Chapter 18 Self-Quiz 1

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. The "Crisis of the 1890s" referred to all of the following except

an economic crisis correct incorrect

military engagements with Spain correct incorrect

high unemployment rates across the United States correct incorrect

the powerlessness of the federal government correct incorrect

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. All of the following refer to Coxey's Army except:

Coxey was an unemployed Chicago worker who argued that gold alone should be a basis for currency correct incorrect

Coxey and his followers marched on Washington to demand the establishment of a national public works program correct incorrect

Newspapers predicted that the "army" would collapse before it even reached its destination correct incorrect

The march ended in Coxey's arrest and the dispersal of his forces correct incorrect

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. The last great land rush in the continental United States occurred in 1893 in

Arizona correct incorrect

Oregon correct incorrect

Oklahoma correct incorrect

Wyoming correct incorrect

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. Frederick W. Taylor was popular with factory managers because he was

an efficiency expert correct incorrect

an historian that gave them perspective correct incorrect

a motivational speaker who encouraged managers to work together to solve problems correct incorrect

a labor lawyer correct incorrect

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. All of the following refer to the Homestead steel strike of 1892 except:

Andrew Carnegie refused to back his partner, Henry Clay Frick, who brought in replacement workers correct incorrect

The governor of Pennsylvania dispatched the state militia to break the strike correct incorrect

The lockout of the workers and the hiring of strikebreakers temporarily created national sympathy for the union correct incorrect

The strike ultimately broke the union and showed that corporations, backed by government, would defend their prerogatives correct incorrect

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. Who thundered these words: "You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns. You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold!"?

William McKinley correct incorrect

John Hay correct incorrect

Grover Cleveland correct incorrect

William Jennings Bryan correct incorrect

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. The Supreme Court's 1896 decision in Plessy v. Ferguson

ruled that racial segregation was unconstitutional, but both Congress and southern political authorities refused to enforce the ruling correct incorrect

defined the "separate-but-equal" principle correct incorrect

acknowledged the realities of southern life correct incorrect

ruled that racial segregation was permissible under the Fifteenth Amendment correct incorrect

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. Early twentieth-century civil rights advocates called for

encouragement of black pride correct incorrect

full political and civil equality for African Americans correct incorrect

reversal of stereotypes that demeaned African Americans correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. All of the following refer to the American Federation of Labor except:

It stressed collective bargaining rights correct incorrect

It was organized along a single trade or craft, rather than including workers in an entire plant correct incorrect

It supported the open shop, allowing a worker to decide whether to join the union correct incorrect

It made modest demands—mostly higher pay, shorter hours, and union recognition by the company correct incorrect

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. Alfred Thayer Mahan is important for

piloting the U.S.S. Maine into Manila Bay and defeating the Spanish correct incorrect

his strategy for conducting the Spanish-American War correct incorrect

writing The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660--1783 correct incorrect

serving as Assistant Secretary of the Navy correct incorrect

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. In 1897, the struggle for industrial and military supremacy was focused on

Japan correct incorrect

Africa correct incorrect

China correct incorrect

Korea correct incorrect

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. Theodore Roosevelt believed that imperialism was:

Characteristic of a modern nation correct incorrect

Necessary to offset the so-called "closing of the frontier" correct incorrect

Important to counter Japanese claims to the Pacific correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. As a result of the Spanish-American War,

Theodore Roosevelt emerged as an anti-imperialist correct incorrect

the United States acquired the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico correct incorrect

Congress voted to declare Philippine independence correct incorrect

an independent Cuba was allowed to chart its own political and economic course correct incorrect

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. American military forces replied to Filipino guerrilla warfare by all of the following except

rape of Filipino women correct incorrect

torture of prisoners correct incorrect

looting villages correct incorrect

executing rebel leader Emilio Aguinaldo correct incorrect

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. The purpose of John Hay's Open Door was to

keep the markets of China open to the United States correct incorrect

reduce tensions in the Far East between Russia and Japan correct incorrect

apply the Monroe Doctrine to Asia correct incorrect

resolve trade wars among the European powers correct incorrect

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. Coxey and his followers marched on Washington to demand the establishment of a national public works program.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Professor Frederick Jackson Turner's frontier thesis was premature because more homesteaders claimed lands after the 1890 Census than before.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. "Taylorism" not only accelerated production but also increased absenteeism.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Even though President Cleveland may have helped end economic hard times, farm prices and workers' wages remained flat.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Silver was the preferred basis of currency for many in the South and West because it would reduce the problem of scarcity of money.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect