8-5.7 Review

How did the urban political machines of the North gain most of their power?

• From women gaining the right to vote

• From African Americans who left the south for factory jobs

• From immigrants' votes in return for favors and jobs

• From money gained from Southern bootlegging

What of the following ideas was used by white supremacists to justify racial acts against immigrants?

• Utopian Society

• Social Darwinism

• Social Hierarchy

• Naturalization

What is an example of how African Americans tried to protect themselves against the white political machine?

• They developed organizations and churches

• They fought violence with violence

• They went to school to become lawyers to fight them in court

• They stopped working for any white business owners

Which of the following BEST explains why most freedmen and poor whites did not move out of South Carolina after the Civil War?

• They did not have the money to move

• They were not welcome to live in other areas

• They did not believe there were opportunities elsewhere

• They were told by the legislature that they could not move

Which of the following best explains why African Americans of South Carolina moved from rural to urban areas of the U.S. in the late 19th century?

• They were searching for religious freedom

• They were looking for better jobs

• They were looking for less expensive land

• They were searching for a more mild climate

Which of the following BEST describes the term "nativism?"

• A policy in which those that are native are welcoming to foreigners

• A policy in which Native Americans reclaim stolen land

• A policy in which the interests of native-born Americans are protected above those of immigrants

• A policy in which Native Americans go back to the land from which their ancestors originally came

Which of the following were factors that pushed African Americans out of South Carolina in the late 20th century? (Choose all that apply)

• The boll weevil

• Jim Crow laws

• The availability of factory jobs

• An increase in violence

Which of the following BEST describes why African Americans moved to find jobs in factories of the Northeast and Midwest as opposed to the South?

• Southern textile mills were going out of business

• Northern factories provided better greater health benefits than the South

• African Americans were not hired in Southern textile mills

• African Americans were hoping to be closer to major ports