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Reconstruction/Westward Expansion

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The purpose(s) or Reconstruction was (were)

a)

rebuild the South's economy

b)

help the freed slaves adjust to their new life

c)

rebuild the union

d)

all of the above

2.

This Amendment freed the slaves.

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

none of the above

3.

This Amendment gave citizenship to the freed slaves

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

none of the above

4.

This Amendment gave male freed slaves the right to vote

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

none of the above

5.

What was Abraham Lincoln's Reconstruction plan called?

a)

50% Plan

b)

Radical Plan

c)

10% Plan

6.

What court case legalized Jim Crow Laws?

a)

Plessy vs. Ferguson

b)

Brown vs. Board of Education

c)

Munn vs. Illinois

d)

Wabash vs. Illinois

7.

Which president was elected because of the Compromise of 1877

a)

James Garfield

b)

William McKinley

c)

William Jennings Bryan

d)

Rutherford B. Hayes

8.

An example of defacto segregation is

a)

Plessy vs. Ferguson

b)

Jim Crow laws

9.

An example of de jure segregation is

a)

Plessy vs. Ferguson

b)

Jim Crow

10.

This man was a civil rights activist in the late 1800s, who believed African-Americans should earn their civil rights

a)

W.E.B. Dubois

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

Marcus Garvey

d)

Stokely Carmichael

11.

This man was a civil rights activist in the early 1900s who believed that the "talented tenth" of the African-Americans should help others gain civil rights.

a)

W.E.B. Dubois

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

Marcus Garvey

d)

Stokely Carmichael

12.

Native Americans were put on ____________ by the US government during Westward Expansion.

a)

states

b)

assimilate

c)

reservations

13.

This Law gave white settlers land to move out west

a)

Homestead Act

b)

Dawes Act

c)

Morril Act

14.

This battle was won by the Sioux and gave the natives a bad reputation

a)

Sand Creek Massacre

b)

Battle of Wounded Knee

c)

Battle of Little Bighorn

15.

The act of taking on the culture and daily life of another country

a)

assimilation

b)

reservation

c)

open range

16.

This helped connect the east to the west

a)

open range

b)

cattle drives

c)

transcontinental railroad

17.

___________ was the first boom out west.

a)

mining

b)

cattle

c)

farming

18.

_____________ drives created towns in the southwest.

a)

mining

b)

cattle

c)

farm

19.

In the Great Plains, farmers created houses made of

a)

wood

b)

brick

c)

sod

20.

Which answer would include an important new technology for Great Plains' farmers?

a)

tractor

b)

shovel

c)

reaper

21.

Which group was a minority discriminated against during Westward Expansion?

a)

Mexicans

b)

Native Americans

c)

Chinese

d)

all of the above

22.

Oliver Hudson Kelly created the ___________ to help farmers who were struggling.

a)

Farmers' Alliance

b)

Populist Party

c)

The Grange

23.

Which of the following were Populist Party goals

a)

Direct Election of Senators

b)

Bimetalism

c)

Government control of the Railroads

d)

all of the above

24.

Who ran for president for the Populist Party in 1896?

a)

William McKinley

b)

William Jennings Bryan

c)

Grover Cleveland