Unit 6 Practice Question APUSH

In the three decades following the Civil War, the policies of the Republican Party generally favored

• northern industrial interests

• southern agricultural interests

• the interests of laborers

• inflationary currency policies

• woman suffrage

In the second half of the nineteenth century, the formation of labor unions was often a response to

• federal protection of workers’ rights to organize

• the large numbers of immigrants working in factories

• low wages and dangerous conditions in industrial work

• the presence of women in certain areas of industrial work

• the emergence of multinational companies and increased global competition

African Americans who fled the violence of the Reconstruction South in 1879 and 1880 to start anew in Kansas were known as

• exodusters

• homesteaders

• scalawags

• jayhawkers

• the Colored Farmers’ National Alliance

All of the following account for nativist sentiment against the “new immigrants” of the late nineteenth century EXCEPT that the immigrants

• practiced different religions

• had different languages and cultures

• were willing to work for lower wages than were native-born workers

• were not familiar with the United States political system

• dominate the professions of law, medicine, and engineering

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 allied with the Democratic party

• 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

• All workers could attain wealth by following a diligent work ethic

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

Which of the following contributed most to the process described in the excerpt?

• The industrialization of urban areas in the Northeast

• The building of new roads and canals

• Increased immigration from eastern Europe

• Legislation that facilitated the distribution of western land

The settlement pattern described in the excerpt was most similar to earlier settlement patterns in that it was

• discouraged by the federal government through legislation

• motivated largely by the desire to expand Protestant Christianity

• accompanied by conflict with American Indians over landownership

• the source of political divisions over the expansion of slavery

Which of the following was a long-term result of the developments described in the excerpt?

• The growth of political tensions between the United States and Mexico

• A conflict with Great Britain over the northern border of the United States

• A large-scale African American migration to the region

• The creation of farmers’ groups to resist corporate control of agricultural markets

Which of the following changes to the United States during the nineteenth century most directly contributed to the development depicted in the image?

• The rapid growth of cities

• The dismantling of the national bank

• The acquisition of territory in the West

• The rise of the People’s (Populist) Party