AP US History
Unit 5 (1877 – 1896) Study Guide
Mr. Kempsey
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What event led to the Battle of Little Big Horn?
Under the terms of the Desert Land Act of 1877, what were purchasers of public land
were obligated to do?
Which former territories achieved statehood by 1889?
What was the significance of the 1890 United States Census report?
Which Native American leaders played significant roles in the “Indian Wars” of the late
19th Century?
What was the last major “battle” in the federal government’s efforts to suppress the
Sioux religious tradition of the “Ghost Dance?”
In her 1881 book, A Century of Dishonor, Helen Hunt Jackson chronicled the…?
Which of the following is an accurate statement about the long cattle drives of the West
during the late 19th Century?
In the late 19th Century, farmers on the Great Plains were increasingly afflicted by all of
the following except…?
The first farmers’ movement organized after the Civil War was the…?
In 1884, “Mugwumps” primarily championed the cause of…?
In the late 19th Century, corporations that expanded through “vertical integration” did
which of the following?
The theme of Horatio Alger stories of the late 19th Century was the…?
James G. Blaine wanted the United States to head an informal federation with which
region of the world?
What were some characteristics of the 1896 Presidential election campaign?
What were some planks of the Populist Party platform in the 1890s?
Mark Twain wrote all of the following except…?
Edward Bellamy saw socialism as the answer to America’s problems in (book)…?
All of the following were late 19th century local color writers except…?
“You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns; you shall not
crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.” These moving words were spoken by…?
“Our country finds itself confronted by conditions for which there is no precedent in the
history of the world; our annual agricultural productions amount to billions of dollars in
value, which must, within a few weeks or months, be exchanged for billions of dollars’
worth of commodities consumed in their production, the existing currency supply is
wholly inadequate to make this exchange; the results are falling prices, the formation of
combines and rings, the impoverishment of the producing class.” These abuses were to
be corrected by the…?
“We consider the underlying fallacy of the plaintiff’s argument to Consist in the
assumption that the enforced separation of the two races stamps the colored race with a
badge of inferiority.” These words were found in the Court case of…?
The United States Patent Office in the late 19th century granted (How many?)…?
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A historian who wrote extensively about immigrants and immigration was…?
Most of the late 19th century immigrants were (religion)…?
How did the Agricultural Revolution change the nature of agriculture?
The “Sooners” refers to those who laid claim to land before it was officially and legally
right to do so in…?
All of the following organized sports became popular in late 19th century America
except…?
In the late 19th century, political equality (suffrage) was given to women in…?
After Reconstruction, the phrase the “Solid South” referred to the South’s…?
The political scene in the late 19th century was dominated by which branch of the
government?
What commission was established under the Pendleton Act?
In the 1884 election, James Blaine was hurt (politically) by the…?
In the 1888 election, Grover Cleveland was hurt (politically) by the:
In the 1880 election, the Republicans divided into two groups called the…?
In the 1884 election, the Republicans supporting Democratic candidates were known
as…?
Charles Guiteau assassinated President Garfield over the…?
The legal basis for ending the Pullman strike was that it…?
The Haymarket Riot caused a great deal of concern because it…?
During the 1894-95 depression, Jacob Coxey and his followers demanded that the
federal government…?
Cities became better places to live in the late 19th century for all of the following
reasons except…?
George Westinghouse assisted railroad transportation with his invention of the…?
The biggest boost to communication in the late 19th century was the invention of…?
The federal government assisted railroad construction in the second half of the 19th
century by (laws)…?
The first group of immigrants to be discriminated against by law was the…?
The iron and steel capital of the United States during the late 19th century was…?
The Civil Rights Cases of 1883 declared unconstitutional the…?
Charles Darwin’s theory, when transformed into Social Darwinism, was used as a
justification for…?
The Dawes Severalty Act…?
One of the most famous late 19th century portrait painters was…?
James Whistler’s famous portrait of his mother is known as…?
Henry Demarest Lloyd’s book, Wealth Against Commonwealth, was a critique of…?
The historian who wrote about the importance and influence of the frontier in American
life was…?
The historian who wrote a nine volume history of the United States in the late 19th
century was…?
Author Joel Chandler Harris is known for his…?
What style did the local color writers use in their writings?
What were some of the leading magazines of the late 19th century?
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Because of massive industrialization, all of the following had their real beginning
(business) in the post Civil War era except…?
In the late 19th century, the majority of people attended (education)…?:
The American Federation of Labor succeeded as a union for all of the following
reasons…?
What does the term “The New South” refer to?
Molly Maguires can best be described as…?
The statement “I will fight no more forever” was spoken by…?
For what reason were the Great Plains area of the United States not been settled prior
to the Civil War?
The popular style of architecture associated with the late 19th century was…?
The following were local color writers of the North, South, and West…?
In the late 19th century, many cities and universities in the United States established
public libraries through the generosity of…?
The two people (authors) who looked for a solution to America’s problems through the
single land tax and socialism…?
Joseph Glidden’s contribution to the growth of the West was…?
All of the following led to the end of the cattle drives and small ranches…?
Abilene, Dodge City, and Wichita were best known as…?
Two people who developed the process of making iron into steel were…?
The first two attempts by our government to curb laissez-faire were the…?
The three national labor unions established in the late 19th century were the…?
The two famous labor strikes of the post Civil War period in which federal troops were
called in were the…?
The “fifty-niners” refers to those who sought gold in…?
The Comstock Lode was discovered in…?
The late 19th century was noted for its (Urbanization)…?
The architect who wanted “form to follow function” in the late 19th century was…?
The “new” immigrants of the late 19th century came to the United States because of…?