HY 1302

Mid-term Exam Study Guide

Created by Stacy Royster & Suzanne Culbreth

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The Pittsburg of the South, so named because it was an iron center, was: a. Birmingham, Alabama b. Houston, Texas c. Nashville, Tennessee d. Rome, Georgia e. Charleston, West Virginia

a. Birmingham, Alabama

Jim Crow laws: a. made it illegal to give literacy tests at the polls b. paid hunters a bounty for each wolf killed c. were calculated attempts to segregate African Americans d. made it possible for Indians living apart from tribes to gain citizenship e. outlawed land speculation by railroads

c. Were calculated attempts to segregate African Americans

Ida B. Wells became famous for: a. starting a black college in Tuskegee, Alabama b. becoming the Souths leading black scientist and inventor c. leading a campaign against lynching d. leading Exodusters to Kansas e. labeling Washingtons speech the Atlanta Compromise

c. Leading a campaign against lynching

Following the 1867 Report on the Condition of the Indian Tribes, Congress decided that the best way to end the Indian Wars was: a. to send in the army, under men such as George Custer, to break the morale of the Indians b. systematically to kill most of the buffalo c. to Americanize the Indians by offering them an education at the white mans schools d. to persuade the Indians to live on out-of-the-way reservations e. to allow them to follow old traditions such as the Ghost Dance

d. To persuade the Indians to live in out-ofthe-way reservations

Who founded the company that eventually became AT&T (American Telephone and Telegraphy Company) a. Thomas Edison b. Alexander Graham Bell c. George Westinghouse d. Nikola Tesla e. Jay Gould

b. Alexander Graham Bell

Who initially backed the Edison Electric Illuminating Company? A. J. P. Morgan b. John D. Rockefeller c. Andrew Carnegie d. Thomas Scott e. Alexander Graham Bell

a. J. P. Morgan

Andrew Carnegie: a. used much of the fortune he inherited from is father to drill his first oil well b. paid almost $500 million for J. P. Morgans railroad interests c. made money in many areas, including oil, railroads, iron and steel, and bridge building d. got his start working at Standard Oil e. Lost his company to J. P. Morgan because Carnegie was soft on labor

c. Made money in many areas, including oil, railroads, iron and steel, and bridge building

The Great Railroad Strike of 1877: a. was led by Samuel Gompers b. won higher wages for railroad workers c. did not have the support of the public at first, but as the strike (and its violence) spread, so did public sympathy for strikers d. ended when the workers, who lacked organized bargaining power, returned to work e. began when Irish workers refused to work alongside Chinese

d. Ended when the workers, who lacked organized bargaining power, returned to work

Vaudeville provided: a. variety shows for men, women, and children across classes b. silent movies accompanied by piano players c. bawdy entertainment for single male immigrants d. symphony concerts for elite audiences e. cheap entertainment for the urban poor who could not afford the traditional theater

a. Variety shows for men, women, and children across classes

In 1869, the Womens movement split on the issue of: a. whether to grant suffrage to black as well as white women b. the role of women in the religious professions c. the political involvement of settlement houses in womens rights d. whether or not the movement should concentrate on female suffrage to the exclusion of other feminist causes e. the role of en as activists in the womens suffrage movement

d. Whether or not the movement should concentrate on female suffrage to the exclusion of other feminist causes

Dr. James Naismith invented: a. checkers b. the cure for malaria c. the game of basketball d. the polio vaccine e. the quarantine system on Ellis Island

d. The game of basketball

The spread of public education between the 1880s and 1900 reflected the desire: a. to stop the proliferation of religious (namely, Catholic and Jewish) schools b. to Americanize immigrant children c. to educate former slaves d. to give southern children the broader context of a story about Republican theology in the North e. of college administrators to have better prepared students

a. To stop the proliferation of religious (namely, Catholic and Jewish) schools

The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act: a. provided for appointment to a number of government jobs on the basis of competitive exams b. was signed into law by James A. Garfield c. was vetoed as an unconstitutional intrusion of government into the private sphere by Benjamin Harrison d. set up the first racial quotas for government service jobs e. provided for appointments only in the postal service

a. Provided for appointment to a number of government jobs on the basis of competitive exams

The subtreasury plan: a. promoted deflation by withdrawing silver certificates from circulation b. was passed by Congress in 1890 c. allowed farmers to secure low-interest government loans d. called for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) e. said that the National Bank could pull supplemental cash from private banks

c. Allowed farmers to secure low-interest government loans

Mary Elizabeth Lease: a. founded the Patrons of Husbandry (the Grange) b. advised farmers to obtain their goals with the ballot if possible, but if not that way then with the bayonet c. was the presidential candidate of the Greenback party in 1892 d. wrote the 1892 Omaha platforms for the Peoples party e. was the lone female leader in the Stalwart movement

b. Advised farmers to obtain their goals with the ballot if possible, but if not that way then with the bayonet

John Fiske: a. wrote American Political Ideas, a book that stressed the superior character of Anglo-Saxon peoples and institutions b. was one of the earliest government officials to speak out against imperialism c. used Darwinian concepts to show how American expansionism hurt the people of the areas America annexed d. was a minister who added the sanction of religion to the expansionists argument e. founded an all-black college in Tennessee

a. Wrote American Political Ideas, a book that stressed the superior character of Anglo-Saxon peoples and institutions

The Open Door Policy: a. allowed a certain number of Japanese immigrants to the United States each year in return for special trading rights with Japan b. allowed Cubans to enter the United States, and Americans to enter Cuba, freely c. proposed that foreign powers keep the China trade open to all nations on an equal basis d. pledged economic aid to struggling Latin American republics e. closed Chinese immigration except for spouses and children of men already in America

c. Proposed that foreign powers keep the China trade open to all nations on an equal basis

The Roosevelt Corollary: a. encouraged American bankers to help finance the shaky Latin American governments b. justified the use of Marines in Morocco c. Rescinded most of the provision of the Monroe Doctrine d. justified American intervention in the Far East e. stated that the United States could intervene in the affairs of Western Hemisphere countries to forestall the intervention of other powers

e. Stated that the United States could intervene in the affairs of Western Hemisphere countries to forestall the intervention of other powers

The Muckrackers saw their primary objective as: a. converting Americans to socialism b. exposing social problems to the public c. increasing the circulation of sensationalist newspapers d. proposing detailed legislation e. destroying the Republican Party

b. Exposing social problems to the public

The National Child Labor Committee pushed: a. to allow as many immigrant children to enter the workforce as possible b. to open more technical schools c. federal legislation allowing children to work more hours d. for laws banning the widespread employment of young children e. for mandatory scholarships for employees children

d. For laws banning the widespread employment of young children

The title of the novel that described the terrible conditions of the meatpacking industry was: a. Chicago b. The Great American Fraud c. The Jungle d. Maggie e. How the Other Half Lives

c. The Jungle

The event that triggered World War I in Europe was: a. Germanys invasion of Belgium b. Russias decision to ally with France and Britain c. Germanys determination to build a navy as large as Britains d. a Serbs assassination of the Austrian archduke e. the fallout of the Bolshevik Revolution

d. a Serbs assassination of the Austrian archduke

Wilsons Fourteen Points endorsed all of the following EXCEPT: a. freedom of the seas b. U. S. colonies in Africa and Asia c. the creation of a league of nations d. an end to secret treaties e. removal of trade barriers

b. U. S. colonies in Africa and Asia

The German delegation at Versailles objected most bitterly to: a. reparations for the entire war b. the reparations to be paid to the United States c. reparations for only civilian damages d. Frances attempt to kidnap the Kaiser e. Englands attempt to arrest a young politician named Adolf Hitler

a. reparations for the entire war

The Scopes trial: a. pitted William Howard Taft, former U. S. president and confessed agnostic, for the prosecution against fundamentalist Clarence Darrow for the defense b. concerned a state law that prohibited the teaching of evolution in public schools c. represented victory of the fundamentalist movement in America d. prosecuted Klansmen for lynching e. brought Americans together on the subject of education

b. concerned a state law that prohibited the teaching of evolution in public schools

The movement of southern blacks to the North: a. was called the Great Migration b. created the rise of the Ku Kulx Klan c. saw many African Americans return to Africa d. was so large that southern agriculture was interrupted e. meant industry could no longer hire whites

a. was called the Great Migration

The Harlem Renaissance: a. made the connection between the african American experience and the legal structure b. emphasized socialism as the means to black empowerment c. sought to rediscover black folk culture d. was confined to jazz e. embraced Booker T. Washingtons conciliatory strategy

c. sought to rediscover black folk culture

The rise of the automobile: a. was aided by Henry Fords mass-production innovations b. encouraged the sprawl of suburbs and sparked real estate loans c. quickened the good-roads movement d. opened Alaska to tourism e. led to increased business on passenger railroads

a. was aided by Henry Fords mass-production innovations

Part of the reason for the stock market crash was: a. the high rate of deflation in the 1920s b. the tax policies of the 1920s that hurt the wealthy, who might otherwise have bought more stocks c. the buying of great amounts of stock on margin d. the low tariff, which allowed imports to corner several important American markets e. the remarkably poor return on government bonds in 1929

c. the buying of great amounts of stock on margin

Hoovers early efforts to end the Depression included: a. cutbacks in public works, to shore up the public treasury b. a stricter credit policy by the Federal Reserve, to stop the flow of easy money available for speculation c. an increase in aid to farmers, to allow them to produce more d. asking businessmen to maintain wages and avoid layoffs, in order to keep purchasing power strong e. extending federal loans to individuals

d. asking businessmen to maintain wages and avoid layoffs, in order to keep purchasing power strong