APUSH Period 6 Review

The overall trend from 1867 to 1875 depicted in the table was most directly caused by which of the following?

• Improvements in farm mechanization

• Legislation that limited Asian immigration

• Innovations in steamboats to transport crops

• Elimination of protective tariffs for manufactured goods

The point of view expressed in the quotation above is most likely that of:

• A formerly enslaved person

• A person searching for religious freedom

• A federal homestead recipient

• A transcontinental railroad owner

The excerpt is best understood as a response to which of the following historical developments?

• Passage of a law that limited immigration from China

• Rise of labor unions to fight against unsafe working conditions

• Increased discrimination against African Americans

• Surge of immigrant participation in the Democratic Party

Which of the following was the most immediate result of the law excerpted?

• The removal of indigenous people from desirable lands and relocation to reservations

• The rise of the Ghost Dance in indigenous nations across the West to protest federal actions

• The creation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs to protect indigenous peoples' rights and interests

• The start of several armed conflicts between indigenous nations and white settlers

Which of the following most directly contributed to the developments described in the excerpt?

• Trade agreements and partnerships with European and Asian countries

• Government loans to support railroad construction in the West

• Federal legislation that gave land to families willing to work on western land

• The United States' victory over the Confederate states in the Civil War

The ideas discussed in the excerpt led to which of the following economic changes?

• Race relations worsened in the South and Southern leaders called for white supremacy in the South

• Factories opened new earning opportunities for the lower classes, ending widespread poverty in the South

• Cotton was no longer a vital part of the southern economy, as workers sought high-paying factory jobs

• New factories emerged in the South and introduced manufacturing into the southern economy.

A historian would most likely use this passage to illustrate which of the following?

• How railroad companies caused the rise of boomtowns in the West by selling land surrounding their railroad tracks

• How the federal government financially supported the settlement of western states

• How mass migration depleted areas of valuable resources, leading to the abandonment of once-thriving communities

• How the discovery of mineral resources and fuel led to the rapid creation of new communities

Which of the following most likely contributed to the rise of the “Ghost Dance” referred to in the excerpt?

• Efforts by the U.S. government to control the indigenous communities in the West

• Legislative measures that granted citizenship to all indigenous people

• Decline in indigenous populations following several infectious diseases

• Declarations of war against indigenous nations by the federal government

Which of the following most likely contributed to the rise of the “Ghost Dance” referred to in the excerpt?

• Efforts by the U.S. government to control the indigenous communities in the West

• Legislative measures that granted citizenship to all indigenous people

• Decline in indigenous populations following several infectious diseases

• Declarations of war against indigenous nations by the federal government

In the late 1860s, the Grange focused its energies on which of the following strategies?

• Increasing railroad regulations to cut transport costs for farmers

• Securing government warehouses for farmers to store their crops

• Building canals and railroads to the West to transport all crops

• Reducing crop production to increase the average cost of crops