Multiple-choice Questions APUSH Unit 5

Which of the following characterized agriculture in BOTH the West and the South in the period 1870-1900?

A) use of dry-farming techniques

B) increased production

C) introduction of sharecropping

D) raising crips for subsistence, not commerce

E) rising prices for farm products

B) increased production

The outbreak of the Indian Wars of the 1870s was caused by all of the following EXCEPT

A) the U.S. government's effort to isolate Indian tribes on smaller reservations

B) the rejection of earlier treaties by young Sioux warriors

C) the rush of gold miners into Indian lands

D) perceived failure of the U.S. government to honor past treaty commitments

E) the division of tribal lands into individual farms for tribal members

E) the division of tribal lands into individual farms for tribal members

The goals of the assimilationists were most in conflict with which of the following?

A) founders of the Carlisle School

B) proponents of farming and industrial training

C) terms of the Dawes Act of 1887

D) terms of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934

E) the granting of citizenship to Native Americans

D) terms of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934

The chief cause of farm protest in the late 19th century was

A) the closing of the open range

B) overproduction of crops on the Great Plains

C) middlemen, trusts, and railroads

D) he increased money supply and prices

E) increased competition from international sources

C) middlemen, trusts, and railroads

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 is most closely associated with

A) the expensive technologies involved in deep-shaft mining

B) hostility to foreigners in western states

C) competition of a transcontinental railroad

D) farmers' grievances

E) segregation and racial tensions in the South

B) hostility to foreigners in western states

According to the Turner thesis, the frontier encouraged all of the following EXCEPT

A) social and political democracy

B) inventive and practical approaches to problems

C) a safety valve of discontent

D) growth of class divisions

E) a wasteful attitude toward natural resources

D) growth of class divisions

After the Granger laws run into legal problems and were overturned in the case of Wabash v. Illinois, Congress attempted to provide relief through the

A) Sherman Antitrust Act

B) Interstate Commerce Act

C) graduated income tax

D) Homestead Act

E) Atlanta Compromise

B) Interstate Commerce Act

The main result of the crop lien system in the South in the late 19th century was

A) a fairer distribution of land ownership among whites and blacks

B) a decrease in the number of acres planted in cotton

C) a cycle of debt for tenant farmers

D) increased credit from northern bankers

E) greater diversification of crops

C) a cycle of debt for tenant farmers

The New South movement promoted all of the following EXCEPT

A) tax exemptions to attract new industries

B) southern railroad systems integrated with the North

C) a more self-sufficient southern economy

D) social integration of the races

E) investment in manufacturing

D) social integration of the races

The Supreme Court upheld "seperate but equal" accommodations for public transportation in the case of

A) Plessy v. Ferguson

B) Munn v. Illinois

C) Wabash v. Illinois

D) Dred Scott v. Sand ford

E) Brown v. Topeka

A) Plessy v. Ferguson

During the railroad expansion from 1860 to 1900, all of the following were true EXCEPT

A) Numerous short lines were consolidated into trunk lines.

B) Four transcontinental lines were built with government help.

C) Technical innovations made railroads the most popular form of transportation.

D) No laws were passed to regulate the railroads.

E) The building of railroads was used by speculators for quick profit.

D) No laws were passed to regulate the railroads.

In the 19th century, railroads formed pools in order to

A) share equipment and terminals for greater efficiency

B) fix prices and divide business for greater profit

C) inflate the value of assets and profits before selling the stock

D) better serve farmers in remote rural areas

E) increased competition by dividing up large companies into smaller ones

B) fix prices and divide business for greater profit

Which of the following was NOT considered a proper function of government in the late 19th century?

A) protection of private property with state or federal troops

B) distribution of public lands to private corporations

C) protection of American industry against foreign competition

D) use of court junctions to stop workers' strikes

E) protection of workers from unfair labor practices

E) protection of workers from unfair labor practices

The U.S. economy in the late 19th century was characterized by all of the following EXCEPT

A) consolidation of businesses into trusts

B) technological innovations

C) acceptance of unions and collective bargaining

D) growing concentration of wealth

E) control of industries by bankers

C) acceptance of unions and collective bargaining

The decisions of the Supreme Court in the late 19 century most often

A) favored corporations

B) favored labor unions

C) avoided cases involving labor disputes

D) protect consumers

E) supported government regulation of business

A) favored corporations

Social Darwinists would most likely support which of the following?

A) enforcement of the Sherman Antitrust Act

B) relief for the unemployed

C) nonregulation of business

D) guarantee of a living wage for workers

E) subsidies for farmers

C) nonregulation of business

The concept of the Gospel of wealth is reflected in all of the following statements EXCEPT

A) Each man had a duty to become rich.

B) Money should be distributed to the poor and the homeless.

C) The wealthy had a responsibility to use their wealth for the good of society.

D) Wealth was God's reward for a life of virtue and hard work.

E) Philanthropy should support educational, health, and religious institutions.

B) Money should be distributed to the poor and the homeless.

Which of the following accurately describes a trend in American society in the 1800s and 1890s?

A) The middle class declined in numbers and influence.

B) The percentage of women in the labor force decreased.

C) Most married women worked to support their families.

D) The workplace became more tightly organized and structured.

E) The wealthy avoided signs of self-indulgence.

D) The workplace became more tightly organized and structured.

The most effective and enduring labor union is the post-Civil War era

A) champion worker cooperatives

B) supported a broad program of the social reforms

C) adopted socialist in an anarchist ideas about government

D) excepted both skilled and unskilled workers as members

E) focused on such goals as a higher wages and shorter hours for skilled workers

E) focused on such goals as a higher wages and shorter hours for skilled workers

Which of the following was NOT true of the American labor movement in the late 19th century?

A) Labor's rights were protected by laws of Congress.

B) A number of major strikes were defeated by business and government.

C) Some unions tried to organize both skilled and unskilled workers.

D) Middle-class Americans often concluded that unions were radical and violent.

E) Immigrants were often used as strikebreakers.

A) Labor's rights were protected by laws of Congress.

Which of the following is a correct statement about immigration from 1890-1914?

A) The number of immigrants declined because of restrictive quota laws.

B) Most of the immigrants came from southern and eastern Europe.

C) Most immigrants of this period were readily accepted because of their education and wealth.

D) Workers from Latin America were excluded from immigrating by federal laws.

E) Labor union supported the rights of Chinese immigrants.

B) Most of the immigrants came from southern and eastern Europe.

Which of the following groups were NOT included among the new immigrants of the 19th century?

A) Russian Jews escaping religious persecution

B) Italian peasants

C) Greeks, Slovaks, and Poles

D) Scandinavian farmers

E) unemployed European seeking factory jobs in the U.S.cities

D) Scandinavian farmers

All of the following characterized America's large cities in the last decades of the 19th century EXCEPT

A) outbreaks of deadly diseases such as cholera and tuberculosis

B) transportation limited to the central business district

C) crowded tenements

D) increasing segregation of social groups by income

E) poor treatment of water, sewage, and waste

B) transportation limited to the central business district

Which of the following were most likely to help immigrants adjust to city life in the late 19th century?

A) politicians from Tammany Hall

B) follow words of social Darwinists

C) members of the American Protective Association

D) lawmakers in Congress

E) lawyers in major industries

A) politicians from Tammany Hall

Settlement houses were characterized by all of the following EXCEPT

A) located in poor working-class an immigrant neighborhoods

B) staffed by college-educated, middle-class men and women

C) took little interest in legislative reforms

D) taught English to immigrants

E) helped to educate immigrant children

C) took little interest in legislative reforms

Which of the following did NOT contribute to the development of suburbs in the United States?

A) European suburban development patterns

B) Low-cost and abundant land

C) improved streetcar and railroad transportation

D) ethnic and racial prejudices

E) unhealthy living conditions in the cities

A) European suburban development patterns

"This association of poverty with progress is the great enigma of our times... So long as all the increased wealth which modern progress brings goes but to build up great fortunes... progress is not real and cannot be permanent." The above statement was written by

A) Dwight Moody

B) Anthony Comstock

C) Henry George

D) Charles W. Eliot

E) Carry Nation

C) Henry George

Changes in education between 1865 and 1900 included all the following EXCEPT

A) introduction of the elective system in some colleges

B) establishment of land grant colleges and universities

C) introduction of kindergartens

D) increased educational opportunities for women

E) increased emphasis on classical curriculum

E) increased emphasis on classical curriculum

Which of the following were both examples of realism in the 19th-century literature and art?

A) Jack London novel and Ashcan School

B) James Fenimore Cooper novel and Winslow Homer painting

C) Walt Whitman poem and Thomas Cole painting

D) Mark twain novel and Grant Wood painting

E) Ralph Waldo Emerson essay and Armory Show of 1913

A) Jack London novel and Ashcan School

All of the following contributed to the growth of sports and entertainment in the late-19th-century America EXCEPT

A) Puritan ethic and Victorian values

B) improvements in transportation

C) gradual reduction of working hours

D) bachelor subculture

E) advertising in the popular press

A) Puritan ethic and Victorian values