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