The key concepts in Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward were



A.  anti-imperialism and pacifism.


B.  community and cooperation.


C.  industrial power and overseas colonies.


D.  social gospel and free silver.


E.


Answer: B
The president of the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887, the founding of the Department of Labor and the size of the Department of the Interior in the late nineteenth century reflected the



A.  effort to down-size the federal government.


B.  corrupting influence of the spoils system.


C.  expanding size of the federal government.


D.  laissez faire orientation of both the Republican and Democratic administrations.


E.


Answer: C
The branch of the federal government that had the most power in the 1870s and 1880s was the



A.  executive branch led by the president.


B.  legislative branch led by Congress.


C.  judicial system led by the Supreme Court.


D.  executive branch bureaucracy.


E.


Answer: B
Passage of the Pendleton Act in 1883 indicated



A.  the success of a bipartisan effort to lower the tariff.


B.  that Congress recognized the negative effects of monopoly on American business interests.


C.  that both parties recognized the need to professionalize government service.


D.  Congressional concern over the chaos in the railroad industry.


E.


Answer: C
Discontented farmers aimed their harshest criticism against which one of the following groups?



A.  legislators


B.  railroad corporations


C.  fraternal organizations


D.  lawyers


E.


Answer: B
Which one of these has the LEAST in common with the others?



A.  Warehouse Act of 1873


B.  Tammany Hall


C.  Grange


D.  Patrons of Husbandry


E.


Answer: B
The "Great Uprising of 1877"



A.  occurred when coal operators cut wages by 10 percent.


B.  involved striking cowhands across the Midwest.


C.  spread along railroad lines across the country.


D.  drew dramatic public support.


E.


Answer: C
In the Farmers' Alliance, women made up what fraction of the total membership?



A.  one twentieth


B.  one tenth


C.  one quarter


D.  one half


E.


Answer: C
Among the solutions that farmers proposed in the 1892 platform of the Populist party was



A.  loosening immigration restrictions.


B.  an amendment prohibiting the imposition of a personal income tax.


C.  a 10-hour day for laborers.


D.  government ownership of the railroads.


E.


Answer: D
Jacob Coxey's "industrial army"



A.  marched to Washington, D.C. in 1893 to plead for public works jobs for the masses of unemployed.


B.  met Congressional leaders and President Cleveland to discuss federal aid for those hit hardest by the 1893 depression.


C.  led a violent demonstration against capitalist interests at Haymarket Square in 1893.


D.  protested the murder of striking workers by federal officers in Washington, D.C.


E.


Answer: A
At Homestead, Pennsylvania, in 1892



A.  the Amalgamated Iron, Steel, and Tin Workers succeeded in organizing the most powerful craft union in the United States.


B.  a new pattern of cooperation between workers and owners emerged in the wake of a wage dispute.


C.  state officials supported the steel mill owners when local officers refused to support the company's effort to break the strike.


D.  striking railroad workers appealed to the federal government for protection against local police who sided with the railroad owners and operators.


E.


Answer: C
The immediate cause of many confrontations between workers and management as seen at the Homestead mill and at Pullman, Illinois was



A.  disputes over unsafe working conditions.


B.  union busting activities.


C.  an increase in living expenses in company owned communities.


D.  unilateral wage cuts.


E.


Answer: D
Experiences at Homestead, Pennsylvania and Pullman, Illinois, in the 1890s demonstrated to American workers that



A.  solidarity across craft lines worked.


B.  striking workers could not persevere in the face of state or federal opposition.


C.  negotiation between workers and owners/operators could result in a satisfactory agreement on both sides.


D.  the use of violence during strikes worked to the striker's advantage.


E.


Answer: B
The social gospel movement spread most rapidly among what group or area?



A.  northern industrial cities


B.  Roman Catholics


C.  the rural Midwest


D.  established churches


E.


Answer: A
An advocate of the Social Gospel would agree with which of the following statements?



A.  Social regeneration occurs through a lengthy evolutionary process during which the weak are gradually selected out.


B.  Our concern must not be solely the salvation of the individual soul but also the salvation of society.


C.  The number of poor who deserve pity is small compared to the number who suffer because of their own shortcomings.


D.  The church, not the state, must be the instrument through which social regeneration takes place.


E.


Answer: B
During the second Cleveland administration, congressional debate centered on what two issues?



A.  civil service reform and tax policy


B.  the national debt and Indian removal


C.  the currency issue and tariff policy


D.  farm subsidy and election reform


E.


Answer: C
Supporters of the Coinage Act of 1873 and the Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890 advocated



A.  a reduction in the amount of silver in circulation.


B.  a sharp cut in the size of the money supply.


C.  higher interest rates.


D.  a continuation of devalued currency.


E.


Answer: D
With his support for the Dingley Tariff of 1897 and the Gold Standard Act of 1900, William McKinley pursued a policy that



A.  supported business interests.


B.  promoted regulation of business.


C.  assisted farming interests.


D.  promoted Democratic interests in Congress.


E.


Answer: A
In Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) and Cumming v. County Board of Education (1899) the Supreme Court upheld legislation that



A.  required the integration of public schools.


B.  denied illegal aliens the right to attend public schools.


C.  provided for "separate but equal" segregated facilities for African Americans.


D.  allowed voter tests for reasons other than race.


E.


Answer: C
Which one of the following DID NOT work against African Americans trying to improve their condition in the late nineteenth century?



A.  Civil Rights decisions of 1883


B.  "Jim Crow" laws


C.  American Protective Association


D.  National American Women's Suffrage Association


E.


Answer: C
The Colombian Exposition in 1893 dramatically expressed all of the following EXCEPT the



A.  superiority of American civilization.


B.  depressed condition of the world economy.


C.  commercial opportunities for American goods abroad.


D.  exotic nature of foreign populations.


E.


Answer: B
In 1884 what did Congress do to reinforce the crusade of Secretary of State William H. Seward?



A.  They signed a trading treaty with China.


B.  They expanded the navy.


C.  They established a gold standard.


D.  They encouraged foreign missions.


E.


Answer: B
In the Platt Amendment, Cuba



A.  declared its independence from Spain.


B.  became a protectorate of the United States.


C.  joined an alliance with the United States and Filipino insurrectionists to defeat the Spanish.


D.  promised to end atrocities committed against Spanish troops detained by Cuban rebels.


E.


Answer: B
The amendment proposed by Senator Henry Teller



A.  denied any intention by the United States to extend its sovereignty over Cuba.


B.  announced the United States' intention to protect American interests in Cuba, whatever the cost.


C.  prohibited United States involvement in the Filipino insurrection against Spain.


D.  established an American naval base in Cuba.


E.


Answer: A
Which of the following has the least in common with the other three?



A.  Anti-Imperialist League


B.  Albert Beveridge


C.  Samuel Gompers


D.  Mark Twain


E.


Answer: B
In the late nineteenth century, United States foreign policy



A.  turned militarily overseas, because there were no more Indians left to fight at home.


B.  became isolationist until World War I.


C.  tried to mind its own business, but neutrality proved difficult.


D.  turned aggressively overseas for economic reasons.


E.


Answer: D
Most United States foreign policy in the late nineteenth century focused on



A.  fostering peace among European powers.


B.  securing free trade agreements with European powers.


C.  establishing and asserting the United States' economic interests in Latin America, the Pacific, and Asia.


D.  keeping the United States out of foreign wars, so that military spending and taxes could be kept down.


E.


Answer: C
The Spanish-American War reflected the new military importance of



A.  air power.


B.  long-range artillery.


C.  sea power.


D.  a heavily mechanized infantry.


E.


Answer: C
In the aftermath of such events as the Great Uprising of 1877, labor organizers launched numerous labor parties in industrial communities to expand their sphere of influence.



A. True


B. False


C.


D.


E.


Answer: A
In the 1892 elections, the Populists fared well nationally, the only time since the Civil War that a third party had won any electoral votes.



A. True


B. False


C.


D.


E.


Answer: A
In the 1896 presidential election the Populists created a fusion ticket that joined Democrat William Jennings Bryan with populist Tom Watson.



A. True


B. False


C.


D.


E.


Answer: A
Reform and protest movements of the late nineteenth century were able to overcome racial and ethnic prejudice in their organizations.



A. True


B. False


C.


D.


E.


Answer: B
Filipino insurrectionists welcomed American troops initially in the fight against Spain but resumed their fight for independence when they feared the United States would annex the Philippines.



A. True


B. False


C.


D.


E.


Answer: A