2023 8th Grade Midterm Review

The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments were added to the Constitution during the Reconstruction period to

• bring an end to the Civil War

• limit the powers of the president

• grant legal rights to African Americans

• expand the rights of women

During the Reconstruction Era, one reason for the formation of the Ku Klux Klan was to

• eliminate sharecropping in the Southern States

• protect the rights of formerly enslaved people

• prevent formerly enslaved people from exercising their rights

• encourage new immigrants to come to America for factory jobs

Poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses were passed in Southern states after the end of Reconstruction to

• recruit immigrants to work on plantations

• encourage African Americans to become sharecroppers

• prevent formerly enslaved people from voting

• legalize segregation

This political cartoon by Thomas Nast is best understood within the context of

• The Reconstruction Era

• The Industrial Age

• Westward Expansion

• The Progressive Era

The principle of “separate but equal” established by the Supreme Court in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) was used to

• provide reservation lands for Native American Indians

• justify racial segregation of public facilities

• end the use of child labor

• expand the freedoms guaranteed by the Bill of Rights

The significant impact of the transcontinental railroad was it

• had little impact on immigration

• decreased interstate commerce

• increased the population of the South

• promoted industrialization and settlement of the West

Which development led to the other three?

• United States troops fought a series of battles with Native American Indians.

• The buffalo population was greatly decreased.

• Thousands of settlers migrated west of the Mississippi River.

• Native American Indians were forced to move to reservations.

What government action led to the settlement of the west by offering 160 acres of land for free to those who would farm it for five years?

• Pendleton Act

• Pacific Railway Acts

• Dawes Act

• Homestead Act

Workers faced long hours and low pay. Urbanization increased at a rapid pace. The rise of corporations helped the economy. These are associated with what era?

• Manifest Destiny

• The Industrial Age

• The Roaring 20s

• World War I

This quote expresses Andrew Carnegie's belief that the wealthy were obligated to

• destroy their competitors

• share their excess wealth with the community

• stay out of politics

• treat their workers well and pay them fairly