Segregation
What is the name of the US Supreme Court decision that ruled that segregation was legal?
A. Brown vs Board of Education
B. Hodges vs U.S.
C. Gideon vs Wainwright
D. Plessy vs Ferguson
Plessy vs. Feguson
What was NOT an effect of clear-cutting?
A. Destroyed millions of acres of forest
B. Killed thousands of wildlife
C. Expanded the railroad industry in Arkansas
D. Many towns became abandoned when the forests were destroyed and the lumber company moved on to another location
Expanded the railroad industry in AR
Which of the following minerals is used the production of aluminum?
A. copper
B. zinc
C. bauxite
D. mercury
bauxite
Which of the following methods was used to deny African-American men the right to vote in national and state elections?
A. Poll Tax
B. Literacy Test
C. Threat of Violence
D. All of the above
All of the above
Which of the following best summarizes what the working conditions were like in AR in the late 1800s?
Workers were paid a low wage, the hours were long, and the conditions were unsafe.
What was not a problem with the convict-lease system?
A. high death rate among prisoners as young as 8 years old
B. minimum rations were given to workers which led to starvation in some workers
C. workers worked in harsh conditions and were often badly treated
D. caused the prison system to lose money
caused the prison system to lose money
What was the name of the tax that voters had to pay?
A. Voter Tax
B Poll Tax
C Jim Crow Tax
D Suffrage Tax
Poll Tax
Who was the judge in Arkansas that is known for having convicted 160 men to death and hanging 88 of them?
A. Bass Reeves
B. Joseph T Robinson
C. Isaac Parker
D. Scipio Jones
Isaac Parker
Which of the following is not an example of a major invention of the "Gilded Age"?
A. telephone
B. light bulb
C. radio
D. automobile
radio
Railroads impacted Arkansas in all of the following ways EXCEPT
A. Led to the development of new industries such as mining and lumber
B. Led to increased immigration into the state
C. Increased manufacturing opportunities in AR
D. Led to the decline in markets for goods made in AR
Railroads led to the decline in markets for goods made in AR
Why did Arkansas establish the Jim Crow Laws?
A. Because Black Americans were committing crimes against white, so Arkansas limited their movements by creating laws that required African Americans to live close to white citizens
B. Because Democrats feared they would lose political power, so Arkansas limited their political and civil rights and created a segregated society
c. Because Democrats were pressured by other Southern states to provide more political and civil to prevent a segregated society
D. Because the federal government required that the Black Americans have the same rights and freedoms as white Arkansans
Because Democrats feared they would lose political power, so Arkansas limited their political and civil rights and created a segregated society.
Who was the first African American deputy US Marshall?
A. Booker T Washington
B Bass Reeves
C Mifflin Gibbs
D William Harvey
Bass Reeves
What type of industry was considered America's first "big" business?
A. the steel industry
B. the oil industry
C. the railroad industry
D. the timber industry
the railroad industry
During the "Gilded Age", the lumber industry was strongly present in all of the following AR regions EXCEPT
A. Crowley's Ridge
B. Ozark Mtns
C. Ouachita Mts
D. West Gulf Coastal Plain
Crowley's Ridge
Which of the following statements is NOT true about Jim Crow Laws?
A. Jim Crow laws only existed in the southern states
B. Jim Crow laws denied African Americans political rights
C. Jim Crow Laws increased instances or violence against African Americans
D. Jim Crow Laws hurt the educational opportunities of African Americans
A. Jim Crow laws only existed in the southern states.
Who were the Big 3 "Robber Barrons" during the Gilded Age?
A. Henry Ford, Jay Gould, and Cornelius Vanderbilt
B. Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford, and Jay Gould
C. John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and JP Morgan
Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and JP Morgan
All of the following statements about monopolies are TRUE EXCEPT
A. Monopolies are companies that dominate industry by creating barriers to eliminate competition
B. Some of the first monopolies were owned by the "Robber Baron" John D Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and JP Morgan
C. With a monopoly, competition decreases which causes prices for goods to decrease
D. The federal government passed the Sherman Antitrust law as well as the Clayton Antitrust law to combat monopolies.
With a monolopy, competition decreases which causes prices for goods to decrease
Which was NOT an issue with immigration n the late 1800s?
A Municipal services like healthcare, sanitation, and housing was overwhelmed
B. Cheap, unsafe housing was built to house the influx of people moving into the cities
C. Wages in factories increased
D. outbreaks of influenza, measles, and smallpox increased
wages in factories increased