Quiz on APUSH Unit 6 (1865-1898)

#1 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Populist party

Wanted to correct the concentration of power held by banks and trusts. Proposed the Omaha platform: Direct election of senators, more referendums, graduated income tax, and an 8-hour workday All the industrialization created a new type of work for managers and administrators who ran the factories instead of working in them Railroads supported by the government through money and land grants The most famous political machine organized and met the needs of immigrants and the poor in exchange for votes

#2 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

Political appointments were very corrupt after a guy shot the president because he didn't get a job, congress passed the Pendleton Act, which created an exam that was used for deciding who would get a job

Views on immigration Starting in 1865 many Americans started pushing westward again after the interruption of the civil war Pendleton Act Booker T. Washington

#3 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

International migration society

Wanted to end indian culture by forcing them to assimilate to American values. Feared that factory owners would use immigrants to keep wages low and to replace striking workers Facilitated the migration of black people to africa Forced segregation and prevented african americans from exercising their civil liberties

#4 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

Farmers wanted to print more money so they could more easily pay back their debts, but the bankers and the wealthy wanted to keep the U.S. Dollar on the gold standard

NAWSA Growth of immigration Ghost dance movement Debates over money

#5 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Booker T. Washington

Social and educational collective aimed at brining farmers together. Soon became political to lobby for farmers Farmers wanted to print more money so they could more easily pay back their debts, but the bankers and the wealthy wanted to keep the U.S. Dollar on the gold standard former slave who trained other black men to become economically self-sufficient, and argued this was a better way to gain power than to campaign for better voting rights Forced segregation and prevented african americans from exercising their civil liberties

#6 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

Ida B. Wells

Forced segregation and prevented african americans from exercising their civil liberties

True

False

#7 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

The new south

Idea that the future of the south would be based on economic diversity and industrial growth. Massive growth of population, industry, and railroads. Only in limited industrial centers though.

True

False

#8 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

Women's Christian Temperance Union

Worked to ban alcohol, had over 500,000 members

True

False

#9 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

Jim Crow laws

Broke up tribal organizations and divided up tribal land and gave U.S. citizenship to natives who "Americanized" themselves

True

False

#10 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

Anti-Saloon league

A new focus on cash-crops in the north and west, and a shift to more expensive mechanized farming methods put smaller farms out of business. Big trusts that farmers relied on (like railroads) also raised prices, making it even harder for farmers to make a living

True

False

Section 1: Multiple Choice questions

Populist party

Political appointments were very corrupt after a guy shot the president because he didn't get a job, congress passed the Pendleton Act, which created an exam that was used for deciding who would get a job

International migration society

Farmers wanted to print more money so they could more easily pay back their debts, but the bankers and the wealthy wanted to keep the U.S. Dollar on the gold standard

Booker T. Washington

Section 2: True/false questions

Ida B. Wells

Forced segregation and prevented african americans from exercising their civil liberties

The new south

Idea that the future of the south would be based on economic diversity and industrial growth. Massive growth of population, industry, and railroads. Only in limited industrial centers though.

Women's Christian Temperance Union

Worked to ban alcohol, had over 500,000 members

Jim Crow laws

Broke up tribal organizations and divided up tribal land and gave U.S. citizenship to natives who "Americanized" themselves

Anti-Saloon league

A new focus on cash-crops in the north and west, and a shift to more expensive mechanized farming methods put smaller farms out of business. Big trusts that farmers relied on (like railroads) also raised prices, making it even harder for farmers to make a living

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