Reconstruction - Review

Reconstruction is best defined as

• the start of the Civil War

• the era following the Civil War when America was rebuilt

• the era following Lincoln's re-election

• the era of the Gold Rush in California

Native Americans were displaced (moved) from their homes once again! With this 1862 law that gave immigrants and african americans 160 acres.

• Dawes Act

• Chinese Exclusion Act

• Homestead Act

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

This group, lead by Susan B. Anthony, was responsible for a push for the equal rights of women following the passage of the 15th Amendment.

• National Women's Movement (NWM)

• National Women's Suffrage Association (NWSA)

• Women's Right to Vote Collective (WRVC)

• American Equal Rights Association (AERA)

How many years after African Americans got the right to vote did women achieve that seem feat?

• 5 Years

• 10 Years

• 50 Years

• 120 Years

Why was there controversy surrounding the 15th Amendment?

• because slaves were finally free and southerners were upset

• because Lincoln fought to stop the passage of the amendment

• because women were upset that black men got the vote and they didn't

• because it opened the doors to a movement out West

This act forced Native American tribes to give up their ancestral land holdings and move to reservation lands elsewhere. 

• Dawes Act 

• Chinese Exclusion Act

• Homestead Act 

• Missouri Compromise

The Dawes Act forced Native Americans to be treated as individuals rather than tribes.

• True

• False

The Dawes Act promised Native Americans this, if they removed themselves from their tribes.

• enlist in the military

• own a business

• create a sovereign government

• become a U.S. citizen

What took land from Indian tribes and promoted assimilation?

• Homestead Act
• Chinese Exclusion Act

• Dawes Act
• Reconstruction Act

19th century Chinese immigrants are known for what?

• Work in building the Transcontinental Railroad
• Work in New York factories
• Contributions to the steel industry
• Contributions to John D. Rockefeller