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Unit 6 APUSH
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Which of the following best describes the viewpoint of Andrew Carnegie as expressed in the "Gospel of Wealth"?
the wealthy should be morally responsible with their money
the rich deserve their wealth because they are better
WWJD should guide business decisions
poor immigrants should be given financial support
2
Central Pacific went ____ and was build by immigrants from ______
West/Ireland
West/China
East/Ireland
East/China
3
NOT a factor that led to the demise of the Plains Indians
Indians unwilling to fight
extermination of the buffalo
railroads bringing more settlers and soldiers
exposure to white diseases
4
Why did the Knights of Labor ultimately fail the sustain their early successes organizing labor?
They exculded women and African Americans
They excluded unskilled workers
the public blamed them for the Haymarket Square Riots
They were eliminated by the Interstate Commerce Act
5
NOT true of women's rights effort of the late 19th
black women were accepted in suffrage organizations
Western states granted women voting rights
fought for women's suffrage
Ida B. Well fought for black women's rights
6
Why was voter turnout high during the Gilded Age?
Differences about reigning in industry
Big ideological differences between parties
Varying views about Reconstruction
regional and religious differences between the parties
7
Why were Americans concerned when the 1890 census announced that the US frontier was closed?
it would lead to political radicalism
wars with Indians would be more common
conflict with Mexico was much more likely
it marked the end of the open West
8
Result of the Compromise of 1877
Democratic president
Republican commitment to Reconstruction
withdrawal of federal troops and fight for black rights in South
immigration restrictions
9
Why was Grant not a great politician/president?
people did not follow his lead
He was corrupt
He didn't believe in the Democratic Party
had no political experience, many scandals
10
innovation that expanded employment for women
street car and bicycle
Bessemer process and internal combustion
photography and lightbulb
typewriter and telephone
11
When JP Morgan lent the $65 million in gold what did it reveal about the relationship between gov't and business?
Grover Cleveland was a resourceful president
Populist ideas were spreading
Tariff needed to be raised
business was more powerful than political leader
12
NOT a challenge of farmers during the Gilded Age
low taxes
high storage and railroad fees
pests like grasshoppers and boll weevils
high tariffs
13
NOT a characteristic of the election of 1896
William Jennings Bryan was the Democrat
silver coinage a major issue
McKinley supported higher tariffs
big business provided money to Bryan
14
First attempt to regulate railroad industry
Interstate Commerce Commission
Grover Cleveland executive order
Wabash, St. Louis, and Pacific Railroad v. Illinois
Plessy v Ferguson
15
Which of the following was NOT part of the Republican party?
recent immigrants
people concerned with morality
small town and rural people
blacks
16
NOT part of the Populist party platform
unlimited coinage of silver
income tax
laissez faire government
government ownership of railroads and telephone
17
In an effort to assimilate Indians into American society, what did the Dawes Act call for?
preserving Indian culture
Tribal ownership of land
Indian schools to teach Indian children white values
establishing larger reservations
18
Which of the following was a reason Indians voluntarily surrendered their lands?
promise of jobs in railroad industry
For assistance becoming farmers
for promise to protect buffalo
for the promise of independence and financial support
19
Who did politicians turn to for money after the passage of the Pendleton Act?
farmers
Boss Tweed
large corporations
foreign governments
20
Plessy vs. Ferguson
restricted the KKK
ended birthright citizenship
ended Reconstruction
established "separate but equal"
21
How did DuBois and Washington differ in their attitudes towards education?
DuBois wanted industrial training, Washington academics
DuBois wanted academics, Washington industial training
22
NOT a characteristic of settlement houses
Hull House in Chicago
help assimilate immigrants to American culture
They helped fund political machines
led by middle class reform minded women
23
What drew immigrants to cities after the Civil War?
the availability of industrial jobs
the pleasant living conditions in the big cities
cultural excitement
farming was too expensive
24
NOT an effect of the election of 1896
political participation decreased after this election
Bryan lost
power shifted to urban areas
Democrats went on to dominate politics
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NOT a corrupt practice of railroad barons
inflating their stock value
Credit Mobilier scandal
accepting land grant from federal govt
bribing judges and congressmen
26
NOT a change resulting from construction of railroads
increased industrialization
more national unity
reduced immigration
frontier town benefited economically
27
NOT a strategy of industrialists in the Gilded Age
establishing trusts
verticle and horizontal integration
negotiating fair wages with workers through collective bargaining
establishing monopolies
28
NOT an action taken by the Billion Dollar Congress
high tariffs
reforms meant to aid labor unions
spend money to dispose of government surplus
increased pensions for Civil War veterans
29
NOT an attempt to exclude New Immigrants
Chinese Exclusion Act
Literacy Tests
Social Gospel Movement
The American Protective Association
30
Western lands attracted immigrants and the poor who might have otherwise stayed in cities and spread social discontent
safety valve theory
laissez faire
mercantilism
manifest destiny
31
Why did labor union want the govt to restrict immigration?
immigrants worked as scabs
New immigrants were Jews and Catholics
immigrants could not work in factories
immigrants were willing to work for lower wages
32
NOT a strategy used to disenfranchise blacks
poll taxes
settlement houses
intimidation and violence
literacy tests
33
Union Pacific went ____ and was build by immigrants from ______
East/China
East/Ireland
West/Ireland
West/China
