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WorksheetsAH2 CFA Cycle #1
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
“It makes little difference, however, where one opens the record of the history of the Indians; every page and every year has its dark stain. The story of one tribe is the story of all, varied only by differences of time and place; but neither time nor place makes any difference in the main facts. Colorado is as greedy and unjust in 1880 as was Georgia in 1830, and Ohio in 1795; and the United States Government breaks promises now as deftly as then, and with added ingenuity from long practice. . . “
Excerpt from A Century of Dishonor by Helen Hunt Jackson
What does the above excerpt demonstrate about the US government’s treatment of Native Americans in the late 1800s?
The US government attempted to Americanize US citizens into Native culture
The US government took steps to give Native Americans immediate US citizenship
The US government consistently violated its treaties with Native Americans
The US government shared land and resources with Native Americans
“Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in all cases where any tribe or band of Indians has been, or shall hereafter be, located upon any reservation created for their use, either by treaty stipulation or by virtue of an act of Congress or executive order setting apart the same for their use, the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, authorized . . . to allot the lands in said reservation in severalty to any Indian located thereon in quantities as follows: To each head of a family, one-quarter of a section; To each single person over eighteen years of age, one-eighth of a section; To each orphan child under eighteen years of age, one-eighth of a section; and To each other single person under eighteen years now living, or who may be born prior to the date of the order of the President directing an allotment of the lands embraced in any reservation, one-sixteenth of a section. . . “
Dawes Severalty Act, 1887
The above congressional act is an example of which of the following
Americanization of Native Americans
Native American Relocation
Cultural tolerance of Native Americans
Uniting of Native American tribal units
Which of the following legislative acts contributed MOST to the settlement of the American West?
Sherman Anti-trust Act
Homestead Act
Interstate Commerce Act
Clayton Anti-trust Act
“Wherever the whites are established, the buffalo is gone, and the red hunter must die of hunger.”
Sioux Chief
All of the following occurrences contributed to the condition shown in the image and quote above EXCEPT:
Migration West due to the Gold Rush
Enactment of the Homestead Act
Construction of the Transcontinental Railroad
Exclusion of Chinese immigrants to the West
According to the below excerpt, what actions ended the western frontier?
Railroads, fostered by land grants, sent an increasing tide of immigrants into the Far West. The United States Army fought a series of Indian wars in Minnesota, Dakota, and the Indian Territory. By 1880 the settled area had been pushed into northern Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, along Dakota rivers, and in the Black Hills region, and was ascending the rivers of Kansas and Nebraska. The development of mines in Colorado had drawn isolated frontier settlements into that region, and Montana and Idaho were receiving settlers. The frontier was found in these mining camps and the ranches of the Great Plains. ~Turner’s Thesis
The influx of immigrants working on the railroad and in mining towns
The movement of cattle to railroad towns
The adoption of new states into the Union
The passage of the Dawes Act
“Croppers must sow & plow in oats and haul them to the crib, but must have no part of them. Nothing to be sold from their crops, nor fodder nor corn to be carried out of the fields until my rent is all paid, and all amounts they owe me and for which I am responsible are paid in full.
I am to gin & pack all the cotton and charge every cropper an eighteenth of his part, the cropper to furnish his part of the bagging, ties, & twine.
The sale of every cropper's part of the cotton to be made by me when and where I choose to sell, and after deducting all they owe me and all sums that I may be responsible for on their accounts, to pay them their half of the net proceeds. Work of every description, particularly the work on fences and ditches, to be done to my satisfaction, and must be done over until I am satisfied that it is done as it should be.”
What is the relationship between the sharecropper’s contract and the economic challenges faced by sharecroppers following the Civil War?
The farmer often chose the best portion of a crop, leaving little for the sharecropper to sell, which led them to a cycle of poverty.
The sharecropper was forced to pay a high rent to farm on a small plot of land, leaving them little money to buy family necessities.
The sharecropper was able to earn extra pay from farmers by perfoming extra jobs, and many of them earned enough to become middle-class farmers.
The farmer would provide all needs for the sharecropper, helping the sharecropper earn more money.
“Every employer of white or negro males shall provide for such white or negro males reasonably accessible and separate toilet facilities.”
“All passenger stations in this state operated by any motor transportation company shall have separate waiting rooms or space and separate ticket windows for the white and colored races.”
The above Alabama State Laws were examples of what type of laws?
Jim Crow Laws
Blue Laws
Religious Laws
Culture Laws
How did the results of the above election change the American South?
It led to the creation of the Populist Party
It led to the end of Reconstruction under the Compromise of 1877
It led the North to revoke the South’s election ballots
It led to the creation of a new national political party
How did the end of Reconstruction and the return of the Democratic Party in the South ultimately change affect African Americans?
African Americans were given more rights than ever before
African Americans were taken care of under the new Freedmen’s Bureau
African Americans lost many rights they had gained during Reconstruction
African American won more rights due to positive Supreme Court rulings
“ No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”
14th Amendment
United States Constitution
What was the purpose of the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution?
To provide equal protection under the law to all citizens
To give African Americans the right to vote
To free all slaves in the United States
To give women the right to vote and citizenship
