USHC - Unit 3 - Spiral Review #6 - Fitzwater

In speaking of “scalawags,” white Southerners of the Reconstruction era had referenced...

• Southerners who supported the Republican Reconstruction governments in the South

• The U.S. army generals who served as military governors in the South.

• Former slaves who had risen to high positions within the Reconstruction governments in the South

• Northerners who had come south to take up high positions within the Reconstruction governments

What marks the official end of Reconstruction in the South?

• The Compromise of 1877 settling the disputed 1876 election

• The ratification of the 13^th, 14^th, and 15^th Amendments to the Constitution

• The election of Ulysses S. Grant to the presidency

• The “not guilty” verdict in President Johnson’s impeachment trial

In an attempt to limit the freedom of former slaves, many southern states took which action?

• Ratifying the 13^th Amendment

• Adopting Jim Crow laws

• Supporting the Civil Rights Act of 1866

• Ratifying the 14^th Amendment

Which Supreme Court case supported the legality of segregation?

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Schenck v. U.S.

• Korematsu v. U.S.

• Plessy v. Ferguson

In the late 1800s, southern state governments used literacy tests, poll taxes, and intimidation to...

• Ensure that only educated individuals voted

• Require African Americans to attend school

• Prevent African Americans from voting

• Integrate public facilities

Believed that a “talented tenth,” the best and the brightest, of the African American community should lead the race for full social and political equality with whites was the view of...

• W.E.B. DuBois

• Ida B. Wells-Barnett

• George Washington Carver

• Booker T. Washington

Why was the National Association for the Advanced of Colored People (NAACP) created?

• Fight discrimination in American legal courts

• Create a political party to represent African Americans

• Promote the “Back to Africa” movement

• Further the cultural advancements of the Harlem Renaissance

In addition to the Homestead Act, which of the following factors played the largest role in increasing the settlement of the Great Plains?

• Removal of the Great Plains Indians

• Increase in foreign demand for agricultural foods

• Construction of railroads

• Increase in the price of agricultural goods

What is the primary reason Native Americans were relocated to reservations following the Civil War?

• To protect tribal culture

• To punish Native Americans for violating peace treaties

• To assimilate Native Americans into American culture

• To open up land for white settlement

What was the primary goal of the Dawes Act of 1887 regarding Native American Indians?

• Assimilating Native American Indians into mainstream American life

• Increasing the size of Native American Indian reservations

• Promoting Native American Indian languages and cultures

• Strengthening Native American Indian tribal governments