Chapter 16
You picked an easy one slacker!! Name some of the negative effects/provisions of the Dawes Severalty Act
Acceptable answers include:
- Pushed Indians to be farmers and be part of an individualistic culture
- "Surplus" land was sold to white families
- Indian families would sell their land after the 25 year waiting period and would be alienated from their tribe
How did business owners get away with unethical practices? (can name multiple)
- Laissez-faire gov't policies
- Social Darwinism
- Relied on underpaid laborers: immigrants, women, children
What are some of the ways Southern states stopped blacks from voting? (multiple answers accepted :D)
Literacy test, poll tax, property qualification (also excluded poor whites)
Grandfather clause
Petty crime conviction
Every voter must understand and interpret the state constitution
Describe Social Darwinism.
Too lazy....I'm sure someone got it right
Which of the following was a great source of assistance for immigrants in large cities?
A) Political machines
B) American Protective Association
C) Social Darwinists
D) Temperance associations
A
Explain how the Civil War opened up opportunities for Native Americans.
I'm sure someone got it right so I'm not going to type out the answer
What factors contributed to eastern European Jews arriving in great numbers to the US?
Pogroms (anti-Jewish attacks)
Poverty
Name two new or rapidly growing industries of the "New South."
Bonus 100 if you know who developed Coca Cola
Answers include:
Phosphate and coal mining, tobacco became growth industry, iron and steel, textile production grew, Coca Cola
Asa G. Candler
Describe the intended vs. actual effects of Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle."
He aimed to expose inhumane working conditions, but the result was sanitary regulation of meatpacking plants.
- Federal Meat Inspection Act
- Pure Food and Drug Act
In the late 19th century, political machines such as Tammany Hall were successful primarily because
A) they operated primarily in rural areas, where the government could not monitor their activities
B) they focused on accomplishing only a narrow set of human rights objectives
C) they championed the suffragettes and received their support in return
D) machine politicians provided needed jobs and services to naturalized citizens in return for their votes
D
Armed Indian resistance to the U.S. government essentially ended at what battle?
Wounded Knee
Describe what happened to religious opinion/theology during the Gilded Age, and name one figure associated with the movement.
The theology became more individualistic and optimistic, Dwight L. Moody
Describe a few differences between W.E.B DuBois' and Booker T. Washington's views.
Too lazy to type....
What specific event caused a group of midwestern women to start a new temperance movement?
Panic of 1873
Which of the following best explains a connection between the economic development of the West in the mid-1800s and in the late 1800s?
A) In both periods, the the end of conflicts with American Indians encouraged many Southerners to migrate to the West.
B) In both periods, the the West offered a large existing labor force eager for work in mining and railroads.
C) In both periods, the expansion and improvement of railroads facilitated transportation in the West.
D) In both periods, the federal government encouraged immigrants from abroad to settle in the West.
C
What replaced the reservation system? And was it successful?
The Dawes Act - proved to be a disaster for Native Americans
What event led to the Panic of 1873? Also, who profited the most when the economy recovered?
Jay Cooke and Company declaring bankruptcy
Cornelius Vanderbilt (anchor down I guess)
Who introduced the idea of the "New South"?
Describe the concept of the "New South."
Henry Grady
Ideology that declared an end to nostalgia for slavery and plantation life and pushed for economic development of the South, but while also maintaining segregation.
What directly resulted from James Garfield's assassination?
Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act - reformed the spoils system
Which of the following was a target of agrarian discontent in the late 1800s?
a) Immigrants for competing with farmers for fertile land
b) The duty of the U.S. military to protect settlers from Indian attacks on the plains
c) Railroads for exploiting farmers' need for transport
d) The federal government for closing of the frontier to new settlement
C!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why was Grant's peace policy "doomed from the beginning?"
Bonus 100 points: He appointed the first nonwhite to hold a high government position as the first Native American Commissioner of Indian Affairs, who was it?
Indians did not want to assimilate peacefully like he wanted them to
Ely S. Parker
Whose company launched a managerial revolution?
Hint: "Gentlemen: you have undertaken to cheat me. I won't sue you, for the law takes too long. I will ruin you." (pretty baller if you ask me)
VANDYYY
Name the two organizations that helped launch the Populist Party.
Farmers' Alliance, Colored Farmers' National Alliance and Cooperative Union
We all know Jane Addams..... but who was the other woman she opened Hull House with? (irrelevant info but hahahahahaha)
Ellen Starr
Select the grade you are most likely to get on tomorrow's test and why:
a) 100%, because I am smart.
b) 100%, because I am awesome.
c) 100%, because I studied hard and I deserve this.
d) All of the above
ALL OF THE ABOVE!! YOU ARE ALL AMAZING AND FABULOUS!! LET US ATTACK THIS TEST TOMORROW AND BE VICTORIOUS!!