Period 6 1865-1900 Test College Board Practice Qs

Question 1

The extension of United States influence into the pacific
The declining influence of European powers in east asia
The enforcement of Supreme Court rulings on segregation
The enactment of isolationism in the western hemisphere

Answer 1

The extension of United States influence into the pacific

Question 2

A response to changing immigration patterns
An attempt to end reconstruction polices
A reaction to expanding United States economic activity
An effort to enact political reforms In urban areas

Answer 2

A reaction to expanding United States economic activity

Question 3

Continued restrictions on the organization of labor
Decreased industrial output following economic crisis
Increasing demand to export southern cotton
Rising support for laissez-faire economic policies

Answer 3

Rising support for laissez-faire economic policies

Question 4

The rise in demand for immigration labor in factories
The political advocacy for seeking overseas markets
The increase in wealth inequality in United States society
The reduction in conflict between mangers and workers

Answer 4

The increase in wealth inequality in United States society

Question 5

The growth in support for government regulation of the economy
The consolidation of power over the economy by business leaders
The end of federal support for transportation infrastructure projects
The spread of technological innovations and agriculture production

Answer 5

The consolidation of power over the economy by business leaders

Question 6

Big business leaders refused most of the money that they inherited are unprofitable ventures.
Big business leaders cared about the working conditions for laborers and their factories.
Big business leaders supported government efforts to lessen the effects of depression.
Big business leaders user influence to facilitate rapid economic growth

Answer 6

Big business leaders user influence to facilitate rapid economic growth

Question 7

Socialist became most prominent leaders of the religious social reform movements
Religious leaders advocated withdrawal from society to counter the effects of industrialization
Agrarian reformers commonly used religious metaphors to connect with common farmers
Advocates of the social gospel emphasized putting religious principles into practice in society

Answer 7

Advocates of the social gospel emphasized putting religious principles into practice in society

Question 8

Manufacturing workers blamed business leaders for class conflict in society
Reformers sought to use religion to reduce discord between workers and employees
Labor union organizers championed alternatives to laissez faire capitalism
Critics of the gilded age economy pointed to social scientific studies about wealth inequality

Answer 8

Reformers sought to use religion to reduce discord between workers and employees

Question 9

The spread of the industrial economy helped to increase social stability
The increased adoption of the division of labor harmed the living standards of most Americans
Economic changes produced debates over how to organize the national economy
Most politicians opposed government intervention in the economy during economic downturns

Answer 9

Economic changes produced debates over how to organize the national economy

Question 10

Create more productive workforce
Promote a racially diverse community
Provided a place for native Americans to assimilate
Encourage immigrant laborers to migrate from cities

Answer 10

Create more productive workforce

Question 11

Demands by women to enter the workforce in clerical positions
Decisions by the federal government to enact laissez faire policies
Attempts by business owners to merge companies into large trusts
Efforts by workers to collectively negotiate for better working conditions

Answer 11

Efforts by workers to collectively negotiate for better working conditions

Question 12

Nativists claimed they immigration to the United States needed to be restricted
Farmers asserted that the government should not regulate transportation
Progressive reformers called for federal legislation to limit the power of corporations
Presevationists argued for creating national parks to allow for later resource extraction

Answer 12

Progressive reformers called for federal legislation to limit the power of corporations

Question 13

The impact of westward expansion on agricultural laborers during ten gilded age
The ways in which standards of living changed during the ante nineteenth century
The migration of African Americans out of the south during the early nineteenth century
The attempts to reduce the use of child labor by activists during the progressive era

Answer 13

The ways in which standards of living changed during the ante nineteenth century

Question 14

1910s
1930s
1950s
1960s

Answer 14

1930s

Question 15

Bankers
Southern European migrants
Farmers
African Americans

Answer 15

Farmers

Question 16

Increased calls for radical overthrow of the federal government
Rising grassroots challenges to the dominant economic system
Greater support for corporate power in agriculture meeting ideological justifications for inequities of wealth

Answer 16

Rising grassroots challenges to the dominant economic system

Question 17

Separate but equal segregated facilities to increase job opportunities for white workers
Continuation of the gold standard as the basis of money
Reduced government involvement in the economy in order to create more competition
A stronger government role in the economic system

Answer 17

A stronger government role in the economic system

Question 18

American Federation of labor
Union labor party
People’s party (populists)
National grange
Democratic Party

Answer 18

People’s party (populists)

Question 19

The economic decline and depopulation of Easter cities
Competition for resource among white settlers and American Indians
The outbreak of war with Mexico over control of territory
Restrictions of immigration from eastern and southern Europe

Answer 19

Competition for resource among white settlers and American Indians

Question 20

Nationalism
Popular sovereignty
Manifest destiny
Isolationism

Answer 20

Manifest destiny

Question 21

The passage of antitrust legislation
The sale of land to settlers at low cost
The exclusion of immigrants from Asia
The purchase of silver by the United States treasury

Answer 21

The sale of land to settlers at low cost

Question 22

Business leaders planning to promote philanthropy
Activists calling for preservation of the western wilderness
Southern European immigrants seeking opportunity in urban areas
Northern European immigrants pursuing mining, farming, and ranching

Answer 22

Northern European immigrants pursuing mining, farming, and ranching

Question 23

The Protestants evangelism of the mid-1700s
The decade leading up to the American revolution
The two decades following the American revolution
The second great awakening in the first half of the 1800s

Answer 23

The second great awakening in the first half of the 1800s

Question 24

Formerly enslaved men and women adjust to life after slavery
Immigrants adapt to American customs and language
Farmers fight unfair banking practices
American Indians resist encroachment of their lands

Answer 24

Immigrants adapt to American customs and language

Question 25

The development of the progressive movement to address social problems associated with industrial society The emergence of the populist party’s efforts to increase the role of government in the economy The election of large numbers of women to political offices The increased participation of women in factory work

Answer 25

The development of the progressive movement to address social problems associated with industrial society

Question 26

The Supreme Court decision plessy v. Ferguson The election of seventeen African Americans to congress between 1868-1877 The industrialization of some segments of the southern economy In the late nineteenth century The emergence of the first national civil rights organizations. Such as the Afro-American league and the NAACP

Answer 26

The Supreme Court decision plessy v. Ferguson

Question 27

Establishment of a constitutional basis for citizenship and voting rights Creation of new agencies to ensure racial integration in employment Campaign by the federal govt to eliminate poverty Desegregation of the United States armed forces

Answer 27

Establishment of a constitutional basis for citizenship and voting rights

Question 28

Mass immigration from abroad and internal migration of African Americans reduced racial tensions in the north and south The federal government established a limited social welfare state that reduced regional differences between the north and south Efforts to change southern racial attitudes and culture ultimately failed because of the south’s determined resistance and the north’s waning resolve The theory of social Darwinism encouraged political business leaders to reduce efforts to create racial equality in the south

Answer 28

Efforts to change southern racial attitudes and culture ultimately failed because of the south’s determined resistance and the north’s waning resolve

Question 29

Gilded age financial policies encourage economic growth in the north and the south The federal government removed troops from the south and eliminated aid for former slaves New political alliances United northern and southern members of the Democratic Party to win control of both houses in congress White laborers in the north and African American farmers in the south joined together in the populist movement

Answer 29

The federal government removed troops from the south and eliminated aid for former slaves

Question 30

The growth of international immigration to the United States The expansion of sharecropping and tenant farming in the south The consolidation of corporations in to large trusts and holding companies The organization of workers into local and national unions

Answer 30

The consolidation of corporations in to large trusts and holding companies

Question 31

The opening of canals The building of bridges The construction of turnpikes The development of railroads

Answer 31

The development of railroads

Question 32

The market revolution Mercantilism The growth of political parties Immigration restriction

Answer 32

The market revolution

Question 33

The social gospel Social Darwinism Preservationism Imperialism

Answer 33

Social Darwinism

Question 34

The efforts of businesses to gain control over markets an resources abroad The influx of migrants from Asia and southern Europe The growth of corporate power in agriculture and the economy The development of political machines

Answer 34

The growth of corporate power in agriculture and the economy

Question 35

The idea that wealthy people had some obligation to help people living in poverty belief in stronger federal government economic system Support for United States expansionism Advocacy of individual rights

Answer 35

belief in stronger federal government economic system

Question 36

Sharecroppers Industrialists Immigrants Bankers

Answer 36

Sharecroppers

Question 37

Reform of local government Women’s political equality Redistribution of wealth Government policies favoring corporations

Answer 37

Government policies favoring corporations

Question 38

Decline of sharecropping in the southeast Heightening of nativist feelings against foreign born workers in the west Passage of federal legislation to protect endangered species of animals and plants Unproven prosperity for farmers as crops prices rise and transportation prices fell

Answer 38

Heightening of nativist feelings against foreign born workers in the west

Question 39

Increasing armed conflict with United States citizens and threatening traditional ways of life Promoting economic growth through new lines of trade with previously isolated communities Encouraging the federal government to recognize American Indian sovereignty Reducing contact with white settlers due to the abandonment of old overland routes to the pacific

Answer 39

Increasing armed conflict with United States citizens and threatening traditional ways of life

Question 40

Southern states encouraged former slaves to seek employment on the railroads in the west American Indians voluntarily relocated to centralized settlements to free space for transportation systems Federal subsidies encouraged the growth of infrastructure Labor unions lobbied for projects that expanded jobs in the railroad industry

Answer 40

Federal subsidies encouraged the growth of infrastructure

Question 41

Styles of farming Claims to land Forms do government Family structures

Answer 41

Claims to land

Question 42

They frequently led to ten formation of a common interest between the United States government and American Indians in controlling the activities of white settlers They generally led to the formation of strong, independent American Indian nations They usually lasted a short time before being broken by settlers incursions into American Indian reservations They led to the abandonment of most reservations as American Indian families sought economic opportunities in urban areas

Answer 42

They usually lasted a short time before being broken by settlers incursions into American Indian reservations

Question 43

A desire by many American begins to change their way of life A hope Held by some in government that American Indians would adopt lifestyle similar to the lifestyles of white settlers A need felt by many American Indians to more clearly legitimize their claims to the land A wish by some in government to protect American Indian land holdings from encroachment by railroads

Answer 43

A hope Held by some in government that American Indians would adopt lifestyle similar to the lifestyles of white settlers

Question 44

The rerouting of several major railroads to avoid tribal lands A Decrease in the number of white settlers traveling near reservations The implementation of government conservation policies that protected large areas of public land The destruction of nearly the entire population of Buffalo

Answer 44

The destruction of nearly the entire population of Buffalo