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APUSH Unit 6

Total questions: 63

Worksheet time: 47mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which group had a racial hatred of immigrants, since they took jobs from Americans for lower wages. 
a)
Nativists
b)
Political bosses
c)
Miners
d)
Labor leaders
2.
Which law gave farmland to citizens in order to move to the Great Plains?
a)
Sherman Antitrust Act
b)
Stamp Act
c)
Great Plains Act
d)
Homestead Act
3.
Which group provided basic services for immigrants & the poor for votes & made illegal fortunes
a)
Nativist
b)
Labor Unions
c)
Political Machines
d)
Robber Barons
4.
TRUE OR FALSE: Robber Barons lived in filthy, overcrowded apartments with one toilet per floor
a)
True
b)
False
5.
Which is NOT a conclusion that can be made about the transcontinental railroad?
a)
Goods were transported across country
b)
Travel across the country was possible
c)
Populations in the west increased
d)
Railroad reduced the size of the US
6.
Which group believed in survival of the fittest and people were naturally selected to succeed?
a)
social darwinist
b)
political bosses
c)
nativist
d)
political machines
7.
Which one of these men was not a robber baron with a monopoly and ruthless business tactics?
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
JP Morgan
c)
John D. Rockefeller
d)
Thomas Edison
8.
Which of the following was NOT a problem labor unions fought for?
a)
shorter hours
b)
lower pay
c)
no child labor
d)
safer working conditions
9.
Which law expanded competition and eliminated trusts and monopolies?
a)
Interstate Commerce Act 
b)
Homestead Act
c)
Sherman AntiTrust Act
d)
Dawes Act
10.
Which is not a characteristic of a business monopoly?
a)
Control all of a product's production
b)
business competition
c)
rise prices
d)
put all competition out of business
11.

How did the development of the railroad impact the buffalo population?

a)

the amount of buffalo did not change

b)

the amount of buffalo decreased

c)

the amount of buffalo increased

d)

buffalo migrated east

12.

Where were Native Americans forced to relocate?

a)

east

b)

Towns

c)

Reservations

d)

Camps

13.

Which group of immigrants came to California to help build the railroad and risked death or injury blasting through the mountain?

a)

Chinese

b)

Mexicans

c)

irish

d)

Whites

14.
Which of the following statements describes how Westward Movement affected Native Americans?
a)
Many Native Americans were pushed off their homelands and forced onto reservations.
b)
They were paid for their land so that they could buy land elsewhere.
c)
Americans gained a better understanding of Native American culture and began treating them with respect.
d)
American pioneers offered to share the land with the Native Americans.
15.
Adopting the customs and practices of the dominant culture.
a)
Nativism
b)
Ethnic Enclaves
c)
Assimilation
16.
The Dawes Act...
a)
Allowed the Plains indians to continue their tribal traditions of following the buffalo herds
b)
divided the plains Indians tribal lands into family plots as a way to encourage assimilation
c)
provided 160 acres of free land to white settlers
d)
established the route for the Transcontinental railroad
17.

Linked east and west; created markets!; created economic boom

a)

barbed wire

b)

transcontinental railroad

c)

telegraph

d)

steamboats

18.

by breaking down the picture, what term is the picture depicting?

a)

manifest destiny

b)

homestead act

c)

dawes act

d)

transcontinental railroad

19.

Represented the farmer and working man. Government ownership of railroads, bimetallism, and direct election of senators.

a)

Populist Party

b)

Reservation System

c)

Dawes Act

d)

Homestead Act

20.

Setup with the purpose of "Americanizing" young Indians, by force.

a)

Reservation System

b)

Dawes Act

c)

American Indian Boarding Schools

d)

Homestead Act

21.

Complete control of a product or service by one person or group. Ex. railroads in the west.

a)

Farmers Problems

b)

Monopoly

c)

Reservation System

d)

Improvements to the West

22.

Address by William Jennings Bryan promoting bimetallism to help farmers pay off their debts

a)

Pull Factors of Westward Expansion

b)

Farmers Problems

c)

Monopoly

d)

Cross of Gold Speech

23.

1887 law that distributed reservation land to individual Native American owners with the goal of turning natives into farmers. Led to sell off of Indian lands.

a)

Reservation System

b)

Dawes Act

c)

Populist Party

d)

Homestead Act

24.

Agricultural overproduction, scarcity of money, high shipping costs, debt, and rural isolation.

a)

Monopoly

b)

Farmers Problems

c)

Pull Factors of Westward Expansion

d)

Cross of Gold Speech

25.

After his retirement, Andrew Carnegie donated most of his money (over $350 million) to establish schools, libraries and universities.

a)

Captain of Industry

b)

Robber Baron

26.
theory that government should not interfere in the operation of the free market
a)
Cul-de-sac
b)
Laissez-Faire
c)
Fleur de Lis
d)
Achtung
27.
individuals are free to produce and sell whatever products they wish
a)
Free Enterprise System
b)
Social Darwinism
c)
Gospel of Wealth
d)
National Market
28.

When Andrew Carnegie stated, “The man who dies rich, dies disgraced,” he was supporting

a)

Consumer credit

b)

Antitrust legislation

c)

Gospel of Wealth

d)

Social Darwinism

29.

Which of the following choices best describes the example below?

Oil Company A + Oil Company B + Oil Company C = Mega Oil Company

a)

Horizontal integration

b)

Holding company

c)

Vertical integration

d)

Board of directors

30.

This labor union, founded by Samuel Gompers in the 1880s, started with a focus on attracting skilled laborers from several industries:

a)

American Federation of Labor

b)

United Auto Workers

c)

Knights of Labor

d)

International Workers of the World

31.

What did the Haymarket and the Homestead Strikes have in common?

a)

The general public sympathized with the factory owners.

b)

Violence occurred after wages were cut and talks failed.

c)

Employers promoted union membership.

d)

They were a result of the Wounded Knee.

32.

During the 1870’s and 1880’s, Populists farmers found that earning a living was increasingly difficult because

a)

Farm labor was becoming more unionized

b)

Prices of agricultural products were increasing

c)

Railroad companies charged high rates for transporting farm products

d)

Agricultural output was declining rapidly

33.

Many wealthy industrialists of the late nineteenth century used the theory of Social Darwinism to

a)

Support the labor union movement

b)

Encourage charitable organizations to help the poor

c)

Promote legislation establishing a minimum wage

d)

To justify "big business" practices

34.

What legislation barred Chinese immigrants from owning property or pursuing jobs?

a)

Chinese Exclusion Act

b)

Irish Immigration Act

c)

European Exclusion Act

d)

Asian Immigration Act

35.

An economic practice where the government does NOT try to control the economy.

a)

Gospel of Wealth

b)

laissez faire

c)

Social Darwinism

d)

horizontal integration

36.

The belief that the rich were chosen by god to be rich and should therefore share their wealth.

a)

Gospel of Wealth

b)

laissez faire

c)

capitalism

d)

Social Darwinism

37.

a belief that the rich are wealthy because they are strong and the poor are weak

a)

Social Darwinism

b)

Gospel of Wealth

c)

laissez faire

d)

monopoly

38.

the control of an entire or most of an industry by one company

a)

laissez faire

b)

capitalism

c)

monopoly

d)

patent

39.

When a company controls everything from raw materials to the distribution of the product

a)

horizontal integration

b)

vertical integration

c)

trust

d)

monopoly

40.

When a combination of companies control an industry to reduce competition

a)

monopoly

b)

trust

c)

laissez faire

d)

patent

41.

an effect of industrialization

a)

urbanization

b)

growth in economy

c)

political corruption

d)

all of the above

42.

economy based on profit and private property

a)

capitalism

b)

social darwinism

c)

gospel of wealth

d)

gilded age

43.

the idea that industrialists exploited workers, the environment, and corrupted the gov't

a)

captains of industry

b)

robber barons

c)

horizontal merger

d)

trusts

44.

These organizations tried to improve working conditions for workers-

a)

Political Bosses

b)

Labor Unions

c)

Political Machines

d)

Farmers

45.

What did unions use to negotiate on behalf of workers?

a)

Strikes

b)

Walkouts

c)

Collective Bargaining

d)

Mediation

46.

What labor organization brought together skilled workers?

a)

Congress of Industrial Organizations

b)

American Federation of Labor

c)

Teamsters Union

d)

Iron workers union

47.

The Pullman Strike included the direct involvement of the U S president of the time:

a)

Rutherford Hayes

b)

Grover Cleveland

c)

Millard Fillmore

d)

William McKinley

48.

In which 1894 strike were 30 strikers killed by U.S. troops after workers went on strike for higher wages?

a)

The Railroad Strike

b)

The Homestead Riot

c)

The Pullman Strike

d)

The Triangle Strike

49.

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

50.

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

51.
How the Other Half Lives
a)
Jacob Riis
b)
Ida Tarbell
c)
Lincoln Steffens
d)
Upton Sinclair
52.
The Jungle
a)
Jacob Riis
b)
Ida Tarbell
c)
Lincoln Steffens
d)
Upton Sinclair
53.
exposed the nasty condition of Chicago's meat packing factories
a)
Jacob Riis
b)
Ida Tarbell
c)
Lincoln Steffens
d)
Upton Sinclair
54.
Journalists who did scientific study and investigative research of American society and attempted to expose the problems and corruption that they found
a)
scientific managers
b)
muckrakers
c)
city managers
d)
county commissioners
55.

What does this image say about the control of political bosses?

a)

political bosses wanted to squish the opportunities in New York

b)

political bosses control all of New York City

c)

Political bosses were showing their approval with a "thumbs up" image

d)

New Jersey did not have political bosses

56.

What legislation is this cartoon referring to?

a)

30 day waiting period for immigration

b)

Deportation after completion of Transcontinental Railroad

c)

Immigration Reduction Act

d)

Chinese Exclusion Act

57.

From this image, who is in control of the US lawmakers.

a)

Large monopolies

b)

small private business

c)

political machines

d)

labor unions

58.

Why does this image depict Rockefeller so large?

a)

He was a political boss who tried to win governmental favors

b)

He was a government inspector looking for corruption

c)

He was a robber baron who used his money and power to influence government

d)

He was looking to correct all of pollution cause by industrialization

59.

What concept does this image refer to?

a)

political machines

b)

nativisim

c)

labor unions

d)

graft

60.

What does this image say about the control of Standard Oil?

a)

Standard Oil is a monster trying to control the entire USA

b)

Standard Oil is trying to save government from political bosses

c)

Standard Oil is trying to keep government on the right track to benefit laborers

d)

Stand Oil had control over many aspects of government

61.

Why do you think this man was trying to cover up or paint the Tammeny Hall Tiger?

a)

to make the political machine of New York seem better than it was

b)

To cover up the corruption of political bosses in New York

c)

to cover up secret information about the government in New York

d)

To cover up the mistreatment of immigrants by political machines

62.

What does this image say is the controlling factor of decisions by political machines?

a)

resources

b)

influence

c)

power

d)

money

63.

What is the main idea of the cartoon?

a)

Political Corruption

b)

Laissez Faire

c)

Monopoly

d)

Social Darwinism