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APUSH Content Practice 2/8/2019

Total questions: 106

Worksheet time: 5hrs 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
argued that 300 years of westward settlement had shaped American culture by promoting independence and individualism
a)
Joseph Glidden
b)
Helen Hunt Jackson
c)
Frederick Jackson Turner
d)
Mary Elizabeth Lease
2.
created sympathy for Native Americans and support for assimilation in A CENTURY OF DISHONOR
a)
William jennings Bryan
b)
Helen Hunt Jackson
c)
Frederick Jackson Turner
d)
Mary Elizabeth Lease
3.
established by Oliver Kelly as a social and educational organization for farmers and their families
a)
The Grange
b)
The Farmer's Alliance
c)
The Populists
d)
The Long Drive
4.
inventor of barbed wire which made modern ranching possible
a)
James Weaver
b)
Marcus Hanna
c)
Joseph Glidden
d)
Buffalo Bill Cody
5.
granted 160 acres to settlers who farmed land for 5 years
a)
the Dawes Act
b)
the Homestead Act
c)
the Indian Reorganization Act
d)
the Interstate Commerce Act
6.
massacre that marked the end of the Indian Wars
a)
Battle of Wounded Knee
b)
Battle of Little Big Horn
c)
the Boston Massacre
d)
the Fetterman massacre
7.
delivered the "Cross of Gold" speech at the 1896 Democratic convention
a)
Marcus hanna
b)
James Weaver
c)
William McKinley
d)
William jennings Bryan
8.
third party that called for political and social reforms that would protect the interests of farmers and laborers
a)
The Farmer's Alliance
b)
The Populist party
c)
The Grange
d)
the Know Nothing party
9.
provided US citizenship and 160 acres to those who stayed on the land for 25 years
a)
the Homestead Act
b)
the Dawes Severalty Act
c)
the Indian Re-organization Act
d)
the Interstate Commerce Act
10.
A religious movement that promised to return prosperity to the Plains Indians
a)
the Long Drive
b)
the Comstock Lode
c)
the Second Great Awakening
d)
the Ghost Dance
11.
produced more than $340 million in gold and silver and led to statehood for Nevada
a)
Pikes Peak
b)
the Comstock Lode
c)
the Gold Rush
d)
the Long Drive
12.
movement of millions of cattle from Texas to midwestern stockyards
a)
the Trail of Tears
b)
the Grange
c)
the Long Drive
d)
the New South
13.

How were Native Americans impacted by the railroad?

a)

They lost their land and way of life.

b)

They gained new opportunities.

c)

They mostly moved to cities.

d)

All of the above.

14.
This speech was about monetary policy and was given by William Jennings Bryan during his campaign for president in 1896
a)
Gettysburg Address 
b)
Cross of Gold Speech 
c)
Emancipation Proclamation 
d)
Follow the Yellow Brick Road Declaration 
15.
Which two candidates were running for office in 1896?
a)
Hillary and Trump
b)
McKinley and Bryan 
c)
McKinley and Andrew Johnson
d)
Grant and Hayes
16.
Main topic of William Jennings Bryan's 1896 Cross of Gold Speech?
a)
Fighting growing influence of business trusts
b)
Changing government's monetary policy
c)
Ending tax-free status of religious institutions
d)
Providing federal aid to poor families
17.

Which of the following was the PRIMARY reason steel production in American increased exponentially in the late 19th century?

a)

Tariff reductions

b)

Tariff increases

c)

Bessemer Process

d)

Horizontal Integration

18.

The law created to prevent monopolies, and break up large companies like Standard Oil

a)

Interstate Commerce Act

b)

Homestead Act

c)

Dawes Act

d)

Sherman Anti-Trust Act

19.

He created the company known as Standard Oil

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

c)

John D. Rockefeller

d)

Thomas Edison

20.

Robber Barons used this theory to justify their actions in business

a)

Social Darwinism

b)

conspicuous consumption

c)

Gospel of Wealth

d)

nativism

21.

Complete control over an industry's production, wages, & prices

a)

monopoly

b)

capitalism

c)

socialism

d)

concentration of wealth

22.

Which group had a racial hatred of immigrants, since they took jobs from Americans for lower wages?

a)

Nativists

b)

Miners

c)

Political Bosses

d)

Labor Leaders

23.

Due to the corruption of the railroads companies, the U.S. government created this act to regulate railroad companies to be reasonable in prices.

a)

Interstate Commerce Act

b)

Dawes Act

c)

Transcontinental Act

d)

Laizzez Faire Act

24.

Name the immigrant who invented the telephone.

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

John D. Rockefeller

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

Alexander Graham Bell

25.

This man controlled a large chunk of the U.S. steel market.

a)

John D. Rockefeller

b)

Andrew Carnegie

c)

Cornelius Vanderbuilt

d)

J.P. Morgan

26.

Workers who shared similar ideas about safer working conditions and wanted higher wages formed these groups.

a)

Labor Unions

b)

Labor Jobs

c)

Labor Markets

d)

Labor Cost

27.

A railroad baron who was known as the "Commodore."

a)

George Westinghouse.

b)

George Pullman

c)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

d)

William McKinley

28.

The Transcontinental Railroad was built by the Central Pacific and the ___ Railroad.

a)

New York

b)

California

c)

Union Pacific

d)

Western Pacific

29.

Where did the 2 railroads meet in the building of the Transcontinental Railroad?

a)

Omaha, NE

b)

Promontory Point, UT

c)

Colorado Springs, CO

d)

Las Vegas, NV

30.

Where did the Haymarket Riot take place?

a)

St. Louis

b)

Chicago

c)

New York

d)

Los Angeles

31.
Many Irish-Catholic and Chinese immigrants helped improve the infrastructure of the United States by building what?
a)
The Erie Canal
b)
The interstate highway system
c)
The transcontinental railroad
d)
The White House
32.
Many immigrants were forced to live in __________, or run-down, dirty, and cramped apartment-like buildings.
a)
Tenements
b)
Ghettos
c)
Townhouses
d)
Plantations
33.
The belief that native-born white Americans were superior to newcomers is called:
a)
Patriotism
b)
Americanization
c)
Nativism
d)
Assimilation
34.

People moving from the rural areas to cities is called...

a)

Ruralization

b)

Urbanization

c)

Colonization

d)

None of these

35.
By 1890, most European immigrants to the US were from ___ and ___ Europe.
a)
Western and Southern
b)
Western and Northern 
c)
Eastern and Southern
d)
Eastern and Northern
36.
Which best describes the working conditions of most immigrants?
a)
Most immigrants worked long hours in low-paying industrial jobs
b)
Most immigrants worked as farmers in rural areas
c)
Most immigrants worked as bookkeepers or other professional jobs
d)
Most immigrants worked as tailors or other skilled jobs
37.
Poor sanitation led to what? 
a)
Increase in sanitation related technologies 
b)
Disease such as outbreaks of cholera & typhoid
c)
Large numbers leaving the city 
d)
a boom in te recycling industry 
38.
Most nativists of the late 1800's would most likely have supported the...
a)
creation of settlement houses to aid new immigrants
b)
passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act
c)
continuation of the contract labor system
d)
assimilation of Native American Indians into mainstream culture
39.
A major cause of antagonism toward the “new immigrants” who came to the United States after 1880 was the belief that they...
a)
were better educated than native-born Americans
b)
had a higher standard of living than most Americans
c)
adapted easily to American culture
d)
competed with Americans for jobs as unskilled laborers
40.
Base your answer to the following question on the poem excerpt below and on your knowledge of social studies.
"Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
— Emma Lazarus, "The New Colossus," 1883 
Which attitude about immigration is reflected in this poem, which is inscribed on the Statue of Liberty?
a)
People from all nations should be welcomed.
b)
 Educated professionals should be given preference.
c)
 Educated professionals should be given preference.
d)
The influx of unskilled people should be restricted.
41.
During the late 1800's, an open immigration policy was most strongly supported by...
a)
abolitionists
b)
yellow journalists
c)
conservationists
d)
industrialists
42.

An immigration station in NYC

a)

Angel Island

b)

Ellis Island

c)

Puerto Rico

d)

Hawaiian islands

43.
Set out the doctrine of “separate but equal"
a)
the Supreme Court’s decision in Wabash v. Illinois
b)
the Chinese Exclusion Act
c)
the Pendleton Act
d)
the Supreme Court’s decision in Plessy v. Ferguson
44.
  • Educator, orator, author, orator
  • Founded Tuskegee Institute in Alabama in 1881
  • Famous "Atlanta Compromise" speech in 1895 urged moderation in the civil rights struggle


Who is being described?

a)

W.E.B DeBois

b)

Fredrick Douglas

c)

Booker T. Washington

d)

George Washington Carver

45.

W.E.B. DuBois was an early leader in the

a)

Labor Movement.

b)

Populist Movement.

c)

Civil Rights Movement.

d)

Women’s Suffrage Movement.

46.

Who fought for prohibiting the sale of alcohol in the united states and attacked bars with a hatchet

a)

Cary Nation

b)

Charlotte Hawkins Brown

c)

Frances Willard

d)

Ida B. Wells

47.
The pattern of segregation and discrimination that developed in the 1890’s.
a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
anti-civil rights
c)
Black Codes
d)
Segregation Laws
48.

What act was passed to provide government land to establish agricultural colleges?

a)

Morrill Land Grant Act

b)

Dawes Act

c)

Homestead Act

d)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

49.
In 1910, Chinese and other Asian immigrants crossed the Pacific Ocean, arriving in the San Francisco Bay and were processed at:
a)
Angel and Ellis Islands 
b)
Hawaiian Islands
c)
Ellis Island
d)
Angel Island
50.

The idea that immigrants would become part of the larger American culture by giving up their native language and traditions was

a)

Nativism

b)

Assimilation

c)

Subculture

d)

Exclusion

51.
Chinese workers were most likely to work...
a)
on railroads
b)
in sweatshops
c)
in auto factories 
d)
in grocery stores
52.
Who was most likely to feel prejudice against Chinese workers in San Francisco, California?
a)
workers
b)
farmers
c)
immigrants
d)
other Chinese people
53.
The two leading sources of European immigration to America in the 1840s and 1850s were
a)
France and Italy
b)
Germany and France
c)
Germany and Ireland
d)
Ireland and Norway
54.
Many nineteenth-century Americans feared and distrusted Roman Catholicism because
a)
American Catholics had been Loyalists during the American Revolution
b)
French-Canadian Catholics were largely poor and uneducated
c)
it was seen as a strange foreign religion under total control of an authoritarian pope
d)
they disliked the Catholic belief in the Virgin Mary as the mother of Jesus
55.
Industrialization was, at first, slow to arrive in America because
a)
there was a shortage of labor, capital and consumers
b)
low tariff rates invited foreign imports
c)
the country lacked a patent system to guarantee investors the profits from new machines
d)
most American consumer preferred hand-crafted goods
56.
The greatest economic and political impact of New York's Erie Canal was to
a)
make upstate New York the new center of American agriculture
b)
delay the development of railroads by several decades
c)
tie the agricultural Midwest by trade to the Northeast rather than to the South
d)
make to Ohio and Mississippi Rivers the primary paths of inland transportation
57.

What concept refers to the idea that hard work and perseverance lead to wealth, implying that poverty is a flaw.

a)

Economic Merging

b)

Rugged Individualism

c)

Gospel of Wealth

d)

Social Gospel

58.

What type of society was 19th century America transitioning from?

a)

Nomadic to sedentary

b)

Dependent upon meat to dependent on agriculture

c)

Rural to urban

d)

Culturally diverse to singular cultural background

59.

What is one way political bosses of the 19th century attained power?

a)

Backing women's temperance

b)

Establishing local legislation aimed at abolishing the poll tax

c)

Improving urban infrastructure in return for votes

d)

Providing welfare initiatives for African American slaves

60.

Cartoons such as this one during the Gilded Age took the position that industry’s role in Congress was

a)

Too demanding of politicians’ time

b)

A corrupting force on democracy

c)

Ultimately unproductive

d)

A distraction from further consolidation

61.

This table illustrates that by the late 1800s, population in urban areas had

a)

Grown at about the same rate as in rural areas

b)

Overtaken the population of rural areas

c)

Increased more rapidly than in rural areas

d)

Declined as a percentage of total population

62.
Government should keep "Hands Off" the economy
a)
Laissez Faire
b)
Market Economy
c)
Capitalism
d)
Social Darwinism
63.

What was a city government marked by corruption, bribery, and Kickbacks (common during the Gilded Age) called?

a)

credit mobilier

b)

corrected democracy

c)

exchequer

d)

political machine

64.
The government's ending of the Pullman strike demonstrated what?
a)
That the government cared about the concerns of the unions
b)
That the government was frustrated with big businessmen
c)
That the government cared more about big businesses rather than the workers
d)
That the government wanted to take on a stronger role in regulating businesses
65.
Who created this cartoon depicting the corruption of Boss Tweed?
a)
Jacob Riis
b)
Thomas Nast
c)
Jane Addams
d)
Thomas Durant
66.
The most notorious of the political machines was --------------------in New York City.
a)
Hull House
b)
Pendergast Hall
c)
Daly Machine
d)
Tammany Hall
67.

The scandal involving millions of dollars of government tax money & bribing of government officials was called

a)

Belknap Scandal

b)

Whiskey Ring

c)

Vanderbilt Scandal

d)

Fisk & Gould Gold Scandal

68.
What was the spoils system?
a)
A way of keeping fresh fruit from spoiling
b)
A way of dividing up the money that was made from scandals
c)
A way that the President used to appoint people to office as political favors
d)
 A system that was instituted to keep the government from creating waste
69.
Which of the following describes the Pendleton Act?
a)
It created a required examination for all government jobs
b)
It made the government purchase a certain amount of silver each month
c)
It divided the South into five military districts
d)
It limited the amount of immigrants that could enter the US
70.
Under the Pendleton Act of 1883, some government jobs were filled by
a)
appointments made by members of Congress
b)
people who raised money for a political party’s election campaign.
c)
job applicants who performed well on competitive written examinations
d)
a quota system that balanced the number of jobs going to each party’s supporters.
71.
The only president to be elected to 2 non-consecutive terms.
a)
Harrison
b)
Cleveland
c)
McKinley
d)
Grant
72.
What was a major advantage the North had in the Civil War?
a)
Slave uprisings in the South
b)
Industrial economy
c)
Dedication from the citizens
d)
Better military leadership
73.
What event caused the South to secede from the Union?
a)
Election of 1860
b)
Missouri Compromise
c)
Election of 1824
d)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
74.
Which groups supported the Populists?
a)
Black migrants
b)
Immigrants
c)
The wealthy
d)
Farmers and common people
75.
How did John Rockefeller make his fortune?
a)
Monopolizing steel
b)
Monopolizing oil
c)
Banking
d)
Crime
76.
How did workers respond to abuses at factories?
a)
Ask the government to support them
b)
Attempt to assassinate Robber Barons
c)
Join unions and go on strikes
d)
Work hard to force the bosses to recognize them
77.
What did William Jennings Bryan advocate for in his Cross of Gold Speech?
a)
Total redistribution of wealth in factories
b)
Socialism
c)
Abolishing the Gold Standard
d)
Abolishing bimetallism
78.
What was Carnegie's main point in Gospel of Wealth?
a)
Gov't should intervene in how money is donated
b)
Wealthy should donate but the gov't should not tell them how
c)
Wealthy should be taxed more to help the poor
d)
Social Darwinism
79.
Late nineteenth-century farmers believed that their difficultues stemmed from
a)
low tariff rates
b)
overproduction
c)
a deflated currency and low prices for their agricultural goods
d)
immigration lawas
80.
This was the government's plan to rebuild the South and reunite the United States after the Civil War
a)
Reconstruction
b)
Progressive Era
c)
Antebellum America
d)
American Revolution
81.
Which plan required a 50% oath of loyalty, creation of the Freedman's Bureau, and punishment of the South
a)
Johnson
b)
Lincoln
c)
Radical Republicans
d)
Democrats
82.
Who wanted to punish the South during Reconstruction?
a)
Democrats
b)
Radical Republicans
c)
Scalawags
d)
Carpetbaggers
83.
Black Codes are 
a)
a coded language African Americans used  
b)
laws that told people what they could wear 
c)
Laws that restricted African American rights 
d)
Curfew laws for African Americans 
84.
What name was given to a terrorist group that used violence to keep African-Americans from having equal rights in the South?
a)
Freedman's Bureau
b)
Black Codes
c)
Jim Crow Laws
d)
Ku Klux Klan
85.
This Reconstruction plan said a state could rejoin if 10% of its population swore an oath of loyalty
a)
Lincoln's Plan
b)
Johnson's Plan
c)
Radical Republican's Plan
d)
Grant's Plan
86.
Northerners who went south after the Civil War to make large profits from the destruction in the south were called
a)
Scalawags
b)
Ku Klux Klan
c)
Carpetbaggers
d)
Sharecroppers
87.
After an electoral dispute, it was agreed that Rutherford B. Hayes would become President if he ended Reconstruction.  This is often referred to as:
a)
Radical Election
b)
Compromise of 1877
c)
The corrupt bargain
d)
Illegal compromise
88.

The real reason behind the impeachment of Andrew Johnson was

a)

the fight over who should be in charge of Reconstruction, Congress or the President

b)

Radical Republicans wanted Edwin Stanton to be the new President

c)

Congress agreed with the South's new black codes and literacy tests

89.
The most important event in American religion during the eighteenth century, was a series of emotional religious revivals that spread across the American colonies in the late 1730s and 1740s is referred to as 
a)
The Second Great Awakening
b)
The Great Awakening
c)
Religious Reconstruction
d)
The Reformation
90.
British colonial policy in the first half of the 18th century was relatively relaxed. Britain did little to supervise internal colonial affairs. 
a)
salutory neglect
b)
primogeniture
c)
headright system
d)
mercantilism
91.
Which colony in the mid-17th century passed legislation protecting the rights of Catholic colonists to worship freely?
a)
Massachusettes
b)
Virginia
c)
Maryland
d)
Tennessee
92.
Which mid-Atlantic British colony was noted for its promotion of religious freedom, good relations with local Indians, and Quaker idealism?
a)
Maryland
b)
Pennsylvania
c)
Virginia
d)
Delaware
93.
Annexation of Texas · 

Negotiations over the Oregon border

Acquisition of California
These are all examples of
a)
primogeniture
b)
Manifest Destiny
c)
Era of Good Feelings
d)
Louisiana Purchase
94.
Andrew Jackson's election victory in 1828 depended on support from
a)
the rich and well-born.
b)
Native Americans.
c)
the common people.
d)
states'  rights supporters.
95.
Jackson's practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs became known as
a)
the spoils system.
b)
Jacksonian democracy.
c)
mudslinging.
d)
a corrupt bargain.
96.
The Nullification Crisis was triggered y strong opposition to the
a)
Force Bill.
b)
Indian Removal Act.
c)
Tariff of Abominations.
d)
Bank of the United States.
97.
The leader of South Carolina's opposition to the "Tariff of Abominations" was
a)
Martin Van Buren
b)
Henry Clay
c)
William Lloyd Garrison
d)
John C. Calhoun
98.
Why did Jackson not want the 2nd Bank of the U.S.?
a)
The bank restricted Jackson from raising tariffs
b)
The bank did not permit the use of gold and silver for currency.
c)
The bank had too much power over the economy and favored the wealthy.
d)
it was not in the South
99.
What was the protective Tariff of 1828 designed to do?
a)
Lower the tariff of 1832 
b)
Designed to raise the cost of foreign products entering the nation thus protecting American goods 
c)
It was designed to eventually be just a revenue tariff 
d)
None of these
100.

Reason for motivating industrialist in the northern states to favor tariffs

a)

Tariffs would improve manufactured goods

b)

Tariffs would increase the demand for American manuefactured goods

c)

tariffs would result in more revenue($) for the federal government

101.
Henry Clay and John Quincy Adams were accused of _______.
a)
Stealing money from Senate.
b)
Reading confidential documents.
c)
making a corrupt bargain
d)
Fraudulent taxes.
102.
Two prominent American military heroes during the War of 1812 were
a)
Tecumseh and Henry Clay
b)
Thomas Macdonough and Francis Scott Key
c)
Isaac Brock and John Quincy Adams
d)
Oliver Hazard Perry and Andrew Jackson
103.
Even though the victory in the Battle of New Orleans provided a large boost to American morale, it proved essentially meaningless because
a)
General Jackson was unable to pursue and destroy the British army after his victory
b)
The British continued their guerrilla attacks on the Mississippi Valley region
c)
the peace treaty had been signed several weeks before
d)
the British navy retained control of the shipping lanes around New Orleans
104.
The Era of Good Feelings was sharply disrupted by the
a)
bitter political battles over the Tariff of 1816 and Henry Clay's American System
b)
renewal of international tensions with Britain over Canada and Monroe Doctrine
c)
panic of 1819 and the battle over slavery in Missouri
d)
war with the North African Barbary Coast states
105.
In the case of Dartmouth College v Woodward, John Marshall's Supreme Court held that
a)
privates colleges, and not the states, had the right to set rules and regulations for their students and faculty
b)
only Congress and not the states could regulate interstate commerce
c)
only the federal government and not the states could charter educational and other nonprofit institutions
d)
the states could not violate the charter of a private, nonprofit corporation like Dartmouth College once it had been granted
106.
as proclaimed by Monroe in his message of 1823, the Monroe Doctrine asserted that
a)
only the United States had a right to intervene to promote democracy in Latin America
b)
the British and Americans would act together to prevent further Russian expansion on the Pacific coast
c)
the United States would not tolerate further European intervention or colonization in the Americas
d)
the United States would support the Greeks in their fight for independence against Turkey

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