APUSH Unit 6 MCQ

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 immediately 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 merits.

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

Which of the following most directly affected the lives of the late-nineteenth-century workers?

• Widespread movement to suburban neighborhoods

• Groups that advocated for women's voting rights

• Alternative visions of a good society offered through utopianism

• Political machines that provided social services in exchange for votes

Which of the following most directly led to the changes described in the excerpt?

• Innovative uses of photography to achieve social change

• Technological innovations in the production of goods

• The economic hardship resulting from years of civil war in the United States

• The end of the apprenticeship system in craft work

The conditions described in the excerpt most directly contributed to the

• decrease in tariffs for manufactured goods

• growth of an organized labor movement

• expansion of government regulation of industry

• loss of class distinctions in the United States

Which of the following is one important continuity in urban life in the United States throughout the nineteenth century?

• Anarchism and similar radical ideologies attracted many workers.

• Settlement houses assisted immigrants with adapting to life in the United States.

• Workers and employers consistently maintained amicable relationships.

• Immigrants formed an important part of the manufacturing workforce.

The image was created most directly in response to

• social reform efforts by settlement-house workers

• poll taxes and literacy tests that blocked African Americans from voting

• the power gained by urban political machines

• the exclusion of women from voting

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

During the late nineteenth century, politicians such as the one depicted in the image most likely would have opposed which of the following?

• Social services provided to immigrants by local politicians

• Granting American Indians full citizenship and voting rights

• The expansion of the transcontinental railroad system

• Calls for reforms to local and state governments