Font size
WorksheetsAPUSH Period Six Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Who was the political boss who ran New York's Tammany Hall political machine?
Thomas Nast
William "Boss" Tweed
George Custer
Henry Dawes
Which of the following generated the most conflict between indigenous tribes and whites in the late 1800s?
Westward Expansion
Efforts to Assimilate Native Tribes
Efforts to move tribes west of the Mississippi
Government treaties
What was the name of the most famous Native American boarding school?
Carleton
Carrington
Carlisle
Colgate
Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller can best be referred to as:
Philanthropists
Labor Activists
Political Bosses
Monopolists
Which early Civil Rights leader believed that black Americans should adjust to segregation?
W.E.B. DuBois
Ida B. Wells
Booker T. Washington
Marcus Garvey
Which early Civil Rights leader founded the NAACP and believed in full, immediate equality?
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. DuBois
Marcus Garvey
Madam C.J. Walker
Which early civil rights activist gained notoriety for his/her expose on lynching in the South?
Booker T. Washington
Ida B. Wells
W.E.B. DuBois
Madam C.J. Walker
What was Thomas Edison's greatest contribution to the Second Industrial Revolution?
Alternating Current Electricity
The Filament Lightbulb
The Bessmer Process
The Telephone
Which Supreme Court case effectively legalized segregation in the United States?
Munn v. Illinois
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
Elk v. Wilkins
The Second Industrial Revolution led to all of the following except:
Urbanization
Decreased Immigration
Large Scale Factory Production
Increased Mining Activity in the US
Social Darwinism is the belief that:
Some individuals are more "fit" than others
Apes evolve into human beings
Gaps in wealth should be eliminated
The wealthy should give money to charity
What was the result of Carnegie's belief in the "Social Gospel"?
Raising the pay for his workers
Construction of concert halls and libraries
Expansion of Worker's Compensation Laws
Increased support for labor unions
After the Civil War, many thinkers promoted a "New South" in which . . .
Racism played no part in society
Social classes were more equal
States created new social programs to help the poor
The economy supported more industrial production
Which of the following was a criticism of the Laissez Faire policies of the late 1800s?
It led to poltical corruption
It gave monopolies an outsized influence in politics and society
It led to deplorable working conditions
It led to unsafe, unsanitary living conditions
Which Gilded Age Law aimed to limit the power of large corporations?
The Dawes Act
The Interstate Commerce Act
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act
The Pendleton Civil Service Act
Where did most of the "new" immigrants come from during the Gilded Age?
Western Europe
East Asia
Southern and Eastern Europe
Latin America
Mail order catalogs like Sears Roebuck and Montgomery Ward reflect economic growth due to -
Mass consumerism and improved transportation infrastructure
A new focus on ethical consumption
Decreased focus on material possessions
High wages for lower class families, allowing for leisure spending
What was the goal of the Farmer's Alliances and Granges?
To generate revenue for railroads
To petition Congress for anti-trust legislation
To improve profits and conditions for farmers
To recruit new members of the Democratic Party
Which of the following was NOT a method used by white southerners to disenfranchise black voters?
Literacy Tests
Poll Taxes
Grandfather Clauses
Repealing the 15th Amendment
The Chinese Exclusion Act -
Reduced immigration for all ethnic groups
Resulted from economic competition on the West Coast
Was the first time a single ethnicity was barred from immigration
Led to increased immigration from Latin America
Most strikes in the 1800s resulted from:
Wage cuts
Deteriorating Working Conditions
Lengthening Work Hours
Growing Worker support for Communism
The Interstate Commerce Act was intended to regulate:
The oil industry
The railroad industry
The banking industry
The steel industry
The Populist Part platform included:
A Progressive Income Tax
Government Ownership of Railroads
Direct Election of Senators
Bimetallism
The "Lost Cause" Mythology:
Argued that, though the South lost, they did nothing wrong
Argued that the South never lost the Civil War
Helped to eliminate white supremacy in the South
Helped the North and South reconcile after the Civil War
Elk v. Wilkins stated:
That Native Americans were citizens
That the 14th and 15th Amendments did not apply to Native Americans
That the US government's actions at Wounded Knee were justified
That all Native American males had to attend boarding schools
