EOC Review 2023

The Kansas-Nebraska Act concerned with which issue?

• the right of Northerners to own slaves

• the sale of federal lands to slave owners

• the expansion of slavery into new territories

• the return of slaves who had escaped from the south

Which of these was a direct consequence of the Civil War?

• the disintegration of the Whig Party

• the addition of new states to the Union

• the use of popular sovereignty

• the extension of voting rights to African American men

What was the main accomplishment of the Freedman's Bureau?

• providing aid and education to emancipated slaves

• helping Confederate states get readmitted

• securing protections for African Americans' voting rights

• preventing violence against African Americans in the South

The passage is an excerpt from the 14th Amendment:" No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." This Amendment was proposed by Congress in response to wo Which one ?

• the rise of violence against emancipated slaves

• the passage of Black Codes throughout the South

• the emergence of Southern resistance to the civil rights movement

• the attempts of Democrats to limit the voting rights of African Americans

What was the main effect of the system of debt peonage that emerged in the South during the late 19th century?

• African Americans were unable to afford to work agricultural jobs

• African Americans left the South in large numbers to escape their debts

• African Americans labored in a system that was nearly the same as slavery

• African Americans had to work for low wages to pay off their emancipation costs

The excerpt below was printed in a magazine in the South in 1866: "We should be satisfied to compel them to engage in coarse, common manual labor, and to punish them for dereliction of duty or non-fulfillment of their contracts with such severity, as to make them useful, productive laborers."

Which of the following would the author of this excerpt most likely have supported?

• the formation of the Freedman's Bureau

• the ratification of the 14th Amendment

• the passage of Black Codes & Jim Crow Laws

• the relocation of emancipated slaves to colonies in Africa

What event is described in this diagram?

• the Battle of Sioux Falls

• the Sand Creek Massacre

• the Battle of Little Bighorn

• the Wounded Knee Massacre

Which of the following was the main reason that the federal government created a method for Native Americans to become U.S citizens?

• to reduce the amount of money spent supporting Native Americans

• to encourage Native Americans to assimilate into mainstream society

• to undermine the legal basis of the treaties made with Native American tribes

• to guarantee that Native Americans enjoyed constitutionally protected civil rights

The diagram shows the various goals of the Dawes Act of 1877. Which phrase best completes the diagram?

• Lure Native Americans to migrate to the frontier

• Entice Native Americans to move to urban areas

• Give Native Americans jobs in the federal bureaucracy

• Push Native Americans to adopt an agricultural lifestyle

What was the main purpose of the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887?

• to ensure the spread of manufacturing across the frontier

• to remove import taxes for goods shipped from 1 state to another

• to protect American agriculture and industry from foreign competition

• to prevent railroads from charging farmers and merchants high shipping rates