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

Gospel of wealth Populist party Ghost dance movement Haymarket square riot

#2 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Pendleton Act

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 Nativists successfully pressured Congress to stop the flow of Chinese immigrants who were coming over during the gold rush. 16 million immigrants (mostly from Europe) came looking for better economic opportunities The most famous political machine organized and met the needs of immigrants and the poor in exchange for votes

#3 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

International migration society

Railroads supported by the government through money and land grants Worked to close down saloons 16 million immigrants (mostly from Europe) came looking for better economic opportunities Facilitated the migration of black people to africa

#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

Indian appropriation act Debates over money National Grange movement Laissez-faire economics

#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

Pioneered horizontal integration, where one company controls every seller in the market.

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

Facilitated the migration of black people to africa

Jim Crow laws

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

Anti-Saloon league

Worked to close down saloons

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