HIST 1302: 1876 to the Present ASSIGNMENT- I -5% -5 Points Initially Posted: 8/27/21 Dr. August Dalton Malveaux, Jr. Due: Sept.7 Scholars, please submit your answers in a Word-Document (No Google Docs.) through Canvas . I. Multiple Choice (Select the correct answer) The Second Industrial Revolution 1. The_______________ was a phase of massive industrialization in the latter part of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. a. Reconstruction Era b. Gilded Age c. Progressive Era d. Second Industrial Revolution 2.__________________is a social and economic system characterized largely by social ownership or government ownership instead of private ownership of the means of production and co-operative management of the economy, as well as a political theory and movement that aims at the establishment of such a system (allows for some private ownership). a. Capitalism b. Fascism c. Socialism d. Social Darwinism 3. America's system of segregation is often referred to as _________. a. Reconstruction b. Nadir c. Jim Crow d. none of these 4.____________a political theory which calls for the creation of a society or a government in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs (advocates for no private ownership). a. Capitalism b. Fascism c. Socialism d. Communism The U.S. Civil War Era- 1861-1865 5. __________________ was secretively associations and political organizations which promoted unity to the Union of the United States. a. Labor unions b. Fraternities c. Police unions d. Union Leagues 6. The _________________Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. a. 14th b. 16th c. 17th d. 13th The U.S. Civil War Era- 1861-1865 7. ___________________ were decorated African American regiments that distinguishably served in the U.S. Civil War and whose efforts led to the creation of Juneteenth. a. U.S. Colored Troops (USCT) b. Buffalo Soldiers c. Harlem Hell-fighters d. Red Tails 8. South Carolina native_______________________ was a hero during the US Civil War, and one of the great African American congressman during the Reconstruction Era. a. Martin Delany b. Robert Smalls c. Henry Highland Garnet d. none of these 9._____________was a federal law that funded the creation of land-grant colleges. a. Dawes Act b. Homestead Act c. none of these d. Sherman Anti-Trust Act 10._________were several U.S. federal laws that gave a selected applicant ownership of land, with little or no cost (grants totaling 160 acres of un-appropriated federal land within the boundaries of the public land states). a. Dawes Act b. Homestead Act c. Morrill Act d. Sherman Anti-Trust Act The Reconstruction Era -1865-1877 11.__________ was a U.S. federal government agency established in 1865 to aid freedmen (freed slaves) in the South during the Reconstruction Era of the United States, which attempted to change society in the former Confederacy. a. AFL b. Knights of Labor c. United Nations d. Freemen's Bureau 12. The Civil Rights Act of 1866 dealt largely with _______________. a. violence b. public accommodations c. voting d, citizenship 13. The ____________________ Amendment addresses citizenship rights, due process and equal protection. a. 14th b. 16th c. 17th d. 13th 14. _________________ were decorated African American regiments that distinguishably served in after the U.S. Civil War from the years 1866 to 1951. a. U.S. Colored Troops (USCT) b. Buffalo Soldiers c. Harlem Hell-fighters d. Red Tails The Gilded Age The 1870’s 15. The term Gilded Age refers to the late 19th century, from the 1870s to about 1900, it was first coined by _________. a. Mark Twain b. Karl Marx c. John D. Rockefeller d. Andrew Carnegie 16. Capitalist John D. Rockefeller, J. P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, and Cornelius Vanderbilt were often called_______________. a. Scalawags b. Carpetbaggers c. Redeemers d. Robber Barons 17. The _________________Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude." a. 14th b. 16th c. 17th d. 15th 18. The Civil Rights Acts of 1870 and 1871 are often called the_____________ Acts. a. Black Codes b. Enforcement Acts c. Reconstruction Amendments d. none of these 19. The Civil Rights Act of 1875 prohibited discrimination in transportation, amusement places, juries and _________ . a. violence b. public accommodations c. voting d, citizenship 20. _________________led the charged that killed Col. George Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876. a. Geronimo b. Sitting Bull c. Crazy Horse d. Chief Joseph 21. The _________________as a professed informal, unwritten deal that settled the disputed 1876 U.S. presidential election. It resulted in the federal government pulling the last federal troops out of the South, thus, formally ending Reconstruction. a. Missouri Compromise b. Compromise of 1850 c. Compromise of 1877 d. Wilmot Proviso 22. _________________ was the most known leader of the Nez Perce natives who were defeated in 1877. a. Geronimo b. Sitting Bull c. Crazy Horse d. Chief Joseph The 1880’s 23. _________________was a United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882. It was one of the most significant restrictions on free immigration in US history, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. a. Dawes Act b. Homestead Act c. Alien Sedition Act d. none of these The 1880’s 24. _________________as a pioneer American settlement activist, reformer, social worker, public philosopher, sociologist, author, and leader in women's suffrage. She created the first settlement house in the U.S., Chicago's Hull House in 1889. a. Clara Barton b. Susan B. Anthony c. none of these d. Jane Addams II. Short Answer ----Critical Thinking--- (Up to 2 points) Scholars, please use only the space provided, additional uploads will not be accepted. Students who engage in academic dishonesty will be penalized. Please do not have the same short answer responses as another student. If you do you will be penalized and will not receive any extra points (no curve) this semester. It is perhaps best to leave your response blank if you don’t know the answer. The 1890’s 25. In what ways were Booker T. Washington and WEB Dubois different? Please explain in no less than five complete sentences. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.” - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
