Period 6 Quizzes

Which of the following developments best explains changes in agricultural production in the United States during the 1880s and 1890s?

• New systems of transportation integrated farming into national markets.

• Farmers established new plantations for commercial crops such as cotton and tobacco.

• The Civil War devastated farms in large portions of the South.

• Commercial farms increasingly relied on labor provided by immigrants.

Which of the following contexts best explains the construction of transcontinental railroads in the late 1800s?

• • Reconstruction policies allowed freedom of movement for formerly enslaved people.

• • Westward migration created consumer demand for a transportation system connecting the East and the West.

• • Conflicts between the North and the South drove their economic development in different directions.

• • Large-scale industrial production brought business consolidation and the needed capital to support railroad construction.

Which of the following developments best explains the reasons for the growth of a new urban culture in the late 1800s?

• Ideas and definitions of citizenship changed and became more inclusive.

• International and internal migration increased urban populations and brought diverse people to cities.

• Increasing numbers of settlers moved west in search of land and economic opportunities.

• Many thinkers and business leaders argued that government should play a limited role in the economy.

Access to natural resources for businesses changed from the mid-1800s to the late 1800s most directly as a result of which of the following factors?

• The invention of the automobile and the building of highways

• The establishment of national parks for wilderness preservation

• The emergence of new scientific theories such as evolution

• The expansion of communication systems such as the electric telegraph

The American Federation of Labor under the leadership of Samuel Gompers organized

• skilled workers in craft unions in order to achieve economic gains

• all industrial and agricultural workers in “one big union”

• unskilled workers along industrial lines

• workers and intellectuals into a labor party for political action

Which of the following best accounts for the success of the American Federation of Labor in organizing labor in the late 1800s?

• Its policy of organizing only skilled craftsmen

• Its organization of all workers within a single industry into one union

• Its policy of racial inclusiveness

• Its campaign for a minimum wage

Which of the following was true of the American labor movement in the late nineteenth century?

• It was controlled by immigrant socialists and anarchists.

• It was confined to factory workers.

• It was protected from employer harassment by federal law and policy.

• It was involved in a number of violent strikes.

Andrew Carnegie’s Gospel of Wealth endorsed which of the following views?

• Major industries should be nationalized to ensure equitable distribution of wealth.

• Trusts and combinations were desirable because they guaranteed job stability to immigrant workers.

• Utopian communities were desirable because they protected the well-being of people living in poverty.

• Wealthy individuals have a duty to return their fortunes to society.

The Supreme Court decision on Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka essentially reversed which of the following earlier Court decisions?

• Marbury v. Madison

• Dred Scott v. Sanford

• Roe v. Wade

• Plessy v. Ferguson

Andrew Carnegie’s Gospel of Wealth was based on the belief that wealthy industrialists should use their wealth to

• acquire additional landholdings in the West

• create new businesses

• finance philanthropic endeavors

• pay workers better wages and benefits