The Indian victory at the Little Bighorn:

only temporarily delayed the advance of white settlement.

invented a system for generating and distributing electricity.

Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller:

built up giant corporations that dominated their respective markets.

How did the expansion of railroads accelerate the second industrial revolution in America?

Railroads created a true national market for U.S. goods.

study of the supposed mental characteristics of different races.

The Triangle Shirtwaist fire:

brought in its wake much-needed safety legislation

Supporters of the Anti-Imperialist League:

believed that American energies should be directed at home, not abroad.

was used by William Howard Taft instead of military intervention.

During his presidency, Woodrow Wilson:

dismissed numerous black federal employees.

American expansionism after the 1890s:

was largely driven by the desire for expanded overseas trade.

The Supreme Court in Lochner v. New York:

voided state law establishing that bakers could work a max of 60 hrs/week.

How did Populists hope to guarantee farmers inexpensive access to markets for their crops?

They called for public ownership of the railroads.

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1
Chief Joseph:
wanted freedom for his people, the Nez Percé.
advocated greater federal control of Indians.
was at the Little Bighorn.
starred in a Wild West show.
2
Bonanza farms:
were settled along the railroad lines of the Union Pacific.
were free homesteads in California.
were small, self-sufficient farms.
typically had thousands of acres of land or more.
3
Plessy v. Ferguson:
voided the Thirteenth Amendment
sanctioned racial segregation.
was a unanimous decision.
was fully supported by Booker T. Washington
4
Newspaper and magazine writers who exposed the ills of urban life, fueling the Progressive movement, were known as:
yellow journalists
freelancers.
trustees.
muckrakers.
5
The Indian victory at the Little Bighorn:
resulted in no U.S. army casualties.
only temporarily delayed the advance of white settlement.
was typical at the time.
brought an end to the hostilities.
6
Thomas Edison:
invented the typewriter
was a railroad owner.
was a governor of New Jersey.
invented a system for generating and distributing electricity.
7
Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller:
were both immigrants.
advocated government regulation of business.
faced no criticism for their business practices.
built up giant corporations that dominated their respective markets.
8
How did the expansion of railroads accelerate the second industrial revolution in America?
Railroads created a true national market for U.S. goods.
Large banks were now able to locate in western railroad towns.
The expansion of trains increased the efficiency of small businesses.
The adoption of a standard railroad gauge made land grants more available.
9
Eugenics is the:
movement toward colonization in Africa by blacks from the United States.
socialist strategy of infiltrating labor unions in the United States.
study of the supposed mental characteristics of different races.
practice of using poison gas by the Germans during World War I.
10
The Triangle Shirtwaist fire:
destroyed the business, but there were no casualties.
occurred during the Uprising of the 20,000.
brought in its wake much-needed safety legislation
resulted in laws that banned all manufacturing in New York.
11
Supporters of the Anti-Imperialist League:
wanted to civilize “savage” peoples.
argued in favor of “benevolent” imperialism.
argued that Puerto Ricans were entitled to U.S. citizenship.
believed that American energies should be directed at home, not abroad.
12
Dollar Diplomacy:
characterizes the foreign policy of Theodore Roosevelt.
was seldom used and never successfully.
was applied only in Asia.
was used by William Howard Taft instead of military intervention.
13
During his presidency, Woodrow Wilson:
banned the showing of the movie Birth of a Nation at the White House.
dismissed numerous black federal employees.
built on his civil rights record as governor of Virginia.
outlawed discrimination in federal agencies.
14
American expansionism after the 1890s:
had little to do with American consumer demand for foreign products.
severely depressed the nation’s agricultural and industrial production.
was not affected by the development of the railroad.
was largely driven by the desire for expanded overseas trade.
15
The Progressive movement drew its strength from:
farmers.
socialists
middle-class reformers.
military leaders.
16
The Supreme Court in Lochner v. New York:
voided a state law that limited child labor
voided state law establishing that bakers could work a max of 60 hrs/week.
ruled that “liberty of contract” undermined workers’ rights.
limited the number of hours coal miners worked.
17
The writer whose work encouraged the passage of the Meat Inspection Act was:
Upton Sinclair.
Henry George.
Theodore Dreiser
Ida Tarbell.
18
How did Populists hope to guarantee farmers inexpensive access to markets for their crops?
They called on local governments to invest in a better road network.
They called for public ownership of the railroads.
They appealed to local banks for affordable loans.
They hoped that technological innovations could speed up road transport.

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