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APUSH Content Review #4 Gilded Age, Populism, Overseas Expansion
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Gilded Age Review
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U.S. policy towards Indians changed with the Dawes Act 1887 because this act 1.treated the tribes as independent nations 2.wiped out tribal ownership of property and granted 160 acres to heads of families 3.established new and larger reservations for all tribes 4.forbade selling alcohol or guns on reservations
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The historian Frederick Jackson Turner argued that the frontier shaped America by 1.killing off many of the most adventurous individuals 2.stimulating individualism, nationalism, and democracy 3.producing governments very much like those of Europe 4.creating new opportunities for women
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The outlawing of the Indian Sun (Ghost) Dance in 1890 resulted in the 1.Battle of Little Big Horn 2.Battle of Potowanamie Creek 3.Massacre at Sand Creek. 4.Battle of Wounded Knee.
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The two factors that did most to stimulate rapid western settlement were 1.the gold rush and cattle economy 2.the Homestead Act and the railroad 3.removal of the buffalo and Native Americans from the plains 4.the removal of the Indians and the gold rush
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Open-range ranching came to an end due to 1.overproduction of beef and declining prices 2.federal support for irrigated agriculture 3.the range wars between cattlemen and sheepherders 4.fencing of the plains with barbed wire
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Which of the following was NOT a goal of the Populist party? 1.government regulation of railroads 2.increasing the money supply by coining silver 3.defeating the Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890 4.direct election of U. S. senators
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Supporters of the Populist Party included all of the following groups EXCEPT: 1.mid-western family farmers 2.southern tenant farmers 3.western miners 4.eastern labor union members
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One of the most significant aspects of the Interstate Commerce Act was that it 1.revolutionized the business system 2.failed to end the worst abuses of big business, such as pools & rebates 3.actually did nothing to control the abuses of big business 4.represented the first attempt by the federal gov’t to regulate business
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In its approach to union organization, the Knights of Labor officially: 1.organized workers by their skilled craft 2.welcomed both skilled & unskilled workers 3.encouraged the use of the strike 4.discriminated against blacks & women
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The "Gospel of Wealth," as advanced by Andrew Carnegie, promoted the concept that people with wealth should: 1.give aid directly to the poor 2.devote time to the public welfare 3.donate the bulk of their wealth to religious institutions 4.use their resources to help society
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Which of the following best accounts for the success of Standard Oil: 1.interlocking directorate 2.trust 3.vertical integration 4.horizontal integration
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The first "big business" in America, at least in terms of finance, labor relations, and management, was 1.the oil refining industry 2.the textile industry 3.the steel industry 4.the railroad industry
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The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 and the Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890 had in common the fact that they: 1.convinced the Populists that they had achieved their goals 2.were strengthened by the Supreme Court in the years after they were passed 3.ended the Republican domination of the U. S. Senate 4.were intended to do away with the spoils system in politics
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In 1890, Jacob Riis vividly portrayed life in an American urban slum in: 1.The Jungle 2.Ragged John 3.How the Other Half Lives 4.Maggie, Girl of the Streets
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Which population trend occurred in the U.S. from 1860 to 1920? 1.decline in the number of Eastern & Southern European immigrants 2.shift of the majority of the urban population from city to suburbs 3.significant shift of the population from the North to the South 4.growth in the cities & decline in rural areas of America
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Which group would have been most likely to support Tammany Hall? 1.industrial and business leaders 2.poor urban immigrants 3.middle-class shop owners 4.wealthy rural landowners
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Jane Addams is most associated with: 1.temperance reform 2.the settlement house movement 3.higher education for women 4.women's suffrage
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Europeans who came to the U.S. after 1880 were called "new" immigrants because they 1.were considered physically superior workers to earlier immigrants 2.arrived before the closing of the frontier & settled farms in the West 3.came chiefly from northern and western Europe 4.came generally from different countries than most earlier immigrants
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The major point of difference between Booker T. Washington & W. E. B. Du Bois was over their view of: 1.the need for education 2.the need for immediate equality for blacks 3.aiding efforts for independence in Africa 4.using white assistance to help blacks
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The Supreme Court decision in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson upheld which principle? 1."Clear and present danger“ 2."With all deliberate speed“ 3."Separate but equal“ 4."Without redeeming social value"
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By the end of his presidency, Ulysses S. Grant's popularity had declined substantially because of 1.the corruption in his administration 2.his brutal policies toward the South 3.his support for "greenback" monetary policies 4.his refusal to support the Radical Republicans in Congress
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Why did President Cleveland intervene with troops in the Pullman Strike of 1894? 1.the governor of Illinois requested federal troops be sent 2.the strike endangered the national health and safety 3.the strike interfered with the U.S. mail and interstate trade 4.federal property was being destroyed
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“If the gold delegates dare to defend the gold standard as a good thing, we will fight them to the uppermost.” William Jennings Bryan's famous "Cross of Gold" speech called for?: 1.the unlimited coinage of silver 2.lower tariffs 3.greenback paper currency 4.renewed religious commitment for all Americans
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USA in the Gilded Age: 1870-1920Industrialization Reconstruction Ranching, Mining, Farming
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America in the Gilded Age: 1865-1918 The South The South: Still recovering from the Civil War but no longer forced to “reconstruct”
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The “New South”? Sharecropping Jim Crow Laws
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America in the Gilded Age: 1865-1918 The West The West: Farmers, ranchers, & miners closed the last of the frontier at the expense of Indians
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Populists
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Native Americans in the West: Native Americans in the West: Major Battles & Reservations Wounded KneeWounded Knee—Indians were killed to stop performance of Ghost Dance ritual Little Big HornLittle Big Horn—Sioux surrounded & killed US Army division led by Custer
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America in the Gilded Age: 1865-1918 The North The North: Experienced a “2 nd Industrial Revolution,” mass immigration, & urbanization
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Northern industries grew Bad Bad: Treatment of Workers Bad Bad: Living Conditions Good Good: Steel Production Good Good: Patents Issued
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America became the world’s leader in railroad, steel, & oil production
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Vertical & Horizontal Integration
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Urbanization New York City, 1907
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Immigration Restrictions to the USA National Origins Act of 1924: lowered the number of Eastern/Southern Europeans and Asians to the USA
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