Studies Weekly 5th Grade Rebuilding the Union

What were northern business people who came to the South known as?

• carpetbaggers

• corn men

• city slicker

• rug salesman

What is the term when someone lives and farms a plot of land and pays the rent with a part of the harvest?

• harvest homes

• farm rents

• sharecropping

• crafting

What was the program that created roads, canals, railroads, and river ports?

• Interstate System

• American System

• Interstate Highways

The completion of the Transcontinental Railroad in 1869 was a symbol of __________.

• Wealth and prosperity

• union

• engineering

What is a group trying to influence politicians in their decisions called?

• lobbist

• carpetbagger

• city slicker

Why were cattle taken to Kansas?

• Prices were lower

• There were restaurants there

• The railroad was there

What were the routes of the cattle drives on?

• old american indian trading routes

• new railroad cuts

• open plains

How did the United States government acquire land from the American Indian?

• through negotiation, purchase, or seizure

• by lottery

• by trading government bonds

The U.S. government passed the Indian Appropriations Act and forced the American Indian nations to __________.

• join the army

• pay taxes

• move to reservations

Why did veterans groups want monuments?

• document the movement of armies

• to tell the stories of valor, bravery, and heroism

• remind future generations of the victors