Checkpoint Summative 1

Which statement best explains a consequence of the assimilation of Native Americans at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School?

• The Carlisle School and other schools lead to the destruction of Native American culture.

• This lead to a movement that expanded Native American Civil Rights.

• The School lead to a decline in manufacturing skills

• This school lead to an increase in political power for Native Americans.

Which statement best explains how the American ideal of assimilation differed from the experiences of Native Americans?

• Americans prioritized education, while Native Americans did not.

• Americans focused on collective achievement, but Native Americans prioritized individualism.

• Americans pressured Native Americans to fit into society, but Native Americans were forced to participate in society and still encountered racism.

• The Americans valued hard work, but Native Americans were discouraged from improving their job skills.

Which piece of legislation did this political cartoon address?

• The Homestead Act of 1832

• The Dawes Act

• The Chinese Exclusion Act

• The Exoduster Act

Which of these groups experienced racism out west?

• Mexican Americans

• Chinese Immigrants

• Exodusters

• White Settlers

• Native Americans

Which of the following are push factors?

• Drought

• Political Unrest

• Natural Disasters

• Freedom

• Abundant Resources

Which of the following are pull factors?

• Opportunities

• Political Unrest

• Natural Disasters

• Freedom

• Abundant Resources

Which of the following statements best describes the motivations of Exodusters to leave the south and settle in Kansas?

• Jim Crow Laws were unfair and oppressive to former slaves.

• The Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago forced large groups of people to become US citizens, despite the unfair treatment they received from settlers.

• Many people traveled west to participate in various "gold rush" movements.

• Political turmoil in their home country pushed them to immigrate to America.

• Many former slaves hoped to achieve economic equality out west.

Identify the best description of Mexican-American citizens who fought back against oppression from settlers who took their land.

• Las Gorras Blancas conducted raids on white farms, but were unsuccessful in creating lasting change.

• Exodusters created communities in Kansas, but very few were able to achieve the wealth they sought.

• Exodusters created communities in Kansas, but very few were able to achieve the wealth they sought.

• Anti-Cooli clubs were established along the west coast.

Which of these was a goal shared by many advocates of Manifest Destiny?

• Abolishing slavery throughout the United States

• Occupying all of North America

• Withdrawing from foreign affairs

• Returning to an agrarian economy

Which of the following best describes how the Dawes Act affected Native Americans?

• Create a safe space for Native Americans

• Gave Native Americans jobs and money

• Assimilated Native Americans into mainstream US society by annihilating their cultural and social traditions

• Allowed Native Americans to continue living their nomadic, communal life style