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Quiz for Reading the American Past, Chapter 20

Quiz for Reading the American Past, Chapter 20

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Document 20-1: Mary Elizabeth Lease Reports on Women in the Farmers' Alliance

Document 20-2: White Supremacy in Wilmington, North Carolina

Document 20-3: Pinkertons Defeated at Homestead

Document 20-4: Conflicting Views about Labor Unions

Document 20-5: Emilio Aguinaldo Criticizes American Imperialism in the Philippines

Question

1. Why did Mary Elizabeth Lease say that farmers had "been too mentally lazy to do their own thinking"? (See Document 20-1: Mary Elizabeth Lease Reports on Women in the Farmers' Alliance)

They had been too loyal to their political parties.

They had been too uneducated to think themselves.

They had been too influenced by the churches.

They were too poor for political action to be possible.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is The answer is a. Lease argued that farmers had been too loyal to their political parties in the past.

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2. According to Gunner Jesse Blake, why did the "better element" want "to establish 'White Supremacy' in the city, the state, and throughout the South" in the Wilmington "Rebellion" of 1898? (See Document 20-2: White Supremacy in Wilmington, North Carolina)

Because businesses run by African Americans were cutting deeply into their profits

Because they wanted to remove "ignorant" African Americans from government positions and end the alleged assaults of "black rapists" upon white women

Because they thought that African Americans had installed a discriminatory government

Because African Americans had refused to work on cotton plantations for wages

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is The answer is b. According to Blake, the "better element" wanted "to establish ëWhite Supremacy' in the city, the state, and throughout the South" because they wanted to remove African Americans from government positions and protect white women from black rapists.

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3. Why did the Pinkerton men travel in secrecy? (See Document 20-3: Pinkertons Defeated at Homestead)

They feared that union men might spy on them and alert workers at Homestead.

They did not want Andrew Carnegie's men to find out about their arrival.

They wanted to escape detection by government officials who would have arrested them.

They did not want their families to know that they were betraying the cause of the people.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is The answer is a. The Pinkerton men feared that union men might spy on them and alert workers at Homestead.

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4. Why did N. F. Thompson describe labor unions as "treasonable in their character"? (See Document 20-4: Conflicting Views about Labor Unions)

They were controlled by foreign-born immigrants.

They were dominated by former southern Confederates.

They were uniting across industries for the purpose of sympathy strikes.

They were formulating goals and policies that violated the constitution.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is The answer is c. Thompson believed that sympathy strikes gave labor organizations too much power, and this power made unions a subversive threat to society and the government. Thompson states that any organization advocating sympathy strikes should be held "treasonable in their character and their leaders worse than traitors to their country."

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5. What did Emilio Aguinaldo see as America's ultimate goal in the Philippines? (See Document 20-5: Emilio Aguinaldo Criticizes American Imperialism in the Philippines)

To control all of east Asia

To oversee the Philippines manufacturing industries

To capture gold and silver mines in the Philippines

To establish military bases from which to assault the Dutch East Indies

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is The answer is a. Aguinaldo believed that America's ultimate goal in the Philippines was to establish control over east Asia.

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6. Which of the following points would the Pinkerton detective and N. F. Thompson most likely have agreed on? (See Document 20-3: Pinkertons Defeated at Homestead) and Document 20-4: Conflicting Views about Labor Unions)

Union men could be dangerous.

The steel industry was violent.

Industrialists were callous in their disregard for human life.

The unions stood no chance against industry.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is The answer is a. Whereas the Pinkerton detective experienced the strength and potential for violence of union men at the Homestead steel mill in a very personal manner, Thompson considered unions a systematic threat to free enterprise.

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7. With which Samuel Gompers statements would Mary Elizabeth Lease from the Farmers' Alliance have agreed? (See Document 20-1: Mary Elizabeth Lease Reports on Women in the Farmers' Alliance and Document 20-4: Conflicting Views about Labor Unions)

The depression of the 1890s was hardest on farmers.

Monopolies delivered savings to consumers.

Working people had to bring about change themselves.

Economic inequities were a simple matter of regulation.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is The answer is c. Samuel Gompers and Mary Elizabeth Lease would have agreed that working peopleóin city and in countryóhad to bring about change themselves.