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Unit 4: Reconstruction, Westward Expansion, & Women's Rights

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 1hrs 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Dawes Act authorized _________________.

a)

a nutrition guide

b)

funds for dance lessons

c)

the federal breakup of tribal land

d)

cattle for tribal farmers

2.
As Americans took over more and more land, what happened to Native Americans?
a)
They agreed to give up their land.
b)
They were given their choice of where to live.
c)
They were forced to live in reservations.
d)
They voluntarily moved to Canada and Mexico.
3.
Which of the following contributed to the westward expansion of the United States?
a)
European warships attacked the eastern seaboard, forcing citizens to move westward for safety.
b)
Most of the land east of the Mississippi River was not suitable for farming.
c)
Many Americans felt it was their right and duty to move westward.
d)
The standard of living on the Pacific Coast was very high, so many people wanted to move there.
4.
In the 1860s, a railroad was built connecting the East Coast of the United States with the West Coast. What was one important effect of this?
a)
It took longer to travel from San Francisco to New York
b)
People did not use any other form of transportation
c)
It became quicker to travel from San Francisco to New York
d)
People could now fly by airplane to get to places more quickly
5.
The pioneers that took advantage of the Homestead Act were called...
a)
homesteaders
b)
ranchers
c)
sodbusters
d)
scalawags
6.
How did railroads impact Native Americans?
a)
They helped them thrive
b)
They made them wealthy
c)
They altered their way of life and took their land
d)
They had minimal effect on them
7.

This gave 160 acres of land for free to anyone willing to work the land for 5 years

a)

The Trail of Tears

b)

The Homestead Act

c)

The union Pacific RR company

d)

Prospectors

8.

Allowed the U.S. Government to divide up Native American reservations for individual ownership.

a)

Expansionism

b)

Homestead Act

c)

Dawes Act

d)

Reservation

9.

How did the development of the railroad impact the buffalo population?

a)

the amount of buffalo did not change

b)

the amount of buffalo decreased

c)

the amount of buffalo increased

d)

buffalo migrated east

10.

What impact did the railroads have on Native Americans?

a)

the railroads helped the Natives move east

b)

Native Americans got jobs on the railroads

c)

the railroads limited their land and decreased their food supply and took away precious resources

d)

the railroads increased the amount of land the Natives had

11.
What invention helped prevent cattle from escaping?
a)
bean picker
b)
barbed wire
c)
steel plow
d)
windmills 
12.

Where were Native Americans forced to relocate?

a)

east

b)

Towns

c)

Reservations

d)

Camps

13.

Which group of immigrants came to California to help build the railroad and risked death or injury blasting through the mountain?

a)

Chinese

b)

Mexicans

c)

irish

d)

Whites

14.
Which of the following statements describes how Westward Movement affected Native Americans?
a)
Many Native Americans were pushed off their homelands and forced onto reservations.
b)
They were paid for their land so that they could buy land elsewhere.
c)
Americans gained a better understanding of Native American culture and began treating them with respect.
d)
American pioneers offered to share the land with the Native Americans.
15.
Adopting the customs and practices of the dominant culture.
a)
Nativism
b)
Ethnic Enclaves
c)
Assimilation
16.

Linked east and west; created markets!; created economic boom

a)

barbed wire

b)

transcontinental railroad

c)

telegraph

d)

steamboats

17.
A major cause of antagonism toward the “new immigrants” who came to the United States after 1880 was the belief that they...
a)
were better educated than native-born Americans
b)
had a higher standard of living than most Americans
c)
adapted easily to American culture
d)
competed with Americans for jobs as unskilled laborers
18.
Passed in 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act did what?
a)
closed America to Chinese immigrants for the next ten years
b)
welcomed more Chinese immigrants to America to perform hard work
c)
allowed Chinese immigrants, but only under a very strict set of rules
d)
closed America to Chinese immigrants for three years then allowed a few at a time
19.
This law specifically barred Chinese laborers from entering the US, and was in place for more than 60 years.
a)
The Chinese Exclusion Act
b)
The Ban on Foreign Labor Act
c)
The Asian Immigration Act
d)
The Chinese Labor Law
20.

Which of the following restricted rights of African Americans and ensured that blacks and whites attended separate schools, drank from separate water fountains and attended separate churches?

a)

Regressive Laws

b)

Constitutional Laws

c)

Jim Crow Laws

d)

Populist Laws

21.

The Supreme Court case of Plessy v Ferguson (1896) basically made which of the following legal?

a)

giving women the right to vote

b)

integration

c)

segregation according to race

d)

housing discrimination against ethnic groups

22.

Poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses were passed in southern states in order to

a)

prevent women from voting

b)

disenfranchise African Americans

c)

end Reconstruction

d)

help pay for the French and Indian war

23.

Which statement best describes the illustrator’s perspective in this document?

a)

African Americans should be allowed to vote

b)

Americans should support statehood for Nevada and Montana

c)

The government should pass the Equal Rights Amendment

d)

Women should be allowed to vote

24.

Information in the cartoon most clearly supports the conclusion that by 1914

a)

most states had approved at least some voting rights for women

b)

states along the East Coast had granted full voting rights to women

c)

women could vote only in state elections

d)

complete national suffrage for women had been achieved

25.

This amendment was adopted in 1868 primarily to

a)

make it easier for immigrants to become citizens 

b)

protect the rights of formerly enslaved persons

c)

require the federal government to pay the costs of Reconstruction

d)

extend suffrage to settlers on the Great Plains 

26.

Which of the following groups most directly advocated for this amendment?

a)

Progressives

b)

Suffragists

c)

Democrats

d)

Radical Republicans

27.

Passage of this legislation was mainly a response to

a)

demands by businesses for additional workers 

b)

pressure from railroads to limit competition in shipping

c)

economic and race-based opposition to immigrants in the western United States 

d)

efforts of the American Federation of Labor to recruit skilled workers 

28.

Which event most likely led to the situation shown in this image?

a)

Women’s suffrage

b)

The passage of the 14th Amendment

c)

Jim Crow laws

d)

The passage of the 15th Amendment

29.

A historian would find this document most useful for

a)

Studying the impact of the Black Codes

b)

Studying the impact of the Freedmen’s Bureau

c)

Studying African American political participation during Reconstruction

d)

Studying the impact of President Andrew Johnson’s policies

30.

Which conclusion is most clearly supported by the information in the map?

a)

Western railroads generated little profit for their owners. 

b)

Railroad companies had to buy the land they needed for construction.

c)

The belief in laissez-faire prevented the federal government from helping railroads. 

d)

The federal government promoted transcontinental railroad construction. 

31.

What was a result of the railroad construction shown on the map

a)

Silver and gold mining opportunities decreased. 

b)

Steel factories relocated from the Great Lakes region to the Rocky Mountain states

c)

A national market developed in the United States. 

d)

Railroad companies gave free land to settlers. 

32.

Susan B. Anthony’s position as stated in this document is most often associated with

a)

temperance

b)

abolitionism

c)

suffrage

d)

boycott

33.

The basic problem identified in this speech was addressed in 1920 by

a)

a Supreme Court decision granting women additional privacy rights 

b)

a constitutional amendment granting women the right to vote

c)

a law allowing women to petition the government

d)

an executive order allowing women to serve in the military 

34.

What happened as a result of offers like the one shown on this 1872 poster?

a)

The government began to restrict the number of acres that people could buy. 

b)

The Great Plains states became the new center for manufacturing. 

Missouri and Nebraska became new territories.

c)

More Native American Indians on the Great Plains were forced onto reservations. 

d)

The government began to restrict the number of acres that people could buy. 

The Great Plains states became the new center for manufacturing. 

Missouri and Nebraska became new territories.

35.

The federal government supported the land offer made in this advertisement by

a)

encouraging exploration for gold and silver 

b)

creating a sharecropping system after the Civil War 

c)

protecting the hunting grounds of Native American Indians 

d)

giving public land to railroad companies to help finance railroad construction

36.

Which Supreme Court case is this document most likely related to?

a)

Worcester v. Georgia 

b)

Korematsu v. United States 

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson 

d)

United States v. Susan B. Anthony 

37.

In this 1896 decision, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of

a)

affirmative action programs

b)

racial integration

c)

the Three-fifths Compromise

d)

Jim Crow laws 

38.

Which federal action is most consistent with the ideas expressed by Frederick Jackson Turner in this excerpt?

a)

passage of the Federal Reserve Act

b)

establishment of the Freedmen's Bureau

c)

decision in Plessy v Ferguson

d)

Passage of the Homestead Act

39.

Which geographic feature does Frederick Jackson Turner suggest as primary in the creation of the American character?

a)

an irregular coastline

b)

the Great Lakes

c)

unsettled wilderness

d)

the Mohawk Valley

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