...my B in the class? 19. Which of the following statements regarding the Knights of Labor is false?
A.The Knights preferred strikes to boycotts.
B.The Knights advocated equal pay for equal work for men and women.
C.The Knights organized many local assemblies on the basis of craft.
D.The Knights supported elimination of convict-labor competition.
E.The Knights were sponsored labor candidate in local elections.
20. In Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court that:
A.the Fourteenth Amendment did not extend to individual actions.
B.the Civil Rights Act was unconstitutional.
C.the Supreme Court lacked the authority to review civil rights cases.
D.separate but equal facilities were constitutional.
E.Jim Crow laws were unconstitutional.
21. Which of the following best characterizes the causes of the range wars?
A.ethnic and racial and prejudice on the frontier.
B.conflicting claims over land and water rights.
C.federal legislation financing irrigation projects.
D.conflicts between railroads companies and ranchers.
E.the frontiersman's preoccupation with masculine honor.
22. The Pullman Strike ended when:
A.Eugene Debs was sentenced to six months in jail for violating an injunction.
B.The Supreme Court ordered and end to the strike.
C.Pinkerton detectives broke the strike.
D.President Cleveland used federal troops to ensure delivery of the mail.
E.The Pennsylvania state militia protected the strikers.
23. Which of the statements about the Industrial Workers of the World are true?
I.The IWW was based in the mining and lumber camps of the West.
II.The IWW supported replacing the state with one big union.
III.The IWW was organized to resemble the AFL.
IV.The IWW repudiated the notion of a classless society.
V.The IWW declined during World War I when its leaders were jailed for conspiracy.
A.I only.
B.I and II only.
C.I and III only.
D.I, II, and V only.
E.I, II, IV, and V only.
24. The basic idea of vertical integration is to:
A.establish trusts to centralize control of a business.
B.create interlocking directorates.
C.develop holding companies to protect industrial combinations.
D.eliminate a company's dependence on other companies.
E.control skyrocketing railroad costs.
25. The Indian Wars were for the most part ended when:
A.Chief Joseph and the Nez Perces surrendered.
B.Custer was defeated at the Battle of the Little Big Horn.
C.federal troops attacked a group of Indians at Wounded Knee.
D.the Peace Commission inaugurated the reservation policy.
E.President Hayes limited fort construction on Indian territory.
26. The American Federation of Labor had its greatest success in:
A.organizing union strongholds in manufacturing.
B.supporting the expansion of industrial unions.
C.organizing skilled workers.
D.ending the conflict between labor and management.
E.opposing craft unions.
27. The forty-eight contiguous states were completed with the admission of:
A.Arizona and New Mexico.
B.Idaho and Wyoming.
C.Montana and Washington.
D.North Dakota and South Dakota.
E.Oklahoma and Utah.
28. The development of an alternating-current system revolutionized industry because:
A.factories were no longer forced to locate near energy supplies.
B.steel production became more efficient.
C.agricultural production no longer required animal or human labor.
D.communications were no longer dependent on rail lines.
E.storage batteries made electricity portable.
29. The Dawes Severalty Act is best characterized as an attempt to:
A.resettle Indians onto communal reservations.
B.assimilate Indians into American culture.
C.regulate the use of barbed wire on the open range.
D.control fraudulent speculation on the frontier.
E.increase the acreage of Indian land available to settlers.
30. The Bourbon Redeemers:
A.were intolerant of political participation by Blacks.
B.instituted convict leasing to relieve prisons.
C.advocated expanding government intervention in the economy.
D.increased spending for public education.
E.refused to grant tax exemptions to promote industry.
A.The Knights preferred strikes to boycotts.
B.The Knights advocated equal pay for equal work for men and women.
C.The Knights organized many local assemblies on the basis of craft.
D.The Knights supported elimination of convict-labor competition.
E.The Knights were sponsored labor candidate in local elections.
20. In Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court that:
A.the Fourteenth Amendment did not extend to individual actions.
B.the Civil Rights Act was unconstitutional.
C.the Supreme Court lacked the authority to review civil rights cases.
D.separate but equal facilities were constitutional.
E.Jim Crow laws were unconstitutional.
21. Which of the following best characterizes the causes of the range wars?
A.ethnic and racial and prejudice on the frontier.
B.conflicting claims over land and water rights.
C.federal legislation financing irrigation projects.
D.conflicts between railroads companies and ranchers.
E.the frontiersman's preoccupation with masculine honor.
22. The Pullman Strike ended when:
A.Eugene Debs was sentenced to six months in jail for violating an injunction.
B.The Supreme Court ordered and end to the strike.
C.Pinkerton detectives broke the strike.
D.President Cleveland used federal troops to ensure delivery of the mail.
E.The Pennsylvania state militia protected the strikers.
23. Which of the statements about the Industrial Workers of the World are true?
I.The IWW was based in the mining and lumber camps of the West.
II.The IWW supported replacing the state with one big union.
III.The IWW was organized to resemble the AFL.
IV.The IWW repudiated the notion of a classless society.
V.The IWW declined during World War I when its leaders were jailed for conspiracy.
A.I only.
B.I and II only.
C.I and III only.
D.I, II, and V only.
E.I, II, IV, and V only.
24. The basic idea of vertical integration is to:
A.establish trusts to centralize control of a business.
B.create interlocking directorates.
C.develop holding companies to protect industrial combinations.
D.eliminate a company's dependence on other companies.
E.control skyrocketing railroad costs.
25. The Indian Wars were for the most part ended when:
A.Chief Joseph and the Nez Perces surrendered.
B.Custer was defeated at the Battle of the Little Big Horn.
C.federal troops attacked a group of Indians at Wounded Knee.
D.the Peace Commission inaugurated the reservation policy.
E.President Hayes limited fort construction on Indian territory.
26. The American Federation of Labor had its greatest success in:
A.organizing union strongholds in manufacturing.
B.supporting the expansion of industrial unions.
C.organizing skilled workers.
D.ending the conflict between labor and management.
E.opposing craft unions.
27. The forty-eight contiguous states were completed with the admission of:
A.Arizona and New Mexico.
B.Idaho and Wyoming.
C.Montana and Washington.
D.North Dakota and South Dakota.
E.Oklahoma and Utah.
28. The development of an alternating-current system revolutionized industry because:
A.factories were no longer forced to locate near energy supplies.
B.steel production became more efficient.
C.agricultural production no longer required animal or human labor.
D.communications were no longer dependent on rail lines.
E.storage batteries made electricity portable.
29. The Dawes Severalty Act is best characterized as an attempt to:
A.resettle Indians onto communal reservations.
B.assimilate Indians into American culture.
C.regulate the use of barbed wire on the open range.
D.control fraudulent speculation on the frontier.
E.increase the acreage of Indian land available to settlers.
30. The Bourbon Redeemers:
A.were intolerant of political participation by Blacks.
B.instituted convict leasing to relieve prisons.
C.advocated expanding government intervention in the economy.
D.increased spending for public education.
E.refused to grant tax exemptions to promote industry.