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, Alabamab. Houston, Texas

c. Nashville, Tennesseed. Rome, Georgia

e. Charleston, West Virginia

a. Birmingham, Alabama

Jim Crow laws:a. made it illegal to give literacy tests at

the pollsb. paid hunters a bounty for each wolf

killedc. 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,

Alabamab. becoming the South’s leading black

scientist and inventorc. leading a campaign against lynching

d. leading Exodusters to Kansase. labeling Washington’s 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

Indiansb. systematically to kill most of the buffaloc. to “Americanize” the Indians by offering

them an education at the white man’s 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-

of-the-way reservations

Who founded the company that eventually became AT&T (American

Telephone and Telegraphy Company)a. Thomas Edison

b. Alexander Graham Bellc. George Westinghouse

d. Nikola Teslae. Jay Gould

b. Alexander Graham Bell

Who initially backed the Edison Electric Illuminating Company?

A. J. P. Morganb. John D. Rockefellerc. Andrew Carnegie

d. Thomas Scotte. 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. Morgan’s railroad interests

c. made money in many areas, including oil, railroads, iron and steel,

and bridge buildingd. 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 workersc. did not have the support of the public

at first, but as the strike (and its violence) spread, so did public sympathy

for strikersd. ended when the workers, who lacked organized bargaining power, returned to

worke. 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 classesb. silent movies accompanied by piano

playersc. bawdy entertainment for single male

immigrantsd. 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 Women’s 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 women’s rights

d. whether or not the movement should concentrate on female suffrage to the

exclusion of other feminist causese. the role of en as activists in the women’s

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 malariac. the game of basketball

d. the polio vaccinee. 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) schoolsb. to Americanize immigrant children

c. to educate former slavesd. 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

examsb. was signed into law by James A. Garfield

c. was vetoed as “an unconstitutional intrusion of government into the private

sphere” by Benjamin Harrisond. set up the first racial quotas for

government service jobse. 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 circulationb. 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 1892d. wrote the 1892 Omaha platforms for the

People’s partye. 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 imperialismc. 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

basisd. pledged economic aid to struggling Latin

American republicse. 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 Moroccoc. Rescinded most of the provision of the

Monroe Doctrined. justified American intervention in the Far

Easte. 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 socialismb. exposing social problems to the public

c. increasing the circulation of sensationalist newspapers

d. proposing detailed legislatione. 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 possibleb. 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 Fraudc. The Jungle

d. Maggiee. How the Other Half Lives

c. The Jungle

The event that triggered World War I in Europe was:

a. Germany’s invasion of Belgiumb. Russia’s decision to ally with France

and Britainc. Germany’s determination to build a

navy as large as Britain’sd. a Serb’s assassination of the

Austrian archdukee. the fallout of the Bolshevik

Revolution

d. a Serb’s assassination of the Austrian archduke

Wilson’s Fourteen Points endorsed all of the following EXCEPT:

a. freedom of the seasb. U. S. colonies in Africa and Asia

c. the creation of a “league” of nationsd. an end to secret treatiese. 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 warb. the reparations to be paid to the United

Statesc. reparations for only civilian damagesd. France’s attempt to kidnap the Kaisere. England’s 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 lynchinge. 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 Klanc. saw many African Americans return

to Africad. 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 cultured. was confined to jazz

e. embraced Booker T. Washington’s conciliatory strategy

c. sought to rediscover black folk culture

The rise of the automobile:a. was aided by Henry Ford’s mass-

production innovationsb. encouraged the sprawl of suburbs and

sparked real estate loansc. quickened the good-roads movement

d. opened Alaska to tourisme. led to increased business on passenger

railroads

a. was aided by Henry Ford’s 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 stocksc. the buying of great amounts of stock

on margind. the low tariff, which allowed imports to corner several important American

marketse. the remarkably poor return on

government bonds in 1929

c. the buying of great amounts of stock on

margin

Hoover’s 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 speculationc. an increase in aid to farmers, to allow

them to produce mored. 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