US History Reconstruction through Progressive Era

What is the term used to describe the period after the Civil War when the country was rebuilding and reuniting?

• Reconciliation

• Revolution

• Reconstruction

• Reformation

What were the three main goals of Reconstruction?

• Rebuild the Southern states, integrate freed slaves, ensure equal rights for African Americans

• Ignore the Southern states, deport freed slaves, promote inequality for African Americans.

• Abandon the Southern states, enslave freed slaves, suppress rights for African Americans.

• Punish the Southern states, segregate freed slaves, deny equal rights for African Americans.

What was the 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution?

• It granted women the right to vote.

• It abolished slavery in the United States.

• It established the right to bear arms.

• It granted African American men the right to vote.

Who made the least amount of money working in factories?

• African American Men

• Women

• Children

• Immigrant men

What is a monopoly?

• When the government owns everything.

• When the people of the United States own everything.

• When one person or one company owns an entire industry.

• When a multitude of business owners own an entire industry.

Reconstruction was the process of

• rebuilding the South after the Civil War
• creating land zones for freedmen after the Civil War
• instituting Black Codes for former slaves
• eliminating the plantation economy in the South

These are motivations for pioneers to move West: Cheaper living, land, gold, religious freedom, new opportunities

• True
• False

pioneer

• One of the first people to settle in a place
• A person who makes pies for a living
• A person who joins a cause last
• A person who stays in their hometown forever

These are motivations for pioneers to move West: Cheaper living, land, gold, religious freedom, new opportunities

• True
• False

The first railroad to cross the United States was the....

• Union Pacific Railroad
• Central Pacific Railroad
• Missouri Railroad
• Transcontinental Railroad