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APUSH period 6 review

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 47mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Select the term that best describes the Gilded Age

a)

The time when everything was covered in gold

b)

Businesses were struggling financially

c)

businesses grew at a rapid rate and many problems lied below perceived prosperity

d)

Businesses achieved unprecedented success with an increase in pay for all workers

2.

Select the statement that best describes the difference between the AFL and the Knights of Labor

a)

The Knights of Labor allowed only skilled workers to join their union

b)

The AFL allowed skilled and unskilled laborers to join their union

c)

The Knights of Labor allowed skilled and unskilled workers to join their union

d)

Both labor unions worked to improve lives for the owners of major companies

3.

Select all the statements that describe a settlement house

a)

A house in the new frontier for people to settle in

b)

A place where immigrants could live and adjust to American life

c)

Focused on providing education and skills for women and children

d)

A place where wealthy people could settle in at the beach

4.

What was the significance of Plessy v Ferguson

a)

It ended segregation of schools

b)

It ended segregation everywhere

c)

It established that Whites and Blacks would remain separate but equal

d)

It declared that Dred Scott was property

5.

Select the statement that best describes the Social Gospel

a)

A movement that aimed to alleviate social problems

b)

A movement that encouraged people to be more social

c)

A movement that encouraged social distancing in a global pandemic

d)

A movement that aimed to help out people who were not social

6.

Who of the following represented the American notion that through hard work, even a poor immigrant could become tremendously successful?

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

John D. Rockefeller

c)

Jay Cooke

d)

Thomas Edison

7.
During the Gilded age, workers came together under ___________________________ to work for better pay, working conditions, and less hours.
a)
Philanthropy
b)
Labor Unions
c)
Political Bosses
d)
Credit Unions
8.
Based on your knowledge of the Industrial Revolution in the United States, what statement is this cartoon making?
a)
The federal government was placing too many restrictions and regulations on business owners.
b)
The oil industry is thriving due to a healthy working relationship with the federal government.
c)
The owner of Standard Oil has too much power and influence over the federal government.
d)
Emissions from oil refineries are polluting the air and harming the environment.
9.
Which of these best describes life in a turn of the century tenement?
a)
Very crowded
b)
Spreading sickness and disease
c)
No windows, heat, or plumbing
d)
All of the above
10.
Men such as Andrew Carnegie believed in giving money to libraries, musuems and schools to help benefit people who wanted to move up in the social ladder. 
a)
geopolitical
b)
political bosses
c)
Social Darwinism
d)
Gospel of Wealth
11.

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)

Laissez Faire Act

12.

Congressional action taken in 1890, during the Gilded Age, that made "contracts, conspiracies, and combinations" that restrained free trade illegal. This was done to stop the abusive practices of organized trusts in oil, sugar, tobacco, etc.

a)

Sherman Antitrust Act

b)

Celler-Kefauver Act

c)

Clayton Antitrust Act

d)

Interstate Commerce Act

13.
What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?
a)
Manifest destiny 
b)
Monroe Doctrine 
c)
Great Awakening 
d)
Louisiana Purchase
14.
What was the effect of the Transcontinental Railroad?
a)
Became a more efficient form of transportation for settlers
b)
Increased trade between the east and west and boosted the economy
c)
Polluted the air and the natural environment
d)
All of the above
15.
What invention helped prevent cattle from escaping?
a)
bean picker
b)
barbed wire
c)
steel plow
d)
windmills 
16.
How did the passage of the Dawes Act impact Native Americans? 
a)
It started a series of Indian Wars with massive casualties on the Great Plains
b)
It attempted to assimilate them into mainstream culture by allocating lands to individual Indians.
c)
Retention of original tribal territory occurred through a peace treaty with the U.S. Army.
d)
It supported their existing cultural tribal traditions and customs
17.

Millionaire tycoon who made his riches in the steel industry

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

J.D. Rockefeller

c)

J.P. Morgan

d)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

18.

Millionaire tycoon who made his riches in the railroad industry

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

J.D. Rockefeller

c)

J.P. Morgan

d)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

19.

Millionaire tycoon who made his riches in the finance industry

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

J.D. Rockefeller

c)

J.P. Morgan

d)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

20.

Millionaire tycoon who made his riches in the oil industry

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

J.D. Rockefeller

c)

J.P. Morgan

d)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

21.

Why did President Lincoln and Congress wish to provide inexpensive homesteads to the public?

a)

For jobs

b)

To visit their families

c)

To help expand the country

d)

For the climate change

22.

What is the name of the place that was the gateway for over 12 million immigrants to the U.S. as the United States' busiest immigrant inspection station? It's located in New York.

a)

Hull House

b)

Ellis Island

c)

Pullman House

d)

Staten Island

23.

What is the name of this machine that made large productions of steel and was inexpensive?

a)

Steel

b)

Cotton Gin

c)

Steel Maker

d)

Bessemer Process

24.

Who invented the telephone?

a)

Alexander Hamilton

b)

Alexander Graham Bell

c)

Alexander Edison

d)

Alexander Wright

25.
Areas of land set aside for Native Americans
a)
nomadic
b)
sodbusters
c)
homestead
d)
reservations
26.

Carnegie made a fortune by mastering the concept of

a)

philanthropy

b)

vertical integration

c)

horizontal integration

d)

plausible deniability

27.

Rockefeller made a fortune by utilizing

a)

vertical integration

b)

horizontal integration

c)

graft

d)

strikes

28.
in 1882, the Government passed this legislation that restricted immigration for 10 years from a certain group into the United States.
a)
Nativist Act
b)
Mexican Reparition Act
c)
Dawes Act
d)
Chinese Exclusion Act
29.
"New Immigrants" that came to the United States in the early 1900s were from which part of Europe?
a)
South Europe
b)
NE Europe
c)
SW Europe
d)
SE Europe
30.
The Pendleton Act of United States in 1883 decided that government jobs should be awarded on the basis of merit (test) instead of political affiliation.
a)
direct voting
b)
civil service reform
c)
political machines
d)
civil labor unions
31.
Because of the rapid growth of Industrilization in the North people moved out of rural towns to?
a)
Rural farms
b)
Urbanzied cities
c)
Subrebs cities
d)
El rancho
32.
Populists supported "free silver" because they believed:
a)
It would result in deflation
b)
It would increase bank regulations
c)
It would result in inflation
d)
None of the following - they supported continuation of the Gold Standard
33.
Which of following was most closely associated with the Populist Party?
a)
Jane Addams
b)
William Jennings Bryan
c)
Eugene Debs
d)
Samuel Gompers
34.
One of the methods by which post-Civil War business leaders increased their profits was 
a)
Elimination of as much competition as possible
b)
Supporting a centrally planned economy
c)
Funding research on new technologies
d)
Elimination of the tactic of vertical integration
35.

The introduction of mass production in the late-nineteenth-century American economy had which of the following advantages?

a)

Mass production made work more interesting

b)

It gave workers a greater sense of accomplishment

c)

It gave workers greater control over the pace of their work

d)

Mass production increased workers' output

36.

Select all the statements that are true about The People's Party

a)

Called for political reform

b)

Also known as the Populist Party

c)

Created to limit the growth of corporate power

d)

Worked to gain rights for the people

37.

Select the statement that best describes the Social Gospel

a)

A movement that aimed to alleviate social problems

b)

A movement that encouraged people to be more social

c)

A movement that encouraged social distancing in a global pandemic

d)

A movement that aimed to help out people who were not social

38.

Select the statements that describe the Gospel of Wealth

a)

A way for wealthy people to justify their wealth

b)

Urged wealthy people to donate money and give back to the community

c)

Promoted fair wages for everyone

d)

Urged wealthy Americans to hoard their wealth

39.
Which of the following is not a characteristic of new/second wave immigrants?
a)
They were easily assimilated.
b)
They did not speak English.
c)
They lived in ethnic neighborhoods in cities.
d)
They were met with nativism.
40.
Which African American leader championed vocational training for blacks, raised funds from white philanthropists, and sought new career opportunities for blacks to improve their status in the late 19th century?
a)
Langston Hughes
b)
W. E. B. Dubois
c)
Booker T. Washington
d)
Frederick Douglass
41.
One reason nativists worried about influx of immigrants in 1880s...
a)
Feared immigrants gain control of city and state governments
b)
Believed immigrants receive preferential treatment from federal government and receive land
c)
Thought country's ports could not handle increasing numbers of immigrants and exports
d)
Considered immigrants from southern and eastern Europe a threat to traditional American cultural values
42.
During the 19th and early 20th century, These men helped immigrants with jobs and housing in order to control votes during election? 
a)
political parties
b)
El Chapo
c)
political bosses
d)
republican party
43.

Who is most associated with political machines in New York City?

a)

"Boss" Tweed

b)

John Rockefeller

c)

Jane Adams

d)

Andrew Carnegie

44.
in 1882, the Government passed this legislation that restricted immigration for 10 years from a certain group into the United States.
a)
Nativist Act
b)
Mexican Reparition Act
c)
Dawes Act
d)
Chinese Exclusion Act
45.
In 1889, during the Gilded Age, a Settlement House called Hull House was opened in Chicago.  It was designed to help working class women, many recent immigrants, move out of poverty and dependence on others.  It sought to address some of the excesses of industry and business.  Who founded Hull House?
a)
Margaret Sanger
b)
Jane Addams
c)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
d)
Susan B. Anthony

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