APUSH Unit 6
Which quotation was associated with the forced assimilation of American Indians at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School?
"We all wore white man's clothes and ate white man's food."
Horatio Alger wrote over one hundred books aimed at American youth. His message is most accurately described as which of the following?
"rags to riches" is possible for a hardworking young man
In the 1890s, Florence Kelley and the National Consumers League sought to
force retailers and manufacturers to improve wages and working conditions for women workers
In the late 19th century, many immigrants to the United States
formed close-knit ethnic communities within cities
Westerners and farmers who attacked the "Crime of '73" were calling for
the coinage of more silver money to stop deflation
The most important factor in the destruction of the Plaines Indians' societies by the whites in the late 19th century was
the destruction of the buffalo herds by whites
The use of barbed wire is most directly associated with which outcome?
the end of the open range frontier
A key to Henry Ford's success in the mass production of automobiles was
the moving assembly line
In 1896, the major economic issue for William Mckinley's administration was
the need for higher tariff rates
Which of the following statements regarding Coney Island is FALSE?
the park developed a reputation for wholesome family attractions
In the late 19th century, political "machines" in cities owed their existence to
the rapid growth of urban America and the influx of millions of immigrants
According to the ideas expressed by Andrew Camegie in his The Gospel of Wealth
the rihc had great responsibilities to society
A major problem faced by settlers on the Great Plains in the 1870s was
the scarcity of water
Why did nativists worry about an influx of immigrants during the 1880s?
they considered immigrants from southern and eastern Europe more difficult to assimilate into American culture than earlier immigrants
Cheif Joseph, Sitting Bull and Geronimo shared what common experience?
they resisted efforts to displace their people from traditional homelands
Which statement is TRUE of most immigrants going through Ellis Island?
they were allowed to enter the United States
In the late nineteenth century, Social Danwinists argued that people who failed economically in the United States did so because
they were not fit enough to survive in the market
The US calvary's buffalo soldiers shared what experience with most other African Americans of their time?
they were segregated because of their race
To improve efficiency, some factory employers relied on Frederick W. Taylor's
time and motion studies
Chinese men came to America for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
to get jobs in NE text mills
Why did cowboys drive their cattle north from Texas along the Chisholm Trail?
to ship their cattle to markets in eastern cities like Chicago
The first Chinese immigrants to the United States came primarily
to work in the gold fields and railroads
The Panic of 1893
triggered the nation's most severe depression up to that point
In which way did their protest at Chicago's Haymarket Sqaure affect the Knights of Labor?
union members grew disillusioned as newspapers printed articles blaming workers for the violence that occurred
At the turn of the 20th century, motion pictures
were the first true mass entertainment medium
The development of the Bessemer process allowed architects to design the first
Skyscrapers
The Dawes Act of 1887
Was designed to force Indians to become landowners and farmers
Which of the following would have been most likely to support the presidential campaign of William Jennings Bryan in 1896?
a Kansas farmer
The Populist Party platform is 1892 called for all of the following EXCEPT
a gold-based currency
A researcher seeking primary source material on the massacre at Wounded Knee would likely consider which of the following to be the most authentic and authoritative evidence on the topic?
a letter describing an eyewitness account of the event
In 1920 the census of the United States revealed that
a majority of Americans lived in "urban" areas
President James Garfield was assassinated by
a mentally unstable disappointed office seeker
In the late 19th century, the social writer Henry George argued in favor of
a single land tax to replace all other taxes
The government consistently in labor disputes took the side of the
business owners
During the late 19th century, college education for American women
had expanded significantly
How did John D. Rockefeller gain control of the oil industry?
he practiced horizontal integration
Grant's greatest failing in the scandals that plagued his administration was
his toleration of corruption and his loyalty to crooked friends
Edward Bellamy's 1888 book, Looking Backward,
imagined an ideal future in which all corporations were combined into one great trust
During the late 19th century, child labor in the United States
increased significantly
Where did European immigrants often settle in the United States?
industrial cities
The depression of the 1870s led to increasing demands for
inflation of the money supply by issuing more paper currency
Tenement buildings in urban America were
initially praised as an improvement in housing for the poor
The election of 1888
involved clear differences on tariff issues between the major parties
The Sand Creek Massacre of 1864
involved the killing of Indian women and children
Which summary of the massacre at Wounded Knee is most accurate?
it represented the culmination of the US government's military operations against native peoples
The Molly Maguires were a militant
labor union in the coal industry.
In 1900, regarding work conditions in American factories,
laborers could expect to work at least 10 hours a day, 6 days a week
Once all the loose gold had been mined from streams, who moved into the mining towns?
large mining corporations
In 1900, the emergence of research laboratories in American corporations
led to a diversification of research interests
A historian researching the relationship between labor and capital during the late 19th century is evaluating the merits of 4 different sources. Which source would most likely offer the most authentic perspective of a worker regarding working conditions and wage rates at that time?
letters written by a member of the Knights of Labor to another member of an international affiliate
Which of these statements BEST describes the experience of immigrants landing at Angel Island?
many were detained for weeks and sometimes months
Which term BEST describes a company that completely dominates a particular industry?
monopoly
In the 1840s and 1850s, in the far west, the response by white Americans to the Chinese
moved from initial acceptance to gradual hostility
The cartoon above is a commentary on the late 19th century
municipal corruption
In the American business community at the end of the nineteenth century,
one percent of corporations controlled one-third of all manufacturing
Unlike the Knights of Labor, the American Federation of Labor included in its membership
only white, male skilled workers
One thing a person could do in 1900 but not in 1865 was
play a phonograph
William Cody's Wild West shows
proved to be popular in Europe as well as the United States
The Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890 called for the federal government to
purchase silver but not coin it
Until its repeal in 1885, the Labor Contract Law
put many new immigrants in debt to American businessmen.
The Credit Mobilier scandal involved
railroad corporation fraud and the subsequent bribery of congressmen
In the late 19th century, urban political bosses did all of the following EXCEPT
reduce the costs of city services
In 1890s, Jacob Riis
reported on the living conditions of the urban poor to encourage improvements
Between 1890 and 1910, incomes in the United States
rose for almost all Americans
In the late 19th century, efforts to reduce poverty in America
saw charitable organizations try to limit aid only to those deemed "deserving poor"
During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the growth of newspapers
saw circulation increase much more rapidly than the general population
In 1917, automobile production in the United States
saw nearly 5 million cars on American roads
In the late 19th century, industry in the United States
saw the federal government eager to assist in its growth
The Pullman strike of 1894
saw the president of the United States order federal troops to break the strike.
According to the philosophy of pragmatism, society should be guided by
scientific inquiry
Most new immigrants
settled among others from their home country
By the 1890s, the largest number of immigrants to the United States came from
southern and eastern Europe
A transcontinental railroad is one which
spans the entire country
what technological development of the mid 19th century most revolutionized the U.S. steel industry?
steam power
Chester A. Arthur
supported the Pendleton Act as part of civil service reform
In "The Significance of the Frontier in American History," Frederick Jackson Turner claimed
that the end of the "frontier" also marked the end of one of the most important democratizing forces in the American life
The one immigrant group that was totally banned from America after 1882 nativist restrictions was
the Chinese
In what significant way did the Knights of Labor differ from the American Federation of Labor?
the Knights of Labor opened the membership or the organization to women,blacks, and ethnic minorities
In 1890 at Wounded Knee, South Dakota,
the U.S. Seventh Cavalry massacred more than 300 Indians.
The major significance of the rail lines across the US was it
united East and West
An examination of American voters in the late 19th century reveals
voter turnout for both presidential and nonpresidential elections was very high
Before 1860, the traditional policy of the federal government was to regard Indians as
wards of the president of the United States
In the late 19th century, the surge of farming settlement in the West
was a result of many factors, but the most important was the railroad
The 1876 Battle of Little Bighorn
was a short-lived Indian victory
In 1890, the "Ghost Dance"
was a spiritual revival among Plains Indians.
The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890
was indifferently enforced and weakened by the courts
The great railroad strike of 1877
was launched in response to a wage cut.
Throughout the late 19th century, the federal government
was relatively inactive
The theory of Social Darwinism
was used to justify the social consequences of industrial capitalism.
To many middle-class Americans, the major labor upheavals of the late 19th century
were dangerous signs of social instability
The Farmers' Alliances
were far more widespread than the Grange movement
What does nativism mean?
favoring interests of native-born Americans over immigrants
The Exoduster movement involved which group?
African Americans leaving the South after the Civil War
collective bargaining is
workers who negotiate as a group with employers
The Homestead Act provided
160 acres of free land to any head of household who would live there and make an improvement
During 1850-1900, which group was most adversely affected by the spread of mining boomtowns?
American Indians
The mining frontier played a vital role in
Attracting population to the west
"I am tired of fighting...The old men are all killed. It is the young men who say yes and no. He who led the young men is dead. It is cold and we have no blankets. The little children are freezing to death. My people, some of them, have run away to the hills and have not blankets, no food; no now knows where they are, perhaps freezing to death. I want time to look for my children and see how many of them i can find. Maybe I shall find them among the dead...I am tired; my heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever.' These words were spoken by
Cheif Joseph after the final defeat of the Nez Perce Indians
The first group of people to be legally excluded from entering the US was the
Chinese
Among the major political issues on which Congress passed legislation during the years 1877-1892 were all of the following EXCEPT
Civil Rights
In the 1870s, the "internal combustion engine" was developed in
Europe
Eugene V. Debs played a leading role in what labor event?
Homestead strike
After 1880, most new immigrants to America were
Jews and Catholics from eastern and southern Europe
Which American writer is LEAST associated with the trend toward social realism in literature in the late 19th century?
Mark Twain
One of the most significant aspects of the Interstate Commerce Act was that it
actually did little to control the abuses of big business
William Jennings Bryan "Cross of Gold" oration was primarily an expression of his
advocacy of free and unlimited coinage of silver
Charles Darwin's theories of evolution met initial resistance from
all these answers are correct
Socialism is
an economic and political philosophy that favors public control of income and property
In the 1850s, the U.S. policy of "concentration" for indians
assigned all tribes to their own defined reservations
Which of the following concepts is illustrated by the changes you see in these photographs?
assimilation
Which of the following was an important pull factor that drew european immigrants to the United States after the Civil War?
availability of land
The congressional law of 1873 that officially discontinued silver coinage
became known to critics as the "Crime of 73"
The political battles between Stalwarts and Half-Breeds constituted a fight
between Republic traditionalists and reformers
Which of the following contributed MOST to the end of the cattle ranching boom?
blizzards, droughts, blizzards
In 1894, Jacob Coxey and his supporters
called for a public works program for the unemployed
In the campaign of 1896, William Mckinley
campaigned largely from his house
By 1890, populations in the biggest urban areas
consisted mostly of foreign-born immigrants and their children.
In the 19th century, vaudeville theater
consisted of a variety of stage acts
How did vertical integration benefit companies such as Carnegie Steel?
controlling production and distribution processes increased efficiencies and profits
Financiers Jim Fisk and Jay Gould tried to involve the Grant administration in a corrupt scheme to
corner the gold market
In their work wit immigrants, settlement houses mainly addressed which need?
cultural adjustment
The Pullamn strike of 1894 began when George Pullman, owner of the company,
cut wages by 25% due to a slumping economy
The designers of New York City's Central Park
deliberately created a public space that would look as little like the city as possible
In 1894, the population density of Manhattan in New York was
greater than most crowded European cities
Capitalism is
economic system in which the means of production are privately owned
In 1890, the superintendent of the census announced the
end of the frontier
Another important push factor for people coming to the US from Russia, Poland and the Ottoman Empire was
escape from religious persecution and massacres
Which of the following contributed to the cattle ranching boom?
expansion of the railroads
