Question 1

In 1892 Homer Plessy challenged Louisiana segregationist law. What words are most associated with the Supreme Court decision in his legal case?

"Whites only"

"separate but equal"

"We shall overcome"

"Don't tread on me"

Question 2

What helped make the United States the world's largest industrial employer in the late 19th century?

The United States had fairer labor laws than other industrialized countries.

Immigrant workers preferred American cities and mining towns.

The United States had abundant natural resources for extraction and manufacturing.

Immigrant workers chose to move to a more tolerant society than their own.

Question 3.

Thanks to reform work by Jacob Riis and others, the first New York City tenement legislation required that __________.

more "dumbbell tenements" be constructed to house immigrant workers

ventilation, indoor toilets, and outward-facing windows be included in tenements

a maximum of six persons be housed per tenement apartment

tenement buildings be separated by a minimum of 4 feet for ventilation and light

Question 4.

As Americans moved into frontier areas of the country, what did the area originally known as the "Old Northwest" become?

the French settlement

the Pacific Northwest

the Great Plains

the Midwest

Question 5.

The Chinese Exclusion Act excluded Chinese __________.

workers from middle-class jobs

female immigrants from prostitution work

laborers from entering America

students from attending American colleges

Question 6.

All of the following were populist coalitions that fought against a capitalist system that was unresponsive to their needs EXCEPT __________.

the People's Party

the Southern Farmers' Alliance

the National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry

the Greenback Party

Question 7.

Ida B. Wells is most associated with __________.

starting schools for former slaves and their children

leading an international campaign to end lynching

founding the National Association of Colored Women

leading a national campaign for African American suffrage

Question 8.

Members of which ethnic group were most restricted in their immigration to the Unites States, beginning in 1875?

the Chinese

the Japanese

Africans

the Irish

Question 9.

Jane Addams felt that women-especially middle-class women-should get the vote because she believed they would vote for __________.

urban reform

prohibition

African American suffrage

antimonopoly laws

Question 10.

Shifting legal rights and liabilities away from individual owners and shareholders describes the business practice known as __________.

incorporation

monopoly

trust

pool.