AMSCO Exam Questions
with Correct Answers
The Supreme Court upheld "separate but equal" accommodations for public
transportation in the case of - Answer-Plessy v. Ferguson
The New South movement promoted all the following EXCEPT - Answer-Social
integration of the races
The main result of the crop lien system in the South in the late 19th century was -
Answer-a cycle of debt for tenant farmers
After the Granger laws ran into legal problems and were overturned in the case of
Wabash v. Illinois, Congress attempted to provide relief through the - Answer-Interstate
Commerce Act
According to the Turner Thesis, the frontier encouraged all of the following EXCEPT -
Answer-growth of class divisions
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 is most closely associated with - Answer-hostility to
foreigners in western states
The chief cause of farm protest in the late 19th century was - Answer-middlemen, trusts,
and railroads
The outbreak of the Indian Wars of the 1870s was caused by all of the following
EXCEPT - Answer-the division of tribal lands into individual farms for tribal members
Which of the following characterized agriculture in BOTH the West and the South in the
period 1870-1900? - Answer-introduction of sharecropping
Using the excerpt, answer a, b, and c.
a) Briefly explain ONE reason why the death of linemen in New York City become a
national news event at the time.
b) Briefly identify and explain ONE other innovation of this era from 1865 to 1900 that
had both positive and negative impacts on American society at the time.
c) Briefly analyze ONE way the problems in this excerpt resulted in an increased role for
city governments. - Answer-
, Using the excerpt, answer a, b, and c. Briefly explain the goals and methods of THREE
of these labor movements listed below.
• National Labor Union
• Knights of Labor
• American Federation of Labor
• American Railway Union - Answer-
Using the excerpt, answer a, b, and c. Briefly explain the impact of industrialization and
growth of corporations on THREE of the following.
• middle class
• working class
• working women
• consumers - Answer-a) Industrialization during the Gilded Age created vast amounts
of new wealth, but the distribution of the gains was very uneven. Profits created a new
class of millionaires, who often had little contact with their workers, separated from them
by layers of
middle managers. Meanwhile, industrial workers labored in often-dangerous jobs and
many did not make a living wage. By the 1890s, the richest 10 percent of the population
controlled 90 percent of the nation's wealth. Some flaunted their new wealth in an era
known for "conspicuous consumption."
b) The middle class increased in number and income as large-scale industries and
corporations needed more skilled managers, factory superintendents, salespeople, and
a variety of other "white collar" salaried employees to help conduct business operations.
These higher paid workers then demanded more services from other
middle-class professions in law, medicine, education, and government.
c) The growth of industries and corporations also expanded the number and types of
jobs for women. The low-paying work in textile, garment, and food processing industries
were seen as an extension of women's skills as homemakers. Women also took over
formerly male-dominated work as secretaries, bookkeepers, and typists, often at lower
wages.
Using the excerpt, answer a, b, and c.
a) Briefly analyze the author's conclusion that Rockefeller's defense of the Standard Oil
Trust as 'the antidote to Social Darwinism" was an "ingenious rationalization."
b) & c) Briefly explain how TWO of the four operated as forms of "cooperation" among
businesses.
• pools
• trusts
• monopolies
• interlocking directorates - Answer-a) Carnegie praised competition as the driving force
in the improvement of production and marketing of steel products, while Rockefeller
used the trust as a way to combine competing oil companies into a cooperative
association that would divide up markets as he "standardized" products and prices.
Rockefeller defended trusts as an "antidote to Social Darwinism."
with Correct Answers
The Supreme Court upheld "separate but equal" accommodations for public
transportation in the case of - Answer-Plessy v. Ferguson
The New South movement promoted all the following EXCEPT - Answer-Social
integration of the races
The main result of the crop lien system in the South in the late 19th century was -
Answer-a cycle of debt for tenant farmers
After the Granger laws ran into legal problems and were overturned in the case of
Wabash v. Illinois, Congress attempted to provide relief through the - Answer-Interstate
Commerce Act
According to the Turner Thesis, the frontier encouraged all of the following EXCEPT -
Answer-growth of class divisions
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 is most closely associated with - Answer-hostility to
foreigners in western states
The chief cause of farm protest in the late 19th century was - Answer-middlemen, trusts,
and railroads
The outbreak of the Indian Wars of the 1870s was caused by all of the following
EXCEPT - Answer-the division of tribal lands into individual farms for tribal members
Which of the following characterized agriculture in BOTH the West and the South in the
period 1870-1900? - Answer-introduction of sharecropping
Using the excerpt, answer a, b, and c.
a) Briefly explain ONE reason why the death of linemen in New York City become a
national news event at the time.
b) Briefly identify and explain ONE other innovation of this era from 1865 to 1900 that
had both positive and negative impacts on American society at the time.
c) Briefly analyze ONE way the problems in this excerpt resulted in an increased role for
city governments. - Answer-
, Using the excerpt, answer a, b, and c. Briefly explain the goals and methods of THREE
of these labor movements listed below.
• National Labor Union
• Knights of Labor
• American Federation of Labor
• American Railway Union - Answer-
Using the excerpt, answer a, b, and c. Briefly explain the impact of industrialization and
growth of corporations on THREE of the following.
• middle class
• working class
• working women
• consumers - Answer-a) Industrialization during the Gilded Age created vast amounts
of new wealth, but the distribution of the gains was very uneven. Profits created a new
class of millionaires, who often had little contact with their workers, separated from them
by layers of
middle managers. Meanwhile, industrial workers labored in often-dangerous jobs and
many did not make a living wage. By the 1890s, the richest 10 percent of the population
controlled 90 percent of the nation's wealth. Some flaunted their new wealth in an era
known for "conspicuous consumption."
b) The middle class increased in number and income as large-scale industries and
corporations needed more skilled managers, factory superintendents, salespeople, and
a variety of other "white collar" salaried employees to help conduct business operations.
These higher paid workers then demanded more services from other
middle-class professions in law, medicine, education, and government.
c) The growth of industries and corporations also expanded the number and types of
jobs for women. The low-paying work in textile, garment, and food processing industries
were seen as an extension of women's skills as homemakers. Women also took over
formerly male-dominated work as secretaries, bookkeepers, and typists, often at lower
wages.
Using the excerpt, answer a, b, and c.
a) Briefly analyze the author's conclusion that Rockefeller's defense of the Standard Oil
Trust as 'the antidote to Social Darwinism" was an "ingenious rationalization."
b) & c) Briefly explain how TWO of the four operated as forms of "cooperation" among
businesses.
• pools
• trusts
• monopolies
• interlocking directorates - Answer-a) Carnegie praised competition as the driving force
in the improvement of production and marketing of steel products, while Rockefeller
used the trust as a way to combine competing oil companies into a cooperative
association that would divide up markets as he "standardized" products and prices.
Rockefeller defended trusts as an "antidote to Social Darwinism."
