Quiz on APUSH Unit 6 (1865-1898)

#1 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Populist party

Sioux initally won a deceive victory against the U.S. army. Workers formed labor unions to have more negotiating power and fight for better pay and working conditions 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 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

#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 Worked to ban alcohol, had over 500,000 members 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.

#3 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

Facilitated the migration of black people to africa

International migration society Dawes act John D. Rockefeller White collar workers

#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

Debates over money Indian appropriation act Debates over money Panic of 1893

#5 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

True

False

Section 1: Multiple Choice questions

Populist party

Pendleton Act

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

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

The new south

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

Women's Christian Temperance Union

Worked to ban alcohol, had over 500,000 members

Jim Crow laws

Workers formed labor unions to have more negotiating power and fight for better pay and working conditions

Anti-Saloon league

Worked to close down saloons

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