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WorksheetsAPUSH Period 6 review
Total questions: 96
Worksheet time: 2hrs 44mins
1. The Homestead Act (1862) assumed that public land should be administered in such a way as to... (LT 6.1)
A) raise government revenue.
B) promote frontier settlement.
C) conserve natural resources.
D) favor large-scale “bonanza” farms.
2. The national government helped to finance transcontinental railroad construction in the late nineteenth century by providing
railroad corporations with (LT 6.1)
A) cash grants from new taxes.
B) land grants.
C) reduced prices for iron and steel.
D) aid for construction of railroad stations.
4. The Dawes Severalty Act (1887) did all of the following EXCEPT (LT 6.2)
A) dissolved many tribes as legal entities.
B) tried to make rugged individualists of the Indians.
C) promoted Americanization of Native Americans.
D) increased tribal ownership of land.
In the 1896 case Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled that (LT 6.3)
A) African Americans could be denied the right to vote.
B) segregation was unconstitutional.
C) “separate but equal” facilities were legally permissible
D) the 14th Amendment did not apply to African Americans
At the end of Reconstruction, Southern whites disenfranchised African Americans using all the following EXCEPT: (LT 6.3)
A) literacy requirements.
B) poll taxes.
C) grandfather clauses.
D) the use of federal troops
As a leader of the African American community, Booker T. Washington… (LT 6.4)
A) helped to found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
B) advocated social equality.
C) discovered hundreds of uses for the peanut.
D) promoted black self-help but did not challenge segregation.
That a “talented tenth” should lead the race to full social and political equality with whites was the view of ...? (LT 6.4)
Eugene Debs
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. DuBois
Andrew Carnegie
The first great industrial trusts, the ____________ was organized through a principle of “horizontal integration” that ruthlessly incorporated or destroyed competitors. (LT 6.5)
American Railway Trust
American Steel Company
Standard Oil Company
Unified Meat Industry Trust
All the following are true of the developments of the Gilded Age EXCEPT: (LT 6.5)
patents and corporations allowed businesses to expand by offering legal protections to business owners
the invention of Thomas Edison replaced gas lights and kerosene lamps
the invention of Alexander Graham Bell made it possible to communicate without knowledge of mores code
the government attempted to regulate monopolies to facilitate economic growth
The major factor in drawing country people off the farms and into the big cities was (LT 6.6)
the development of the skyscraper.
the availability of industrial jobs.
the compact nature of those large communities.
the advent of new housing structures known as dumbbell tenements.
Name the businessman who bought out Andrew Carnegie and organized the United States Steel Corporation.(LT 6.7)
JP Morgan
John Rockefeller
Leland Stanford
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Most “new” immigrants in the late 19th century... (LT 6.8)
A) eventually returned to their country of origin.
B) tried to preserve their Old Country culture in America.
C) were subjected to stringent immigration restrictions.
D) quickly assimilated into the mainstream of American life.
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act, although aimed at monopolies, was at first primarily used to curb the power of whom? (LT 6.9)
A) manufacturing corporations
B) State legislatures
C) labor unions
D) railroad corporations
Labor unrest in the 1870s and 1880s resulted in... (LT 6.9)
A) Congress passing legislation supporting the formation of unions.
B) a ban on Irish immigration.
C) the use of federal troops to keep peace during strikes.
D) many associating labor unions with radicalism.
All of the following are true about the Homestead Strike (1892) EXCEPT: (LT 6.9)
A) Company official Henry Frick negotiated with the strikers to get them back to work.
B) Company officials called in armed Pinkerton detectives to crush the strike.
C) The state militia sent troops to break up the strike.
D) Workers were angry over pay cuts.
The Pullman Strike (1894) resulted in the first instance of… (LT 6.9)
A) management recognition of the right of workers to organize and strike.
B) violence during a labor strike.
C) a united front between urban workers and agrarian Populists.
D) government use of a federal court injunction to break a strike.
The Farmers' Alliance was formed to... (LT 6.12)
A) provide help to northern farmers.
B) provide opportunities for higher education.
C) end the rise of tenant farming.
D) take action to break the strangling grip of the railroads.
Select the term that best describes the Gilded Age
The time when everything was covered in gold
Businesses were struggling financially
businesses grew at a rapid rate and many problems lied below perceived prosperity
Businesses achieved unprecedented success with an increase in pay for all workers
Wealthy people used Social Darwinism to justify their position in life.
True
False
Select the statement that best describes the difference between the AFL and the Knights of Labor
The Knights of Labor allowed only skilled workers to join their union
The AFL allowed skilled and unskilled laborers to join their union
The Knights of Labor allowed skilled and unskilled workers to join their union
Both labor unions worked to improve lives for the owners of major companies
Select all the terms that describe the "New South"
term used to describe the South after the Civil War
A time when African American farmers became equal to White farmers
Promoted the idea that the South should industrialize
A term used to describe the South before the Civil War
Select all the statements that describe a settlement house
A house in the new frontier for people to settle in
A place where immigrants could live and adjust to American life
Focused on providing education and skills for women and children
A place where wealthy people could settle in at the beach
What was the significance of Plessy v Ferguson
It ended segregation of schools
It ended segregation everywhere
It established that Whites and Blacks would remain separate but equal
It declared that Dred Scott was property
Select the statement that best describes the Social Gospel
A movement that aimed to alleviate social problems
A movement that encouraged people to be more social
A movement that encouraged social distancing in a global pandemic
A movement that aimed to help out people who were not social
Select the statement that best describes the Dawes Act
It allowed whites and blacks to remain separate but equal
It sought to assimilate Native Americans to American culture
It gave more power to women in the workforce
The act was created with the purpose of welcoming immigrants to America
Why is the year 1865 significant?
The Civil War started
Abraham Lincoln was elected
The Civil War ended
Reconstruction ended
The Gilded Age was characterized by (select all that apply)
The rise in trusts and monopolies
The growing gap between the rich and the poor
An increase in factory jobs
A rise in unions to demand fair working conditions
Select all the statements that led to an increase in urbanization during the Gilded Age
Increased immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe
Increased immigration from Mexico
Increase in factory jobs
A rise in political machines that provided services in exchange for political support
Select the statement that does NOT describe the impact of the Transcontinental Railroad
Promoted migration and settlement in the West
Increased conflict between settlers and Natives
Increased use of Chinese immigrants as laborers
Peace among settlers and Natives in the west
__________________: a person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on greater than normal financial risks in order to do so.
Entrepreneur
Sole Proprietorship
Partnership
Corporation
a belief that the rich are wealthy because they are strong and the poor are weak
Social Darwinism
Gospel of Wealth
laissez faire
monopoly
economy based on profit and private property
capitalism
social darwinism
gospel of wealth
gilded age
Andrew Carnegie believed the wealthy should help the poor
Social Gospel
Gospel of Wealth
Social Darwinism
Gospel of Trusts
When a company controls everything from raw materials to the distribution of the product
horizontal integration
vertical integration
trust
monopoly
A period in US history c1869-1889 that seemed alright on the outside but was politically corrupt internally.
Gilded Age
Antebellum
Post-War Period
Atomic Age
First attempt by the US government to regulate an industry.
Interstate Commerce Act
Sherman Anti-trust Act
Clayton Anti-trust Act
Homestead Act
The elimination of competition in a market by a firm or business.
Monopoly
Free Trade
Free Market
Controlled Economy
A monopoly created when a business owns or controls all the products and means of production for a single product from start to finish.
Vertical Integration
Horizontal Integration
Supply Chain Dominance
Cartel
A monopoly created when a business buys or closes all businesses that produce the same product they produce.
Horizontal Integration
Vertical Integration
Communism
Fair Competition
Owner of US Steel and creator of the Gospel of Wealth. He ended up giving most of his fortune away.
Andrew Carnegie
JP Morgan
John D Rockefeller
Cornelius Vanderbilt
A new way of making steel that greatly increased the quantity and quality of steel produced at the beginning of the 20th century.
Bessemer Process
Interchangeable Parts
Lost Wax Method
Vulcanization
Political philosophy that government should not intervene in society or the economy. It is loosely translated as "let do".
Laissez Faire
Carte Blanche
Free Market
Capitalism
Idea that the wealthiest members of society have a responsibility to take care of the poorest members of society
Gospel of Wealth
Charity Movement
Halfway Houses
Brothers Keeper Movement
The reputation of unions was irreparably damaged after strikers violently beat surrendering Pinkerton agents at the __________________________ in 1892..
Homestead Strike
Pullman Strike
Haymarket Riot
People's Party
His research and development lab was the first of its kind in America, bringing together science and marketing products to appeal to an increasingly consumer society.
Tesla
Eastman
Westinghouse
Edison
Young Indian children were taken from their parents and sent to white boarding schools, where they were systematically stripped of their names and cultures in an attempt to “assimilate” them to white American culture, schools like ________________________________________ in Pennsylvania.
Reservations
Carlisle Indian School
Penn State
Society of Friends
The 1896 Supreme Court case that established the “Separate but Equal doctrine”, effectively codifying segregation, was called
Marbury v. Madison
Brown v. Board of Ed
Plessy v. Ferguson
Rocky v. Drago
The first federal law restricting immigration from a particular country was the 1882 ___________________________________________________.
Quota Acts
Plessy v Ferguson
Chinese Exclusion Act
Sherman Anti-trust Act
This Democratic presidential candidate in 1896 famously said “You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold!”, referring to the currency controversy of the day.
Samuel Gompers
Eugene v Debs
William Jennings Bryan
William McKinley
This law prohibited the forms of monopolies, but it was too vague to ever truly be effective, and the Supreme Court ultimately ruled that it only applied to commerce, and not manufacturing.
Sherman Anti Trust Act
Interstate Commerce Act
Workers' Rights Act
The Stamp Act
The _____________________________________promised 160 acres of land to anyone who would move West, stake a claim, and farm it for at least 5 years.
Frontier Thesis
Reservation Policy
Dawes Act
Homestead Act
Political Machines
A person who favors those born in his country and is opposed to immigrants
Populist
How did Knights of Labor differ from American Federation of Labor?
Grover Cleveland
Turner's Frontier Thesis
Overcrowding and pollution were caused primarily by what?
Urbanization
Industrialization
Nativism
Assimilation
What was the main source of power in big city governments during the Gilded Age?
Political Machines
Industrial Capitalists
Robber Barons
Labor Leaders
Who is most associated with political machines in New York City?
"Boss" Tweed
John Rockefeller
Jane Adams
Andrew Carnegie
What is the term used to describe the housing conditions of urban workers
Tenement housing
Settlement housing
Hull House
tenant farm
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.
Hull House
Ellis Island
Pullman House
Staten Island
The significance of the Haymarket Square incident in 1886 was that
union won their demand for an eight hour day
the American socialist movement received a good boost
the use of Pinkerton guards as strikebreakers was outlawed
it led to federal intervention in labor union matters.
