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Chapter 17 - The South and the West Transformed (1865-1900)

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 1hrs 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The main goal in passing the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 was to swindle the Indians out of their remaining lands.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

After the Civil War the two new frontiers that emerged in the United States were the South and the West.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Many Southerners embraced the "Lost Cause", which was what Southerners called the Civil War because they knew they were going to lose.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

After the Civil War, many southerners dreamed of a freer world of small farms and industry. It was called

a)

The New South.

b)

The South Redeemed.

c)

The Old South.

d)

The Southeast.

5.

The greatest gains in the new industrialized South were seen in the textile industry.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Which of the following (more than one) are true about the Lost Cause Myth?

a)

The North was honorable and fought for equality

b)

The South was honorable and defended its way of life

c)

The South was the aggressor during the war

d)

The North was the aggressor and the South's cause was noble

7.

Select the ways (more than one) that many Southerners (white and black) made a living while being stuck in poverty

a)

Owning Land

b)

Working in Factories

c)

Tenant Farming

d)

Sharecropping

8.

The court case Plessy vs. Ferguson had what effect?

a)

Ended segregation

b)

Abolished the Black Codes

c)

Outlawed the Jim Crow Laws

d)

Established the "separate but equal" doctrine supporting segregation

9.

Which of the following statements regarding the Southern economy by 1900 is UNTRUE?

a)

The South had greatly industrialized.

b)

The South was the least industrial part of the United States.

c)

The South was the least educated part of the United States.

d)

The South was the least urban part of the United States.

10.

As the 19th century came to a close, land ownership in the South

a)

Rose.

b)

Stagnated.

c)

Rose sharply.

d)

Declined sharply.

11.

In the last quarter of the 19th century, most southern communities lacked banks, so they relied on barter.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

As a result of the crop-lien system in the South, farmers often had_____________________ at the end of the harvest.

a)

Nothing

b)

A bonus

c)

A Wage

d)

A larger debt

13.

The Poll Tax was a tax that had to be paid before a person could vote.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Which of the following statements regarding race relations in the last years of the 19th century is most accurate?

a)

Legal and social discrimination declined.

b)

Legal discrimination, but not social discrimination, against blacks

increased.

c)

Social discrimination against blacks increased, but not legal

discrimination.

d)

Economic, legal, and social discrimination against blacks increased.

15.

The New West after the Civil War was challenging for a diverse group of settlers.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

New South called for the regions predominately agricultural economy would be diversified.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

The chief accomplishment of the New South was a dramatic expansion of the region's textile industry.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

In 1883 the United States Supreme Court ruled that the Civil Rights Act of 1875 WAS constitutional.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

For the settlers in the New West after the Civil War life was easy for the predominantly poor farming population.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

According to your textbook, the post–Civil War West symbolized economic opportunity and personal freedom.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

Born into slavery, ___________________________ made his famous “Cast Down Your Bucket” speech in Atlanta in 1895.

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

W.E.B. Du Bois

c)

Joseph G. McCoy

d)

Cyrus McCormick

22.

__________________________ argued that education should develop bold leaders willing to challenge segregation and discrimination.

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

W.E.B. Du Bois

c)

Joseph G. McCoy

d)

Cyrus McCormick

23.

Open Range is the informal system of governing property on the unfenced frontier.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

Exodusters was the name for the ___________________ who migrated West in search of social and economic opportunities post Civil War.

a)

Chinese

b)

Japanese

c)

African Americans

d)

Poor White farmers

25.

The ______________________________ was a series of state constitutional amendments designed to restrict black voting rights in the 1890s.

a)

Mississippi Plan

b)

Louisiana Plan

c)

Georgia Plan

d)

Virginia Plan

26.

The crop-lien system was inefficient, corrupt, and racially unfair.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

Many in the South believed that they had lost the war because the South relied too much on slavery and cotton cultivation.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

The economic situation in the New West can best be described as a boom/bust system.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

More than 200,000 _______________________ arrived in California between 1876 and 1890.

a)

African Americans

b)

Mexicans

c)

Chinese

d)

Europeans

30.

In the _________________, Plains tribal chiefs agreed in 1851 to accept definite tribal borders and allow whites to travel west.

a)

Abilene Treaty

b)

Fort Laramie Treaty

c)

Indian Removal Treaty

d)

Dawes Treaty

31.

_________________ were the bloody conflicts between U.S. soldiers and Native Americans in the West from the 1860s to the 1870s.

a)

The Range wars

b)

The Arapaho battles

c)

The Indian wars

d)

The Medicine Lodge wars

32.

______________________ led the American troops at the infamous Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876.

a)

George A. Custer

b)

Ulysses Grant

c)

Jeb Stuart

d)

Jack Wilson

33.

The Ghost Dance was the spiritual and political movement started by Wovoka to make Indian soldiers bulletproof.

a)

True

b)

False

34.

By the end of the 19th century, Native American resistance to westward expansion had been crushed.

a)

True

b)

False

35.

According to Frederick Jackson Turner, the frontier sparked the Industrial Revolution.

a)

True

b)

False

36.

Frederick Jackson Turner’s frontier thesis only pertained to White men.

a)

True

b)

False

37.

Partly as a result of the publication of ____________________ by Helen Hunt Jackson, U.S. policies regarding the Indians gradually _____________.

a)

A Century of Dishonor, grew worse

b)

A Decade of Dishonor, improved

c)

A Century of Dishonor, improved

d)

A Day of Dishonor, improved