Test for study guide users

What means to travel across a continent?

What did the Chinese Exclusion Act do?

• It only restricted immigration of Chinese women.
• It prohibited all immigration of Chinese laborers.
• It granted Chinese immigrants full citizenship rights.
• It allowed unlimited immigration of Chinese laborers.

What is a US foreign policy position that opposes European colonialism in the Western Hemisphere.

Which of the following territories was not acquired by the United States as a result of the Spanish-American War?

• Alaska

• Guam

• Hawaii

• Philippines

What was the destination of the 16,000 Cherokee who left their homes?

• Texas

• Oklahoma

• Florida

• California

Which government agency is responsible for the management and administration of Native American lands?

• The Department of Agriculture

• The Department of Education

• Bureau of Indian Affairs

• The Department of Health and Human Services

Which landmark US court case established the principle that the federal government alone has the power to deal with sovereign Indian nations?

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Roe v. Wade

• Worcester v. Georgia

• Miranda v. Arizona

.................. was instrumental in the establishment of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and was a staunch advocate of slavery?

What was the impact of the Thirteenth Amendment on the status of slavery in America?

• It abolished slavery throughout the United States.

• It granted African Americans the right to vote.

• It compensated African Americans for their labor during slavery.

• It ensured equal economic opportunities for African Americans and White Americans.

Why did many African Americans turn to sharecropping post the Civil War?

• Desire to own land.

• Availability of industrial jobs in cities.

• Absence of economic resources and land ownership.

• Opportunity for better education.