Question 1

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Frances Willard

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A)  advocate of free silver
B)  president of the American Railway Union
C)  believed politics was the place for women
D)  Populist Party presidential candidate
E)  advocated vocational training for blacksF) Supreme Court justiceG) pioneered "business unionism"H) fought with the Rough RidersI) led the Filipino insurrectionJ) promoted American expansionism via a navyK) fomented a revolution in CubaL) annexed the PhilippinesM) C) and F)
N) D) and L)

Question 2

How did black women challenge the racial ideology of the Jim Crow South?

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A)   They formed their own secret militant organization.
B)   They used their positions in domestic service for sabotage, pilfering, and revenge.
C)   They insisted on the equal respectability of black women by working for "racial uplift."
D)   They stressed the supremacy of their men to counter claims that black families lacked patriarchal order.
E)   African-American women's organizations established gun clubs and shooting ranges to improve their skills at self-defense.F) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

Question 3

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Insular Cases

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A)  argued that the Constitution did not apply to territories
B)  excluded Chinese women from entering the United States
C)  separate, but equal
D)  warned that empire was incompatible policy with democracy
E)  the United States was not to annex CubaF) politically active farmersG) gave Asians citizenship under Fourteenth AmendmentH) labor unrest at a Carnegie steel millI) effort to keep free trade in ChinaJ) campaigned for temperanceK) excluded from votingL) blacks migrated out of SouthM) E) and H)
N) H) and I)

Question 4

The strife at Homestead reflected broader battles over American freedom during the 1890s. Defend this statement.

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The strife at Homestead reflected broade...

Question 5

Which statement about the disenfranchisement of blacks in the South is FALSE?

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A)   White leaders presented disenfranchisement as a "good government" measure.
B)   Between 1890 and 1906, every southern state enacted laws or constitutional provisions meant to eliminate the black vote.
C)   In passing various laws to restrict blacks from voting, numerous poor and illiterate whites also lost the right to vote in the South.
D)   The elimination of black and many white voters could not have been accomplished without the approval of the North.
E)   The Supreme Court upheld the grandfather clause.F) None of the above
G) D) and E)

Question 6

The Populists made remarkable efforts to unite black and white small farmers on a common political and economic program.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-James Weaver

Accepted Answer

A)  advocate of free silver
B)  president of the American Railway Union
C)  believed politics was the place for women
D)  Populist Party presidential candidate
E)  advocated vocational training for blacksF) Supreme Court justiceG) pioneered "business unionism"H) fought with the Rough RidersI) led the Filipino insurrectionJ) promoted American expansionism via a navyK) fomented a revolution in CubaL) annexed the PhilippinesM) B) and I)
N) B) and H)

Question 8

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-William McKinley

Accepted Answer

A)  advocate of free silver
B)  president of the American Railway Union
C)  believed politics was the place for women
D)  Populist Party presidential candidate
E)  advocated vocational training for blacksF) Supreme Court justiceG) pioneered "business unionism"H) fought with the Rough RidersI) led the Filipino insurrectionJ) promoted American expansionism via a navyK) fomented a revolution in CubaL) annexed the PhilippinesM) A) and E)
N) D) and F)

Question 9

Which of the following statements most accurately describes the significance of the 1892 strike in Homestead, Pennsylvania?

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A)   The strikers' defeat spelled the end of future union organization by skilled industrial workers.
B)   Press scrutiny of the strike sent stock prices up for Carnegie Steel Company, suggesting that "all press is good press" for corporate owners.
C)   It demonstrated the enormous power of large corporations and reflected the belief of many working Americans that they were being denied economic independence and self-governance.
D)   Public outcry over the involvement of the state militia in crushing the strike prompted the resignation of Pennsylvania's governor.E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 10

Republican presidential candidate William McKinley:

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A)   was a stage actor of some renown.
B)   ran for president in 1896 on the free silver platform.
C)   argued in favor of the gold standard.
D)   lost to Bryan in 1896.
E)   was especially popular in the South.F) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

Question 11

The 1894 Pullman Strike:

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A)   ended with the arrival of Coxey's Army, a private security agency hired by George Pullman.
B)   crippled national rail service and triggered the arrest of union president, Eugene V. Debs.
C)   despite significant violence, resulted in a rare compromise between the American Railway Union and Pullman Sleeping Cars.
D)   received unexpected support from Attorney General Richard Olney, who believed in the rights of railroad workers to a fair wage.E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 12

Which of the following does NOT describe an effect of U.S. Chinese exclusion policies of the late nineteenth century?

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A)   Chinese discrimination victims sought redress of rights violations through the courts.
B)   A 2012 Congressional resolution apologized for their exacerbation of racial discrimination.
C)   In protest, some Chinese refused to carry required identification papers.
D)   Eastern cities experienced a dramatic increase in Chinese immigration.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 13

How did the Populists seek to rethink the relationship between freedom and government to address the crisis of the 1890s? Why was their platform considered radical? How did their platform seek to guarantee freedom?

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The Populists sought to rethink the rela...

Question 14

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Populist Party

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The Populist Party, also known as the Pe...

Question 15

Blacks owned more land in 1900 than they had at the end of Reconstruction.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Chinese Exclusion Act

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The Chinese Exclusion Act was a United S...

Question 17

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Lynching

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Lynching refers to the extrajudicial kil...

Question 18

Journalists who worked for newspapers like William Randolph Hearst's New York Journal, which sensationalized events to sell papers, were called:

Accepted Answer

A)   yellow journalists.
B)   trustees.
C)   social reformers.
D)   muckrakers.
E)   freelancers.F) A) and B)
G) C) and E)

Question 19

On what grounds did Justice David J. Brewer dissent from the majority opinion in the case of Fong Yue Ting (1893)  that authorized the federal government to expel Chinese aliens without due process of law?

Accepted Answer

A)   He argued that Chinese were mostly decent and honorable and worthy of Americans' respect.
B)   Brewer worried that a similar rationale could be used in the future to subvert the rights to due process of other people.
C)   He explained that Chinese immigrants should be expelled on grounds of the Naturalization Act, not the Fourteenth Amendment.
D)   He reasoned that the Constitution of the United States had never applied to any group of immigrants.
E)   He argued that the United States would suffer serious disadvantages in foreign trade and diplomacy under this precedent.F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

Question 20

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Liberty tracts

Accepted Answer

A)  argued that the Constitution did not apply to territories
B)  excluded Chinese women from entering the United States
C)  separate, but equal
D)  warned that empire was incompatible policy with democracy
E)  the United States was not to annex CubaF) politically active farmersG) gave Asians citizenship under Fourteenth AmendmentH) labor unrest at a Carnegie steel millI) effort to keep free trade in ChinaJ) campaigned for temperanceK) excluded from votingL) blacks migrated out of SouthM) D) and J)
N) B) and G)

Exam 17: Freedom S Boundaries, at Home and Abroad, 1890-1900

Journalists who worked for newspapers like William Randolph Hearst's New York Journal, which sensationalized events to sell papers, were called:

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Which statement about the disenfranchisement of blacks in the South is FALSE?

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The strife at Homestead reflected broader battles over American freedom during the 1890s. Defend this statement.

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Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Liberty tracts

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Republican presidential candidate William McKinley:

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The Populists made remarkable efforts to unite black and white small farmers on a common political and economic program.

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Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Frances Willard

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The 1894 Pullman Strike:

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Blacks owned more land in 1900 than they had at the end of Reconstruction.

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Which of the following does NOT describe an effect of U.S. Chinese exclusion policies of the late nineteenth century?

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How did the Populists seek to rethink the relationship between freedom and government to address the crisis of the 1890s? Why was their platform considered radical? How did their platform seek to guarantee freedom?

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Which of the following statements most accurately describes the significance of the 1892 strike in Homestead, Pennsylvania?

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Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Insular Cases

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Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -William McKinley

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Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Chinese Exclusion Act

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How did black women challenge the racial ideology of the Jim Crow South?

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On what grounds did Justice David J. Brewer dissent from the majority opinion in the case of Fong Yue Ting (1893) that authorized the federal government to expel Chinese aliens without due process of law?

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Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Populist Party

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Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Lynching

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