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- 1. Multiple Choice
These laws were used as a form of racial segregation in the years after the Civil War.
Jim Crow Laws
Black Codes
Mr. Clem's Rules
Fugitive Slave Act
- 2. Multiple Choice
This act was passed in 1850 as a part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern slave holding interests and Northern Free Soilers.
Compromise of 1850
Fugitive Slave Act
3/5 Compromise
Missouri Compromise
- 3. Multiple Choice
The emancipation proclamation helped to stop what from happening?
Lincoln's second term as president
The reintegration of former slaves into society
The slaves from being in slavery
A British alliance with the Confederacy
- 4. Multiple Choice
How did Lincoln find the right commanders during the civil war?
Trial and Error
Asking them out to dinner
Seeing which one had a girlfriend
Picking the one with best military record
- 5. Multiple Choice
How many slaves did the emancipation proclamation free?
Zero
All of them
The ones in the north
The ones in the south
- 6. Multiple Choice
What is the purpose of the freedman's bureau?
Help integrate former slaves into society
Help slaves stay informed with politics
Connect slave families back together
Nothing, it did not exist
- 7. Multiple Choice
The Dred Scott decision decided that Scott could not do what?
Marry because he was a former slave
Live freely in the south
Sue for his rights
Vote
- 8. Multiple Choice
This new technology allowed for a national market of goods in the period 1844-1877.
Train Cars
Railroads
Cotton Gin
Vacuum Cleaner
- 9. Multiple Choice
Andrew Carnegie and John Rockefeller are examples of what?
Captains of Industry
Robber Barrens
Wealthy, independent women
Important financiers and bankers
- 10. Multiple Choice
Who developed the railroad air brake?
George Westinghouse
Nikola Tesla
Thomas Edison
Samuel Morse
- 11. Multiple Choice
The Union Pacific Rail Road started in what state and headed west?
Kansas
South Dakota
Nebraska
Texas
- 12. Multiple Choice
The technological breakthrough that resulted in the increase of industry was utilization of which item?
Iron
Oil
Steel
Electricity
- 13. Multiple Choice
What amendment "declared that all persons born in the United States were citizens"?
Amendment 13
Amendment 14
Amendment 15
Amendment 16
- 14. Multiple Choice
Who was the first sitting President to be impeached?
Rutherford B Hayes
Richard Nixon
Andrew Johnson
Benjamin Harrison
- 15. Multiple Choice
Edwin Drake drilled the first US oil well in 1859 in which state?
Texas
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
New York
- 16. Multiple Choice
"Laissez-faire" was a phrase used to refer to multiple which beliefs of the late 19th century?
Scientific
Catholic
Medical
None of the above
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which group tried to organize all workers in all states in 1866?
American Federation of Labor
National Labor Union
Knights of Labor
National Union of Workers
- 18. Multiple Choice
To defeat unions, employers turned to the following tactics:
blacklists
lockouts
higher wages
free lunches
- 19. Multiple Choice
What Act encouraged farming, by offering 160 acres of free land on the Great Plains?
Chinese Exclusion Act
Homestead Act
Civil Rights Act
Reconstruction Act
- 20. Multiple Choice
Which President vetoed the most bills during their time in office?
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
Franklin Pierce
Rutherford B Hayes
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