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

Anti-Saloon league Populist party Populist party Great railroad strike

#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

Populist party Women's Christian Temperance Union National Grange movement Pendleton Act

#3 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

International migration society

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. Facilitated the migration of black people to africa congress sparked a new fight with the Sioux, by passing a law that nullified all previous treaties made with native Americans Forced segregation and prevented african americans from exercising their civil liberties

#4 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Debates over money

Worked to secure voting rights for women nationwide movement of resistance. They began to believe that if they took up the ritualistic ghost dance, that their ancestors would return and drive the Americans out. congress sparked a new fight with the Sioux, by passing a law that nullified all previous treaties made with native Americans 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

#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

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

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

Editor of a newspaper editorialized against lynching and jim crow. She fled north due to threats against her

The new south

Enabled manufacturers to produce huge quantities of steel

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

Nativists successfully pressured Congress to stop the flow of Chinese immigrants who were coming over during the gold rush.

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