History 1302 Chapter 19 – Flashcards
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"Nativism" included religious prejudice against all the following except
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Presbyterians
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After the 1890's, the "new immigrants" included all of the following except
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Scots-Irish
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During the Gilded Age
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Congress was evenly divided into 2 parties
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Ellis island was best known for
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point of entry for immigrants from Europe
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For recreation, urban working class preferred
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going to saloons and dance halls
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In 1882 Congress passed legislation to exclude immigration from
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China
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In Wabash St. Louis, and the Pacific Rail Road company V. Illinois, the U.S. Supreme Court that
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Individual states could not regulate railroad rates
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In the 1880s, the source of forge in immigration to the United States shifted from
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Northwestern Europe to southeastern Europe
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In the election of 1888, the central issue was
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The tariff
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Middle class recreation for women and children included all of the following except
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Vaudeville
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One effect of urban sanitary reforms was
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A decline in diseases such as typhoid fever
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The Democratic party generally consisted of
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Southern whites, immigrants, and political outsiders
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The Pendleton Act allowed for coinage of more 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 Stalwarts in the Republican Party strongly supported
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Radical Reconstruction
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The basic problem of farmers in the late 19th century was
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overproduction of agricultural products and the subsequent decline in commodity prices
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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 liberals in the Republican Party in 1884 who could not support their candidate for president, James Blaine, were named
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Mugwumps
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The majority of Manhattan residents lived in poorly ventilated and poorly lit small apartments called
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Tenements
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The phrase "Survival of the fittest" was coined by
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Herbert Spencer
