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Studocu is not sponsored or endorsed by any college or university Chapter 20 Review Questions History of the Unites States, 1877 to Date (Texas State University) Studocu is not sponsored or endorsed by any college or university Chapter 20 Review Questions History of the Unites States, 1877 to Date (Texas State University) Downloaded by Barry Wilson (bkwilson2020@gmail.com) lOMoARcPSD|30100216

Anna Gasset History 1320 The American Yawp Chapter 20 – The Progressive Era 1. How did progressive Democrats in the South seek to solve the problems of racial strife? a. Advocatng for equal access to educaton for all b. Seeking to dismantle Jim Crow laws c. Legislatng segregaton d. All of the above C. Legislatng segregaton. Pg. 129. Reforming sought out the social separaton of whites and blacks to solve the problems of racial strife. 2. How did southern reformers seek to combat corrupton? a. Disenfranchising black voters b. Invoking the Fifeenth Amendment in legal cases c. Passing campaign fnance reform d. Southern reformers did not show a concern with corrupton A. Disenfranchising black voters. Pg. 129. Southern reformers would aim to “purify” ballot boxes by restrictng votng by black Americans. 3. In the electon of 1896, 130,000 black Louisianans voted. In 1900 the number was _____________. a. 158,450 b. 139,482 c. 53,459 d. 5,320 D. 5,320. Pg. 130. Although 130,000 black Louisianans voted in 1896, only 5,320 voted in the 1896 electon. 4. Which of the following defniton best describes the work of muckrakers? a. Investgatve journalists b. Organized crime hitmen c. Social workers d. Legislators who defended lynching A. Investgatve journalists. Pg. 112. Muckrackers are journalists that exposed corrupton and poverty. 5. What legal principle was enshrined by the Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson? a. Habeas corpus b. Separate but equal c. No taxaton without representaton Downloaded by Barry Wilson (bkwilson2020@gmail.com) lOMoARcPSD|30100216

d. Lynch law B. Separate but equal. Pg. 133. The Plessy v. Ferguson case set the doctrine “separate but equal” that made segregaton legal. 6. Theodore Roosevelt frst gained fame as a trustbuster by atacking which monopoly in 1902? a. Standard Oil b. Northern Securites c. J.P. Morgan Chase d. General Electric B. Northern Securites. Pg. 124. Theodore Roosevelt frst atacked the Northern Securites Company in 1902. 7. Why did so many die in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fre? a. Unsafe working conditons b. Racial violence c. Corrupt law enforcement d. Union protests A. Unsafe working conditons. Pg. 110-111. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire was so deadly because the doors to the factory had been chained shut to prevent workers from taking breaks. 8. Who advocated racial accomodatonism? a. W.E.B. DuBois b. Booker T. Washington c. Eugene Debs d. Ida B. Wells B. Booker T. Washington. Pg. 133. Washington was praised as an accommodatonist for racial injustce. 9. Which of the following best describes the Social Gospel? a. The belief that Christ would return to Earth in the next decade b. A theological defense of segregaton c. A religious of temperance actvists d. The goal of saving society as well as souls D. The goal of saving society as well as souls. Pg. 114. The social gospel came from Protestant Christanity and it emphasized the necessity of salvaton for society, not just for the individual. 10. W. E. B. Du Bois, founder the Natonal Associaton for the Advancement of Colored People, broke with his former mentor Booker T. Washington because, Du Bois believed that Washington _______. a. Was not bold enough b. Was too radical c. Was corrupt and immoral Downloaded by Barry Wilson (bkwilson2020@gmail.com) lOMoARcPSD|30100216

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