Question

Which tactic was not used to keep blacks from exercising their civil rights in the post-Civil War South?

Answer 1

Are there options?

Answer 2

A. due process

Answer 3

oil refineries
pneumatic subway
horse and pig manure
insufficient sanitary services

Answer 4

Which did not contribute to New York City's terrible pollution problems in the late 1800s?

A.
oil refineries

B.
pneumatic subway

C.
horse and pig manure

D.
insufficient sanitary services

Answer 5

7.

(5 pt) Which statement about immigration to the United States between 1860 and 1900 is true?

A.
The U.S. government encouraged China and Japan to send more immigrants to fill jobs on the West Coast.

B.
Many Russian Jews refused to immigrate to America because they feared they would face persecution here.

C.
Crop failures and starvation at home sent nearly one-quarter of the population of Ireland to America .

D.
A revolution in Germany brought political freedom that practically ended immigration from that country.

Answer 6

8.

(5 pt)
Which statements describe reasons that many Americans wanted to restrict immigration?

Choose all answers that are correct.

A.
Many people were afraid of losing jobs to the newcomers, who were willing to work for lower wages.

B.
Many people thought that immigrants were upper class elitists who would look down on native-born Americans.

C.
Many people thought the country was full and there wasn't any room for newcomers to settle.

D.
Many people were afraid that America would lose its identity as a white, Protestant nation.

Answer 7

9.

(5 pt) Whose platform included proposals for a graduated income tax, direct election of U.S. senators by the people, protection against consumer fraud, and more government loans for farmers?

A.
Populists

B.
Know-Nothings

C.
Conservatives

D.
Nativists

Answer 8

10.

(5 pt)
Which economic term describes a situation where one company controls all the means of production of a product and can set its own price?

A.
inflation

B.
monopoly

C.
tariff

D.
corporation

Answer 9

11.

(5 pt)
Which statements about life in America during the late 1800s are true?

Choose all answers that are correct.

A.
Railroad owners controlled much of the country's wealth.

B.
Progressives sought to reduce taxes on America's large corporations.

C.
Leisure-time activities were reserved for the extremely rich.

D.
Social reformers drew attention to the nation's desperately poor.

Answer 10

12.

(5 pt) Which statement describes the American public's reaction to early labor unions?

A.
The public was neutral about unions because they had no effect on their daily lives.

B.
The public distrusted unions because some were organized by radicals.

C.
The public saw unions as organizations that were used to oppress workers.

D.
The public felt unions weren't needed; workers already had decent wages.

Answer 11

13.

(5 pt) Which best describes what a muckraker would likely do?

A.
dig for clams in a coastal wetland

B.
clean barns on a dairy farm

C.
write about corrupt businessmen

D.
work for a political machine

Answer 12

14.

(5 pt) Which was a problem facing immigrants during the late 1800s?

A.
Unions refused to accept foreign-born members.

B.
Many resided in crowded, unsanitary tenement slums.

C.
They weren't allowed to live with other people from their own country.

D.
They couldn't find decent housekeepers to clean their apartments.

Answer 13

15.

(5 pt) Which statement describes the roots of the Harlem Renaissance?

A.
A large number of blacks migrated north during the 1920s and settled in Harlem.

B.
Middle-class whites began moving into Harlem to escape crime in other neighborhoods.

C.
Boss Tweed agreed to finance an extensive urban renewal project in Harlem.

D.
City officials decided to tear down tenements in Harlem and build a new baseball stadium.

Answer 14

16.

(5 pt) Which Civil War hero became president in 1869 and saw his administration rocked by scandal?

A.
James Garfield

B.
Andrew Johnson

C.
Ulysses Grant

D.
Abraham Lincoln

Answer 15

17.

(5 pt) Which statement describes the president's duty as Commander in Chief?

A.
plans the federal budget

B.
oversees American foreign policy

C.
directs the nation's armed forces

D.
proposes new laws to Congress