Chapter 18 Quiz History – Flashcards
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"Nativism" included religious prejudice against all the following except
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Presbyterians
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"You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns," said
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William Jennings Bryan
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After 1890, most immigrants came from southern and eastern Europe.
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true
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After 1890, the "new immigrants" included all the following except
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Scots Irish
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After the Civil War, more people moved to the frontier than to cities
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False
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All of the following are correct about the Sherman Anti-Trust Act except that it
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set up the interstate Commerce Commission
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By 1900, nearly 30 percent of city dwellers were immigrants.
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true
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By 1900, the United States had more saloons than grocery stores.
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true
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Charles Darwin did not agree with Herbert Spencer's adaptation of his ideas to the human realm.
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true
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Civil service reform was a result of the assassination of President James A. Garfield.
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true
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For recreation, the urban working class preferred
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going to saloons and dance halls
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Herbert Spencer's disciple who popularized social Darwinism in America was
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William Graham Sumner
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In 1882, Congress passed legislation to exclude immigrants from
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China
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In 1890, 80 percent of New Yorkers were foreign born.
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True
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In the 1880s, the source of foreign immigration to the United States shifted from
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northwestern Europe to southeastern Europe
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Leslie F. Ward stressed humankind's basic compassion
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true
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Nativism was the belief that immigrants could, and should, be Americanized quickly.
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False
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Realism in literature and art was influenced by
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-the recent horrors of the Civil War -the rise of urban life -a new fascination with science
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Social Darwinism had its roots in the work of
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herbert spencer
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The Democratic party appealed to southern white voters.
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true
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The Pendleton Act allowed for the coinage of more silver.
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false
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The Populist party fused with the Republicans in the election of 1896 in an attempt to gain free and unlimited coinage of silver.
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false
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The Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890
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worried eastern business and financial groups.
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The Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890 outlawed corporate actions in "restraint of trade."
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false
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The basic problem of farmers in the late nineteenth century was
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overproduction of agricultural products and the subsequent decline in commodity prices.
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The first regulatory agency, the Interstate Commerce Commission, was created in 1887.
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true
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The high tariff hurt farmers by limiting their export markets.
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true
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The implications of social Darwinism included
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a belief in the progress of human societies
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The only major national issue that clearly and consistently divided Democrats from Republicans was
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tariff policy
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The phrase "survival of the fittest" was coined by
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herbert spencer
