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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhat amendment abolished slavery?13th14th15th16th
- 2. Multiple Choice
What Amendment was passed to guarantee African American men the right to vote?
13th
14th
15th
16th
- 3. Multiple ChoiceThe 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution...Gave African Americans citizenshipGave African Americans the right to voteFreed the slavesGave landowners the right to sharecrop
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhich term was used by Southerners to describe people that moved south to make money by taking advantage of the war-torn economy?
scalawagssharecropperssocial elitecarpetbaggers - 5. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is one of the consequences of the Compromise in 1877?
development of the sharecropping systems
withdrawal of federal troops in the South
election of a Democratic President
Success of the Freedman's Bureau
- 6. Multiple Choice
Immediately following the Civil War and during Reconstruction, the intent of the Ku Klux Klan was to
Register Freedmen to vote
Protect Freedmen from violence
help Freedmen find jobs
Prevent Freedmen from voting
- 7. Multiple Choice_________________ rented land, equipment, and supplies in order to grow crops. At the end of each harvest, land owners were paid with a portion of the crop.Tenant FarmerSharecropperLand OwnerPlantation Owners
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhy did the South establish black codes?to provide help for newly freed African Americansto keep African Americans from enjoying all of their rightsto help the freed slaves have normal livesto make sure that each African American took a citizenship test
- 9. Multiple Choice
What was another name for a southerner who sided with the Radical republicans that wanted to punish the south for the war?
Carpetbagger
Ku Klux Klan
Democrat
Scalawag
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhat limited the physical and economic freedoms of African Americans immediately after the Civil War?13th AmendmentJIm Crow LawsBlack CodesCivil Rights Act of 1866
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which of these was used to help farmers advance their farms during Westward Expansion
sharecropping
steel plows
wooden plows
John Deere tractors
- 12. Multiple Choice
Why did settlers and Plains Indians come into conflict?
Native Americans liked war
Native Americans wanted to build their own railroad
Natives attacked settlers for killing bison
Natives were angry that settlers ignored land treaties
- 13. Multiple Choice
What city was known as the "Gateway to the West?"
Austin
St. Louis
Sacramento
San Francisco
- 14. Multiple Choice
As people were heading West during the late 1800s, the most difficult area to cross was Area 3 on the map. Why was it so difficult to travel through Area 3?
The area consisted of mountains and rugged terrain
The area was populated with too many Native Americans
the area was wider than other parts of the country
the area had not been explored by previous travelers
- 15. Multiple Choice
The main goal of this law was to assimilate the Native Americans
Homestead Act
Chinese Exclusion Act
Dawes Act
Pendleton Act
- 16. Multiple Choice
Who was the most likely to become rich on the mining frontier?
an individual miner
a hotel owner
a storekeeper
a mining company
- 17. Multiple Choice
What caused the worse disaster faced by farmers on the Great Plains?
swarming grasshoppers
very wet summers
bitterly cold winters
construction of railroads
- 18. Multiple Choice
Workers who built the railroads were mainly:
Homesteaders and Cowboys
Chinese and Irish immigrants
Russian and Irish
Mexican and Chinese
- 19. Multiple Choice
This was the last battle of the Indian Wars that took place in 1890. What was this battle called?
Sand Creek Massacre
Battle of Wounded Knee
Battle of Fort Laramie
Battle of Medicine Lodge
- 20. Multiple Choice
After Abraham Lincoln's assassination, who took over the presidency and continued Reconstruction?
Ulyssess S. Grant
Andrew Jackson
Robert E. Lee
Andrew Johnson
- 21. Multiple Choice
Henry Ford was the first to mass produce automobiles quickly and inexpensively due to what?
The use of a moving assembly line
By making the cars in China
By making the cars out of plastic
By creating the windshield wipers
- 22. Multiple ChoiceThis invention led to longer working hours in the factorieslight bulbsteel plowcotton ginsteam boat
- 23. Multiple ChoiceThis led to a division of labor and less skilled workers in factoriesassembly linecotton ginsteamboatsteam locomotive
- 24. Multiple ChoiceHe invented the telephone in 1876 in Boston, MassachusettsThomas EdisonAlexander Graham BellGeorge Washington CarverThe Wright Brothers
- 25. Multiple ChoiceWho invented the first airplane that could successfully hold a human and an engine in 1903.Alexander Graham BellThomas EdisonGeorge Washington CarverThe Wright Brothers
- 26. Multiple ChoiceHe started the Ford Motor Company. He helped create the assembly line, and made the first car that a lot of people could afford to buy.Henry FordJohn FordHarry FordJames Ford
- 27. Multiple ChoiceJim Crow laws were mainly directed at this groupLatinosAfrican-AmericansNative AmericansAsians
- 28. Multiple ChoiceWhat best describes Jim Crow laws?better opportunities for womenAfrican Americans gaining full civil and political rightsdiscrimination laws focused on Native Americansunequal opportunities for African Americans in housing, jobs, and education
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