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WorksheetsUSH Unit 1 Review
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 14mins
Read the list and answer the question below.
• Former Confederate soldiers who took an oath of allegiance would be
granted pardons.
• Southern states would regain governmental powers after meeting
certain conditions.
• Slaves were granted freedom under the Thirteenth Amendment.
The list describes a portion of President Andrew Johnson's
plan for Reconstruction. Which statement best explains why
the Radical Republicans were opposed to this plan?
A. It created agencies that protected the rights of former slaves.
B. It appointed temporary governors to head Confederate states.
C. It allowed the election of former Confederate soldiers to public office.
D. It permitted the presence of military forces in the former rebel states
Which event resulted in the loss of traditional lifestyle?
A. Supreme Court ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson
B. Passage of the Seventeenth Amendment
C. Battle of Wounded Knee
D. Opening of Ellis Island
Look at the following list of movements that were established in response to economic challenges faced by farmers in the late 1800s. Then answer the question below.
• The Grange
• The Farmers' Alliance
• The Populist Party
Which phrase best describes a major goal of these movements?
A. developing new technologies to increase crop yields
B. limiting the amount of crops imported from other nations
C. promoting the construction of canals to transport products
D. preventing railroad monopolies from imposing high shipping rates
Read the following excerpt from the 1896 Populist Party Platform and answer the question below.
FIRST. We demand a national money, safe and sound, issued by the
General Government only, without the intervention of banks of
issue . . . SECOND. We demand the free and unrestricted coinage of
silver and gold at the present ratio of 16 to 1, without waiting for the
consent of foreign nations.
Which issue was the basis for these demands?
A. the need to reform income taxes
B. sanctions from European countries
C. expansion by American corporations
D. the amount of debt owed by farmers
Read the following excerpt from the Supreme Court’s decision in the Dred Scott v. Sanford case and answer the question below.
“In the opinion of the court, the legislation and histories of the times,
and the language used in the Declaration of Independence, show that
neither the class of persons who had been imported as slaves nor their descendants, whether they had become free or not, were then
acknowledged as a part of the people, nor intended to be included in
the general words used in that memorable instrument.”
Which part of the Fourteenth Amendment most directly
reversed this ruling?
A. the equal protection clause
B. the exclusionary clause
C. the due process clause
D. the citizenship clause
Read the following excerpt and answer the question below
“The Government should own and operate the railroads in the interest
of the people . . . that all may be accorded the same treatment in
transportation and that the tyranny and political power now exercised
by the great railroad corporations . . . may be destroyed.”
Why would farmers support this Populist Party belief in 1896?
A. Farmers would pay equal transportation fees.
B. Farmers would be given loans from national banks.
C. Farmers would be compensated by railroad subsidies.
D. Farmers would see higher crop prices due to inflation.
Which factor led to the Nadir of race relations in the United States from the late 1800s to the early 1900s?
The federal government delayed the removal of troops from the South.
B. Local governments encouraged the desegregation of public schools in the South.
C. States encouraged the voluntary movement of African Americans to isolated communities.
D. The federal government failed to enforce legislation granting African Americans civil rights.
Which statement describes the long-term impact of the Civil War?
A. Many state governments appointed African Americans to
political offices.
B. Southern whites instituted policies that forced African
Americans into debt peonage.
C. Southern states enacted laws that forced African Americans
to organize political parties.
D. The federal government compensated African Americans
with land from former plantations.
Which statement describes a direct effect of sharecropping on the African American population in post-Civil War?
A. It improved their access to educational opportunities and increased their chances for better jobs.
B. It denied them access to economic opportunities and decreased their chances for social mobility.
C. It denied them access to political opportunities and decreased their chances for social equality.
D. It improved their access to better food and increased their chances for longer lives.
Read the information and answer the question that follows.
"The Freedmen's Bureau established schools for former slaves all over the South. Many of these schools later developed into colleges and universities like Howard University and Hampton Institute."
Why might some of those schools have been in danger of closing in the mid to late 1800s?
A. Too many former slaves left the South in search of a better life.
B. Too many former slaves decided to work instead of attending the schools.
C. White southerners believed allowing former slaves to attend school would threaten society.
D. White southerners believed it was more important for former slaves to work and earn money.
The African-American population increased in several cities from 1880-1930.
Which condition(s) in society was primarily responsible for this change in urban population?
A. absence of agricultural employment in Southern communities
B. lack of political representation in Southern communities
C. disposal of job opportunities in the cities
D. the absence of Nadir conditions and more employment
opportunities in Northern cities
The most direct effect of poll taxes and literacy tests on African Americans was to:
a. prevent them from voting
b. limit their access to public facilities
c. block their educational opportunities
d. deny them economic advancements
The Homestead Act, the mass killing of buffalo, and the completion of the transcontinental railroad are most closely associated with the
a. rise of organized labor
b. building of the Erie Canal
c. northern migration of African Americans
d. decline of the Native American populations in the Great Plains
In the late 1800s, how did railroad
monopolies create economic
hardships for farmers?
A. By claiming productive land for business leaders to develop
B. By charging high prices to ship agricultural goods to market
C. By separating farmers from profitable markets in western cities
D. By isolating farmers from technological developments in eastern cities
