KCC US History Since 1877 Q1

Which statement best explains Boss Tweed’s role in New York City politics?

• Directed a nonpartisan voter education league

• Led Tammany Hall’s machine supporting Democrats

• Brokered peace among rival reform societies

• Commanded a federal anti-corruption task force

Who is credited with exposing Boss Tweed’s schemes?

• Upton Sinclair of the Tribune

• Jacob Riis of Harper’s Weekly

• Ida Tarbell of McClure’s

• Thomas Nast of the New York Times

Match each term with its description.

• Cartoonist who exposed corruption

• Tammany Hall

• NYC Democratic political machine

• Thomas Nast

• Leader who embezzled public funds

• Boss Tweed

During the Panic of 1873, what economic outcome occurred?

• A swift recovery under President Grant

• Wages rose sharply across industries

• Unemployment surged to about 14 percent

• Bank failures were largely avoided

What sparked the Great Railroad Strike of 1877?

• Closure of ports to freight traffic

• Introduction of ten-hour workdays

• Imposition of a national income tax

• Cuts to low wages by railroads

Which federal action ended the Great Railroad Strike of 1877?

• Grant ordered nationwide bank relief

• Supreme Court invalidated strike bans

• Congress passed immediate wage hikes

• President Hayes sent federal troops

Which later labor conflicts were foreshadowed by the events of the 1870s?

• Ludlow Massacre

• Haymarket Square affair

• Homestead Steel Strike

• Pullman Strike

Which development most relied on Chinese labor during the late 1860s?

• Completion of Transcontinental Railroad

• Growth of Southern sharecropping

• Expansion of Midwestern wheat farms

• Rise of urban political machines

What was the primary legal consequence of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?

• Created deportation courts nationwide

• Barred immigration from China

• Mandated English literacy tests

• Granted citizenship to rail workers

Match each term to its description.

• Migration that drew Chinese to West

• Kearneyites

• 1882 law restricting Chinese immigration

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Completed in 1869 using immigrant labor

• Gold Rush

• Irish group attacking Chinese workers

• Chinese Exclusion Act