Quiz on APUSH Unit 6 (1865-1898)

#1 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

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

Political machines Populist party National Grange movement Bessemer process

#2 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Pendleton Act

Worked to ban alcohol, had over 500,000 members 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 Anarchists set off a bomb during a Knights of labor protest in Chicago for an 8-hour workweek. Many people began to see the labor movement as violent and radical

#3 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

International migration society

Anarchists set off a bomb during a Knights of labor protest in Chicago for an 8-hour workweek. Many people began to see the labor movement as violent and radical Facilitated the migration of black people to africa Andrew Carnegie argued that those with wealth should invest it into society After a railroad car manufacturer cut wages, and the union tried to negotiate, the company failed them all. The railroad union decided to not work on any trains with Pullman cars in them. The railroad owners tied the Pullman cars to mail trains in order to get the government to keep them moving, and the union members were jailed

#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

Views on immigration Andrew Carnegie Debates over money Knights of labor

#5 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

True

False

Section 1: Multiple Choice questions

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

Pendleton Act

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

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

Section 2: True/false questions

Ida B. Wells

Worked to secure voting rights for women

The new south

Worked to close down saloons

Women's Christian Temperance Union

Worked to ban alcohol, had over 500,000 members

Jim Crow laws

Forced segregation and prevented african americans from exercising their civil liberties

Anti-Saloon league

There was an extreme lack of government regulation of the economy at the time

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