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APUSH Period 6 Review

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Dawes Severalty Act (1887) did all of the following EXCEPT (LT 6.2)

a)

 A) dissolved many tribes as legal entities.

b)

 B) tried to make rugged individualists of the Indians.

c)

 C) promoted Americanization of Native Americans.

d)

 D) increased tribal ownership of land.

2.

In the 1896 case Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled that (LT 6.3)

a)

A) African Americans could be denied the right to vote.

b)

 B) segregation was unconstitutional.

c)

 C) “separate but equal” facilities were legally permissible

d)

 D) the 14th Amendment did not apply to African Americans

3.

At the end of Reconstruction, Southern whites disenfranchised African Americans using all the following EXCEPT: (LT 6.3)

a)

 A) literacy requirements.

b)

 B) poll taxes.

c)

 C) grandfather clauses.

d)

 D) the use of federal troops

4.

As a leader of the African American community, Booker T. Washington…  (LT 6.4)

a)

 A) helped to found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

b)

B) advocated social equality.

c)

 C) discovered hundreds of uses for the peanut.

d)

 D) promoted black self-help but did not challenge segregation.

5.

That a “talented tenth” should lead the race to full social and political equality with whites was the view of ...? (LT 6.4)

a)

Eugene Debs

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

W.E.B. DuBois

d)

Andrew Carnegie

6.

The first great industrial trusts, the ____________ was organized through a principle of “horizontal integration” that ruthlessly incorporated or destroyed competitors.  (LT 6.5)

a)

American Railway Trust

b)

American Steel Company

c)

Standard Oil Company

d)

Unified Meat Industry Trust

7.

All the following are true of the developments of the Gilded Age EXCEPT: (LT 6.5)

a)

patents and corporations allowed businesses to expand by offering legal protections to business owners

b)

the invention of Thomas Edison replaced gas lights and kerosene lamps

c)

the invention of Alexander Graham Bell made it possible to communicate without knowledge of mores code

d)

the government attempted to regulate monopolies to facilitate economic growth

8.

The major factor in drawing country people off the farms and into the big cities was (LT 6.6)

a)

the development of the skyscraper.

b)

the availability of industrial jobs.

c)

the compact nature of those large communities.

d)

the advent of new housing structures known as dumbbell tenements.

9.

The American Protective Association... (LT 6.8)

a)

 A) preached the social gospel that churches were obligated to protect New Immigrants.

b)

 B) was led for many years by Florence Kelley and Jane Addams.

c)

 C) supported immigration restrictions.

d)

 D) established settlement houses in several major cities in order to aid New Immigrants.

10.

Most “new” immigrants in the late 19th century... (LT 6.8)

a)

 A) eventually returned to their country of origin.

b)

 B) tried to preserve their Old Country culture in America.

c)

 C) were subjected to stringent immigration restrictions.

d)

 D) quickly assimilated into the mainstream of American life.

11.

The Sherman Anti-Trust Act, although aimed at monopolies, was at first primarily used to curb the power of whom? (LT 6.9)

a)

A) manufacturing corporations

b)

  B) State legislatures

c)

C) labor unions

d)

D) railroad corporations

12.

Labor unrest in the 1870s and 1880s resulted in... (LT 6.9)

a)

 A) Congress passing legislation supporting the formation of unions.

b)

B) a ban on Irish immigration.

c)

C) the use of federal troops to keep peace during strikes.

d)

D) many associating labor unions with radicalism.

13.
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
14.
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
15.
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
16.
Which law expanded competition and eliminated trusts and monopolies?
a)
Interstate Commerce Act 
b)
Homestead Act
c)
Sherman AntiTrust Act
d)
Dawes Act
17.

Where were Native Americans forced to relocate?

a)

east

b)

Towns

c)

Reservations

d)

Camps

18.

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

19.
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.
20.
Adopting the customs and practices of the dominant culture.
a)
Nativism
b)
Ethnic Enclaves
c)
Assimilation
21.
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
22.

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

a)

manifest destiny

b)

homestead act

c)

dawes act

d)

transcontinental railroad

23.

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

24.

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

a)

Reservation System

b)

Dawes Act

c)

American Indian Boarding Schools

d)

Homestead Act

25.

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

26.

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

27.
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
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.

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

31.

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

32.

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

33.

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

34.

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

35.

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

a)

horizontal integration

b)

vertical integration

c)

trust

d)

monopoly

36.

an effect of industrialization

a)

urbanization

b)

growth in economy

c)

political corruption

d)

all of the above

37.

These organizations tried to improve working conditions for workers-

a)

Political Bosses

b)

Labor Unions

c)

Political Machines

d)

Farmers

38.

What labor organization brought together skilled workers?

a)

Congress of Industrial Organizations

b)

American Federation of Labor

c)

Teamsters Union

d)

Iron workers union

39.

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

40.
How the Other Half Lives
a)
Jacob Riis
b)
Ida Tarbell
c)
Lincoln Steffens
d)
Upton Sinclair
41.
The Jungle
a)
Jacob Riis
b)
Ida Tarbell
c)
Lincoln Steffens
d)
Upton Sinclair
42.
exposed the nasty condition of Chicago's meat packing factories
a)
Jacob Riis
b)
Ida Tarbell
c)
Lincoln Steffens
d)
Upton Sinclair
43.
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
44.

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

45.

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

46.

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

a)

Large monopolies

b)

small private business

c)

political machines

d)

labor unions

47.

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

48.

What is the main idea of the cartoon?

a)

Political Corruption

b)

Laissez Faire

c)

Monopoly

d)

Social Darwinism

49.
What was Jane Addams' establishment called?
a)
The Escape.
b)
Convalescent Home.
c)
Hull House.
d)
The Mansion.
50.

creator of settlement houses to assist immigrants moving to the United States

a)

W.E.B. Dubios

b)

Elizabeth Canton

c)

Jane Addams

d)

Ida B. Wells

51.

I was a co-founder of the NAACP

a)

WEB Du Bois

b)

Jane Addams

c)

Max Weber

d)

Herbert Spencer

52.

I studied the poor and worked to improve poverty conditions

a)

Jane Addams

b)

Harriet Martineau

c)

Karl Marx

d)

Max Weber

53.

I am responsible for the phrase “Survival of the Fittest”

a)

Herbert Spencer

b)

Auguste Comte

c)

WEB Du Bois

d)

Karl Marx

54.
Giving jobs to local supporters
a)
favorites
b)
public interest
c)
patronage
d)
initiative
55.
The poll tax, literacy tests, and grandfather clause aimed to keep who from voting
a)
Poor white citizens
b)
Black citizens
c)
Native Americans
d)
Chinese immigrants