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Reconstruction Review

Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

One method of getting settlers to help develop public lands in the West was

a)

The 13th Amendment

b)

The Dawes Act

c)

The Homestead Act

d)

The 10% Plan

2.
This  was the rebuilding of the country after the Civil War?
a)
Sherman's March to the Sea
b)
Reconstruction
c)
WWI
d)
Freedmen's Bureau 
3.

What crisis did Southern plantation owners face at the end of the Civil War?

a)

Plantation owners no longer had slaves to work on their farms.

b)

Freed slaves were given ownership of most of the South’s large plantations.

c)

Demand for cotton was higher than what Southern plantations could produce.

d)

Northerners built factories on many Southern plantations.

4.

What types of farming arrangements developed to replace slave labor?

a)

sharecropping

b)

slavery

c)

tenant farming

d)

banking

5.

An area with an economy based on farming

a)

rural

b)

urban

c)

agricultural

d)

industrial

6.

An area with a high population density; a city environment

a)

rural

b)

urban

c)

agricultural

d)

industrial

7.

An area with an economy based on manufacturing and technology

a)

rural

b)

urban

c)

agricultural

d)

industrial

8.

An area with a low population density; a country environment

a)

rural

b)

urban

c)

agricultural

d)

industrial

9.

As a result of improved farm technology and mechanization, Southern farmers needed __________ .

a)

more labor to farm larger areas of land

b)

less labor to farm larger areas of land

10.

Sharecroppers

a)

farmed a section of land owned by someone else in exchange for part of the income

b)

farmed land by someone else, but provided their own seeds and supplies. They were also more independent and made more money.

11.

tenant farmers

a)

farmed a section of land owned by someone else in exchange for part of the income.

b)

farmed land owned by someone else, but provided their own seeds and supplies. Were more independent and made more money.

12.

How was the "New South" promoted?

a)

The International Cotton Exposition in Atlanta

b)

Industrial fairs were held to draw attention to the possibilities in the South

c)

Henry Grady wrote about how the South was changing for the better

13.

New factories were built in the Southern cities, which encouraged

a)

Slavery to happen again

b)

Southerners to move from rural to urban areas.

c)

Southerners to move from urban areas to rural areas.

14.

Growing crops and raising animals to provide food is

a)

potential

b)

investing

c)

agriculture

d)

mechanization

15.

Changes in manufacturing, transportation, and everyday life brought about by the use of machines

a)

agriculture

b)

urban

c)

industrialization

d)

mechanization

16.

using machines to do a task

a)

invest

b)

mechanization

c)

potential

d)

industrialization

17.

Choose 3 problems the South faced after the Civil War.

a)

African Americans needed housing, clothing, food, and jobs.

b)

Confederate money had no value

c)

Slavery was booming and became more popular

d)

Railroads, bridges, plantations, and crops were destroyed.

18.
The Homestead Act encouraged people to move West because it..
a)
established ranching towns for cattle drivers.
b)
offered free land to those willing to farm it.
c)
offered land to gold prospectors.
d)
promised protection from Native Americans.
19.
Native Americans living on the Great Plains relied on which of the following to meet many of their basic needs?
a)
Cotton
b)
Deer
c)
Buffalo
d)
Gold
20.

What effect did the use of barbed wire to fence off land on the open range have on cattle ranching?

a)

It harmed cattle, reducing the number that made it to market.

b)

It blocked cattle trails, making it difficult to get cattle to market.

c)

It prevented cattle from finding food, reducing the number of cattle that survived each year.

d)

It required too much effort to maintain, so ranchers abandoned their ranches.

21.

What did the settlers use to build their houses out of?

a)

trees

b)

grass

c)

sod

d)

buffalo skins

22.
Why did many settlers on the Great Plains build their first house from sod instead of wood?
a)
Wood was very scarce on the Great Plains
b)
Sod is a better product
c)
Sod would hold better
23.
Land set aside for Native Americans to live on.
a)
farm cooperative
b)
sooner
c)
Chisholm Trail
d)
reservation
24.
Settlers were able to claim 160 acres in the Great Plains as a result of the
a)
Homestead Act
b)
Civil Rights Act of 1866
c)
Dawes Act
d)
Wounded Knee Treaty
25.

Planting seeds deep into the ground, where there is more moisture is a method called _______________________.

a)

Hydraulic Mining

b)

Sodbusting

c)

Dry Farming

d)

Wet Farming

26.
Identify the Great Plains region using the map
a)
Green
b)
Yellow
c)
Pink
d)
Blue
27.

Which answer accurately describes the landforms of the Great Plains region

a)

rolling hills and small shrubs

b)

mountains and valleys

c)

flat, treeless grasslands

d)

rivers and marshlands

28.

What was the purpose of the Indian Removal Act?

a)

It gave the American Indians freedom to change their land.

b)

It gave American Indians the chance to remove barriers that stood in the way of their prosperity.

c)

It gave President Andrew Jackson the power to move American Indians to land west of the Mississippi River.

d)

It gave leaders the chance to purchase land from the American Indians at a fair price.

29.

What was a group of African American soldiers established in 1866 to protect American citizens heading to the Great Plains?

a)

Peace Time Volunteers

b)

Great Plains Police

c)

Buffalo Soldiers

d)

Wagon Train Masters

30.

Who was best known for being in STEEL?

a)

J. P. Morgan

b)

John D. Rockefeller

c)

Andrew Carnegie

d)

Thomas Jefferon

31.

Which was considered the most important technology of the time period?

a)

oil

b)

steel

c)

trains

d)

banking

32.
The picture shows which negative effect of industrialization?
a)
High wages were earned
b)
Short working hours
c)
Safe working conditions
d)
Child labor was used
33.
Which inventor created lighting and new uses of electricity?
a)
Samuel Morse
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
Cyrus McCormick
d)
Robert Fulton
34.
John D. Rockefeller was a captain of which industry?
a)
Oil
b)
Banking
c)
Steel
d)
Automobile
35.
J.P. Morgan was a captain of which industry?
a)
Railroads
b)
Steel
c)
Banking
d)
Oil
36.

During the Gilded Age, more people were moving to the ___________ than ever before.

a)

cities

b)

farms

37.

Mark Twain labeled the late 1800's the "Gilded Age" to describe the ?

a)

end of the practice of slavery

b)

extremes between wealth and poverty

c)

absence of international conflict

d)

achievements in the labor movement

38.

How did Alexander Graham Bell contribute to society?

a)

He created products made with peanuts and potatoes

b)

He invented the first light bulb

c)

He invented a steel production to create steel for railroads

d)

He invented the first telephone

39.

What was the Gilded Age?

a)

A time of economic disparity

b)

A time when all people were equal

c)

A time of war between the states

d)

A time where government was stronger than money

40.

How did George Washington Carver contribute to American society?

a)

He invented the light bulb

b)

He created products made from peanuts and potatoes

c)

He created the first telephone

d)

He built railroads across America

41.

What impact did Andrew Carnegie have on society?

a)

He built railroads across the country

b)

He was a leader in the oil industry

c)

He was a banker

d)

He fueled the economy with his steel production

42.

What impact did Henry T Ford have on society?

a)

He created the light bulb

b)

He built railroads across the nation

c)

He created products from peanuts and potatoes

d)

He created a way to use the assembly line to build cars

43.

What impact did Cornelius Vanderbilt have on society?

a)

He built railroads across the nation

b)

He created the assembly line

c)

He created the first telephone

d)

He was a leader in oil production

44.

What is one example of child labor?

a)

Children working and getting paid more than adults for jobs

b)

Children working in horrible conditions along with long hours and low pay

c)

Children loving their jobs and working hard

d)

Children working at home with their parents on the fields

45.

What does economic disparity mean?

a)

Everyone is equal

b)

Everyone is happy with their jobs and geting paid equal

c)

The wealthy becoming more rich and poor becoming more poor

d)

The working wage group was paid the best among classes

46.

What did Henry Ford invent?

a)

Moving assembly line

b)

Uses for peanuts

c)

Light bulb

d)

Telephone

47.

What is a monopoly?

a)

A company that has no competition

b)

A game that takes a long time to play

c)

A company that goes out of business

d)

A company that lays off workers

48.
Why did labor unions first form?
a)
To protect the rights of business owners
b)
To protect the rights of workers
c)
To protect the rights of customers
d)
Allof the above
49.
What were working conditions like during the Industrial Revolution? 
a)
Safe
b)
Comfortable 
c)
Awesome 
d)
Dangerous
50.
What is it called when a group of workers decide to not go to work?
a)
Day off
b)
Strike
c)
Swing
d)
National Holiday
51.
What did workers want when they went on strike?
a)
Higher wages
b)
Better working conditions
c)
Fewer hours 
d)
All of the above
52.
Which national union did Samuel Gompers found?
a)
NFL
b)
CIO
c)
AFL
d)
NEA