CHAPTER 19: NEW FRONTIERS: SOUTH AND WEST. CHAPTER 20 BIG BUSINESS AND ORGANIZED LABOR CHAPTER 21 THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN AMERICA CHAPTER 22 GILDED AGE POLITICS AND AGRARIAN REVOLT. CHAPTER 23: THE COURSE FOR EMPIRE Chapter 27 Republican Resurgence and Decline Chapter 28 Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal Chapter 30 The World at War Chapter 31 The Fair Deal and ContainmentHISTORY 1302 TAKE HOME TEST CHAPTER 19: NEW FRONTIERS: SOUTH AND WEST. 1. Prior to 1860, how did most Americans viewed the region between the Mississippi River and California? A. As a plush and expansive territory ripe for the taking. B. As an uninviting land unfit for human habitation or cultivation. C. As an area that with time may become habitable. D. None of the above. 2. Who became the major prophet of a New South? A. William Jennings Bryan. B. William H. Seward. C. Hamilton Fish. D. Henry W. Grady. 3. Which of the following helped to lure thousands of pioneers and expectant capitalists westward? A. A liberal land distribution policy by the federal government. B. The construction of transcontinental railroads. C. The military conquest of the Indians. D. All of the above. 4. After 1865, proponents of a “New South” argued A. That the south must rebuild her army with the aim of seperation at some time in the future. B. That the south must abandon her preoccupation with agriculture and pursue industrial and commercial development. C. For wholesale changes in the south’s political agenda. D. None of the above. 5. The crop lien system was a response to which of the following conditions? A. the end of the slave labor system in the South. B. an acute shortfall of capital in the postwar South. C. the destructive effects of the Civil War on the South’s economy. D. the rapid decline in agricultural prices. 6. In the aftermath of emancipation, sharecropping and tenancy grew increasingly prevalent. How did the sharecropping system operate? A. The landowner provided the supplies, while the sharecropper paid rent and received a ¼ share of the crops yield. B. The sharecropper provided supplies and ½ the crop in exchange for rent free land. C. The land owner provided the land and supplies in return for ½ the crop. D. All of the above were used in determining the relationship between landowner and tenant.7. In order to keep blacks from voting, many southern states institutionalized voting requirements. Which of the following was not a requiremnent? A. A residency requirement of 2 years in the state and atleast 6 months in the election district. B. All taxes, including a poll tax had to be paid by Feb. 1, of election year. C. All voters had to pass Literacy tests. D. Voter disqualification if convicted of certain crimes. 8. Due to public outcries the governement’s policy in the late 1880’s towards the Indians became more benovelant. This changing attitude produced the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 which proposed A. Introducing the Indians to individual landownership and agriculture. B. Severely restricting whites in their quest for control of Indian lands by use of the court system. C. Maintaining the original boundaries of the lands held by the 5 Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma. D. A and B only. 9. The Homestead Act addresses A. Land owership B. Agricultural laws C. International trade D. Selling agricultural products to foreign countries. 10. The Newlands Reclamation Act of 1901 A. Set up the Bureau of Reclamation to sell off public lands. B. The proceeds that the government made off public land sells was to used for land improvement. C. One of its lasting legacies was the construction of Hoover, Roosevelt, Butte and Arrowrock Dams which povided a water source for land irrigation and hydroelectric power D. All of the above are true statements concerning the Bureau of Reclamation CHAPTER 20 BIG BUSINESS AND ORGANIZED LABOR 11. Cornelius Vanderbilt’s greatest achievements were done in which industry? A. Lumber C. Steel B. Railroads D. Oil and Gas 12. An industry which produces the services and products it needs rather than depending on others is utilizing A. A trust. C. Vertical intergration. B. A corporation. D. Horizontal intergration. 13. What caused the great railroads strike of 1877? A. Wage cuts B. Poor working conditions. C. No worker’s compensation. D. Too many workers getting laid off.14. Which of the following were reasons for the decline of the Knights of Labor? A. Its leadership was devoted more to reform than pragmatic organization. B. Its efforts at forming cooperatives were failures. C. It like other early attempts at unionization had a preoccupation with politics rather than negotiations with management. D. All of the above. 15. During the years of Socialist Party growth, there emerged a parallel effort to revive industrial unionism by a group dubbed the wobblies. The individual most responsible for holding this group together was? A. Daniel DeLeon. C. Eugene V. Debs. B. William D. “Big Bill” Haywood. D. Samuel Gompers 16. The Homestead Strike of 1892 and the Pullman Strike of 1894 A. Were two incidents that helped galvanize public interest in the Contract Labor Law. B. Were two violent incidents that scarred and set back the emerging industrial union movement. C. Were unrelated strikes by different union groups displaying different circumstances. D. None of the above. 17. What did the National Labor Union accomplish before its collapse in 1872? A. Minimum wage. B. Eight-hour days for federal employees C. Repeal of the 1864 Contract Labor Law. D. Both B and C. E. All of the above. CHAPTER 21 THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN AMERICA 18. By the end of the 19th Century what % of the inhabitants of the major cities were foreign born? A. 20% C. 30% B. 25% D. 40% 19. The majority of new immigrants were from which countries? A. Western Europe. C. Asia. B. Southern and Eastern Europe. D. Great Britain. 20. Why did the Congress shut down Ne York’s state-run reception center at Castle Garden in 1890? A. Because the shear amount of immigrants was too much for the state of New York to handle. B. Castle Garden was old and run down and Congress felt that a new reception center was needed which would be more repersentative of the growing wealth and power of the United States. C. Castle Garden was full of