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WorksheetsSTAAR Questions 2 (Westward-Reconstruction)
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which region’s primary economic activity in 1861 was the cultivation of cotton?
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Which of these occurred as a result of the Fifteenth Amendment?
African American families divided by slavery were reunited
Newly free men and women moved west to claim land
African American men voted in the 1872 presidential election
Newly free men and women were allowed to apply for U.S. citizenship
"I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can’t say—I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger."
Who made this statement?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Harriet Tubman
Phillis Wheatley
How did this invention contribute to the expansion of the plantation system?
By reducing the number of slaves needed for growing cotton
By increasing the time needed to cultivate cotton
By increasing the profitability of slavery
By reducing the demand for raw cotton
Which of these occurred during early U.S. industrialization?
Manufacturers instituted a five-day workweek.
Labor laws required factories to provide a safe working environment.
Workers were required to attend schools to develop technical skills.
Production of goods transitioned from homes to factories.
What was one reason James K. Polk won the presidential election of 1844?
He was committed to fulfilling the goals of Manifest Destiny.
He was against removing American Indians from their native lands.
He favored the policy of popular sovereignty in the Kansas and Nebraska territories.
He opposed the extension of slavery west of the Mississippi River.
How did the growth of these organizations most affect the role of women in U.S. society?
By providing economic opportunities for women in urban areas
By expanding the participation of women in social reform
By increasing the number of women teachers in rural areas
By securing the establishment of private universities for women
Which of these correctly describes an effect of the Compromise of 1850 on escaped slaves and freedmen?
Members of both groups were captured under the Fugitive Slave Law.
Unlike freedmen, escaped slaves were welcome in the gold mines of California.
Members of both groups could be sold in Washington, D.C., slave markets
Unlike escaped slaves, freedmen could vote in the territories of the Mexican Cession.
After the Civil War, southern states adopted Black Codes to —
punish plantation owners for the use of slavery
support Radical Reconstruction objectives in the South
promote the activities of the Freedmen’s Bureau
limit the impact of the Thirteenth Amendment
How did the loss of its control of the Mississippi River contribute to the defeat of the Confederacy?
The river had provided direct access to the Union’s base of military operations
Losing control of the river removed the physical barrier between slave and free states
Losing control of the river divided the Confederacy in two and cut off its supplies
The river had provided the Confederacy with a power source for factories and mills.
Between 1846 and 1855 the population of Ireland decreased by a third, including the approximately 1.5 million Irish immigrants who left for the United States. What was the primary reason for this migration?
Massive unemployment resulting from British occupation
Political unrest during an economic recession
Famine caused by a major crop failure
Civil war between Catholics and Protestants
Many historians argue that the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln changed the course of Reconstruction. Which of the following is usually cited as an aspect of that change?
Radical Republicans took control of Congress
Congress imposed taxes on cotton imports to pay war debts
The Thirteenth Amendment was approved by Congress
Congress repealed legislation regulating railroad construction
One effect of the Dawes Act was that it —
caused many American Indian tribes to create written constitutions
provided education to American Indians through locally run schools
limited the voting rights of American Indians
harmed the communal structure of American Indian society
Worked in California goldfields • Helped build the western section of the Transcontinental Railroad • Established distinct communities in California cities
This list describes the nineteenth-century experiences of immigrants from —
Italy
China
Germany
Japan
Which era in U.S. history is the focus of these points?
The Jacksonian Era
The Antebellum Era
The Federalist Era
The Reconstruction Era
The Hudson River School artists were influenced by the —
success of social reform movements in the United States
migration of settlers to the U.S. frontier
environmental effects of U.S. industrialization
natural landscape of the United States
What was a major result of the Missouri Compromise?
It increased the number of immigrants settling in northern states
It provided financing for canal construction
It temporarily relieved sectional tensions
It rapidly expanded railroad construction in southern states
Which factor accounts for this trend?
The Second Great Awakening motivated people to join reform movements.
Manifest Destiny inspired many people to become homesteaders.
Jacksonian Democracy allowed more people to vote in elections.
The Industrial Revolution encouraged people to pursue jobs in cities.
Which of these was a goal shared by many advocates of Manifest Destiny?
Abolishing slavery throughout the United States
Occupying all of North America
Withdrawing from foreign affairs
Returning to an agrarian economy
These innovations in agriculture and industry resulted in —
higher consumer costs
decreased profits for investors
less consumer choice
more efficient production of goods
