WorksheetsUSH ch 15
Total questions: 52
Worksheet time: 39mins
The Dawes Act was an attempt to fully ______ Native Americans.
Assimilate
Convert
Assume
Decimate
As the leader of the New South movement, what was Henry Grady supporting?
northern investment in southern industry
blacks leaving the South to work in the North
southerners growing more cotton for export
southern investment in northern factories
Which achievements are matched correctly?
Sitting Bull - victory at Sand Creek
Custer - victory at Little Bighorn
Sitting Bull - victory at Little Bighorn
Chivington - victory at Little Bighorn
The New South, envisioned by Henry W. Grady, would
maintain its southern heritage.
promote tourism.
provide separate facilities for different races.
rival the North economically.
During Reconstruction, the Black Codes
were enacted by the Radical Republicans to prevent racial discrimination in the South.
were laws passed by mainly Southern states to keep African Americans in a system of virtual slavery.
protected the Constitutional rights and liberties of freed slaves.
protected the Constitutional rights and liberties of freed slaves.
1862 law that gave 160 acres of land to citizens willing to live on and cultivate it for five years
Populism Act
Homestead Act
Granger Act
Exoduster Act
A designated area of land that Native American Tribes lived on
ranch settlement
frontier
Manifest Destiny
reservation
A system used on southern farms after the Civil War in which farmers worked land owned by someone else in return for a small portion of the crops.
Sharecropping
Plantation Cropping
Segregated Farming
Reservation Farming
Which Amendment Abolished Slavery
13th
14th
15th
16th
This amendment granted citizenship given to all people in the US
13th
14th
15th
20th
Which amendment states U.S. cannot prevent a person from voting because of race, color, or creed
13th
14th
15th
17th
African Americans who left the south to go West (Kansas)
Cowboys
Ranchers
Homesteaders
Exodusters
Was the Sand Massacre received well?
Yes, most generals viewed it as heroic action
Yes, he was following direct orders from the president
No, it was viewed as unjustified and cruel to the Natives
No, as he was told to just leave them alone
Where did Sand Creek take place?
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Nevada
Colorado
Who was John Chivington?
The President of the United States
The commander of the forces at Sand Creek
A soldier who was killed in action
A white man who married a Native woman
Where is Wounded Knee?
South Dakota
North Dakota
Florida
Canada
At the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Colonel George Custer and his army were defeated by Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne warriors led by ________________
Sitting Bull
Crazy Horse
Geronimo
both Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse
A name that was given to the Plains farmers
sodbusters
dry farmers
longhorns
vaqueros
Which group beat boomers into Oklahoma?
Sooners
Laters
Homesteaders
Sodders
Which group united to reduce the power of railroads and banks over farmers?
Farm Bureau
Great Plains
Democrats
Farmers' Alliances
Which of the following guaranteed Black patrons the right to use public areas such as railroads and hotels?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Dawes Act
Homestead Act
Civil Rights Act of 1875
What were Boomtowns?
Major cities in the West
Towns that grew up almost overnight
Towns that were not successful
Towns established by the railroads
The word Vigilante means:
People who didn't obey the law
People who obeyed the law
People who kept a lookout for Indian attacks
People who took the law into their own hands
The two sets of tracks met in ______________ to complete the transcontinental railroad.
Promontory Point, Utah
Pikes Peak, Colorado
Sacramento, California
Omaha, Nebraska
The Transcontinental Railroad connected the __________________________.
north and south
east and west
north and west
east and south
The __________________________ company began building the railroad in California.
Central Pacific
Union Pacific
Which of the following did NOT directly result from the completion of the transcontinental railroad?
Time Zones to regulate train schedules
New towns and settlers
The creation of new states
Easier transportation of goods
What was the purpose of the Exodusters?
To establish their own towns in the West
To work as cowboys on the Great Plains
To seek a new life free of discrimination in the West
To mine for gold and silver in the West
What was the role of cowboys in the cattle industry?
To protect small towns from outlaws
To drive cattle to cow towns for slaughter
To mine for gold and silver in the West
To establish ranches and breed cattle
What act helped create state colleges such Washington or Wisconsin?
Dawes Act
Indian Removal Act
Homestead Act
Morrill Act
This pair of photographs suggests that the major purpose of the Carlisle Indian School was to
train future leaders in tribal traditions
prepare children for life on the reservation
teach skills needed for working in factories
promote cultural assimilation
Which of the following did NOT happen to Native American students at Carlisle.
Boys had to have their long hair cut
Students were given new names.
Students could practice their religion.
Students had to wear non-traditional clothing.
What kind of labor was used to build the Transcontinental Railroad?
Slave Labor
Animal Labor
Cheap Immigrant Labor
Child Labor
Why didn't Native Americans like the idea of living on a reservation?
They could not practice their traditional ways of life
They could not attend church on reservations
They could not make money on reservations
They were provided with too much land
He was the leader of the Nez Perce. In 1877, he tried to lead 700 of his people toward Canada but the US Army apprehended them before they crossed the border and sent them to Indian Territory.
Chief Joseph
Chief Black Kettle
Cochise
Geronimo
Sitting Bull
In September 1979, this network made its official debut.
HBO
NBC
ESPN
Nickelodeon
In the U.S., September 17th is an important day because it is
Remembrance Day in honor of lives lost in the terrorist attacks.
Grandparents Day in honor of grandparents.
Constitution Day in honor of the day the delegates signed the Constitution.
Batman Day in honor of the classic superhero.
September is the most popular month for
people to start drinking chai tea.
babies to be born.
people to travel.
people to delete their social media accounts.
Historians agree that the driving of the golden spike marking the completion of the transcontinental railroad at Promontory Summit, Utah, on 10 May 1869 (Select 1)
How did the Homestead Act change the United States?
It shifted the nation to an agricultural economy.
It improved transportation between urban centers.
It promoted the settlement of frontier regions.
It transferred control over raw materials to industrial producers.
