US Unit 6 Test Review

In the late 1800's, which was the most effective in bringing about a tax-supported public school system in the United States?

• congressional support for free public education

• immigrants' demands for education for their children

• need for vocational education

• the idea that an educated populace benefitted everyone

Industrialists of the late 1800s contributed most to economic growth by

• supporting the efforts of labor unions

• establishing large corporations

• encouraging government ownership of banks

• opposing protective tariffs

A person who believes in the Social Darwinist theory of survival of the test would agree that

• poor people should get help from the government

• rich nations should give substantial aid to help poor nation

• individuals should succeed through their own efforts

• government should tax the rich to help the poor

Trustbusting, the suffragettes, and the Pure Food and Drug Act are associated with the

• New Deal

• Progressive Era

• return to normalcy

• Great Society

Base your answer to the following question on the

passage below and on your knowledge of social

studies.

[The registrar] brought a big old book out

there, and he gave me the sixteenth section

of the constitution of Mississippi,. . . I could

copy it like it was in the book, but after I

got through copying it, he told me to give a

reasonable interpretation and tell the meaning

of the section I had copied. Well, I

unked

out.

Source: A History of the United States, 1861

The main intent of the literacy test described in

the passage was to

• encourage reform of the political system

• encourage Mississippi residents to learn about

  their state's legal system

• prevent African Americans from exercising a

  basic right

• enforce the provisions of the United States

  Constitution

Which factor contributed most directly to the settlement and development of the Great Plains after the Civil War?

• freeing of slaves in the Southern States

• construction of railroads west of the Mississippi River

• influx of immigrants from eastern and southern Europe

• hospitality of the Indian tribes inhabiting the region

Which provided the legal basis for racial segregation in late 19th century United States?

• Supreme Court decisions that excluded blacks from voting

• adoption of laws by the United States Congress

• passage of Jim Crow laws by the state legislatures

• laws in northern states that prevented blacks from working in factories

In the United States, which development was a result of the other three?

• unsanitary working conditions in factories

• unequal distribution of profits between management and workers

• formation of labor unions

• 12-hour workday

In the early 20th century, which policy for the advancement of African Americans was favored by W.E.B. Du Bois and the newly formed National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)?

• mass migration to northern cities

• immediate action to end segregation and win equal rights

• establishment of a new republic in Africa for freedmen

• emphasis on economic advancement over social equality

Cartoons by Thomas Nast were to urban political machines as The Jungle by Upton Sinclair was to

• railroad monopolies

• the meatpacking industry

• lumber and logging companies

• public utilities