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Chapter 11 Test American History
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11th Grade
09/30/2012

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This woman was a fiery young African American woman from Tennessee that pointed out lynching was often used for personal gain and greed rather than prejudice and racism.
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Which one is NOT a way that whites kept African Americans from voting? (know what are ways that kept AAs from voting)
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Segregation or separation of races was allowed legally in the South by laws called _______ ________ Laws.
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The ____ Amendment was suppose to guarantee that African Americans could vote; however, it apparently wasn't specific enough.
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_______________ clause said that you could vote if your ancestor could vote in 1867.
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Describe Plessy v. Ferguson. Who are each of these men, what happened, and what was the outcome (looking for a 3 word phrase here)?
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Who were the two men that had different views for the advancement of African Americans? What did each of them advocate or say was the best way to achieve that goal? (8 pts)
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What things did the Republicans say, promise or do in the 1896 election between McKinley and Bryan that helped them win?
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_______________ are African American farmers that would have to give large portions of their crop to the owner of the property and were in constant debt.
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The Democrats were split on the issue of gold or silver which create the ________________ and _______________ within the party.
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Many African Americans left the life of farming in the south in 1879 to go to Kansas in an organized exodus. What were they called?
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What was one win for the Populist Party even though they lost the election of 1896 and had fallen apart by the 1900s?
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What was the worst economic crisis ever (up to 1900)?
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Who was known as a great speaker giving over 600 speeches in 14 weeks. His most well known was the "Cross of Gold" defining his stand against the gold standard.
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Who was nominated by the Populist Party to run for president who had previously ran for the Greenback party.
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Which one is NOT a demand from the Ocala Demands list?
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____________ or the decrease in money value and _____________ the increase in money value were two major problems effecting America in the late 1800s.
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Explain how cooperatives or exchanges were suppose to work and why they failed in each case. (6 points)
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What were 3 ways the Grange responded to the recession? (6 points)
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The _____________ ______-________ Act was in response to social pressures to do something about trust and monopolies.
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One of the biggest issues between small business and farmers and railroads is that they gave _____________ or refunds for large orders.
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The Farmers' Alliance gave support to the Democrats in exchange for a list of demands; however, the plan backfired. What happened to their plan?
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The ruling of Wabash v. Illinois pointed out that only the _____________ government was allowed to regulate interstate commerce.
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This movement was to increase farmers’ political power and to work for legislation in their interest
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The Populist Party's plan for having the government building warehouses for a place for farmers to store crops and increase prices were called what?
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As the Populist Party separates themselves from the Democratic Party, the Farmers' Alliance decides not to follow their example. Why?
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This group or party is formed after the failures of both the Grange and the Farmers' Alliance and was also known as the People's Party.
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This group was formed in Texas after the Grange had little success. They also tried to create cooperatives called "exchanges" but eventually failed.
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This organization also known as the Patrons of Husbandry was one of the first attempts to organize farmers.
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List 3 characteristics for Republicans and 3 for Democrates. (6 pts)
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These men were believed to be true to the party members and followed the spoils system.
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This group was made up of reformers and accused of being “wolves in sheep’s clothing.”
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Guiteau was a man wanting a job in the government through the spoils system, when he didn't get it he shot this president.
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When Cleveland and Blaine squared of in the 1884 election, it was based on morals. What group voted for the more moral Democratic Cleveland even though they were Republicans?
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Much like today the government was deadlocked in decision making. What was the problem on Capital Hill?
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The _______________ Act created rules that the president needed to follow to hire an employee which included an exam you had to take to be considered for the job.
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One big problem was spoils system or ____________ which was giving gov’t. jobs to supporters/friends of the winning party
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The loophole in the ____ Amendment was that it only applied to states but not to individual people, businesses, or organizations.
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