Reconstruction and Westward Expansion

Check all that apply: What are the reasons people settled in the American West?

• Job opportunities

• Gold

• Better food

• Land

• To live in big cities

Where did ranchers settle?

• Great Plains

• Texas

• California

• Reservations

Where did miners settle?

• Texas

• Great Plains

• California

• Reservations

Where did farmers settle?

• Texas

• Great Plains

• California

• Reservations

President ___________________ proposed the 10% Plan.

Check all that apply: What were the effects of Reconstruction?

• New rights and freedoms for freedmen

• Violence and terrorism in the South

• Voting rights for all Americans

• New infrastructure and railroads in the South

• Equal pay and job opportunities

Which U.S. President was impeached for firing a Cabinet member who disagreed with him?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Andrew Johnson

• Andrew Jackson

• Ulysses S. Grant

What was the purpose of adding the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the Constitution?

• Allow women to become full citizens

• Guarantee Black Americans equal treatment under the law

• Grant civil and political rights to Native Americans

• Promote Westward Expansion

The image above best represents what concept?

Check all that apply: What were the problems that farmers faced?

• Lack of fertile soil

• Violence and competition

• Overcrowding

• Extreme weather

• Expensive machinery