APUSH Period 6 Quiz (6.2-6.9)

Wealthy people used Social Darwinism to justify their position in life.

• True

• False

Select all the terms that describe the "New South" (2)

• term used to describe the South after the Civil War

• A time when African American farmers became equal to White farmers

• Promoted the idea that the South should industrialize

• A term used to describe the South before the Civil War

Select all the statements that describe a settlement house (2)

• A house in the new frontier for people to settle in

• A place where immigrants could live and adjust to American life

• Focused on providing education and skills for women and children

• A place where wealthy people could settle in at the beach

What was the significance of Plessy v Ferguson

• It ended segregation of schools

• It ended segregation everywhere

• It established that Whites and Blacks would remain separate but equal

• It declared that Dred Scott was property

Select the statement that best describes the Dawes Act

• It allowed whites and blacks to remain separate but equal

• It sought to assimilate Native Americans to American culture

• It gave more power to women in the workforce

• The act was created with the purpose of welcoming immigrants to America

in 1882, the Government passed this legislation that restricted immigration for 10 years from a certain group into the United States.

• Nativist Act
• Mexican Reparition Act
• Dawes Act
• Chinese Exclusion Act

During the Gilded age, workers came together to work for better pay, working conditions, and less hours. Leaders such as Samuel Gompers help led many of this workers in....

• Philanthropy
• Labor Unions
• Political Bosses
• Credit Unions

One reason nativists worried about influx of immigrants in 1880s...

• Feared immigrants gain control of city and state governments
• Believed immigrants receive preferential treatment from federal government and receive land
• Thought country's ports could not handle increasing numbers of immigrants and exports
• Considered immigrants from southern and eastern Europe a threat to traditional American cultural values

During the 19th and early 20th century, These men helped immigrants with jobs and housing in order to control votes during election? 

• political parties
• El Chapo
• political bosses
• republican party

This is the term for immigrants that is the process for adjusting to the culture and government of the United States.

• Assimilation

• Nativism

• Americanism

• MexiCAN