4/23 Group C

What was the purpose of the Pacific Railway Act passed by Congress before the end of the war?

• To build a transcontinental railroad connecting the country from coast to coast

• To establish Jim Crow laws in the South

• To provide jobs for freedmen in the South

• To create new markets for goods in the East

Who were the primary immigrant groups that helped build the transcontinental railroad?

• Chinese and Irish immigrants

• Italian and German immigrants

• Mexican and Canadian immigrants

• French and Spanish immigrants

What was one of the effects of the growth of railroads in America?

• Opened up new markets for goods to be sold

• Increased the number of Jim Crow laws

• Decreased the number of new settlements in the West

• Reduced the need for immigrant labor

What happened in the South after Reconstruction ended?

• The South quickly returned to mistreating freedmen and created Jim Crow laws

• The South abolished Jim Crow laws

• Freedmen were given equal rights and opportunities

• The South focused on building railroads

What role did the railroads play in the settlement of the West?

• They helped transport people out West to create new settlements

• They restricted people from moving to the West

• They only transported goods, not people

• They were primarily used for military purposes

The Transcontinental Railroad helped the settlement of the West by:

• making it harder for people to move west and limiting economic growth

• making it easier for people to move west, transporting goods and resources, and encouraging economic growth and settlement

• preventing the transportation of goods and resources to the West

• discouraging people from settling in the West

What is the “great act” referred to by Senator Sumner in this excerpt?

• The Senate’s readmission of the last Confederate state

• The addition of Hiram Rhodes Revels to the U.S. Senate

• The Senate’s acquittal of President Andrew Johnson

• The election of the first woman to the U.S. Senate

This painting of a Missouri scene was completed in 1852. Such scenes would look dramatically different after

the -

• ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment

• Second Great Awakening

• emergence of Manifest Destiny

• expansion of the factory system into the South

How did sharecropping affect farmers in the South during Reconstruction?

• By introducing new technology for growing food

• By expanding the region’s dependence on corn production

• By making landowners buy supplies from the government

• By keeping renters in debt to landlords

Irish and Chinese immigrants are best remembered for performing which type of labor during the late nineteenth century?

• Building dams in the midwestern states

• Digging canals across northern states

• Building railroads in western territories

• Constructing bridges in southern states