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

Andrew Carnegie Changes in farming Knights of labor Populist party

#2 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Pendleton Act

The most famous political machine organized and met the needs of immigrants and the poor in exchange for votes congress sparked a new fight with the Sioux, by passing a law that nullified all previous treaties made with native Americans 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 Forced segregation and prevented african americans from exercising their civil liberties

#3 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

Facilitated the migration of black people to africa

Haymarket square riot International migration society American federation of labor Chinese exclusion act

#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

Debates over money Dawes act Pullman strike Political machines

#5 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

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

Tammany Hall The new south John D. Rockefeller Booker T. Washington

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

Ida B. Wells

Editor of a newspaper editorialized against lynching and jim crow. She fled north due to threats against her

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

congress sparked a new fight with the Sioux, by passing a law that nullified all previous treaties made with native Americans

True

False

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

Anti-Saloon league

16 million immigrants (mostly from Europe) came looking for better economic opportunities

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

Facilitated the migration of black people to africa

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

Editor of a newspaper editorialized against lynching and jim crow. She fled north due to threats against her

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

congress sparked a new fight with the Sioux, by passing a law that nullified all previous treaties made with native Americans

Anti-Saloon league

16 million immigrants (mostly from Europe) came looking for better economic opportunities

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