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APUSH Unit 6

Total questions: 63

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What term is commonly used in reference to those opposed to immigrant workers?

a)

socialism

b)

nativism

c)

machine politics

d)

populism

2.

What is the term used to describe the housing conditions of urban workers

a)

Tenement housing

b)

Settlement housing

c)

Hull House

d)

tenant farm

3.
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
4.
Preached salvation through service to the poor
a)
American Missionary Sense
b)
American Exceptionalism
c)
Social Darwinism
d)
Social Gospel Movement
5.

This is the term for the process of adjusting to the culture and government of the United States.

a)

Assimilation

b)

Nativism

c)

Americanism

d)

Cultivism

6.
What was the 1st immigrant group banned by Congress in 1882?
a)
Chinese
b)
Japanese
c)
Irish
d)
Germans
7.

What was the term commonly used to describe Capitalists like Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller?

a)

Nativists

b)

Muckrakers

c)

Benevolent barons

d)

Robber barons

8.

Which of these refers to the economic system whereby consumers get an array of options to choose from and prices fluctuate based on market demand?

a)

free-enterprise

b)

planned economy

c)

mercantilism

d)

colonialism

9.

In the late 19th Century, the ideas of Social Darwinism were used primarily to _______________.

a)

explain the differences in income between the rich and the poor

b)

urge Congress to end immigration

c)

encourage the passage of compulsory education laws

d)

support the growth of new political parties

10.

What is the term for a city government marked by corruption, bribery, and kickbacks (common during the Gilded Age)?

a)

credit mobilier

b)

corrected democracy

c)

exchequer

d)

political machine

11.
Who created this cartoon depicting the corruption of Boss Tweed?
a)
Jacob Riis
b)
Thomas Nast
c)
Jane Addams
d)
Thomas Durant
12.
The most notorious of the political machines was --------------------in New York City.
a)
Hull House
b)
Pendergast Hall
c)
Daly Machine
d)
Tammany Hall
13.
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
14.
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
15.

The key idea in the excerpt is that Grady believes

a)

the Civil War damaged the southern economy

b)

former Confederate soldiers deserved better treatment

c)

the secession of the Confederacy was justified

d)

the South needed to industrialize

16.

Which of the following best demonstrates Henry Grady's vision for the South?

a)

Birmingham, Alabama, became one of the nation's leading steel producers

b)

Former slaves achieved semi-independence as tenant farmers

c)

Northern investors controlled three-quarters of southern railroads

d)

The southern economy remained mainly tied to agriculture

17.

The economic reasoning behind the Ocala Platform assumes that

a)

federal income taxes fell mainly on average working Americans

b)

large banks had formed a monopoly to lower interest rates

c)

high tariffs had caused the rise in land prices

d)

increasing the money supply would increase prices and incomes

18.

The Ocala Platform proved an important link between which of the following groups?

a)

Radical Republicans and Reconstruction

b)

Farmer organizations and the Populist movement

c)

Harrison Republicans and Cleveland Democrats

d)

Rural and urban Progressive reformers

19.

the ideas expressed in this excerpt most clearly sow the influence of which of the following?

a)

John Locke's Second Treatise of Government

b)

Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations

c)

Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence

d)

Charles Darwin's On the Origins of Species

20.

which of the following developments would be most consistent with the beliefs expressed in the excerpt

a)

Consolidation of wealth by an elite

b)

Expansion of rights for women

c)

Passage of anti-trust legislation

d)

Spread of organized labor

21.

Which of the following groups would most likely support the sentiments behind this cartoon?

a)

Proponents of Social Darwinism

b)

Proponents of anti-monopoly legislation

c)

Proponents of organizing unskilled workers

d)

Proponents of the Interstate Commerce Commission

22.

The kind of sentiments in the cartoon above contributed most directly to which of the following?

a)

The sale of Standard Oil to J. P. Morgan for $900 million

b)

The breakup of Standard Oil into competing oil companies

c)

The replacement of kerosene lamps with the incandescent lights

d)

The rise of the American Federation of Labor

23.

In the Chart above, the "new immigrants" include those who arrived in the U.S from

a)

Northern and western europe

b)

southern and eastern europe

c)

latin america

d)

asia

24.

Voters demanded patronage reform in politics after

a)

President James Garfield was assassinated

b)

The Mugwumps sided with the opposing party

c)

the Greenback Party won mid-year elections in 1878

d)

Grover Cleveland threatened Republican dominance

25.

Which of the following would the author, as a critic of the politics of the era, most likely oppose?

a)

Laws limiting the number of terms one person could serve in an elective office

b)

Rules reducing the number of patronage jobs controlled by politicians

c)

Court decisions allowing unlimited campaign contributions by wealthy donors

d)

Prosecutions of corruption in urban political parties and among political bosses

26.

Which court case established the legal precent of "separate but equal?"

a)

Worcester v. Georgia

b)

Lochner v. New York

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson

d)

McCulloch v. Maryland

27.
Who were the Southern Democrats who regained control of state gov'ts after 1872?
a)
Redeemers
b)
Scalawags
c)
Carpetbaggers
d)
Radicals
28.
System of work for freedmen that traded 50% of grown crops for the use of a house & land
a)
sharecropping
b)
40 acres & a mule
c)
tenant farming
d)
pastoralism
29.
Northerner who when to the South for economic gain
a)
carpetbagger
b)
scalawag
c)
freedman
d)
tenant farmer
30.
Farmers that brought their own tools and animals to grow crops in exchange for rent money
a)
tenant farmer
b)
sharecropper
c)
yeoman farmer
d)
scalawag
31.
Southern white Republicans
a)
scalawags
b)
carpetbaggers
c)
redeemers
d)
radicals
32.
Jim Crow Laws included __________________
a)
separate schools, restaurants and bathrooms 
b)
poll taxes 
c)
literacy tests in order to vote 
d)
All of the above 
33.

This African American man believed that blacks should demand full and immediate equality.

a)

Emmit Til

b)

George Washington

c)

Booker T. Washington

d)

W. E. B. De Bois

34.

The “Atlanta Compromise” is the name given to the

a)

political concessions southern White politicians made to African Americans in order to win their support

against northerners

b)

southern agreement to supply raw materials to the North and West in exchange for manufactured products

c)

political deal made by northern Republicans and southern Democrats to pass legislation favoring the gold

standard

d)

proposal that African Americans emphasize making economic progress over the quest for political and social

equality

35.
Who wrote a thesis about how the frontier prevents class warfare?
a)
Frederick Turner
b)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
c)
Booker T. Washington
d)
Alexis de Toqueville
36.
What congressional law promoted westward settlement by offering 160 acres of land?
a)
Homestead Act
b)
Dawes Severalty Act
c)
Oklahoma Land Rush Act
d)
Morrill Land Grant Act
37.
What ended the Indian Wars? 300 Native Americans killed, including women & children
a)
Sand Creek
b)
Wounded Knee
c)
Dakota War
d)
Black Hills War
38.
What congressional law tried to "Americanize" Native Americans through assimilation?
a)
Morrill Act
b)
Pacific Railways Act
c)
Dawes Severalty Act
d)
Homestead Act
39.
What congressional law set aside land for agricultural colleges?
a)
Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862
b)
Agricultural Expansion Act
c)
Pacific Railways Act of 1862
d)
Homestead Act of 1862
40.
Commonly known as Custer's Last Stand; 7th Cavalry is destroyed by the Sioux
a)
Sand Creek Massacre
b)
Battle of Little Big Horn
c)
Wounded Knee Massacre
d)
Red Cloud's War
41.

Eager settlers who claimed the best land in Oklahoma in 1889 after government owned land was opened to be settled by the public.

a)

nomadic

b)

transcontinental

c)

sooners

d)

vaqueros

42.
What territory was opened up to white settlement in 1889, causing a rush of 50,000 people?
a)
Kansas
b)
Oklahoma
c)
Nebraska
d)
Missouri
43.
Joseph Glidden invented this, which helped close the frontier
a)
reaper
b)
barbed wire
c)
steel plow
d)
combine
44.
Native American religious movement; believed it would reunite the living with the spirits of the dead & unite Indian peoples
a)
Ghost Dance
b)
Pow Wows
c)
Vision Quest
d)
Peyote
45.
Congressional law that promoted the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad
a)
Pacific Railways Act
b)
Desert Land Act
c)
Morrill Land Grant Act
d)
Timber Act
46.
Charles Giteau shot him & proclaimed, "I am a Stalwart of the Stalwarts!"
a)
James Garfield
b)
Chester Arthur
c)
Grover Cleveland
d)
Benjamin Harrison
47.

The Party that attempted to create a coalition alongside democrats that also were strong advocates for workers' rights went by what name?

a)

Know-Nothings

b)

Redeemers

c)

Populists

d)

Dixiecrats

48.

Who was the populist candidate who ran in the 1896 election?

a)

Eugene Debs

b)

William McKinley

c)

Henry Cabot Lodge

d)

William Jennings Bryan

49.
New way of making steel that increased its quality & made it more efficient to produce
a)
Siemans-Martin Process
b)
Crucible Process
c)
Bessemer Process
d)
Cementation Process
50.

At the end of the nineteenth century, the desire of American business to control supplies and processes of raw materials and shipping led to

a)
automation of industry
b)
horizontal integration
c)
vertical integration
d)
development of the "putting-out system"
51.
When companies that produce a similar product are merged together
a)
horizontal integration
b)
Taylorism/Scientific Management
c)
Time-Study Analysis
d)
vertical integration
52.
1st permanent labor union; used strikes as a major tactic
a)
American Legion
b)
Knights of Labor
c)
American Federation of Labor
d)
Knights of Columbus
53.
1st labor union in the U.S.; focused on arbitration
a)
Knights of Labor
b)
Knights of Columbus
c)
American Federation of Labor
d)
American Legion
54.
What congressional law allowed the federal gov't to regulate railroads that crossed state lines?
a)
Interstate Railroad Act
b)
Interstate Highway Act
c)
Interstate Commerce Act
d)
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
55.

Which of the following is true of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890?

a)

It led to federal control of the railroads.

b)

It forced businesses to adopt pooling agreements.

c)

It had little immediate impact on the regulation of large corporations.

d)

It quickly limited the number of mergers taking place.

56.
Argued that those with great material possessions had an equally great obligation to society
a)
Conspicuous Consumption
b)
Gospel of Wealth
c)
Social Darwinism
d)
Socialism
57.
Court case where states won the right to regulate railroads for the public benefit
a)
Wabash v. Illinois
b)
Munn v. Illinois
c)
Northern Securities v. U.S.
d)
Dred Scott v Sandford
58.
Monetary system desired by the Populists; backed by silver & gold
a)
Platinum Standard
b)
Silver Standard
c)
Bimetallism
d)
Gold Standard
59.
What strike crippled the nation & ended when President Hayes sent in federal troops?
a)
Great Railroad Strike
b)
Homestead Strike
c)
Haymarket Riot
d)
Coal Strike
60.
What labor protest rally in Chicago turned violent, killed 8, & led to the conviction of radicals?
a)
Haymarket Riot
b)
Homestead Strike
c)
Great Railroad Strike
d)
Coal Miner's Strike of 1902
61.

Why were scabs unpopular with striking workers during the late 1800s?

a)

They were socialists.

b)

They were federal troops.

c)

They were part of management.

d)

They were workers used to break strikes.

62.
The Pennsylvania state militia were sent to end what labor conflict at Carnegie's steel mill?
a)
Haymarket Riot
b)
Homestead Strike
c)
Penn Railroad Strike
d)
Coal Miner Strike
63.
President Cleveland sent troops in to stop this nationwide railroad strike in 1894
a)
Great Railroad Strike
b)
Pullman Strike
c)
Central Pacific Strike
d)
Transcontinental Railroad Strike