________________ opened the first department store in the nation. | Marshall Field |
| landscape architect _______________________ led the movement for planned urban parks. | Frederick Law Olmsted |
| The first skyscraper was designed by _______________________. | Louis Sullivan |
| According to _______________________, educated blacks should immediately join the mainstream of society. | W. E. B. Du Bois |
| The first powered airplane was developed by _______________________. | Orville and Wilbur Wright |
| By writing and lecturing, _______________________ tried to end the lynching of African Americans. | Ida B. Wells |
| Novelist and humorist _______________________ wrote books that have become American classics. | Mark Twain |
| The Tuskegee Institute was founded by _______________________ to help African Americans develop useful job skills. | Booker T. Washington |
| Competing with Joseph Pulitzer, _______________________ published sensational stories in his newspapers. | William Randolph Hearst |
| What was most responsible for bringing an end to the era of the wide-open frontier? | The railroad |
| Why did plains farmers in the late 1800's tend to support bimetalism? | It would put more money into circulation |
| Which of the following did not intensify the debts that Plains farmers had during the late 1800's? | Shrinking supply of farm land |
| Which of the following marked the collapse of Populism? | The election of William McKinley |
| The education of Plains Indian children did NOT INCLUDE what? | Books |
| Most Native Americans responded to restrictions placed upon them by the U.S. Govt. by doing what? | Ignoring them |
| The Daws act was designed to benefit who? | White settlers |
| The Mexican Vaquero did NOT influence the American Cowboy in this area. | Politics |
| Demand for beef in the East contributed to ______. | The development of the Chisholm Trail |
| Most American Cowboys did this: | Used Guns to protect their heard. |
| The intent of the Homestead Act was to_______. | Encourage white families to develop the West. |
| The Grange DID NOT _________ | Support the Banks. |
| Bimetalism would allow for the exchange of paper currency for __________. | Either Silver or Gold |
| William McKinley won the election of 1896 because___________. | He had the support of the East and Midwest. |
| Offered 160 acres of land free to any head of household. | The Homestead Act |
| Law that allowed white settlers to take much of the land set aside for Native Americans | The Dawes Act |
| The plan that sought to abolish Native Americans' traditional cultures | Assimilation |
| This allowed the cattle business to flourish by providing a route to a shipping yard in Abilene, Kansas | The Chisholm Trail |
| The policy that supporters hoped would place more money in the pockets of ordinary people | Bimetalism |
| Who started an organization for farmers that became known as the Grange? | Oliver Hudson Kelley |
| The slaughter of 300 unarmed Native Americans that marked the end of the Indian wars in 1890 was called______ | The Battle of Wounded knee |
| What provided warmth but no protection from snakes & insects? | Soddy |
| What gave federal land to the states to help finance agricultural colleges? | The Morrill Act |
| Who was the Populist candidate who lost the presidential election of 1896 | William Jennings Bryan |
| The reform movement that sought to return control of the Govt. to the people | Progressivism |
| The President of the U.S. who was a former president of Princeton University and the Govenor of New Jersey | Woodrow Wilson |
| An advocate for improving the lives of women and children | Florence Kelley |
| The Muckraking journalist who exposed the terrible conditions of the meatpacking industry | Upton Sinclair |
| The movement to protect America's natural resources | Conservation |
| The term used to describe the progressive reforms of President Theodore Roosevelt | Square Deal |
| The Watchdog agency given the power to stop unfair business practices | Federal Trade Commission |
| The president whose actions split the Republican party after he angered both progressives and conservationists. | William H. Taft |
| A plan that reformed how American Banks were organized | Federal Reserve System |
| A leader of the Women's Suffrage Movement | Susan B. Anthony |
| Protecting social welfare, creating economic reform, and fostering efficiency in the workplace were all goals of the Progressive Movement, but _________ was NOT a goal of the progressive Movement. | Promoting Business Monopolies |
| Muckrakers were________ | Journalists |
| A bill that originates from the people and NOT the legislators is known as ________ | A Initiative |
| In the Mid-1800's, the majority of women who held jobs worked as ________ | Servants |
| Which of the following women was NOT actively involved in securing the right to vote; Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Florence Kelley, Carrie Chapman Catt | Florence Kelley |
| In the Jungle, Upton Sinclair exposed what? | The unsanitary conditions of the Meat Packing Industry |
| The first person to use the presidency as a "bully pulpit" was________ | Theodore Roosevelt |
| The law that required truthful lables was __________ | The Pure Food and Drug Act |
| The primary goal of the NAACP was ______ | Equality among the races |
| In the election of 1912, the candidate considered least pleasing to reformers was __________ | William H. Taft |
| What was NOT a result of the introduction of the assembly line? | Decreased productivity |
| What was prohibitionists primary goal? | To eliminate the use of Alcohol in society |
| __________ was NOT a strategy employed by women sufferagists to obtain their goal? | A call for female workers to strike |
| What was the position of Gifford Pinchot toward land conservation? | A multi-use land program was possible |
| What was the primary motivation for passage of the 16th Ammendment? | To replace revenue lost by enacting lower tarrifs |
| What did NOT stimulate U.S. Imperialism? | The need for a new source of cheap labor |
| Which country's residents became citizens of the U.S. in 1917? | Puerto Rico |
| Who told Artist Frederic Remington, "you furnish the pictures, I'll furnish the war"? | Newspaper Magnet William Randolph Hurst |
| For which action did Theodore Roosevelt win the 1906 Nobel Peace prize? | Negotiating an end to the war between Russia and Japan |
| In which of the following conflicts were the U.S. Military troops NOT involved? The Boxer Rebellion, the Russo-Japanese War, The Hawaiian revolution, Cuba's 2nd war for Independence | The Russo-Japanese War |
| Which of the following did the U.S. insist Cuba include in it's constitution? The Boxer Protocol, The Platt Ammendment, The Teller Ammendment, The Roosevelt Corollary | The Platt Ammendment |
| On what did the Roosevelt Corollary build? | The Monroe Doctorine |
| What was included in the de Lome letter? | Criticisms of President McKinley |
| What war ended with the Treaty of Paris of 1898? | The Spanish-American War |
| What was the purpose of the Foraker Act? | To end Military Rule and set up civil Govt in Puerto Rico. |
| The sinking of what ship fueled the movement for war with Spain? | The U.S.S. Maine |
| The name for sensational and often irresponsible news headlines and stories is called ___________ | Yellow Journalism |
| General John J. Pershing led a force of 15,000 soldiers into _________ in an attempt to capture Pancho Villa. | Mexico |
| "Remember the Maine" became the rallying cry for what U.S. intervention into what country? | Cuba |
| Luis Munoz Rivera was a newspaper editor and a supporter of __________ for Puerto Rico | Independence |
| The Panama Canal was built on land that had previously been controlled by ___________ | Columbia |
| The U.S. would not withdraw it's army form _______ until that country adopted the Platt Ammendment. | Cuba |
| During the ____________ the U.S. treated Filipinos in much the same way the spanish had treated the Cubans | Philipino-American War |
| _________Surrendered Hawaii to the U.S. in 1893? | Queen Lillulokani |
| Who was known as the hero of San Juan Hill? | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Why did Jose Marti, A Cuban poet and journalist in exile in New York, Organize a Guerilla campaign to destroy American owned property in Cuba? | In Order to provoke U.S. Intervention in CUBA |
| Which of the following was NOT an Imperialist Power in the late 1800's? Japan, Spain, China, The U.S. | China |
| General John J. Pershing led a force of 15,000 in an attempt to capture __________ | Pancho Villa |
| What statement reflects an anti-imperialist attitude | "it is NOT necessary to own people to trade with them |
| The Open Door policy was designed as a way for the U.S. to____________ | Further it's trade interests. |
| What country did NOT come under U.S. Control as a result of the Spanish-American War | Hawaii |
| The Boxer Rebellion was an attempt by Chinese revolutionaries to__________ | Remove foreign influence from China |
| The U.S. gained control of the land it needed to build the Panama Canal by_________ | Encouraging and supporting Panamanian Independence |
| The rapid growth of industry in the U.S. helped fuel imperialism because________ | The U.S. was producing too many goods for it's own people to buy. |
| Why did Teddy Roosevelt's foreign policy reflected the Proverb "Speak softly and carry a big stick" ? | Because his negotiations were always backed by the threat of Military force |
| Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti were charged with and convicted of What? | Robbery and Murder |
| One thing the Ku Klux Klan did NOT do to expand membership in the 1920's was to________ | Encourage white Women to join the organization |
| The Immigration Policies of the 1920's limited immigration from all of the following countries except_______ ; Italy, Japan, Mexico, England | Mexico |
| Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer believed that he needed to protect the American people from ________. | Political Radicals |
| During the 1920's union membership __________ | Dropped Considerably |
| The first practical peacetime use of airplanes was for _________ | Carrying Mail |
| The main factor causing urban sprawl in the 1920's was_________ | the automobile |
| The Teapot Dome scandal centered around _________ | Oil-rich lands. |
| The Fordney-McCumber Tariff was meant to _________ | Raise taxes on goods entering the U.S. |
| In the 1920's to protect their own interests employers often accused striking workers of being _________ | Communists |
| According to Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, what was "eating it's way into the homes of the American workman, it's sharp tongues...licking the alters of the churches? | Communism |
| Which of the following rose dramatically in the 1920's; Wages, labor union membership, tariffs, the build up of armaments? | Tariffs |
| __________ Was NOT considered a sign that the prosperity of the 1920's was superficial. | The success of the advertising industry |
| Why was the Kellog-Briand Pact considered useless? | It provided no means of enforcing the "No War" agreement. |
| Nativists who found fault with the Emergency Quota Act of 1921 would have been most likely to say what? | That it did NOTRESTRICT IMMIGRATION ENOUGH. |
| What was most closely tied to the public's NEGATIVE REACTIONS TO ORGANIZED LABOR in the 1920's? | Fears of Communism |
| What called for the abolition of private property in order to equally distribut wealth and power? | Communism |
| John L. Lewis is most closely associated with what? | The coal miners strike |
| What might an anarchist have said about the scandals that plagued President Harding's administration? | The scandals are more proof that all forms of Govt. should be abolished |
| What is NOT considered to be a direct result of the growing popularity and availability of the automobile? | Changes in the Advertising Industry |
| To obtain liquor illegally, drinkers went underground to hidden nightclubs known as __________ | Speakeasies |
| It was difficult to enforce the laws governing prohibition for all of the following reasons EXCEPT________ | Many law enforcement officials took bribes from smugglers and bootleggers |
| The Harlem Renaissance refers to ________ | A celebration of African-American culture in literature and art |
| John T. Scopes challenged a Tennessee law that forbade the teaching of ________ | Evolution |
| Fundamentalists believe that _________ | The bible should be taken Literally. |
| Double standard refers to____________ | Stricter social and moral standards for women than for men in the 1920's |
| F. Scott Fitzgerald described the 1920's as the __________ | Jazz Age |
| Charles Lindbergh was a famous___________ | Pilot. |
| The NAACP did NOT do this | Propose that African Americans move back to Africa |
| Jazz Music was born in New Orleans and was spread to the North by such musicians as____________ | Louis Armstrong |
| _________ Marked the works of many famous writers of the 1920's, including the Lost Generation. | Critical views of American culture |
| Who was NOT likely to approve of prohibition (to take alcohol away) in the 1920's and early 1930's | Recent immigrants |
| What increased during the 1920's? | The Crime Rate |
| The "Great Migration" of 1910-1920 refers to the movement of ___________ | African Americans from the South to Northern cities |
| The main significance of the trial of John T. Scopes was that _________ | It highlighted the struggle between science and religion in American schools. |
| Except for _________ ,Alcohol caused all of the following problems; urban slums, child abuse, evangelism. | Evangelism |
| What allowed women to shed old roles in the 1920's? | work opportunities provided by the new industrial economy. |
| Concert Music Composer_________ was influenced by the music of ______ and traditional music. | George Gershwin, Loius Armstrong |
| Ernest Hemmingway, author of: The Sun Also Rises, introduced _________. | A simplified style of writing. |
| The _____ fought for legislation to protect African-American rights under the leadership of ________. | NAACP, James Weldon Johnson |
| Which of the following increased in the 1920's : Farmer's Debts, Prices for farm Products, foreign demand for U.S. farm products, domestic demand for U.S. Farm products? | Farmer's Debts |
| Which was NOT a cause of the Great Depression: Tariffs on foreign goods, the availability of easy credit, growing number of homeless, crisis in the farm sector? | The growing number of homeless |
| Which was NOT a cause of the Dust Bowl; Drought, high winds, thick layers of prairie grass, over production of crops? | Thick layers of prairie grass |
| After the stock market crash, how did President Hoover try to help the economy? | By asking businesses not to lay off employees |
| Who made up the Bonus Army that marched on Washington? | World War I veterans and their families |
| Which candidates ran for president in 1932? | Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| What does buying a stock on Margin mean? | Borrowing money to help pay for the stock |
| What was the name given to men and boys who rode the rails as they searchd for work? | Hoboes |
| What word describes a Govt. system for giving payments or food to the poor? | Direct Relief |
| Buying stocks on the chance of a quick profit without considering risks is known as________ | Speculation |
| In calling shantytowns "Hoovervilles", people conveyed their_______ | Disgust with Hoover |
| The aim of the Federal Home Bank Loan Act was to_________. | Prevent farmers and home owners from losing their property |
| An example of the psychological stress caused by the Great Depression was the rise in the number of________ | people who committed suicide |
| Herbert Hoover's approach to the Depression economy was based on a belief in_________ | Voluntary cooperation |
| During the Great Depression, the overall unemployment rate was about_______ | 25 percent |
| One long-range effect of the Great Depressionwas that many people________ | Developed habits of savings and thriftyness |
| Within a few years, the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act led to ____________ | A dramatic drop in world trade (less demand) |
| What was NOT an important cause of the great depression? | Tariffs on foreign Imports were lowered |
| Causes of the farming crisis of the 1920's included the fact that_________ | Demand for crops fell after World War I |
| What was the first major action Roosevelt took as President? | He closed all of the nations banks and ordered inspections |
| Who was the first woman to serve in the cabinet? | Francis Perkins |
| What was a goal of the New Deal? | To regulate the Stock Market |
| Which of the following was most directly responsible for creating new jobs and putting people to work: Social Security act, Fair labor standards act, Nat'l Labor relations Act, Works Progress Administration? | Works Progress Administration |
| The main objective of the Agricultural Adjustment Act? | To raise prices of Farm Products |
| Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Great depression; many children had a poor diet, many families became homeless, many men decame unemployed, Many people started farming? | Many people started farming |
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