Deck 3: Populism and Imperialism, 1890-1900

Question 1

The Populist Party was officially known as the?

A) Midwest Party
B) Independent Party
C) Farmers Party
D) People's Party
E) Liberation party

Answer 1

People's Party

Question 2

In what city was "Tin Pan Alley?"

A) Boston
B) New York
C) Philadelphia
D) Detroit
E) Chicago

Answer 2

New York

Question 3

Who was the most well known heavyweight-boxing champion of this time?

A) James Corbett
B) John L. Sullivan
C) Joe Louis
D) Jeffrey Hunter
E) Rocky Balboa

Answer 3

John L. Sullivan

Question 4

The US government in what year eliminated the term "frontier"?

A) 1850
B) 1865
C) 1875
D) 1890
E) 1880

Question 5

In what state was the 1912 Olympic hero Jim Thorpe born?

A) Kansas
B) Indiana
C) Texas
D) Nevada
E) Oklahoma

Question 6

Which US congressional act required railroads to establish standard rates?

A) Oakdale Act
B) Interstate Commerce Act
C) Sherman Act
D) B & O Act
E) Pennsylvania Act

Question 7

Who authored the "Frontier Thesis?"

A) Charles Dickens
B) Henry Thoreau
C) William Sherman
D) Arthur Schlesinger
E) Frederick Jackson Turner

Question 8

Sears was best known for what marketing technique?

A) Blue light specials
B) Sales on washing machines
C) Deep discounts
D) Mail order catalogue
E) Radio advertising

Question 9

A and P was the largest grocery store chain of this era. What do the letters "A" and "P" stand for?

A) Advance & Proceed
B) Atlantic & Pacific
C) Apples & Potatoes
D) Arkansas and Pennsylvania
E) Abraham & Peter

Question 10

Observing the degraded conditions of inner-city life in the 1880-1900 period was called?

A) Cruising
B) Gawking
C) Slumming
D) Blasting
E) Pandering

Question 11

Which of the following was not included in a typical vaudeville show?

A) Slapstick comedy
B) Songs
C) Dance
D) Chorus line
E) Short films

Question 12

Which US congressional act outlawed "combinations in restraint of trade?"

A) Interstate Commerce Act
B) Anti-Monopoly Act
C) Railroad Regulation Act
D) McKinley-Hart Act
E) Sherman Anti-Trust Act

Question 13

An outlying residential area connected to the city by railways or roadways is called?

A) Township
B) Neighborhood
C) Rural
D) Suburb
E) Metropolis

Question 14

Before the constitutional amendment that required the direct election of US senators, how were they selected?

A) Appointed by the Governors
B) Chosen by the members of Congress
C) Special committees appointed them
D) Appointed by state legislatures
E) None of the above

Question 15

Scott Joplin, the African American music composer, was best known for what type of music?

A) Jazz
B) Hip Hop
C) Classical
D) Ragtime
E) Country Western

Question 16

In 1892, whom did the Populist Party nominate as their candidate for president?

A) John Thornton
B) Earl McKinley
C) James Saltonstall
D) James B. Weaver
E) Milliard Fillmore

Question 17

Jane Addams was famous because of her work with

A) Prohibition
B) Prostitution
C) Drug abuse
D) Settlement houses
E) Religion

Question 18

Which company was the best-known department store of the era?

A) K-Mart
B) Wannamaker
C) Wal-Mart
D) Jordan's
E) Target

Question 19

When two political parties join together to defeat the dominant party of a region this is known as?

A) Coexistence
B) Melding
C) Fusion
D) Bipartisanship
E) All of the above

Question 20

Which of the following was not a Populist Party proposed reform?

A) Social Security
B) Immigration restrictions
C) Federal income tax
D) Direct election of US senators
E) Referendums at the state level

Question 21

The antebellum white actor who used "blackface" was known as?

A) Laurel Hardy
B) Joseph Foggy
C) Warren Barton
D) Jim Crow
E) Eustis Palmer

Question 22

In the Wizard of Oz, whom did the Cowardly Lion represent?

A) Farmers
B) Businessmen
C) Clergy
D) Judges
E) Politicians

Question 23

Who was the Democratic Party candidate for president who was well known for his advocacy of using silver to back up the dollar?

A) John Harding
B) Grover Cleveland
C) William McKinley
D) William Jennings Bryan
E) Harold Estes

Question 24

Which US Supreme Court case ruled that segregation was legal?

A) Plessy v. Ferguson
B) Brown v. Board of Education
C) Paski v. Odom
D) Kansas v. Oldham
E) Wade v. Grand

Question 25

Where was the steel plant where the riots occurred in 1893?

A) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
B) Cleveland, Ohio
C) Gary, Indiana
D) Birmingham, Alabama
E) Homestead, Pennsylvania

Question 26

Which president during this period was elected twice but not consecutively?

A) Harrison
B) Garfield
C) Roosevelt
D) Cleveland
E) Taft

Question 27

Which of the following would not be considered an "old stock' immigrant?

A) Italian
B) English
C) French
D) German
E) Northern Ireland

Question 28

What state was Ellis Island in?

A) Massachusetts
B) Pennsylvania
C) Rhode Island
D) New York
E) New Jersey

Question 29

When the Pullman Strike of 1894 occurred in Chicago, who was president?

A) Harrison
B) Tyler
C) McKinley
D) Cleveland
E) Roosevelt