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APUSH Period 6: 1865-1898
APUSH Period 6: 1865-1898
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1
The completion of the transcontinental railroad led to...
Economic growth and the expansion of Asian markets
Hostility between the government and big business
Assimilation of Mexican Americans into society as equals
Increased sectional tension
2
What is the Homestead Act and what did it do?
Acres of land were given for the purpose of education
It gave 160 acre of land to an American citizen&ecouraged them to move west
It broke up Native American tribes to offer them land for farming
It gave speculators land for 50 cents an acre or less to settle in
3
Did the Freedmen's Bureau provide food, clothing, and education to recently freed slaves?
True
False
4
During which presidency were the policies of Reconstruction continued due to the murder of his predecessor?
Andrew Johnson's
Ulysess S. Grant's
Abraham Lincoln's
James Buchanan's
5
What were the goals/concentrations of the AFL and who were the founders?
none of the above
Laborers owned the industries in which they worked. Uriah Smith Stephens.
To advocate protection of an individual man's vote. Robert Granges & Samuel
Wages, hours, and working conditions. Samuel Gompers and Adolph Strasser
6
The__Amendment was helpful to giant corporations when defending themselves against regulation by state government
Fifteenth
Fourteenth
Sixteenth
Thirteenth
7
Among the following, the least likely to migrate to the cattle and farming frontier were...
Eastern city dwellers
Western city dwellers
Rural area dwellers
Suburb area dwellers
8
Immigrants tended to settle...
In rural areas of the North
On the West Coast
In coastal cities in the South
In Industrial cities
9
The rise of big business was fostered by all of the following during the Gilded Age EXCEPT...
Plentiful natural resources
Imposed transportation systems that opened new resources and markets
The strict laissed-faire policy of the federal government
A growing immigrant labor force
10
Which of the following generals surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia on April 9th, 1865?
General William T. Sherman
General Ulysses S. Grant
General Stonewall Jackson
General Robert E. Lee
11
The major factor in drawing country people off the farms and into the big cities was ...
available of service industry jobs
availability of agricultural jobs
all of the above
availability of industrial jobs
12
Which of the following sports was not developed in the decades following the Civil War?
Hockey
Baseball
Basketball
Football
13
The rapid increase in population in Gilded Age industrial cities led to...
Immigrants moving to the city periphery because of easy access to streetcar
The rich tending to move to the center city
Ethnic ghettos that tended to be settled by people of the same nationality
Neighborhoods composed of mixed class where the rich mingled with the poor
14
Andrew Carnegie reflects which of the following business models of the Gilded Age?
Vertical Integration
Laissez-faire economics
Conspicuous consumption
Social Darwinism
15
The expansion of railroads to the West Coast led to the...
Destruction of American Indian habits
Admission of Californian as a free state
Realization that private funding alone should build America's railroads
First American Industrial Revolution in the Northeast
16
By 1866, most freed slaves were working on plantations of their former masters. What were they called?
Tenant Farmers
Sharecroppers
Carpetbaggers
Scalawags
17
The general business climate of the Gilded Age...
Endorsed the corporate model of the trust
Rejected overseas markets as infeasible due to high transportation costs
Welcomed competition as a motivator to improve the quality of products
Rejected the notion of conspicuous consumption
18
The place that offered the greatest opportunities for American women in the period 1865-1900 was...
Big cities
all of the above
Rural areas
At home life
19
One result of Republican "hard money" policies was...
Formation of the Democratic Party
Formation of the Knights of Labor party
Formation of the Whigs
Formation of the Greenback Labor Party
20
The major campaign issue of the 1888 presidential election was...
The tax policy
The tariff policy
War concerns
Environment policies
21
Which one of the following was
not
among influential Populist leaders?
Eugene C. Debs
W. E. B. DuBois
Andrew Carnegie
Eugene V. Debs
22
One group barred from membership in the Knights of Labor was
Native American
African American
Chinese
Disabled
23
The pubic library movement across America was greatly aided by the generous financial support from....
Andrew Carnegie
William T. Sherman
Andrew Jackson
Thomas Paine
24
How did Black Codes affect African Americans?
Allowed the freedom of slaves, but only under certain conditions.
all of the above
They denied their free choice in employment & outlawed interracial marriage
Created more segregated areas such as public facilities.
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How did railroad companies encourage immigration?
They lobbied the federal governments to overturn the Chinese Exclusion Act
They offered free homesteads to those who would settle along rail lines
They paid high wages to workers who would emigrate from their home
They ran advertising campaigns in Europe for cheap railroad lands in the US
