AP US History Unit 6 Review

Prior the 1884, the United States government most typically responded to American Indian resistance by

• using the military to enforce federal policy toward American Indians

• discouraging White settlers from moving onto American Indian land

• providing monetary incentives for American Indian farming

• upholding the sovereignty of American Indian nations

The People’s (Populist) Party emerged most directly in response to which of the following late-nineteenth-

century trends?

• The efforts of businesses to gain control over markets and resources abroad

• The influx of migrants from Asia and southern and eastern Europe

• The growth of corporate power in agriculture and the economy

• The development of political machines

People who supported the Populist party most likely agreed about .....

• The idea that wealthy people had some obligation to help people living in poverty

• Belief in a stronger federal government role in the United States economic system

• Support for United States expansionism

• Advocacy of individual rights

Enemies of Populism would most likely support...

• reform of local government.

• women’s political equality.

• redistribution of wealth.

• government policies favoring corporations.

Which of the following policies would Carnegie most likely have supported?

• The use of federal power to redistribute wealth

• Government creation of jobs for unemployed people

• Increased regulation of corporations

• Laissez-faire economics

The "Talented Tenth" concept refers to African Americans gaining..

• vocational job training.

• financial aid for college.

• exams for civil service jobs.

• access to higher education.

Policies consistent with W.E.B. DuBois most directly contributed to...

• emergence of organizations pursuing equality for African Americans.

• large-scale African American migration to northern cities.

• expansion of legal segregation by the Supreme Court.

• persistence of economic discrimination based on race.

The image was created most directly in response to the

• provision of government subsidies for transportation.

• rampant consumerism of the middle class.

• increased migration of people from southern and eastern Europe.

• consolidation of corporations into trusts and holding companies.

The situation depicted in the image contributed most directly to

• the organization of new labor unions to confront managerial power.

• businesses seeking control over markets and resources outside the United States.

• efforts by southern leaders to achieve industrial development similar to that of the North.

• the creation of a federal agency to regulate the money supply.

Which of the following arguments did some late-nineteenth-century leaders use to justify the situation depicted

in the image?

• The federal government provided social welfare services for people living in poverty.

• Immigrant workers contributed to economic growth in the United States.

• Evolutionary principles determined that people succeeded based on their own merits.

• The reliance on male laborers protected women from the dangers of factory work.