AMH 2020 EXAM 2025/2026 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
At the end of the 19th century, the growing use of scientific management techniques in
manufacturing had resulted in - ANS much higher productivity and profits but only slightly
higher wages.
The theory of social Darwinism served to - ANS justify economic inequality and curb social
reform.
What factors contributed to the strikes and violent labor conflicts between 1877 and 1914? -
ANS Introduction of new work habits that threatened the economic security of the American
worker.
The nation was first awakened to the power of striking workers with the - ANS Great
Railroad Strike of 1877.
Pointing to how powerful railroads had corrupted the political system, the Populists -
ANS called for government ownership of the railroads and the telegraph system.
Which of the following statements about the People's Party is correct? - ANS The People's
Party is considered a partial success because aspects of its reform agenda were adopted as law
in the United States
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,The key role in the transformation of the American economy in the late nineteenth century was
played by the - ANS growth of the railroad industry.
Cattle raising became increasingly profitable in the 1860s and gave rise to the lucrative cattle
industry because of - ANS railroad expansion, combined with population growth.
Congress' 1887 Dawes Act was intended to - ANS encourage Indians to adopt white culture.
Participants in the Ghost Dance hoped to bring about - ANS an apocalypse that would
restore old Indian ways of life and control of American lands.
Frederick Jackson Turner's argument that the frontier shaped the character of Americans and
the nation has been criticized by historians for which of the following reasons? - ANS the
thesis is too broad and minimizes the complexity of diversity in the American West.
The wave of "new" immigration to the United States in the last few decades of the nineteenth
century occurred for all of the following reasons EXCEPT - ANS economic subsidies offered by
the American government.
Political machines spread and thrived in urban areas during the late nineteenth century
because - ANS they were able to provide much-needed services to urban residents.
Public executions and lynchings of black men in the Jim Crow South were - ANS designed to
intimidate African Americans to accept second-class status.
Ida B. Wells' campaign against lynching resulted in - ANS increased awareness of southern
racial violence.
Late-nineteenth-century industrialization in the United States - ANS transformed home and
family life.
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, A major factor in the shift in American foreign policy toward imperialism in the late nineteenth
century was the - ANS need for overseas markets for increased industrial and agricultural
production.
After Spain formally ceded the Philippines to the United States in the Treaty of Paris (1898), the
Filipino revolutionaries who had greeted the U.S. troops as liberators - ANS began a seven-
year battle against their new American masters.
The Roosevelt administration's decision to build a canal across the Panamanian isthmus
required - ANS the U.S. backing of a Panamanian independence movement against
Colombia.
Toward the end of the nineteenth century, meny Americans, inluding old-stock elites and
organized labor, joined together to - ANS press for immigration restrictions.
The Progressive Movement is an example of - ANS a social reform movement focused on
government action to improve society
The Pure Food and Drug Act was passed by Congress in 1906 as the result of - ANS public
outcry following the publication of Upton Sinclair?s novel The Jungle.
The settlement house and women's club movements were crucial centers of female progressive
activity because they - ANS introduced many middle-class women to a broader array of
urban social problems and civic concerns.
During the nineteenth century, the Sherman Antitrust Act - ANS was used by big business to
break up unions and strikes.
In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the Supreme Court ruled that - ANS states may
exclude blacks from certain facilities if there are equal ones available.
Which of the following is the access code for the Online Reading Quiz for the same chapters
covered here? - ANS ProfDisaniceguy
3 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026.
AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
At the end of the 19th century, the growing use of scientific management techniques in
manufacturing had resulted in - ANS much higher productivity and profits but only slightly
higher wages.
The theory of social Darwinism served to - ANS justify economic inequality and curb social
reform.
What factors contributed to the strikes and violent labor conflicts between 1877 and 1914? -
ANS Introduction of new work habits that threatened the economic security of the American
worker.
The nation was first awakened to the power of striking workers with the - ANS Great
Railroad Strike of 1877.
Pointing to how powerful railroads had corrupted the political system, the Populists -
ANS called for government ownership of the railroads and the telegraph system.
Which of the following statements about the People's Party is correct? - ANS The People's
Party is considered a partial success because aspects of its reform agenda were adopted as law
in the United States
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026.
,The key role in the transformation of the American economy in the late nineteenth century was
played by the - ANS growth of the railroad industry.
Cattle raising became increasingly profitable in the 1860s and gave rise to the lucrative cattle
industry because of - ANS railroad expansion, combined with population growth.
Congress' 1887 Dawes Act was intended to - ANS encourage Indians to adopt white culture.
Participants in the Ghost Dance hoped to bring about - ANS an apocalypse that would
restore old Indian ways of life and control of American lands.
Frederick Jackson Turner's argument that the frontier shaped the character of Americans and
the nation has been criticized by historians for which of the following reasons? - ANS the
thesis is too broad and minimizes the complexity of diversity in the American West.
The wave of "new" immigration to the United States in the last few decades of the nineteenth
century occurred for all of the following reasons EXCEPT - ANS economic subsidies offered by
the American government.
Political machines spread and thrived in urban areas during the late nineteenth century
because - ANS they were able to provide much-needed services to urban residents.
Public executions and lynchings of black men in the Jim Crow South were - ANS designed to
intimidate African Americans to accept second-class status.
Ida B. Wells' campaign against lynching resulted in - ANS increased awareness of southern
racial violence.
Late-nineteenth-century industrialization in the United States - ANS transformed home and
family life.
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026.
, A major factor in the shift in American foreign policy toward imperialism in the late nineteenth
century was the - ANS need for overseas markets for increased industrial and agricultural
production.
After Spain formally ceded the Philippines to the United States in the Treaty of Paris (1898), the
Filipino revolutionaries who had greeted the U.S. troops as liberators - ANS began a seven-
year battle against their new American masters.
The Roosevelt administration's decision to build a canal across the Panamanian isthmus
required - ANS the U.S. backing of a Panamanian independence movement against
Colombia.
Toward the end of the nineteenth century, meny Americans, inluding old-stock elites and
organized labor, joined together to - ANS press for immigration restrictions.
The Progressive Movement is an example of - ANS a social reform movement focused on
government action to improve society
The Pure Food and Drug Act was passed by Congress in 1906 as the result of - ANS public
outcry following the publication of Upton Sinclair?s novel The Jungle.
The settlement house and women's club movements were crucial centers of female progressive
activity because they - ANS introduced many middle-class women to a broader array of
urban social problems and civic concerns.
During the nineteenth century, the Sherman Antitrust Act - ANS was used by big business to
break up unions and strikes.
In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the Supreme Court ruled that - ANS states may
exclude blacks from certain facilities if there are equal ones available.
Which of the following is the access code for the Online Reading Quiz for the same chapters
covered here? - ANS ProfDisaniceguy
3 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026.
