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 Booker T. Washington Government support for railroads Jim Crow laws

#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

American protective association Pendleton Act John D. Rockefeller The new south

#3 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

International migration society

Facilitated the migration of black people to africa 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 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 argued that those with wealth should invest it into society

#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 By 1890, the U.S. Census Bureau declared that the frontier was officially settled Debates over money Views on immigration

#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

Pendleton Act Sherman antitrust act Laissez-faire economics 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

Massive extension of the railroad system created a truly national market for goods

True

False

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

Women's Christian Temperance Union

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

True

False

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

Jim Crow laws

Wanted to end indian culture by forcing them to assimilate to American values.

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

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

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

Massive extension of the railroad system created a truly national market for goods

Women's Christian Temperance Union

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

Jim Crow laws

Wanted to end indian culture by forcing them to assimilate to American values.

Anti-Saloon league

Worked to close down saloons

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