APUSH - Period 6 Part 2 (Exam)

Which of the following contributed to the development of suburbs in the U.S?

- unhealthy living conditions in the cities - improved streetcar and railroad transportation - ethnic and racial prejudices

W. E. B. Du Bois differed in philosophy from Booker T. Washington in that Du Bois believed

African Americans should pursue immediate and full equality

Who would have most likely supported Social Darwinism?

Andrew Carnegie

Which of the following pairs of immigrant groups were most prominent in the construction of the first transcontinental railroad?

Chinese and Irish

This Supreme Court Case ruled that Congress could not ban racial discrimination by private citizens and businesses, including railroads and hotels used by the public

Civil Rights Cases of 1883

Immigrants to the United States in the last quarter of the nineteenth century came primarily from

European farms and villages

"The Protectors of our Industries" cartoon Which of the following arguments did some late-nineteenth-century leaders use to justify the situation depicted in the image?

Evolutionary principles determined that people succeeded based on their merits.

Which of the following best explains a connection between the economic development of the West in the mid-1800s and in the late 1800s?

In both periods, the he expansion and improvement of railroads facilitated transportation in the West

Which of the following was true of the American labor movement in the late nineteenth century?

It was involved in a number of violent strikes.

A prominent leader in promoting the settlement house movement was

Jane Addams

Immigration to the united states 1870-1900 (By Area of Origin) Diagram Which of the following best accounts for the curve on the graph above depicting immigration to the United States from Asia, Africa, and the Americas between 1882 and 1900?

Restrictive congressional legislation

William M. "Boss" Tweed: "As long as I count the votes, what are you going to do about it?" cartoon Which of the following changes to the United States during the nineteenth century most directly contributed to the development depicted in the image?

The rapid growth of cities

Which of the following was true of the settlement house workers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?

They included large numbers of middle-class, college-educated women.

The intent of the Dawes Act of 1887 was to

assimilate American Indians into the mainstream of American culture

Progressive reformers rejected Social Darwinism because they believed that

conflict and competition did not necessarily improve society

The decisions by the Supreme Court by the late 19th century most often favored

corporations

The Ghost Dance was an American Indian religious movement associated with

distress over loss of tribal autonomy

All of the following account for nativist sentiment against the "new immigrants" of the late nineteenth century EXCEPT that the immigrants

dominate the professions of law, medicine, and engineering

In the last half of the nineteenth century, the New South advocates supported

expansion of southern industry

All of the following contributed to the decline of open-range cattle ranching at the end of the nineteenth century EXCEPT

federal recognition of American Indian land claims

Jane Addams began the settlement house movement with her Hull House in Chicago, which provided social services primarily to

immigrants

Although the Sherman Antitrust Act was originally intended to inhibit the growth of business monopolies, courts initially used its provisions successfully against

labor unions

Between 1870 and 1900, farmers did all of the following in an attempt to better their condition EXCEPT

limit production of crops

Settlement house workers of the late nineteenth century would most likely have engaged in all of the following EXCEPT

organizing women workers into labor unions

Which of the following were most likely to help immigrants adjust to city life in the 19th century?

political machines and bosses like Boss Tweed

During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, southern state governments used all of the following methods to restrict African American freedoms EXCEPT

restricting housing covenants

During the closing decades of the nineteenth century, farmers complained about all of the following EXCEPT

rising commodity prices

The American Federation of Labor under the leadership of Samuel Gompers organized

skilled workers in craft unions in order to achieve economic gains

According to historian Frederick Jackson Turner, a key factor in the development of American individualism and democracy was

the frontier

Which of the following accurately describes a trend in American society in the 1880s and late 1890's?

the workplace became more tightly organized and structured

All of the following characterized America's largest cities in the last decades of the 19th century EXCEPT

transportation limited to the central business district

At the end of the nineteenth century, the desire of American business to control supplies of raw materials led to

vertical integration

All of the following are true of railroad expansion in the late nineteenth century EXCEPT that it

was financed by private corporations without government assistance