8th Grade SS midyear Review

Many White Southerners tried to take away freedmen's rights by

• passing local laws such as Black Codes and Literacy Tests.

• passing  laws such as Jim Crow Laws

• terrorizing whites who supported freedmen’s rights.

• All of the Above

The Supreme Court ruled in Plessy V. Ferguson that African Americans

• may be legally separated from whites in public places as long as the separated facilities were “separate but equal”.

• are no longer enslaved as a result of the 15th Amendment.

• cannot run for political positions.

• should not have to follow Jim Crow Laws.

What is the purpose of Thomas Nast's cartoon?

• To show that the KKK is struggling to recruit members

• To show that freedmen are being denied their rights due to terrorist organizations 

• To show that The Confederacy should have won the Civil War.

• To show that freedmen were seen as equals to the two men standing.

What was the one key requirement that applicants had to meet to receive land under the   Homestead Act?

• They had to move teepees from plot to plot.

• They had to farm the land for 5 years.

• They had to have a large family to work the land.

• They had to work on the railroad for 1 year.

What is MOST LIKELY the historical context (background) of this cartoon?

• During Reconstruction, African-Americans who exercised newly granted rights often faced violence and intimidation.  

• During Reconstruction, Radical Republicans in Congress denied freedmen newly granted rights. 

• During Reconstruction,freedmen living in the West faced many new opportunities.  

• During Reconstruction, the KKK and the White League formed to protect freedmen from violence and intimidation.

The phrase Manifest Destiny refers to the idea that…

• The United States should go to war with Mexico

• All Native Americans should go to reservations.

• Slavery should be abolished.  

• The United States should expand to the Pacific Ocean.  

What choice best demonstrates the meaning of assimilation?

• To continue to keep customs one is born with

• To become part of a new culture

• To celebrate special holidays

• To take jobs in a new land

The Homestead Act, the mass killing of buffalo, and the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad are most closely associated with which of the following?

• Northern migration of African-Americans

• Rise of factories and Organized Labor

• Decline of the Native Americans on the Great Plains

• Building of the Erie Canal

Why did most early 20th century (1900’s) immigrants to the US settle in large cities?

• Cities provided a wide range of cultural activities.

• Immigrants encountered little prejudice/ discrimination in cities.

• Immigrants were used to city life because most had lived in European cities.

• Jobs were available in urban factories.

Which amendment gave Freedmen the right to vote?

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

• 16th