UGA HISTORY EXEMPTION TEST 1877
CORRECT ANSWERS.
The national political parties of the second American party
system were:
A. the Republican Party and the Democratic Party.
B. the Democratic Party and the Whig Party.
C. the Federalist Party and the Republican Party.
D. the Democratic Party and the Populist Party. - CORRECT-ANSWERS-B. the
Democratic Party and the Whig Party.
Crop-lien System 1860-1930 - CORRECT-ANSWERS-a way for
farmers to get credit before the planting season by borrowing
against the value for anticipated harvests
Sharecroppers - CORRECT-ANSWERS-1870's Tenant farmers,
serfs, who worked the land they did not own for a meager share
of the crops
Ku Klux Klan - CORRECT-ANSWERS--terrorism
-"purification" of american society
-right wing extremist organizations
-hate group
The Ku Klux Klan was which of the following
A. A social club
,B. a terrorist organization
C. white supremacist group
D. All of the above - CORRECT-ANSWERS-D. All of the above
KKK took positions such as white supremacy, white nationalism, anti-
immigration, opposed Catholics and Jews
Had 3 different manifestations over time
Post Bellum Era - CORRECT-ANSWERS-no slavery, crop-lien system,
farmers found themselves mortgaging an implanted crop at an
unspecified rate of interest for a loan of undetermined value.
The end of Reconstruction - CORRECT-ANSWERS--Rutherford B hayes
-Republicans promised that if Hayes was elected he would withdraw the last
of the federal troops from the south, allowing the only remaining Republican
Reconstruction governments to collapse
-1877 (76?)
American Federation of Labor - CORRECT-ANSWERS--founded in
1886
- national federation of labor unions in the United States
-Samuel Gompers (pres)
-largest union grouping in the United States for the first half of the 20th
century
Populist Party - CORRECT-ANSWERS-Farm-based movement of
the late 1800s grew into a joint effort between farmer and labor
, groups against big business and machine-based politics. The
movement became a third party in the election of 1892
Led by Tom Watson
Jim Crow laws - CORRECT-ANSWERS-unwritten and written laws
to follow included the poll tax, literacy test, and property
requirements, separate but equal laws
-enacted after reconstruction period 1896
-racial segregation
-brown v board of ed (1954)
Voting Restrictions - CORRECT-ANSWERS-poll taxes, literacy test,
grandfather clause, property requirements aimed at
disenfranchising black voters
Sherman Antitrust Act - CORRECT-ANSWERS--United States
antitrust law (or "competition law") passed by Congress in 1890.
Passed under the presidency of Benjamin Harrison, it prohibits
certain business activities that Federal government deems to be
anti-competitive.
-monopolies and cartels
Spanish American War - CORRECT-ANSWERS-1898
Spain declared war on the United States
US decided to intervene after sinking of USS Maine
Pathetically onesided b/c Spain did not have army trained or ready
US Destroyed Spanish fleet in Philippines very quickly
CORRECT ANSWERS.
The national political parties of the second American party
system were:
A. the Republican Party and the Democratic Party.
B. the Democratic Party and the Whig Party.
C. the Federalist Party and the Republican Party.
D. the Democratic Party and the Populist Party. - CORRECT-ANSWERS-B. the
Democratic Party and the Whig Party.
Crop-lien System 1860-1930 - CORRECT-ANSWERS-a way for
farmers to get credit before the planting season by borrowing
against the value for anticipated harvests
Sharecroppers - CORRECT-ANSWERS-1870's Tenant farmers,
serfs, who worked the land they did not own for a meager share
of the crops
Ku Klux Klan - CORRECT-ANSWERS--terrorism
-"purification" of american society
-right wing extremist organizations
-hate group
The Ku Klux Klan was which of the following
A. A social club
,B. a terrorist organization
C. white supremacist group
D. All of the above - CORRECT-ANSWERS-D. All of the above
KKK took positions such as white supremacy, white nationalism, anti-
immigration, opposed Catholics and Jews
Had 3 different manifestations over time
Post Bellum Era - CORRECT-ANSWERS-no slavery, crop-lien system,
farmers found themselves mortgaging an implanted crop at an
unspecified rate of interest for a loan of undetermined value.
The end of Reconstruction - CORRECT-ANSWERS--Rutherford B hayes
-Republicans promised that if Hayes was elected he would withdraw the last
of the federal troops from the south, allowing the only remaining Republican
Reconstruction governments to collapse
-1877 (76?)
American Federation of Labor - CORRECT-ANSWERS--founded in
1886
- national federation of labor unions in the United States
-Samuel Gompers (pres)
-largest union grouping in the United States for the first half of the 20th
century
Populist Party - CORRECT-ANSWERS-Farm-based movement of
the late 1800s grew into a joint effort between farmer and labor
, groups against big business and machine-based politics. The
movement became a third party in the election of 1892
Led by Tom Watson
Jim Crow laws - CORRECT-ANSWERS-unwritten and written laws
to follow included the poll tax, literacy test, and property
requirements, separate but equal laws
-enacted after reconstruction period 1896
-racial segregation
-brown v board of ed (1954)
Voting Restrictions - CORRECT-ANSWERS-poll taxes, literacy test,
grandfather clause, property requirements aimed at
disenfranchising black voters
Sherman Antitrust Act - CORRECT-ANSWERS--United States
antitrust law (or "competition law") passed by Congress in 1890.
Passed under the presidency of Benjamin Harrison, it prohibits
certain business activities that Federal government deems to be
anti-competitive.
-monopolies and cartels
Spanish American War - CORRECT-ANSWERS-1898
Spain declared war on the United States
US decided to intervene after sinking of USS Maine
Pathetically onesided b/c Spain did not have army trained or ready
US Destroyed Spanish fleet in Philippines very quickly
