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

Populist party Interstate commerce act Chinese exclusion act Booker T. Washington

#2 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Pendleton Act

Worked to secure voting rights for women A severe economic depression during which nearly a quarter of railroads declared bankruptcy. This caused bankers to buy up many of the railroads, leading to consolidation. Railroads supported by the government through money and land grants 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

#3 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

International migration society

Provided resources to the poor to enrich the neighborhood. Largely led by women Facilitated the migration of black people to africa Social and educational collective aimed at brining farmers together. Soon became political to lobby for farmers A severe economic depression during which nearly a quarter of railroads declared bankruptcy. This caused bankers to buy up many of the railroads, leading to consolidation.

#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

Homestead act Debates over money Settlement houses By 1890, the U.S. Census Bureau declared that the frontier was officially settled

#5 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Booker T. Washington

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 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 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

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

Ida B. Wells

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

True

False

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

The new south

Forced segregation and prevented african americans from exercising their civil liberties

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

Worked to close down saloons

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

Booker T. Washington

Section 2: True/false questions

Ida B. Wells

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

The new south

Forced segregation and prevented african americans from exercising their civil liberties

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

Worked to close down saloons

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