Midterm Exam Review

Which person below became president because of an assassination? Hint: he constantly fought with Congress and became the first president ever to be impeached.

• Benjamin Harrison

• Abraham Lincoln

• Andrew Johnson

• Ulysses S. Grant

Beginning in the late 1800s, poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses were used to

• protect important civil rights

• improve public education

• prevent African Americans from voting

• restrict immigration

During the Reconstruction Era, one reason for the formation of the Ku Klux Klan was to

• prevent formerly enslaved persons form exercising their rights

• encourage immigration from southern and eastern Europe

• support the South during the Civil War

• eliminate sharecropping in the Southern States

The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments were added to the Constitution during the Reconstruction period to

• bring an end to the Civil War

• limit the powers of the president

• improve the operation of the Electoral College

• grant legal rights to African Americans

The separate but equal principle established by the decision in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) led to the

• start of the Civil War

• end of Reconstruction period

• spread of racially segregated public facilities

• integration of white and African-American military regiments

Why were buffalo important to the Plains Indian culture?

• They were the only animal that lived on the Plains.

• They were domesticated by the Plains Indians to assist with farming.

• They kept white farmers from settling on Plains Indian lands.

• They provided food, clothing, and shelter.

What 1862 Congressional act made 160 acres of government land available to pioneers who agreed to settle there?

• Homestead Act

• Stamp Act

• Mexican Session

• Sherman Act

Which statement helps to explain why Native Americans opposed the white settlers who moved west during the 19th century?

• The white settlers were using the Native Americans as slaves.

• The Majority of Native Americans were ruled by the Spanish.

• There was not enough grain for both the white settlers and the Native Americans.

• The white settlers forced Native Americans to leave their homes.

Where did the U.S. government force Native Americans to live in the 1800’s?

• Reservations

• Internment Camps

• Public Housing

• Ghettos

Which of the following was a benefit of the Transcontinental Railroad?

• Decreased conflict between settlers and Native American Indians.

• The buffalo population greatly increased.

• Development of reservations.

• Increased trade and faster travel