Reconstruction: Test Review

What was the main purpose of the Homestead Act of 1862?

• To encourage settlement of the West by offering free land to settlers

• To provide land to Native American tribes

• To build railroads across the country

• To restrict westward expansion

Which major transportation project connected the eastern and western United States in the 19th century?

• Erie Canal

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Panama Canal

• Oregon Trail

What was the Dawes Act intended to do?

• Move settlers to the West

• Assimilate American Indians by dividing tribal lands

• Build railroads

• End slavery

What was the main goal of Indian boarding schools?

• Teach Native American languages

• Assimilate Native American children into Euro-American culture

• Train Native Americans as railroad workers

• Preserve tribal traditions

Which Supreme Court case established the doctrine of "separate but equal"?

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Marbury v. Madison

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

Who was Benjamin “Pap” Singleton?

• A railroad tycoon

• A leader who encouraged African Americans to migrate West

• A Supreme Court justice

• A Native American chief

What were the Exodusters known for?

• Building the Transcontinental Railroad

• Migrating to Kansas for better opportunities after Reconstruction

• Leading Native American resistance

• Creating Jim Crow laws

What was the main effect of the Compromise of 1877?

• Ended the Civil War

• Ended Reconstruction and removed federal troops from the South

• Started the Gold Rush

• Created the Homestead Act

Which of the following was a method used to disenfranchise African Americans after Reconstruction?

• Homestead Act

• Poll taxes and literacy tests

• Dawes Act

• Transcontinental Railroad

What were Jim Crow laws?

• Laws that promoted westward expansion

• Laws enforcing racial segregation in the South

• Laws granting land to settlers

• Laws protecting Native American rights