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Quarter One Culminating Review Part One

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which statement most accurately describes (most clearly sounds like) Abraham Lincoln's plan for reconstruction after the war?

a)

Southerners would pay for the rebellion. ( The south should pay for the war.)

b)

The Union should be restored as quickly as possible ( The South should be allowed to come back so that we can be a country again.)

c)

African Americans should be given free land

d)

War damages should be collected through military occupation. (We should send the military in to collect the money they owe us for starting the war)

2.

Speaker A: Secession caused this was so all those who supported it should be punished.


Speaker B: The freedmen must be given economic assistance and guaranteed rights to protect themselves.


These two speakers sound like who said them?

a)

Abe Lincoln

b)

Johnson

c)

Radical Republicans

d)

KKK

3.

Speaker C: The nations wounds will heal more quickly is we forgive the South and let them back into the Union.


This speaker sounds like who said it?

a)

Abe Lincoln

b)

Johnson

c)

Radical Republicans

d)

KKK

4.

Speaker D: The war may have ended but the fight to continue white supremacy must be preserved in the South.

a)

Abe Lincoln

b)

Johnson

c)

Radical Republican

d)

KKK

5.

4. The provision(part) of the Radical republicans plan for reconstruction that Southern States found most objectionable ( found most annoying) was that a former Confederate State could not be readmitted (allowed back into) to the Union unless that State

a)

gave land and money to former slaves

b)

grant full citizenship to former Confederate soldiers

c)

ratify (pass) the 14th amendment

d)

agree to modernize (advance) the South's economy

6.

Which topic that we learned about in class included the military occupying part of the US, impeaching the President and major additions to the constitution

a)

Reconstruction Era

b)

Westward Expansion

7.

After the Civil War, huge issues between Congress ( Republicans) and Johnson about how to deal with Reconstruction led to

a)

resignation of the president ( Johnson decided to leave)

b)

impeachment of the president ( Johnson gets kicked out)

c)

election of a Democratic president

d)

the end of the KKK

8.

During Reconstruction, what was the goal of the Radical Republicans?

a)

Confederates states should be allowed back into the union ASAP

b)

Reconstruction should be used to force the south into change by passing laws to help the Freedmen.

c)

the north and south should both be blamed for the war

d)

Freedmen should get no rights at all

9.

No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges....or shall any state deprive a person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law..." The purpose of adding this to the 14th amendment was to do what?

a)

limit the power of the government

b)

expand the rights of women

c)

maintain competitive businesses

d)

protect the right of African American Freedmen

10.

What was the most important this to come out of the Reconstruction Era?

a)

Women gained more power in government

b)

the power of the states were increased

c)

Segregation in schools ended

d)

the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments were added

11.

Poll taxes, literacy tests, grandfather clauses and the KKK were all attempting to limit the effectiveness of

a)

the 14th and 15th amendments

b)

Supreme Courts decision on Brown vs. Board of Education

c)

civil rights legislation passed in sates after the Civil War

d)

immigration laws like the Chinese Exclusion Act

12.

"No state shall deprive life, liberty or property without due process of law" During the Reconstruction Era this clause was adopted to protect

a)

native americans

b)

newly freed slaves

c)

confederate soldiers

d)

settlers moving out west

13.

After passing the 13, 14 and 15th amendments, African Americans still experienced some difficulties because

a)

the amendments were not meant to solve everything

b)

African Americans did not trust the Federal Government

c)

Southern Legislators passed Jim Crow Laws

d)

Poor communication meant people did not know their rights.

14.

Read this quote to help you answer the question.

"Every person who is registered shall be able to read and write any part of the Constitution in the English language and on the first day of March shall have paid his poll tax."

The purpose of this rule for poll taxes and tests was...

a)

encourage equal voting for all people

b)

encourage literacy

c)

prevent former slaves from voting

d)

promote racial integration

15.

Which newspaper article title would you have seen during the Reconstruction Era after the Civil War?

a)

"Jim Crow Law Ends"

b)

"Former Slaves Made Citizens"

c)

"Supreme Court Issues Dred Scott Decision"

d)

"Emancipation Proclamation is Issued"

16.

Jim Crow Laws were upheld under the Supreme Court case of Plessy vs. Ferguson (1869) provided...

a)

free land for former slaves

b)

separate public spaces baed on race

c)

racial integration in public schools ( allowing everyone to go to school together)

d)

voting rights for African Americans

17.

Which statement best describes the status of African Americans at the end of the Reconstruction Era?

a)

Most held factory jobs

b)

Most were able to take advantage of educational opportunities

c)

Despite having new amendments, they realized that gaining equality was going to be very difficult.

d)

Political Rights for African Americans were guaranteed in the South, but restrictions and discrimination increased in the North

18.

During the 19th Century, the federal government helped the transcontinental railroad companies by

a)

breaking up the monopolies who were stealing money

b)

giving them free land to build the railroads on

c)

making sure everything was built safely

d)

creating uniform shipping rates.

19.

The purpose of the Homestead Act, which gave people a ton of free land for almost no money, was

a)

encourage settling out west

b)

setting up reservations for Native Americans

c)

establish agricultural colleges

d)

assist the building the railroads.

20.

What is being offered in this ad ?

a)

gold

b)

cattle ranches

c)

farm land

d)

(native american) reservations

21.

What act or law is supported by this ad?

a)

Homestead Act

b)

Dawes Act

c)

The Emancipation Proclamation

d)

The Declaration of Independence

22.

All of the following people benefited from Westward Expansion EXCEPT....

a)

miners

b)

exodusters

c)

Native Americans

d)

cowboys

23.

Towns the were completely deserted or EMPTY after all the gold mining was finished are known as

a)

boom town

b)

sod towns

c)

ghost towns

d)

Party towns

24.

What is the experience of most Native Americans after Americans start to move out west?

a)

they maintain control of their land

b)

they made money off of all the people who were moving in

c)

they became farmers

d)

they were forced to live on reservations

25.

What is an example of a primary source ( first person perspective from someone who lived during that time) from the this time period of westward expansion?

a)

A chapter from a textbook

b)

a picture taken by someone living in a boom town

c)

a video on Edpuzzle

d)

a website that talks about Westward Expansion

26.

Which development lead to the other three? ( Which one of these things caused the other three)

a)

The Us troops fought a series of battles with the Native Americans

b)

The buffalo population decreases

c)

Thousands of people decide to move and settle west of the Mississippi River

d)

Native Americans were forced to move to reservations.