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

Changes in farming Populist party Women's Christian Temperance Union Labor unions

#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

The new south Chinese exclusion act Pendleton Act White collar workers

#3 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

Facilitated the migration of black people to africa

Homestead act Interstate commerce act International migration society Ghost dance movement

#4 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Debates over money

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

#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

Debates over money Booker T. Washington Women's Christian Temperance Union Dawes act

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

Ida B. Wells

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

#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

Required railroad rates to be reasonable and just, and established a federal commission to oversee the railroads

True

False

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

Jim Crow laws

Pioneered vertical integration, where one company controls every stage of the manufacturing process

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

Facilitated the migration of black people to africa

Debates over money

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

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

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

Required railroad rates to be reasonable and just, and established a federal commission to oversee the railroads

Jim Crow laws

Pioneered vertical integration, where one company controls every stage of the manufacturing process

Anti-Saloon league

Worked to close down saloons

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