USHC Unit 3 Section 4 #1 - Wilson HS

What was name of the government program that provided 160 acres of land in return for the improvement of the land, the government hoped this program would escalate the settlement of the West?

• Pacific Railway Act

• Morrill Land Grant Act

• "40 Acres and a Mule" Program

• Homestead Act

What federal legislation provided government support/aid for the construction of the transcontinental railroad in the 19th century?

• Pacific Railway Act

• Homestead Act

• Morrill Land Grant Act

• Headright Acts

Which of the following was used by the federal government to help finance the construction of the transcontinental railroad during the 19th century?

• Government ownership of the railroads

• Land Grants

• Legislation making available the use of slave labor for construction of the railroad

• Government use of military funds were used to finance the railroad

Which of the following was NOT a result of the construction of the transcontinental railroad?

• Great economic opportunities for Native Americans

• The creation of new towns and cities

• The establishment of a national marketplace

• Faster and more efficient means of transportation

What was the name of those African Americans who migrated from the South following the Civil War and settled in the West to start a new life?

• Mormons

• Carpetbaggers

• Scalawags

• Exodusters

Reorder the following...

• Civil War

• Reconstruction

• Compromise of 1877

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• NAACP

What is the only native American religion established in the United States, they would be persecuted and forced to migrate westward and settled in lands of the Great Salt Lake?

• Baptists

• Methodists

• Mormons

• Puritans

Which immigrant group was highly recruited to construct the transcontinental railroad in the West?

• South Americans

• Italians

• Jews

• Chinese

What was constitutional amendment granted all men, especially African Americans, the right to vote?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

Though different in their ideologies in regards to African American rights, what belief did both Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois agree?

• Direct confrontation to demand greater rights

• The belief in nonviolent resistance

• Change will only occur as a result of foreign pressure to protect rights

• The need for an education