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Barbaro west/Reconstruction Review

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What technology revolutionized farming in the west? 
a)
Steel plows, mechanical reapers, and windmills
b)
Morse code
c)
Internet
d)
Hydroelectricity
2.
What did the Homestead Act of 1861 allow settlers to do?
a)
Go to war with Native Americans
b)
Own the land that they settled on after 5 years
c)
Establish the sharecropping system
d)
Make peace with the Native Americans
3.

What animal impacted the building of the railroads, and was also essential to the Native Americans way of life?

a)

Snakes

b)

Mountain lions

c)

Buffalo

d)

Locusts

4.
How did the transcontinental railroad change the economy of the United States?
a)
It transported agricultural products to processing centers and helped major industries such as flour milling and meat processing develop in cities like Chicago. 
b)
It transported people to the cities to work in factories. 
c)
It transported Native Americans to the west. 
d)
 It transported raw materials to build factories in the west. 
5.
What were Boom Towns?
a)
Towns that were developed when gold and silver was found in a particular place. 
b)
Towns that were abandoned after the gold and silver mines were depleted.
c)
Towns where dynamite was found
d)
Towns where loud sounds were often heard.
6.
What invention changed farming and cattle drives during Westward Expansion?
a)
Steel plow
b)
Windmills
c)
Mechanical reaper
d)
Barbed wire
7.

What was the name of the group of African Americans that settled in Kansas during the time of the Homestead Act?

a)

Missionaries

b)

Carpetbaggers

c)

Scalawags

d)

Exodusters

8.

What impact did the railroads have on Native Americans?

a)

the railroads helped the Native Americans move east

b)

Native Americans got jobs on the railroads

c)

the railroads limited their land and decreased their food supply and resources

d)

the railroads increased the amount of land the Native Americans had

9.

What was the cause of a town becoming a ghost town?

a)

the gold runs out in the local mine

b)

the railroad moves its station away from the town

c)

both

d)

none of the above

10.

Which of the following is NOT a way the railroad increased agricultural trade?

a)

Farmers used the railroads to get their crops to market

b)

Ranchers used the railroads to get their cattle to processing centers

c)

Native Americans profited from cash crops brought in by the railroads

d)

Factories in the east profited from cash crops brought in by the railroads

11.

What was the effect of the Transcontinental Railroad?

a)

Became a more efficient form of transportation for settlers

b)

Increased trade between the east and west and boosted the economy

c)

Polluted the air and the natural environment

d)

All of the above

12.

The belief that the US had a right and duty to expand across the North American contitent was known as

a)

The Great Expansion

b)

Manifest Destiny

c)

Oregon Fever

d)

The Monroe Doctrine

13.

When did the Indian Wars mostly occur?

a)

1492-1525

b)

1776-1811

c)

1860-1890

d)

1934-1956

14.

Why was General George Custer fighting Native Americans?

a)

He wanted their buffalo.

b)

He wanted to be a chief.

c)

He wanted to find gold on their land.

d)

He wanted to be famous.

15.

Where were General George Custer and his men killed?

a)

Little Bighorn

b)

Crazy Horse

c)

Sand Creek

d)

Wounded Knee

16.
Northern Plains Indian nation fought and lost bitter war against U.S. Army 
a)
Creek/Sioux Indians 
b)
 Lakota/Cherokee Indians
c)
Sioux/Lakota Indians
d)
Apache/Creek Indians
17.
Divided Indian tribal lands and tried to Americanize (assimilate) them and break up tribes
a)
Homestead Act 
b)
Dawes Act  
c)
Dawgs Act
d)
 Zimmerman Act
18.

The demand for beef contributed to the creation of

a)

invention of the railroad

b)

creation of cattle drives

c)

end of cattle drives

d)

end of the railroad

19.

What resulted from the destruction of the Buffalo

a)

Native Americans were granted farmland under the Homestead act

b)

loss of Buffalo helped encouraged Native Americans to move to Reservations

c)

loss of Buffalo helped encouraged Native Americans to move to Eastern cities

d)

loss of Buffalo helped encouraged Native Americans to move to Canada and Mexico

20.

Who are vaqueros.

a)

Cowboys

b)

Villagers

c)

Sailor

d)

President

21.

What was a sod house made from?

a)

lumber

b)

wheat

c)

grass and soil

d)

sticks

22.
_______________ were African Americans who took advantage of the Homestead Act
a)
exodusters
b)
vaqueros
c)
sodbusters
d)
grangers
23.
Breed of cattle, known for their hardiness and massive horns.
a)
Longhorn
b)
Primo Pick
c)
Angus
d)
Charlee
24.

People who famed the Great plains with plows made of Steel were called

a)

Digger men

b)

Turf breakers

c)

Sod busters

d)

Grass rippers

25.

What is the primary (Main) reason for the Indian Wars

a)

The spread of Slavery

b)

Conflict with Mexico

c)

Search for gold in California

d)

The movement of Settlers on to the Great plains

26.

What was the biggest problem with the Homestead Act

a)

Not many people could afford land

b)

Corruption of big land owning companies

c)

N.A. complained Homesteaders were taking their land

d)

Only white people had access to land through the Homestead act

27.
What did the 13th Amendment do?
a)
made slavery illegal
b)
made former slaves citizens and gave them rights
c)
gave black men the right to vote
d)
gave former slaves land to begin farms
28.
What did the 14th Amendment do?
a)
made slavery illegal
b)
made former slaves citizens and gave them rights
c)
gave black men the right to vote
d)
gave former slaves land to begin farms
29.
What did the 15th Amendment do?
a)
made slavery illegal
b)
made former slaves citizens and gave them rights
c)
gave black men the right to vote
d)
gave former slaves land to begin farms
30.
What was segregation?
a)
equal treatment for all people
b)
the forced separation of races
c)
a farmer shares part of his crop to pay for land
d)
the period of time after the Civil War
31.
What were Jim Crow Laws?
a)
equal treatment for all people
b)
laws that made segregation legal
c)
a farmer shares part of his crop to pay for land
d)
the period of time after the Civil War
32.
The US government created what organization to help former slaves and poor whites?
a)
Bureau of Parks and Recreation
b)
Free Food Bureau
c)
Jobs and Education Bureau
d)
Freedman's Bureau
33.
Why did sharecroppers remain poor?
a)
The South flooded during Reconstrucion
b)
They owed money to the landowners, never getting out of debt
c)
The sun never shone on crops
d)
Animals ate all the crops
34.
How was President Lincoln killed?
a)
heart failure
b)
bit by a snake
c)
falling off a horse
d)
shot by John Wilkes Booth
35.

What was the purpose of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments

a)

to create equality for all Americans

b)

to ensure equal distribution of power between National and State government.

c)

to limit the power of the federal government

d)

to give all people the right to vote

36.

Lincoln's "10 Percent Plan" dealt with

a)

his idea for instituting an income tax.

b)

how to draft more men into the Union Army.

c)

re-admitting Southern states into the Union.

d)

his quest to reconquer only 10% of the South

37.

What group was created in 1865 in Pulaski, Tennessee, for the purpose of preventing both the programs of Reconstruction and laws promoting racial equality?

a)

Freedman's Bureau

b)

Ku Klux Klan

c)

Know Nothing Party

d)

White Circle Council

38.

Which statement describes the attitude of the "Radical Republicans" following the Civil War?

a)

"Southern states should pass the 'Black Codes.' "

b)

"The Southern states should be punished for their actions and do all we can to help Freedman."

c)

"Former Confederate leaders should be forgiven for their actions during the Civil War."

d)

"The country should follow President Lincoln's plans to reunite the country as quickly as possible."

39.

Who would have most likely NOT supported the Freedmen's Bureau?

a)

An abolitionist

b)

a carpetbagger

c)

a former slave owner

d)

a northern business owner

40.
These were laws that made it illegal for African Americans to live or work in certain areas and allowed whites to arrest African Americans who were not working.  Once arrested they would be forcibly assigned to work for white landowners. 
a)
Freedman's Bureau Laws
b)
Reconstruction Acts
c)
Black Codes
d)
Jim Crow Laws
41.
Northerners who migrated to the mostly destroyed post-war south to make large profits and/or help freedmen were known as
a)
Scalawags
b)
Ku Klux Klan
c)
Carpetbaggers
d)
Sharecroppers
42.

Which of the following is true about sharecropping

a)

Sharecropping favored the freeedmen.

b)

Many freedmen were able to buy new homes through sharecropping

c)

Most sharecroppers remained in debt trapped in a cycle of poverty

d)

Many state governments offered loan for sharecropping farmers.

43.

Who was the first African-American U.S. Senator?

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Philip Bazaar

c)

William Carney

d)

Hiram Rhodes Revels

44.
In which plan, rejected by Lincoln, did a majority of the southern states' white adult males have to pledge loyalty to the Union?
a)
Wade-Davis Bill
b)
10% plan
c)
Civil Rights Act
d)
Freedmen's Bureau
45.
Hayes agreed to remove federal troops from the South in order to win the Presidency in the Election of 1876. This--
a)
started Reconstruction
b)
got him impeached
c)
made Southern Democrats angry
d)
ended Reconstruction
46.

Which president did the Radical Republicans attempt to impeach?

a)
Lincoln
b)
Johnson
c)
Grant
d)
Hayes
47.

laws that allowed people who did not pass the literacy test to vote if their fathers or grandfathers voted before Reconstruction. Further excluded African Americans from voting

a)

radical

b)

Reconstruction

c)

sharecropping

d)

Grandfather Clause

48.

a test in which people had to read and explain difficult parts of the Constitution in order to vote in an election

a)

literacy test

b)

poll tax

c)

corruption

d)

lynching

49.

a fee people had to pay to vote

a)

sharecropping

b)

literacy test

c)

poll tax

d)

black codes

50.

Which best describes the political cartoon?

a)

A northern Republican is shown in a positive light

b)

The Southern Citizens in the background are cheering the carpetbaggers arrival

c)

The Southern Citizens in the background are actively trying to stop the carpetbagger

d)

A northern Republican is shown in a negative light