APUSH Review
Studies similar to Riis' were most effective in prompting action by the federal government during the
1960s
Article 6 of the treaty most likely reflected which of the following sentiments?
A hope held by some in government that American Indians would adopt lifestyles similar to the lifestyles of White settlers
The foreign policy ideas in the excerpt are best explained by which of the following nineteenth-century developments?
A reaction to expanding United States economic activity
Which of the following developments helps to explain the rise in exports from the West Coast depicted in the graph?
An expansion in the railroad network led to greater access of western farmers to eastern markets.
The creation of libraries in the late 1800s as described in the excerpt best reflects which of the following developments?
Attempts to provide opportunities for people to fill their leisure time
The cartoon suggests that the disparate groups that favored the People's (Populist) Party typically shared which of the following?
Belief in a stronger federal government role in the United States economic system
The practices of big-business leaders in the late 1800s best reflect which of the following actions illustrated by the excerpt?
Big-business leaders used their influence to facilitate rapid economic growth.
Which of the following describes a similarity between Washington's and Pillow's arguments in the excerpts?
Both believe that southern progress and prosperity depend on addressing a question of labor.
Which of the following is a similarity between White's and Hahn's overall arguments in the excerpts about interactions between American Indians and the United States in the late 1800s?
Both claim that United States officials sought to restrict the authority of tribes over individuals.
Which of the following groups would have been most likely to oppose the policy suggested in the image?
Business executives and industrialists
Throughout United States history, which of the following groups most typically opposed the perspectives expressed in the public service announcements?
Business executives concerned about economic growth
Which of the following was a long-term development that contributed to the change in Chinese immigration depicted in the graph between 1875 and 1885 ?
Chinese laborers competed with White laborers for jobs and mineral wealth during the 1850s and 1860s.
The fulfillment of advice such as that in the excerpt most directly contributed to which of the following in the late nineteenth century?
Competition for resources among White settlers and American Indians
Which of the following best describes the overarching goals of the Populist Party in the late nineteenth century?
Cooperative democracy and a stronger governmental role in the economic system
The claims made by White and Hahn about United States policies toward American Indians in the late nineteenth century are similar in that they both support which of the following arguments?
Federal officials desired to encourage the adoption of White American lifestyles by American Indians.
Which of the following helps to explain the development of railroad transportation as depicted in the graph?
Distribution of federal government subsidies to railroad corporations
Which of the following best explains the reason for the reconciliation described by Blight?
Efforts to change southern racial attitudes and culture ultimately failed because of the South's determined resistance and the North's waning resolve.
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 is one important continuity in urban life in the United States throughout the nineteenth century?
Immigrants formed an important part of the manufacturing workforce.
The excerpt is best understood as a response to which of the following historical developments?
Industrialization
In the period from 1900 to 1921, which of the following groups made up the largest share of immigration to the United States?
Italians and Poles
Which of the following policies would Carnegie most likely have supported?
Laissez-faire economics
The majority of immigrants who arrived in the United States between 1821 and 1880 settled in the
Midwest and Northeast
Which of the following was a difference between the immigration from 1865 to 1895 depicted in the graph and immigration in the 1840s and 1850s?
More immigrants in the 1840s and 1850s arrived with cultural practices similar to those of Americans than did the immigrants who arrived between 1865 and 1895.
Which of the following was a response to both immigration in the 1850s and the immigration depicted in the graph?
Nativists advocated against the continued arrival of immigrants.
Which of the following most accurately describes a group who acted on ideas such as those in the excerpt?
Northern European immigrants pursuing mining, farming, and ranching
Which of the following can best be concluded about the late 1800s based on the situation in which the excerpt was produced?
People debated the best means for expanding educational opportunities.
Which of the following pieces of historical evidence would support the overall argument in the excerpt?
People of Irish descent in New York City registered to vote at a higher rate than their proportion of the population in the 1890s.
Which of the following describes a difference between Washington's and Pillow's arguments in the excerpts?
Pillow proposes that immigrant laborers should be recruited to work in agriculture, while Washington proposes that African Americans should be recruited instead.
Which of the following most directly affected the lives of the late-nineteenth-century workers?
Political machines that provided social services in exchange for votes
Which of the following movements expressed ideas most similar to the ideas expressed in the excerpt?
Populism in the 1890s and early 1900s
The ideas of the Populist Party, as expressed in the excerpt, had the most in common with the ideas of the
Progressive movement
The trend depicted in the graph most directly contributed to which of the following developments after 1920 ?
Restrictions on immigration from eastern and southern Europe
The discussion of economic neutrality featured in the excerpt is best situated within which of the following historical contexts?
Rising support for laissez-faire economic policies
Which of the following groups would be most likely to support the Populist Party?
Sharecroppers
Before moving to Chicago, the people described in the excerpt most likely were engaged in which of the following?
Sharecropping or tenant farming
Based on their claims in the excerpts, Washington and Pillow would most likely have taken different positions on which of the following social questions in the 1800s?
Should immigrants be used to diversify the southern industrial labor force?
Which of the following pieces of historical evidence would best modify the claim in the last paragraph of the excerpt?
Some Democratic political machines continued Republican fiscal policies that limited spending on patronage jobs.
Evidence in the excerpt can best be used to support which of the following arguments about the historical situation of South after the Civil War?
Some Southern leaders promoted industrialization as progress.
Which of the following pieces of historical evidence would best modify the overall argument of the excerpt?
Some urban areas with large Irish populations did not develop Irish-dominated political machines.
Which of the following arguments about Southern society in the late 1800s could the excerpt's point of view best be used to support?
Southern politicians promoted economic integration with the North.
Which of the following most directly led to the changes described in the excerpt?
Technological innovations in the production of goods
Which of the following most directly supports Blight's argument in the excerpt?
The Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson
By the 1870s, which of the following most reflected the continuation of the trend depicted on the maps?
The completion of transcontinental railroads
The excerpt best reflects which of the following economic developments in the late 1800s?
The consolidation of power over the economy by business leaders
The People's (Populist) Party emerged most directly in response to which of the following late-nineteenth-century trends?
The growth of corporate power in agriculture and the economy
Which of the following best describes the relationship of ideas such as those in the excerpt to the broader Progressive reform movement of the era?
The ideas in the excerpt challenged the racial stereotypes held by many White Progressive reformers.
The excerpt best reflects which of the following economic developments in the late 1800s?
The increase in wealth inequality in United States society
Which of the following contributed to reducing the conflict that article 11 and similar provisions of other treaties were designed to address?
The destruction of nearly the entire population of buffalo
The excerpt best serves as evidence for which of the following developments in the late 1800s?
The emergence of arguments that wealthy people had a moral obligation to help society
Which of the following historical contexts contributed most directly to the diplomatic development represented in the excerpt?
The extension of United States influence into the Pacific
Which of the following developments helps to explain the change in agriculture depicted in the graph?
The extraction of western resources led to the growth of new towns and cities that demanded agricultural goods.
Which of the following best characterizes the "sectional reunion" Blight describes?
The federal government removed troops from the South and eliminated aid for former slaves.
Which of the following late-nineteenth-century federal actions most directly supported the ideas expressed in the excerpt?
The sale of land to settlers at low cost
Which of the following most directly contributed to the overall trend depicted in the graph?
The transformation of the United States into an industrial society
Which of the following was typical of agreements such as the Fort Laramie Treaty between the United States government and American Indians in the post-Civil War West?
They usually lasted a short time before being broken by settlers' incursions onto American Indian reservations.
Which of the following is a difference between White's and Hahn's claims in the excerpts about how American Indian societies changed in the late 1800s?
White claims that reservations reduced American Indian autonomy from the United States, while Hahn claims reservations could be used to resist federal encroachment
The perspective expressed in the excerpt most directly supported the national expansion of
access to higher education
The conflict between the Sioux nation and the United States was primarily driven by differing
claims to land
The "temporary unequal distribution of wealth" that Carnegie refers to in the excerpt resulted most directly from the
consolidation of corporations into trusts and holding companies
The image was created most directly in response to the
consolidation of corporations into trusts and holding companies
The ideas expressed in the excerpt most directly contributed to the
emergence of organizations pursuing equality for African Americans
The policy suggested in the image was most directly a response to
fears that immigrants were dangerous radicals or would increase competition for jobs
The cartoonist most likely supported
government policies favoring corporations
The conditions described in the excerpt most directly contributed to the
growth of an organized labor movement
Activists formed the Populist Party most directly in response to the
growth of corporate power in agriculture and economic instability in farming
The situation depicted in the image contributed most immediately to
the organization of new labor unions to confront managerial power
William M. "Boss" Tweed: "As long as I count the votes, what are you going to do about it?"
the power gained by urban political machines