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American History Chapter 10

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A deposit of valuable minerals buried in layers of rock.

a)

Comstock Drive

b)

Comstock Lode

c)

Lode

d)

Long Drive

2.

The process of herding cattle from Texas to northern rail lines.

a)

Comstock Drive

b)

Comstock Lode

c)

Lode

d)

Long Drive

3.

Sioux chief who joined with Crazy Horse to push out illegal white miners.

a)

Andrew Johnson

b)

Edmund G. Ross

c)

Edwin Stanton

d)

Sitting Bull

4.

Tennessee Democrat who became 17th President after Lincoln.

a)

Andrew Johnson

b)

Edmund G. Ross

c)

Edwin Stanton

d)

Sitting Bull

5.

Cast the deciding vote that ended the impeachment proceedings against President Andrew Johnson.

a)

Andrew Johnson

b)

Edmund G. Ross

c)

Edwin Stanton

d)

Sitting Bull

6.

Became the first African-American Senator in 1870.

a)

P.B.S. Pinchback

b)

William Jennings Bryan

c)

George A. Custer

d)

Hiram Revels

7.

Became the first African-American Governor.

a)

P.B.S. Pinchback

b)

William Jennings Bryan

c)

George A. Custer

d)

Hiram Revels

8.

Military officer who lead the 7th Cavalry to their deaths.

a)

P.B.S. Pinchback

b)

William Jennings Bryan

c)

George A. Custer

d)

Hiram Revels

9.

Leading figure of the Populist Party.

a)

P.B.S. Pinchback

b)

William Jennings Bryan

c)

George A. Custer

d)

Hiram Revels

10.

Formally abolished slavery in all states and territories.

a)

Thirteenth Amendment

b)

Fourteenth Amendment

c)

Fifteenth Amendment

d)

Sixteenth Amendment

11.

Prohibited states from depriving any male citizen of equal protection under the law, regardless of race.

a)

Thirteenth Amendment

b)

Fourteenth Amendment

c)

Fifteenth Amendment

d)

Sixteenth Amendment

12.

Granted the right to vote to African-American males.

a)

Thirteenth Amendment

b)

Fourteenth Amendment

c)

Fifteenth Amendment

d)

Sixteenth Amendment

13.

Northerners who saw the South as a chance to get rich quickly by seizing political office.

a)

Carpetbaggers

b)

Ku Klux Klan

c)

Scalawags

d)

Southern Unionists

14.

Southern whites, who allied themselves with the Carpetbaggers.

a)

Carpetbaggers

b)

Ku Klux Klan

c)

Scalawags

d)

Southern Unionists

15.

Native American name for African American soldiers.

a)

Buffalo Soldiers

b)

Nomads

c)

Vaqueros

d)

Vigilantes

16.

Homesteaders

a)

African American settlers who went west.

b)

Group of farmers who united to insure fair pricing.

c)

White settlers who went west.

d)

Western farmers who made their homes out of sod.

17.

Exodusters

a)

African American settlers who went west.

b)

Group of farmers who united to insure fair pricing.

c)

White settlers who went west.

d)

Western farmers who made their homes out of sod.

18.

Sodbusters

a)

African American settlers who went west.

b)

Group of farmers who united to insure fair pricing.

c)

White settlers who went west.

d)

Western farmers who made their homes out of sod.

19.

Was made to connect America from Atlantic to Pacific.

a)

Central Pacific

b)

Union Pacific

c)

Transcontinental Railroad

d)

Transpacific Railroad

20.

The railroad company that crossed the Rocky Mountains.

a)

Central Pacific

b)

Union Pacific

c)

Transcontinental Railroad

d)

Transpacific Railroad

21.

The railroad company that crossed the Great Plains.

a)

Central Pacific

b)

Union Pacific

c)

Transcontinental Railroad

d)

Transpacific Railroad

22.

Rebuilding program that lasted from 1865-1867 and was very lenient.

a)

Presidential Reconstruction

b)

Dawes Act

c)

Black Codes

d)

Reconstruction

e)

Radical Reconstruction

23.

Harsh laws that were passed to subjugate freed slaves.

a)

Freedman's Bureau

b)

Dawes Act

c)

Black Codes

d)

Reconstruction

24.

U.S. act of assimilation aimed at the Native American tribes.

a)

Homestead Act

b)

Congressional Elections of 1866

c)

Dawes Act

d)

Treaty of Fort Laramie

25.

The offer of 160 acres of land for five years of work.

a)

Homestead Act

b)

Congressional Elections of 1866

c)

Dawes Act

d)

Treaty of Fort Laramie

26.

First treaty designed to limit the lands of Native Americans.

a)

Homestead Act

b)

Congressional Elections of 1866

c)

Dawes Act

d)

Treaty of Fort Laramie

27.

Time for each community was determined by the sun.

a)

Solar Cropping

b)

Sharecropping

c)

Standard Time

d)

Solar Time

28.

Railroad time system that divided the country into four sectors.

a)

Solar Cropping

b)

Sharecropping

c)

Standard Time

d)

Solar Time

29.

To work land in exchange for a share of the harvest.

a)

Solar Cropping

b)

Sharecropping

c)

Standard Time

d)

Solar Time

30.

The land set aside for Native American tribes.

a)

Reservation

b)

Frontier

c)

Oklahoma Land Rush

d)

Great Plains

31.

The part of the Great Plains that was inhabited by Native Americans.

a)

Reservation

b)

Frontier

c)

Oklahoma Land Rush

d)

Great Plains

32.

Land give away the marked the end of the frontier era.

a)

Reservation

b)

Frontier

c)

Oklahoma Land Rush

d)

Great Plains

33.

Attack by Colorado militia on a peaceful Cheyenne village.

a)

Boomtown

b)

Battle of the Little Big Horn

c)

Sand Creek Massacre

d)

Wounded Knee Massacre

34.

Location of the complete defeat of the 7th Cavalry.

a)

Boomtown

b)

Battle of the Little Big Horn

c)

Sand Creek Massacre

d)

Wounded Knee Massacre

35.

Attack by the 7th Cavalry on a peaceful group of Sioux.

a)

Boomtown

b)

Battle of the Little Big Horn

c)

Sand Creek Massacre

d)

Wounded Knee Massacre

36.

A town that had a sudden burst of economy or population growth.

a)

Boomtown

b)

Battle of the Little Big Horn

c)

Sand Creek Massacre

d)

Wounded Knee Massacre

37.

Native American ritual that was to bring about future visions.

a)

Ghost Dance

b)

Ghost Party

c)

Populist Party

d)

Gold Standard

38.

1890’s political party also known as the People’s Party.

a)

Ghost Dance

b)

Ghost Party

c)

Populist Party

d)

Gold Standard

39.

When U.S. currency is backed only by gold.

a)

Ghost Dance

b)

Ghost Party

c)

Populist Party

d)

Gold Standard

40.

Republican candidate in 1896 who backed the gold standard.

a)

P.B.S. Pinchback

b)

William Jennings Bryan

c)

William McKinley

d)

Hiram Revels

41.

Rebuilding program that lasted from 1867-1877 and tried to protect the rights of freed slaves.

a)

Presidential Reconstruction

b)

Dawes Act

c)

Black Codes

d)

Reconstruction

e)

Radical Reconstruction

42.

Refers to the whole period following the Civil War of rebuilding the United States.

a)

Presidential Reconstruction

b)

Dawes Act

c)

Black Codes

d)

Reconstruction

e)

Radical Reconstruction

43.

Fierce warrior and leader of the last Apache tribe to surrender.

a)

Chief Joseph

b)

Crazy Horse

c)

Geronimo

d)

Wovoka

44.

Lakota war leader of the Oglala band.

a)

Chief Joseph

b)

Crazy Horse

c)

Geronimo

d)

Wovoka

45.

Nez Perce leader who resisted removal and fled with his entire tribe to Canada.

a)

Chief Joseph

b)

Crazy Horse

c)

Geronimo

d)

Wovoka

46.

Prophet who taught some tribes the prophetic powers of the Ghost Dance.

a)

Chief Joseph

b)

Crazy Horse

c)

Geronimo

d)

Wovoka

47.

Radical Republicans

a)

African American settlers who went west.

b)

Wanted to punish the South, and to prevent the ruling class from continuing in power.

c)

White settlers who went west.

d)

Western farmers who made their homes out of sod.

48.

(1868) the Native Americans were moved to the Black Hills in South Dakota.

a)

Second Treaty of Fort Laramie

b)

Dawes Act

c)

Black Codes

d)

Civil Rights Bill

e)

Radical Reconstruction

49.

A bill that would have given blacks a chance to compete in a free-labor economy.

a)

Second Treaty of Fort Laramie

b)

Dawes Act

c)

Black Codes

d)

Civil Rights Bill

e)

Radical Reconstruction

50.

The pieces of the ground with the grass growing on it.

a)

Sod

b)

Comstock Lode

c)

Lode

d)

Long Drive

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