Civil War, Reconstruction, and Gilded Age Notes Quizziz

What is the Transcontinental Railroad?

• A railway that connected the eastern and western United States, completed in 1869.

• A series of tunnels under the Rocky Mountains. This is the railroad that is featured in the first Hunger Games movie.

• A highway built for automobiles in the 20th century.
• A railway that connects Canada and Mexico. This is now a highway because people find it inefficient to use railroads today.

What bird did the Wright Brothers base their plane off of?

• Turkey Vulture

• Penguin
• Sparrow
• Polish Vulture

What did Black Codes do?

• Black Codes reinforced racism in the Union, which are the Northern states.

• Black Codes restricted the rights of African Americans.

• Black Codes reinforced racism in the Union, which are the Southern States

• Black Codes encouraged African American voting rights.

Who was more prejudiced? Abraham Lincoln or Andrew Johnson?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Both of them were equally racist.

• Andrew Johnson
• Not Abraham Lincoln because he freed the slaves all by himself.

What is a push factor?

• A push factor is a type of economic incentive offered by governments.
• A push factor is a reason that compels people to leave their home country or region.
• A push factor is a reason that attracts people to a new country.
• A push factor is a cultural practice that encourages people to stay in their home country.

What is Juneteenth?

• The holiday where people celebrate the last slaves being freed in the US.

• A celebration of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. This is because the Declaration of Independence was signed in Philly.

• The holiday when people celebrate when Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation was released.

• A festival for the harvest season in the South. The product they celebrate the most is cotton because the South's economy was based on it.

Where is the Wright Brother's plane now?

• The Wright Flyer is displayed in France.
• The Wright Flyer is at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History.
• The Wright Flyer is in a private collection.
• The Wright Flyer is at the National Air and Space Museum in DC.

What does it mean for something to be gilded?

• Covered thinly with gold or a gold-like substance.
• A style of painting that uses bright colors and bold lines.
• A term used for something that is very old and worn out.
• Made of silver or a silver-like substance.

What did Plessy V. Ferguson lead to

• The doctrine of 'separate but equal' and legalized segregation based on which state you are from (Northern or Southern).

• A ruling that only segregated bathrooms and water fountains. Harriet Tubman spoke out against this.

• Dred Scott being denied citizenship because of his race, which was undone by the 15th amendment.

• The doctrine of 'separate but equal' and legalized racial segregation.

What percentage of people needed to take a loyalty oath to the Union to rejoin?

• 5%
• 10%
• 50%
• 1738%