U.S. History 1860-1890 Recp

Question 1

An agreement between South & Hayes to remove troops in exchange for the Presidency, formally ending Reconstruction

Accepted Answer

The Compromise of 1877

Question 2

What were the strikes' goals?

Accepted Answer

better wages, working conditions, and hours

Question 3

Which population was displaced from the 1860s to the 1890s?

Accepted Answer

Native Americans

Question 4

What was the significance of the Dred Scott case in 1857?

Accepted Answer

Slave owners' rights were protected wherever they & their slaves lived

Question 5

How did industrial growth affect the distribution of wealth in the US?

Accepted Answer

Wealth was concentrated in the hands of a few industrialists

Question 6

What doctrine applied the idea of 'survival of the fittest' to the field of economics ?

Accepted Answer

Social Darwinism

Question 7

Critics of powerful industrialists referred to them as ...

Accepted Answer

Robber Barons

Question 8

What was NOT a major event or policy that led to the forced relocation of Natives during the late 19th century?

Accepted Answer

The Anaconda Plan

Question 9

Why would the North want to eliminate slave power within the federal government ?

Accepted Answer

Southern states had too much power since slaves counted toward rep's

Question 10

Which of the following was a result of workers growing displeasure with working conditions ?

Accepted Answer

increased interest in labor movements / rise of unions

Question 11

When was the U.S. Civil War fought ?

Accepted Answer

1861-1865

Question 12

What were the main causes of the American Civil War,

Accepted Answer

Slavery, states' rights, and economic differences between the North & South

Question 13

Mark Twain named the post-Reconstruction Era the Gilded Age because these post-Reconstruction were marked by ...

Accepted Answer

corruption in business and government

Question 14

Radical Republicans opposed President Lincoln's Reconstruction plan, because....

Accepted Answer

It was too lenient (soft) on the South

Question 15

What is 'The Reconstruction Era' ?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 16

Southern state governments restricted the rights of former slaves ...

Accepted Answer

by passing Black Codes & Jim Crow Laws

Question 17

What were the key labor movements and strikes of the late 19th century?

Accepted Answer

Haymarket Riot (1886), Great Railroad Strike (1877), Pullman Strike (1894)

Question 18

How did industrialization change the U.S. economy and society during the late 19th century?

Accepted Answer

Introduced the railroad and telegraph

Question 19

What did the 13th, 14th, 15th Amendment do ?

Accepted Answer

ended slavery, granted citizenship to males, gave voting rights to AA

Question 20

Westward expansion was driven by the idea of...

Accepted Answer

Manifest Destiny

Question 21

Which key outcomes did the aftermath include ?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 22

What were the goals of the Populist Movement, or the People's Party, in the 1890s ?

Accepted Answer

advocating for the interests of working-class Americans, advocating for the interests of farmers, free coinage of silver & introduction of a graduated income tax, government control of railroads & direct election Senators

Question 23

What were the causes and outcomes of the Spanish-American War?

Accepted Answer

Explosion of the USS Maine, Defeated Spain and gained control of Puerto Rico, Guam, & the Philippines, U.S. intervention in Cuba’s fight for independence

Question 24

How did westward expansion shape U.S. history during the late 19th century?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

U.S. History 1860-1890 Recp

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