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8th Grade Unit 1 Review: Reconstruction/Westward

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 58mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Presidents Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction offered a general pardon to Southerners who took the oath of loyalty to the United States and accepted the Union’s proclamation concerning
a)
Slavery
b)
Food Supply
c)
Military Reconstruction
d)
Elections
2.
Black Codes were created to 
a)
provide farmland for African Americans
b)
guarantee equal civil rights for African Americans
c)
Support the Freedman's Bureau
d)
Restrict the rights of formerly enslaved persons
3.
Which of the following Amendments allowed people the right to vote regardless of their race? 
a)
13th Amendment 
b)
15th Amendment 
c)
14th Amendment 
d)
16th Amendment 
4.
Define the term Reconstruction. 
a)
Moving the Southern states 
b)
rebuilding the South after the Civil War
c)
reorganizing during the Civil War
d)
Creating peace 
5.
The 13th Amendment... 
a)
abolished slavery
b)
created equal protection under the law
c)
allow everyone the right to vote
d)
provided Southern whites freedom 
6.
The 15th amendment gave the right to vote to
a)
All African Americans
b)
African American men
c)
Native Americans
d)
White Women
7.
Southern whites passed laws restricting the rights of African Americans called--
a)
Black codes
b)
Slave Laws
c)
Confederate Rights
d)
Merica Laws
8.
The white terrorist group that attacked Blacks and white republicans to restore Democratic control in the South was the--
a)
Kappa Kappa Kappa
b)
Redeemers
c)
Pure Race Fraternity 
d)
Ku Klux Klan
9.
Many southern states passed laws after the Compromise of 1877.  The laws that legalized the segregation of whites and blacks were called--
a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
Black Codes
c)
Freedman's Bureau
d)
Reconstruction
10.
Which law was an Indian policy that broke reservations into individual land plots and harmed the communal structure of Native tribes?
a)
The Morrill Act
b)
The Dawes Act
c)
The Reservation  Reorganization Act
d)
The Homestead Act
11.
What act initiated the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad for both military and settlement purposes?
a)
Railorad Act
b)
Pacific Railway Act
c)
Transcontinental Act
d)
Military Transport Act
12.
The federal government encouraged settlement in westward lands by passing the--
a)
Land-Grab Act
b)
The Dawes Act
c)
The Morrill Act
d)
Homestead Act
13.
The purpose of Reconstruction was to:
a)
destroy the South
b)
rebuild and unite the country
c)
send former slaves back to Africa
d)
settle the West
14.
After President Lincoln was assassinated, the Vice President became President. The new President was
a)
Andrew Johnson
b)
Ulysses Grant
c)
George Bush
d)
John Wilkes Booth
15.

The Constitutional Amendment that recognized African Americans as citizens and gave them equal protection under the law was the

a)

Bill of Rights

b)

13th Amendment

c)

14th Amendment

d)

15th Amendment

16.
Which of these was NOT used to try to stop African Americans from voting?
a)
A reading test
b)
the "Grandfather Clause"
c)
The Ku Klux Klan
d)
The Freedmen's Bureau
17.
Sharecropping often kept African American farmers poor because
a)
The farmers owed more money than they made each year
b)
the landowners would not sell them land
c)
only those who voted could own land
d)
Most African Americans did not want to work anymore
18.
Which of the following is something the Freedman’s Bureau did NOT do to help African Americans?
a)
Set up schools
b)
hire teachers
c)
provide food and other supplies
d)
pay off the sharecropper's debts
19.
Black Codes made it difficult for African Americans to enjoy their freedoms.
a)
True
b)
false
20.
Jim Crow laws enforced segregation based on race.
a)
True
b)
false
21.
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
22.

A article that allowed individuals who did not pass the literacy test to vote if their fathers or grandfathers had voted before Reconstruction began.

a)

Poll Tax

b)

Black Codes

c)

Grandfather Clause

d)

Jim Crow Laws

23.

A tax of a fixed amount per persons that had to be paid before the person could vote.

a)

Poll Tax

b)

Literacy Test

c)

Jim Crow Laws

d)

Grandfather Clause

24.

A method used to prevent African Americans from voting by requiring prospective voters to read and write at a specific level.

a)

Poll Tax

b)

Grandfather Clause

c)

Black Codes

d)

Literacy Test

25.

A person freed from slavery.

a)

Scalawag

b)

Radical Republican

c)

Freedmen

d)

Carpetbagger

26.

The railroads were funded by loans and _____________.

a)

Land Grants

b)

Stock

c)

Buffalo Hides

d)

More Workers

27.

Where did the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific Railroads meet to complete the Transcontinental Railroad?

a)

San Francisco

b)

Sutter's Mill

c)

Promontory Summit

d)

Houston

28.

Why did the government want the Transcontinental Railroad built?

a)

To move prisoners west

b)

To encourage westward expansion

c)

To defeat Mexico

d)

To make peace with the Native Americans

29.

Which mountain range did the Central Pacific have to build through?

a)

The Sierra Nevada Mountains

b)

The Appalachian Mountains

c)

The Platte Mountains

d)

The Rocky Mountains

30.

The Homestead Act required people to farm on land for _____ years to get _______ acres for free.

a)

10 years, 50 acres

b)

1 year, 80 acres

c)

7 years, 180 acres

d)

5 years, 160 acres

31.

Farmers had to overcome what obstacles?

a)

Locust and poor weather

b)

Mountains and oceans

c)

Birds and sunshine

d)

Buffalo and hurricanes

32.

Chief Joseph gave a speech in which he said, "_______________"

a)

"No mas"

b)

"I'm done"

c)

"I will fight no more forever"

d)

"I have a dream"

33.

Chief Joseph: Chief Joseph and his father were leaders of the Wallowa band of what tribe?

a)

Crow

b)

Lakota

c)

Nez Perce

d)

Illini

34.

Why did the US Government want to break the Nez Perce treaty and move them to Idaho?

a)

the Nez Perce had the best farmland.

b)

to pay back the Nez Perce for their murderous raid on the Miners

c)

Gold was discovered on Nez Perce Land

d)

The treaty had expired

35.

What was the main purpose of the Transcontinental Railroad?

a)

To make China more powerful.

b)

To help with transportation, communication, and to connect the nation.

c)

To make Native Americans move off their land.

d)

To give immigrants a job, to feel important, and needed in America.

36.

In what town did the Central Pacific Railroad start?

a)

Promontory, Utah

b)

Houston, Texas

c)

Sacramento, California

d)

New York City, New York

37.

In what town did the Union Pacific Railroad begin?

a)

Omaha, Nebraska

b)

Promontory, Utah

c)

Topeka, Kansas

d)

Des Moines, Iowa

38.

In what town did both parts of the railroad met?

a)

Omaha, Nebraska

b)

Houston, Texas

c)

Sacramento, California

d)

Promontory, Utah

39.

Which innovation (invention) was used to send news that the Transcontinental Railroad was DONE?

a)

pony express

b)

stage coach

c)

Liberty Bell

d)

telegraph

40.

What caused Native Americans to attack the railroad and its workers?

a)

The railroad was built in the middle of their land and was destroying it.

b)

The workers started fighting with them.

c)

The railroad kept them from migrating.

d)

Native Americans didn't like trains.

41.

What two obstacles did the Union Pacific Railroad company face as they worked to the west?

a)

finding workers and had tornadoes

b)

blizzards and dynamite

c)

finding workers and being attacked by Native Americans

d)

high mountains and hiring Chinese workers

42.

What was a challenge the Central Pacific workers faced while building the Transcontinental Railroad?

a)

floods

b)

mountains

c)

blizzards

d)

hurricanes

43.

How did people travel before the Transcontinental Railroad was built?

a)

bikes and scooters

b)

boats and planes

c)

horses and cars

d)

boats and wagons

44.

What does transcontinental mean?

a)

to travel across a continent

b)

to travel from one continent to another continent

c)

to travel north and south

d)

to travel to transport goods

45.
The Dawes Act...
a)
Allowed the Plains indians to continue their tribal traditions of following the buffalo herds
b)
divided the plains Indians tribal lands into family plots as a way to encourage assimilation
c)
provided 160 acres of free land to white settlers
d)
established the route for the Transcontinental railroad
46.
What took land from Indian tribes and promoted assimilation?
a)
Homestead Act
b)
Morril Act
c)
Dawes Act
d)
Reconstruction Act
47.
As settlers moved onto the Great Plains in the 1800s, they needed to build shelters. One way that many settlers met this need was by building sod houses. Why did many settlers build houses made out of sod?
a)
Sod houses would typically last longer than houses made out of other materials.
b)
Sod houses cost little to build because sod was widely available.
c)
Sod houses were more fashionable than other types of buildings
d)
Sod houses were better suited for cold weather than other buildings.
48.

How did passage of the Dawes Act affect Native American Indians?

a)

It supported their existing cultural traditions

b)

It started a series of Indian Wars on the Great Plains

c)

It attempted to assimilate them into mainstream American culture

d)

It forced their removal from areas east of the Mississippi River

49.

How did westward expansion impact Native Americans?

a)

Native Americans and white settlers lived side by side as equals

b)

it destroyed the buffalo and the Native American way of life

c)

Native Americans acquired more lan

d)

it helped the Native Americans prosper

50.
Learning to dress, speak, and act like other Americans is knows as 
a)
Urbanization
b)
Americanization/Assimilation
c)
Immigration
d)
Nativism

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