Final Exam Study Guied Pt1

Front 1

In the 1880, the US Supreme Court struck down as unconstitutional state laws that outlawed railroad rate discrimination. The Court did so on the grounds that states______.

Back 1

Could not regulate interstate commerce

Front 2

____ was the inventor / marketer of cheap, easily accessible photography

Back 2

George Eastman

Front 3

The nineteenth century social thinker_____ agreed that the profit made by a capitalist employer was surplus value appropriated from from exploited workers .

Back 3

Karl Marx

Front 4

Victorian morality identified ______ as the driving force for moral improvement in American society.

Back 4

Women

Front 5

IN Americas of the late 1800, colleges and universities represented a stronghold of____.

Back 5

the business and professional elite

Front 6

The elite sport of American colleges and universities in the 1800s was_____.

Back 6

None of the above

Front 7

Poverty relief workers in1800s first targeted their efforts at the young.

TF:

Back 7

True

Front 8

Saloon-keepers often served as local ward bosses in American cities in the 1800's.

TF:

Back 8

True

Front 9

The organized sport in late nineteenth century America that attracted the largest following of fans was____.

Back 9

Baseball

Front 10

_____ documented the concept of "conspicuous consumption"

Back 10

Thorstein Veblen

Front 11

In the 1870s and 1880s, a center of regional strength of the democratic Party was

TF

Back 11

True

Front 12

African Americans who could vote during the era covered by Chapter 20 voted Republicans.

Tf:

Back 12

True

Front 13

The practices of awarding government jobs to political supporters regardless of merit was known as.

Back 13

None of the above

Front 14

The _______ to the US Constitution guaranteed all male citizens the right to vote.

Back 14

15th Amendment

Front 15

The ultimate enforcer of white supremacy in the US, especially the South, was____.

Back 15

Lynching

Front 16

In its decision in Plessy v Ferguson, the US Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation was constitutional under certain circumstances.

TF

Back 16

True

Front 17

The "Solid South" was firmly in the control of the Democratic Party.

TF:

Back 17

True

Front 18

In spite of racially discriminatory Jim Crow laws in the South, black troops were allowed to fight in Cuba.

TF:

Back 18

True

Front 19

Pragmatism was_____.

Back 19

a philosophy that emphasized practical experiences, not theory

Front 20

Frederick W. Taylor explained how to increase workforce output by rewarding the fastest workers. Taylor's drive for efficiency was deeply resented by American workers.

TF:

Back 20

True

Front 21

Although President Theodore Roosevelt was known as a "trust buster," he made it clear that his goal was not to abolish big corporations.

TF:

Back 21

True

Front 22

Sinclair's The Jungle helped to enact the National Reclamation Act.

TF:

Back 22

False

Front 23

Theodore Roosevelt singled out___as "the most vital internal question" during his presidency.

Back 23

Conservations

Front 24

The 1913 Federal Reserve Act was a major step toward establishing a solid national banking system.

TF:

Back 24

True

Front 25

The 1914 Ftc was was created by Congress to ensure fair trade and fair trade practice.

TF:

Back 25

True

Front 26

The "Brandeis brief" marked a break through in the US legal system's responsiveness to new social realities.

TF:

Back 26

True

Front 27

The 1904 Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine______.

Back 27

Announced that the US had the right to stop Latin America nations in some circumstances

Front 28

In the first decade of the twentieth century, it became clear that US foreign policy in Asia would devote considerable attention to Japanese expansionism

Back 28

True

Front 29

America's entry to WWI accelerated corporate consolidation and economic integration in the US.
TF:

Back 29

True

Front 30

In 1917-18, the old laissez-faire suspicion of government was strong as ever.

TF:

Back 30

False

Front 31

America's war years witnessed the sharp acceleration of African American migration from the South to northern cities where little if any racism and other challenges were encountered.

TF:

Back 31

False

Front 32

1919-1920 witnessed an increase in racial violence and anti-radical political hysteria.

TF:

Back 32

True