Unit 6 Assessment MCQ

W. E. B. Du Bois differed in philosophy from Booker T. Washington in that Du Bois believed (A) African Americans should pursue immediate and full equality (B) economic success would lead to political equality (C) job training was ultimately more important than formal education (D) civil rights would come through local efforts rather than national organization (E) segregation was a southern problem more than a national one

(A) African Americans should pursue immediate and full equality

The Ghost Dance, a religious movement that developed in the late nineteenth century, emerged from which of the following? (A) American Indians' distress over loss of tribal authority (B) African Americans' efforts to cope with Jim Crow laws (C) Southern White peoples' reactions to their loss of authority during Reconstruction (D) Western migrants' nostalgia for life in the East (E) East European immigrants' response to industrial life

(A) American Indians' distress over loss of tribal authority

The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine expanded America's role in (A) Central America and the Caribbean (B) the Philippines (C) North Africa (D) Asia (E) Europe

(A) Central America and the Caribbean

Which of the following pairs of immigrant groups were most prominent in the construction of the first transcontinental railroad? (A) Chinese and Irish (B) Irish and Japanese (C) Chinese and Japanese (D) Italians and Irish (E) Chinese and Italians

(A) Chinese and Irish

Which of the following developments best explains changes in agricultural production in the United States during the 1880s and 1890s? (A) New systems of transportation integrated farming into national markets. (B) Farmers established new plantations for commercial crops such as cotton and tobacco. (C) The Civil War devastated farms in large portions of the South. (D) Commercial farms increasingly relied on labor provided by immigrants.

(A) New systems of transportation integrated farming into national markets.

Which of the following groups would be most likely to support the Populist Party? (A) Sharecroppers (B) Industrialists (C) Immigrants (D) Bankers

(A) Sharecroppers

Which of the following most directly led to the circumstances illustrated by the image? (A) The United States victory in the Spanish-American War (B) The Supreme Court ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson (C) The United States contributions to the Allied victory in the First World War (D) The ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution

(A) The United States victory in the Spanish-American War

The 1896 Supreme Court decision Plessy v. Ferguson did which of the following? (A) Upheld segregated railroad facilities. (B) Declared civil rights legislation unconstitutional. (C) Upheld literacy testing as a condition of voting in federal elections. (D) Outlawed segregation in public schools. (E) Restricted the right to purchase or sell land.

(A) Upheld segregated railroad facilities.

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? (A) White claims that reservations reduced American Indian autonomy from the United States, while Hahn claims reservations could be used to resist federal encroachment. (B) White argues that federal supervision of American Indians decreased, while Hahn argues that the United States came to control all aspects of their lives on reservations. (C) White asserts that American Indians came to be governed directly by the United States, while Hahn asserts that they remained outside the jurisdiction of the United States. (D) White contends that American Indians retained possession of much land, while Hahn contends that they lost possession of most of their land to United States settlers.

(A) White claims that reservations reduced American Indian autonomy from the United States, while Hahn claims reservations could be used to resist federal encroachment.

The intent of the Dawes Act of 1887 was to (A) assimilate American Indians into the mainstream of American culture (B) recognize and preserve the tribal cultures of American Indians (C) legally establish the communal nature of American Indian landholding (D) restore to American Indians land seized unjustly (E) remove all American Indians to the Indian Territory (Oklahoma)

(A) assimilate American Indians into the mainstream of American culture

During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, southern state governments used all of the following methods to restrict African American freedoms EXCEPT (A) literacy tests (B) Jim Crow laws (C) poll taxes (D) grandfather clauses (E) restrictive housing covenants

(A) literacy tests

In the three decades following the Civil War, the policies of the Republican Party generally favored (A) northern industrial interests (B) southern agricultural interests (C) the interests of laborers (D) inflationary currency policies (E) woman suffrage

(A) northern industrial interests

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? (A) Rapid expansion of the British Empire into the Southern Hemisphere (B) Restrictive congressional legislation (C) Immigration to less-settled areas of the world (D) Improved worldwide economic conditions (E) Reduction of potential immigrant populations by widespread epidemics

(B) Restrictive congressional legislation

Which of the following was NOT characteristic of immigrants in the late nineteenth century? (A) They were primarily unskilled laborers. (B) They were mainly female. (C) They were predominately from southern and eastern Europe. (D) They often formed ethnic communities. (E) They tended to settle in urban areas.

(B) They were mainly female.

Between 1870 and 1900, farmers did all of the following in an attempt to better their condition EXCEPT (A) seek state regulation of railways (B) limit production of crops (C) organize cooperative marketing societies (D) form a third political party (E) advocate inflation of the currency

(B) limit production of crops

The ideas expressed through the image reveal that in 1901, which of the following was most true of the United States? (A) Theories of survival of the fittest had been widely rejected by the public. (B) Efforts to spread democracy overseas had been largely peaceful. (C) Interventionism had become a more prevalent feature of foreign policy. (D) Women were encouraged to join the armed forces.

(C) Interventionism had become a more prevalent feature of foreign policy.

The People's (Populist) Party emerged most directly in response to which of the following late-nineteenth-century trends? (A) The efforts of businesses to gain control over markets and resources abroad (B) The influx of migrants from Asia and southern and eastern Europe (C) The growth of corporate power in agriculture and the economy (D) The development of political machines

(C) The growth of corporate power in agriculture and the economy

Andrew Carnegie's Gospel of Wealth endorsed which of the following views? (A) Major industries should be nationalized to ensure equitable distribution of wealth. (B) Trusts and combinations were desirable because they guaranteed job stability to immigrant workers. (C) Utopian communities were desirable because they protected the well-being of people living in poverty. (D) All workers could attain wealth by following a diligent work ethic. (E) Wealthy individuals have a duty to return their fortunes to society.

(C) Utopian communities were desirable because they protected the well-being of people living in poverty.

In the second half of the nineteenth century, the formation of labor unions was often a response to (A) federal protection of workers' rights to organize (B) the large numbers of immigrants working in factories (C) low wages and dangerous conditions in industrial work (D) the presence of women in certain areas of industrial work (E) the emergence of multinational companies and increased global competition

(C) low wages and dangerous conditions in industrial work

Which of the following most accurately describes a group who acted on ideas such as those in the excerpt? (A) Business leaders planning to promote philanthropy (B) Activists calling for preservation of the western wilderness (C) Southern European immigrants seeking opportunity in urban areas (D) Northern European immigrants pursuing mining, farming, and ranching

(D) Northern European immigrants pursuing mining, farming, and ranching

In the late nineteenth century, all of the following encouraged American jingoism EXCEPT (A) yellow journalism (B) the New Navy policy of Alfred Thayer Mahan and Theodore Roosevelt (C) the example of European imperialism (D) the flooding of American markets by foreign producers (E) Social Darwinism

(D) the flooding of American markets by foreign producers

All of the following account for nativist sentiment against the "new immigrants" of the late nineteenth century EXCEPT that the immigrants (A) practiced different religions (B) had different languages and cultures (C) were willing to work for lower wages than were native-born workers (D) were not familiar with the United States political system (E) dominate the professions of law, medicine, and engineering

(E) dominate the professions of law, medicine, and engineering

The Open Door policy of the early twentieth century called for (A) the continuation of the Monroe Doctrine in the Western Hemisphere (B) the opening of United States markets to foreign goods (C) the elimination of passports for international travel (D) unlimited European immigration into the United States (E) open access to China for American investment and commercial interests

(E) open access to China for American investment and commercial interests

According to historian Frederick Jackson Turner, a key factor in the development of American individualism and democracy was (A) Puritan theology (B) transcendentalism (C) the American Revolution (D) the Civil War (E) the frontier

(E) the frontier

All of the following were objectives of W.E.B. DuBois EXCEPT (B) the establishment of an organization to seek legal redress of Black grievances (C) the establishment of Black political power (D) cooperation with White people in obtaining Black progress (E) the implementation of Booker T. Washington's program for Black progress

(E) the implementation of Booker T. Washington's program for Black progress