Gilded Age/Progressive Review Set

Which Progressive cause would have been MOST likely to have supported by a member of the Equal Suffrage League of SC?

• restrictions on immigrants

• limitations on child labor

• Women's voting rights

• prohibition of alcohol

The following statements reflect which person listed below:

*Resisted radical Reconstruction in SC

*His supporters were called Red Shirts

*Became the first Democrat elected as governor after Reconstruction

*Was known as the "Savior of South Carolina"

• William Simpson

• John C Calhoun

• Wade Hampton

• Daniel H. Chamberlain

Which politician would be reflected in the characteristics below:

*Governor of SC 1890-1894

*Campaigned for governor as a friend of the "ordinary" farmer

*Led the effort to put "Jim Crow" into the state Constitution

*U..S. Senator form South Carolina 1895-1918

• Daniel Henry Chamberlain

• Wade Hampton II

• Hugh Smith Thompson

• Benjamin Ryan Tillman

"Lint Head"

was a derogatory(not nice) term used to describe people who worked in which industry?

• Tobacco

• Textile

• Petroleum

• Railroad

Which transportation method played the biggest role in the Industrial Revolution that occurred in America in the first two decade?

• railroads

• Steamboats

• interstate highways

• airplanes

The main idea behind the "Jim Crow" laws in the South was to

• Help the economy of South after the Reconstruction

• Restore Republican control of local government

• provide unemployment assistance

• Segregate blacks and whites

If one were to study the migration and growth patterns for the United States, one could conclude;

• Rural areas have seem dramatic rises & falls in population throughout the 19th century

• Urban areas have continually experiences a loss in population throughout the 19th century.

• Urban areas have seen a consistence increase in population throughout the 19th century.

• Rural areas have seen an increase in population throughout the 19th century.

What was the purpose of the "Eight Box Law"

• to ensure that voters were informed of the issues

• to end the use of literacy tests when registering voters

• to prevent free blacks form voting in the late 1800s

• to prevent unions from forming in the South

The Populist Party was created in an effort to

• achieve goals and reforms to help farmers and factory workers

• gain equal rights for African Americans

• support the needs of business and industry

• demand that the government stay out of big business and industry

The main goal of the South Carolina Constitution of 1895 was:

• to prohibit the sale of alcohol

• to decrease the voting rights of African Americans

• to increase the rights of African Americans

• to grant all people the right to vote