HISTORY 106 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH 100%
SOLVED ANSWERS|| LATEST UPDATE 2025/26
Why did Populists call for public ownership of the railroads? -CORRECTANSWER
because farmers would be able to transport their crops at a lower cost
Populists intended to do which of the following? -CORRECTANSWER restore economic
opportunity
Which statement is true of urban workers in the 1890s? -CORRECTANSWER Populist
speeches failed to resonate with them.
What did Black and white women activists have in common during the Populist era? -
CORRECTANSWER an aim to decrease alcohol consumption in their communities
What was California's approach to racial segregation during the Populist era? -
CORRECTANSWER Mexicans were often barred from restaurants and entertainment
venues.
The Immigration Restriction League -CORRECTANSWER blamed "new" immigrants for
urban crime and poverty.
What did Booker T. Washington's Tuskegee Institute emphasize? -CORRECTANSWER
vocational job education
, The Platt Amendment -CORRECTANSWER authorized military intervention in Cuba.
Newspapers like the New York Journal and the New York World used sensational
accounts to sell more copies. These types of papers were known as -
CORRECTANSWER the "yellow press."
The "new imperialism" involved European colonial powers seeking to consolidate their
domination of Africa, Asia, and the Middle East in the name of "civilization." -
CORRECTANSWER True
Which of the following best describes the Black response to the ending of the Civil War
and the coming of freedom? -CORRECTANSWER Blacks adopted different ways of
testing their freedom, including moving about, seeking kin, and rejecting older forms of
deferential behavior.
In terms of employment, Blacks during Reconstruction most avidly searched for -
CORRECTANSWER the possibility to work their own land.
In the Republican free labor vision of a reconstructed South, -CORRECTANSWER
Southern Black and northern white workers would enjoy the same opportunities, and the
South would become more like the North.
SOLVED ANSWERS|| LATEST UPDATE 2025/26
Why did Populists call for public ownership of the railroads? -CORRECTANSWER
because farmers would be able to transport their crops at a lower cost
Populists intended to do which of the following? -CORRECTANSWER restore economic
opportunity
Which statement is true of urban workers in the 1890s? -CORRECTANSWER Populist
speeches failed to resonate with them.
What did Black and white women activists have in common during the Populist era? -
CORRECTANSWER an aim to decrease alcohol consumption in their communities
What was California's approach to racial segregation during the Populist era? -
CORRECTANSWER Mexicans were often barred from restaurants and entertainment
venues.
The Immigration Restriction League -CORRECTANSWER blamed "new" immigrants for
urban crime and poverty.
What did Booker T. Washington's Tuskegee Institute emphasize? -CORRECTANSWER
vocational job education
, The Platt Amendment -CORRECTANSWER authorized military intervention in Cuba.
Newspapers like the New York Journal and the New York World used sensational
accounts to sell more copies. These types of papers were known as -
CORRECTANSWER the "yellow press."
The "new imperialism" involved European colonial powers seeking to consolidate their
domination of Africa, Asia, and the Middle East in the name of "civilization." -
CORRECTANSWER True
Which of the following best describes the Black response to the ending of the Civil War
and the coming of freedom? -CORRECTANSWER Blacks adopted different ways of
testing their freedom, including moving about, seeking kin, and rejecting older forms of
deferential behavior.
In terms of employment, Blacks during Reconstruction most avidly searched for -
CORRECTANSWER the possibility to work their own land.
In the Republican free labor vision of a reconstructed South, -CORRECTANSWER
Southern Black and northern white workers would enjoy the same opportunities, and the
South would become more like the North.
