Quarterly Review

The California Gold Rush, Homestead Act and the Transcontinental Railroad all contributed to which of the following?

• Conservation of resources

• Native American rights

• Westward Movement

• Government sponsored transportation

Manifest Destiny was used to justify an American desire to

• Limit immigration

• Colonizing Latin America

• Control the Appalachian Mountains

• Expand the U.S. to the Pacific Ocean

The Homestead Act, the killing of the Buffalo and the transcontinental railroad all contributed to

• Rise of organized labor

• Northern migration of freed slaves

• Decline of the Natives

• Building of the Erie Canal

President Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction included

• Conducting trials for Confederate leaders

• Reuniting the country as quick as possible

• Restoring social conditions

• Destroying the economic power of the South

After the Civil War, the purpose of the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments was to

• Extend rights to the new territories

• Grant rights to the Natives

• Allow women to become citizens

• Guarantee rights to African Americans

What was the reason the Radical Republicans opposed Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction?

• Lincoln offered amnesty (forgiveness) to the South

• Lincoln granted to many rights to freed slaves

• Lincoln postponed readmission to the Union for Southern states

• Lincoln demanded payments from Southern States

After the 3 Reconstruction Amendments why did freed slaves experience trouble?

• The Amendments were not intended to solve their problems

• The South passed Jim Crow laws to limit freedom

• Many freed slaves distrusted government

• Poor communication kept people from learning their rights

One factor that helped industrialization in the United States was

• Development of the airplane

• Use of steamboats

• Expansion of the railroads

• Mass production of the automobile

In the late 1800’s which of the following contributed to industrial expansion in the US?

• Restriction on immigration

• End of slavery

• Availability of electricity

• Abundance of natural resources

What trend related to the population of people occurred during industrialization?

• Immigration increased

• Migration to rural areas increased

• Suburbanization increased

• Urbanization decreased