Quiz on APUSH Unit 6 (1865-1898)

#1 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Populist party

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 Provided resources to the poor to enrich the neighborhood. Largely led by women 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 congress sparked a new fight with the Sioux, by passing a law that nullified all previous treaties made with native Americans

#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

Sioux wars Pendleton Act Sherman antitrust act Assimilationist movement

#3 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

Facilitated the migration of black people to africa

International migration society Chinese exclusion act American protective association Women's Christian Temperance Union

#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

Sherman antitrust act Jim Crow laws Pendleton Act Debates over money

#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

John D. Rockefeller Booker T. Washington Ida B. Wells Panic of 1893

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

Ida B. Wells

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

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

Forced segregation and prevented african americans from exercising their civil liberties

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

Populist party

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

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

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

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

Forced segregation and prevented african americans from exercising their civil liberties

Anti-Saloon league

Worked to close down saloons

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