Period 6 · 1865–1898 · 10–17% OF THE EXAM

APUSH Unit 6 Practice Questions

Unit 6 covers America's industrial transformation: railroads and big business, labor conflict, the New South and Jim Crow, immigration and urbanization, the closing of the frontier, and the Populist revolt against the Gilded Age order.

Unit 6 quick facts

Time period
1865–1898
Exam weight
10–17% of the APUSH exam
Unit practice
24+ Unit 6 questions
Adaptive bank
144+ questions in Periods VI, VII, & VIII
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How to study APUSH Unit 6

  1. Review the time period first: 1865–1898 is the boundary for most Unit 6 questions.
  2. Connect each fact to a larger APUSH theme, especially causation, continuity and change, comparison, and historical argument.
  3. Practice multiple-choice questions until you can explain why the correct answer is right and why each distractor is wrong.

What Unit 6 covers

Sample Unit 6 questions

1. Andrew Carnegie’s practice of controlling every stage of steel production, from the mining of iron ore to the distribution of finished rails, is best described as

  1. A.horizontal integration
  2. B.vertical integration
  3. C.an interlocking directorate
  4. D.a holding company arrangement
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Correct answer: B. vertical integration

2. Which of the following best explains the rapid decline of the Knights of Labor after 1886?

  1. A.The public increasingly associated the union with anarchist violence following the Haymarket Square bombing
  2. B.Federal legislation guaranteed collective bargaining rights, making broad reform unions unnecessary
  3. C.The organization merged with the American Federation of Labor and lost its separate identity
  4. D.Its refusal to admit unskilled workers sharply limited its potential membership
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Correct answer: A. The public increasingly associated the union with anarchist violence following the Haymarket Square bombing

3. The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was significant because it

  1. A.required all immigrants entering the United States to pass a literacy test
  2. B.established numerical quotas for immigrants based on national origins
  3. C.marked the first federal law to bar immigration on the basis of a specific nationality
  4. D.ended the importation of contract laborers to Hawaiian sugar plantations
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Correct answer: C. marked the first federal law to bar immigration on the basis of a specific nationality

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Unit 6 FAQ

What does APUSH Unit 6 cover?▾
APUSH Unit 6 covers 1865–1898. Key topics include industrialization, railroads, and big business, labor unions and industrial conflict, immigration and urbanization, the west, native american policy, and the frontier, and related historical developments from Period 6.
How much of the APUSH exam is Unit 6?▾
College Board lists APUSH Unit 6 as 10–17% of the APUSH exam. Students should study it in proportion to that weight while still reviewing the full course.
How many APUSH Unit 6 questions are on apush.app?▾
This unit page includes 24+ Unit 6 practice questions, and the adaptive practice session pulls from a broader 144+ question bank for Periods VI, VII, & VIII.

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