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WorksheetsBarbaro west/Reconstruction Review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 45mins
What animal impacted the building of the railroads, and was also essential to the Native Americans way of life?
Snakes
Mountain lions
Buffalo
Locusts
What was the name of the group of African Americans that settled in Kansas during the time of the Homestead Act?
Missionaries
Carpetbaggers
Scalawags
Exodusters
What impact did the railroads have on Native Americans?
the railroads helped the Native Americans move east
Native Americans got jobs on the railroads
the railroads limited their land and decreased their food supply and resources
the railroads increased the amount of land the Native Americans had
What was the cause of a town becoming a ghost town?
the gold runs out in the local mine
the railroad moves its station away from the town
both
none of the above
Which of the following is NOT a way the railroad increased agricultural trade?
Farmers used the railroads to get their crops to market
Ranchers used the railroads to get their cattle to processing centers
Native Americans profited from cash crops brought in by the railroads
Factories in the east profited from cash crops brought in by the railroads
What was the effect of the Transcontinental Railroad?
Became a more efficient form of transportation for settlers
Increased trade between the east and west and boosted the economy
Polluted the air and the natural environment
All of the above
The belief that the US had a right and duty to expand across the North American contitent was known as
The Great Expansion
Manifest Destiny
Oregon Fever
The Monroe Doctrine
When did the Indian Wars mostly occur?
1492-1525
1776-1811
1860-1890
1934-1956
Why was General George Custer fighting Native Americans?
He wanted their buffalo.
He wanted to be a chief.
He wanted to find gold on their land.
He wanted to be famous.
Where were General George Custer and his men killed?
Little Bighorn
Crazy Horse
Sand Creek
Wounded Knee
The demand for beef contributed to the creation of
invention of the railroad
creation of cattle drives
end of cattle drives
end of the railroad
What resulted from the destruction of the Buffalo
Native Americans were granted farmland under the Homestead act
loss of Buffalo helped encouraged Native Americans to move to Reservations
loss of Buffalo helped encouraged Native Americans to move to Eastern cities
loss of Buffalo helped encouraged Native Americans to move to Canada and Mexico
Who are vaqueros.
Cowboys
Villagers
Sailor
President
What was a sod house made from?
lumber
wheat
grass and soil
sticks
People who famed the Great plains with plows made of Steel were called
Digger men
Turf breakers
Sod busters
Grass rippers
What is the primary (Main) reason for the Indian Wars
The spread of Slavery
Conflict with Mexico
Search for gold in California
The movement of Settlers on to the Great plains
What was the biggest problem with the Homestead Act
Not many people could afford land
Corruption of big land owning companies
N.A. complained Homesteaders were taking their land
Only white people had access to land through the Homestead act
What was the purpose of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
to create equality for all Americans
to ensure equal distribution of power between National and State government.
to limit the power of the federal government
to give all people the right to vote
Lincoln's "10 Percent Plan" dealt with
his idea for instituting an income tax.
how to draft more men into the Union Army.
re-admitting Southern states into the Union.
his quest to reconquer only 10% of the South
What group was created in 1865 in Pulaski, Tennessee, for the purpose of preventing both the programs of Reconstruction and laws promoting racial equality?
Freedman's Bureau
Ku Klux Klan
Know Nothing Party
White Circle Council
Which statement describes the attitude of the "Radical Republicans" following the Civil War?
"Southern states should pass the 'Black Codes.' "
"The Southern states should be punished for their actions and do all we can to help Freedman."
"Former Confederate leaders should be forgiven for their actions during the Civil War."
"The country should follow President Lincoln's plans to reunite the country as quickly as possible."
Who would have most likely NOT supported the Freedmen's Bureau?
An abolitionist
a carpetbagger
a former slave owner
a northern business owner
Which of the following is true about sharecropping
Sharecropping favored the freeedmen.
Many freedmen were able to buy new homes through sharecropping
Most sharecroppers remained in debt trapped in a cycle of poverty
Many state governments offered loan for sharecropping farmers.
Who was the first African-American U.S. Senator?
Frederick Douglass
Philip Bazaar
William Carney
Hiram Rhodes Revels
Which president did the Radical Republicans attempt to impeach?
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
radical
Reconstruction
sharecropping
Grandfather Clause
a test in which people had to read and explain difficult parts of the Constitution in order to vote in an election
literacy test
poll tax
corruption
lynching
a fee people had to pay to vote
sharecropping
literacy test
poll tax
black codes
Which best describes the political cartoon?
A northern Republican is shown in a positive light
The Southern Citizens in the background are cheering the carpetbaggers arrival
The Southern Citizens in the background are actively trying to stop the carpetbagger
A northern Republican is shown in a negative light
