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APUSH Period Six Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the political boss who ran New York's Tammany Hall political machine?

a)

Thomas Nast

b)

William "Boss" Tweed

c)

George Custer

d)

Henry Dawes

2.

Which of the following generated the most conflict between indigenous tribes and whites in the late 1800s?

a)

Westward Expansion

b)

Efforts to Assimilate Native Tribes

c)

Efforts to move tribes west of the Mississippi

d)

Government treaties

3.

What was the name of the most famous Native American boarding school?

a)

Carleton

b)

Carrington

c)

Carlisle

d)

Colgate

4.

Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller can best be referred to as:

a)

Philanthropists

b)

Labor Activists

c)

Political Bosses

d)

Monopolists

5.

Which early Civil Rights leader believed that black Americans should adjust to segregation?

a)

W.E.B. DuBois

b)

Ida B. Wells

c)

Booker T. Washington

d)

Marcus Garvey

6.

Which early Civil Rights leader founded the NAACP and believed in full, immediate equality?

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

W.E.B. DuBois

c)

Marcus Garvey

d)

Madam C.J. Walker

7.

Which early civil rights activist gained notoriety for his/her expose on lynching in the South?

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

Ida B. Wells

c)

W.E.B. DuBois

d)

Madam C.J. Walker

8.

What was Thomas Edison's greatest contribution to the Second Industrial Revolution?

a)

Alternating Current Electricity

b)

The Filament Lightbulb

c)

The Bessmer Process

d)

The Telephone

9.

Which Supreme Court case effectively legalized segregation in the United States?

a)

Munn v. Illinois

b)

Plessy v. Ferguson

c)

Brown v. Board of Education

d)

Elk v. Wilkins

10.

The Second Industrial Revolution led to all of the following except:

a)

Urbanization

b)

Decreased Immigration

c)

Large Scale Factory Production

d)

Increased Mining Activity in the US

11.

Social Darwinism is the belief that:

a)

Some individuals are more "fit" than others

b)

Apes evolve into human beings

c)

Gaps in wealth should be eliminated

d)

The wealthy should give money to charity

12.

What was the result of Carnegie's belief in the "Social Gospel"?

a)

Raising the pay for his workers

b)

Construction of concert halls and libraries

c)

Expansion of Worker's Compensation Laws

d)

Increased support for labor unions

13.

After the Civil War, many thinkers promoted a "New South" in which . . .

a)

Racism played no part in society

b)

Social classes were more equal

c)

States created new social programs to help the poor

d)

The economy supported more industrial production

14.

Which of the following was a criticism of the Laissez Faire policies of the late 1800s?

a)

It led to poltical corruption

b)

It gave monopolies an outsized influence in politics and society

c)

It led to deplorable working conditions

d)

It led to unsafe, unsanitary living conditions

15.

Which Gilded Age Law aimed to limit the power of large corporations?

a)

The Dawes Act

b)

The Interstate Commerce Act

c)

The Sherman Anti-Trust Act

d)

The Pendleton Civil Service Act

16.

Where did most of the "new" immigrants come from during the Gilded Age?

a)

Western Europe

b)

East Asia

c)

Southern and Eastern Europe

d)

Latin America

17.

Mail order catalogs like Sears Roebuck and Montgomery Ward reflect economic growth due to -

a)

Mass consumerism and improved transportation infrastructure

b)

A new focus on ethical consumption

c)

Decreased focus on material possessions

d)

High wages for lower class families, allowing for leisure spending

18.

What was the goal of the Farmer's Alliances and Granges?

a)

To generate revenue for railroads

b)

To petition Congress for anti-trust legislation

c)

To improve profits and conditions for farmers

d)

To recruit new members of the Democratic Party

19.

Which of the following was NOT a method used by white southerners to disenfranchise black voters?

a)

Literacy Tests

b)

Poll Taxes

c)

Grandfather Clauses

d)

Repealing the 15th Amendment

20.

The Chinese Exclusion Act -

a)

Reduced immigration for all ethnic groups

b)

Resulted from economic competition on the West Coast

c)

Was the first time a single ethnicity was barred from immigration

d)

Led to increased immigration from Latin America

21.

Most strikes in the 1800s resulted from:

a)

Wage cuts

b)

Deteriorating Working Conditions

c)

Lengthening Work Hours

d)

Growing Worker support for Communism

22.

The Interstate Commerce Act was intended to regulate:

a)

The oil industry

b)

The railroad industry

c)

The banking industry

d)

The steel industry

23.

The Populist Part platform included:

a)

A Progressive Income Tax

b)

Government Ownership of Railroads

c)

Direct Election of Senators

d)

Bimetallism

24.

The "Lost Cause" Mythology:

a)

Argued that, though the South lost, they did nothing wrong

b)

Argued that the South never lost the Civil War

c)

Helped to eliminate white supremacy in the South

d)

Helped the North and South reconcile after the Civil War

25.

Elk v. Wilkins stated:

a)

That Native Americans were citizens

b)

That the 14th and 15th Amendments did not apply to Native Americans

c)

That the US government's actions at Wounded Knee were justified

d)

That all Native American males had to attend boarding schools