First History Exam: 2nd Semester – Flashcards
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The Homestead Act
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granted land to settlers willing and able to farm the land for five years.
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The Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroad companies relied heavily on the low-paid and difficult work done by
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Irish and Chinese immigrants
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Where did cattle ranching and cattle drives originate?
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Texas
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Much of the culture of the American cowboy was derived from the traditions of which group?
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Mexicans
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The Grangers were members of a society of
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Western farmers.
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How did Helen Hunt Jackson call attention to the unjust treatment of Native Americans?
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by writing a book
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Sarah Winnemucca advocated for
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the maintenance of Indian cultures.
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Which statement best describes the Native American tribes that lived west of the Mississippi?
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A wide spectrum of tribes had successfully adapted to a variety of environments
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Which of the following was a common consequence of the adoption of horses by many Native American tribes?
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increased migration and contact with whites
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What was the purpose of the annual Long Drives?
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to bring cattle to market
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What triggered the brief political success of the Grange?
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the Panic of 1873
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How did the U.S. government view its treaties with Native Americans?
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as subject to revision
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As a result of the Dawes Severalty Act,
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Native Americans lost a large portion of their land.
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The first big business in the United States was the
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railroad industry.
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Laissez-faire was a philosophy typically held by
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conservative capitalists.
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After the Civil War, a leading trend in business was the increase in exports of
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manufactured goods.
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The "Great Uprising" of 1877 was a general strike against the nation's
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railroad companies.
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The mass market that emerged in the late nineteenth century could best be described as
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a shared consumer culture.
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The press stirred up rage over what aspect of the Haymarket Riot?
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the death of seven policemen
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What was the significance of the adoption of a standard gauge?
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It allowed all trains to travel on any tracks, integrating the entire system.
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What did the fate of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890 demonstrate?
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Congress was in league with big business.
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The neighborhoods Little Italy and Chinatown are examples of
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ethnic enclaves.
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Institutions established in the 1880s to provide social and educational services for the poor were called
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settlement houses.
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Public education was promoted as a means of
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Americanizing immigrant children.
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Which movement most clearly benefited from the rising level of women's education?
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the women's suffrage movement
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Whom did the People's Party hope to represent?
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all struggling laborers
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William Jennings Bryan's famous "cross of gold" speech addressed which issue?
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currency reform
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What was the Great Migration?
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the mass movement of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North
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Tammany Hall operatives worked to win the support of immigrants by
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denouncing nativism and blocking anti-immigrant legislation.
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What resulted from the protests of Coxey's Army and other similar activists?
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more inaction by the government
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The Progressive agenda mainly reflected the values of
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the middle class.
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What ultimately resulted in a decline in child labor?
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mandatory school attendance
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The temperance movement attracted all of the following EXCEPT
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working-class men.
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What did the Seventeenth Amendment do?
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It provided for the direct popular election of U.S. senators.
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Booker T. Washington believed that race relations would improve
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if African Americans focused on economic advancement and remained patient.
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The Progressive movement was driven by
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a general belief that moderate reforms were needed to help cure social ills.
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What was the Federal Reserve?
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a bank that held funds in reserve for times of crisis
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What was the main effect of mass production techniques such as the assembly line on the workplace?
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increased efficiency
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What did the popularity of Carry A. Nation reveal about early twentieth-century American culture?
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There was growing concern about the effects of the increase in alcohol consumption.
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In his 1895 "Atlanta Exposition Address," Booker T. Washington claimed to accept segregation if
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it did not impede the economic progress of African Americans.
