Chapter 17 (1880-1917)

Question 1

In Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), did the Supreme Court rule that segregation violated the 14th Amendment?

Accepted Answer

NO, as long as facilities were supposedly "separate but equal"

Question 2

A prominent movement in literature and art starting in the 1880s was...

Accepted Answer

Realism

Question 3

In the early 1800s, most Americans believed...

Accepted Answer

They world was about 6,000 years old

Question 4

What was the extent of eugenics (immoral reproduction regulations to increase "desirable" traits) in the early 1900s US?

Accepted Answer

About half of the states had eugenics laws, Policies reached American imperial possessions

Question 5

Temperance movements led to the 18th Amendment of 1881 (prohibiting alcohol)

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

Catholics made up a smaller fraction of the U.S. population than Baptists in the early 1900s

Accepted Answer

False

Question 7

In the late 1800s, women in reform movements justified their efforts through...

Accepted Answer

Maternalism

Question 8

In the late 1800s...

Accepted Answer

The government set aside land for preservation and recreation, Many middle class families took up biking and visiting national parks

Question 9

Late 1800s technological innovations that spread around the turn of the century included...

Accepted Answer

Telephones and lightbulbs

Question 10

Social Darwinism did which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Portrayed rich people as "the fittest" in society

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