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Westward Expansion After the Recocnstruciton

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 1hrs 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these changed the motivation of the Union and caused the war to be a moral fight

a)

Compromise of 1850

b)

Gettysburg Address

c)

Emancipation Proclamation

d)

13th Amendment

2.

Which of these are an examples of states rights?

a)

Since the Union was created by the states, they could leave at any time.

b)

The federal government has power over the states

c)

Revolution is never justified when officials are properly elected

d)

Secession is a bad idea and should be the last resort

3.

Provided citizenship and equal protection of the laws to all born in the United States.

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

16th Amendment

4.

Radical Republicans

a)

Wanted Southern states to rejoin the Union quickly

b)

Persuaded President Johnson to pardon Confederate leaders

c)

Opposed the 14th Amendment

d)

Wanted to punish the South for seceding

5.

What was the nickname for a white Southerner who supported Radical Reconstruction?

a)

Carpetbagger

b)

Freedman

c)

Scalawag

d)

Sharecropper

6.
A Northerner who moved to the South after the American Civil War, during the Reconstruction era (1865-1877).
a)
Freedmen
b)
Carpetbagger
c)
Ku Klux Klan
d)
Amnesty
7.
Which of these was a task of the Freedmen's Bureau?
a)
It set up "return to Africa" trips for former slaves.
b)
It helped transition Native Americans to city and industrial life.
c)
It created jobs for newly arrived immigrants to the United States
d)
It established schools for newly-freed slaves
8.
A tax that had to be paid before a citizen was able to vote
a)
Poll tax
b)
Vote tax
c)
Literacy tax
d)
Segregation tax
9.
laws enacted by Southern state and local governments to separate white and black people in public and private facilities. 
a)
Racist
b)
Prejudice
c)
Discrimination
d)
Jim Crow Laws
10.
Which of the following is true about sharecropping 
a)
Most southern states outlawed sharecropping
b)
Many freedmen were able to buy new homes through sharecropping
c)
Most sharecroppers remained in debt or in a cycle of poverty
d)
Many state governments offered loan for sharecropping farmers.
11.

Which of the following describes the relationship between Jim Crow and Plessy v. Ferguson?

a)

Jim Crow segregation laws compelled Plessy to protest segregated trains.

b)

Jim Crow segregation laws were made possible by the Plessy v. Ferguson decision.

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson hoped to end the segregation common during Jim Crow.

d)

Plessy v. Ferguson made Jim Crow laws widely accepted, but not officially legal.

12.
Railroad owners wanted more people to settle on the Great Plains because...
a)
farmers would use the railroads to ship products to markets in the cities
b)
they needed more people to build railroad tracks
c)
they needed sharecroppers to farm the land owned by the railroads
d)
settlers would grow cotton and ship it to the south
13.
Why was the transcontinental railroad beneficial to America?
a)
The railroad was built over mountains that were impassable in stagecoach.
b)
Railroads provided a faster, safer, and cheaper transportation.
c)
Railroads allowed People to bring their furniture to the Great Plains.
d)
Railroads crossed rivers which were difficult to cross earlier.
14.
Which of the following is an example of a push factor?
a)
religious freedom
b)
a drought or famine
c)
 job opportunities
d)
a fair government
15.
This image represents a push factor of pull factor?
a)
push factor
b)
pull factor
16.
What gave settlers 160 acres of land in exchange for the settlers "improving" their new land?
a)
Homestead Act
b)
Dawes Act
c)
Morril Act
d)
Reconstruction Act
17.
What best describes Jim Crow laws?
a)
better opportunities for women
b)
African Americans gaining full civil and political rights
c)
discrimination laws focused on Native Americans
d)
unequal opportunities for African Americans in housing, jobs, and education
18.

African Americans who left the South and migrated to the west to find a better life were:

a)

Exodusters

b)

Indentured Servants

c)

Freedmen

d)

Settlers

19.

The legal separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences is

a)

Integration

b)

Conflagration

c)

Confederation

d)

Segregation

20.

What Native American led a series of raids against Mexican and American forces AND ESCAPED their capture?

a)

Chief Joseph

b)

Sitting Bull

c)

Geronimo

21.

Who was NOT allowed to hold office during Reconstruction?

a)

Confederate Leaders

b)

African American Men

c)

Sodbusters

d)

Carpet baggers

22.
What American Indian opposed American westward expansion and defeated the U.S. army at the battle of Little Bighorn
a)
Chief Joseph
b)
Sitting Bull
c)
Geronimo
23.

What American Indian leader was forced into relocating to Canada from his traditional land to live on a reservation?

a)

Chief Jospeh

b)

Sitting Bull

c)

Geronimo

24.
General Custer and the 7th Cavalry were defeated at the
a)
Battle of Wounded Knee
b)
Battle of Fallen Timbers
c)
Battle of Little Bighorn
d)
Battle of Wabash
25.
What event marked the end of conflicts with American Indians?
a)
Battle of Little Bighorn
b)
Chivington Massacre
c)
Battle of Wounded Knee
d)
Plight of the Nez Perce
26.
Wealth, opportunity to own land, new beginning for former slaves, adventure and new technology were all reasons for what?
a)
Westward Expansion
b)
The Civil War
c)
Buying the Louisiana Territory
d)
Building the transatlantic railroad
27.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the Great Plains?

a)

Flat lands

b)

Grassland

c)

Heavy amounts of rainfall

d)

Frequent dust storms

28.

What was the nickname for Great Plains farmers?

a)

Sod busters

b)

Great Plainers

c)

Carpet baggers

d)

Ol' dusty boys

29.

What invention provided faster transportation and connect the East and West coasts of America?

a)

Steel Plow

b)

Sod house

c)

Transcontinental railroad

d)

Windmills

30.

Which of the following was NOT a reason Native Americans opposed westward expansion?

a)

Loss of rights

b)

Reduction of population

c)

Lifestyle changes

d)

Opportunity to own land

31.

This image shows the same person.. What does it represent?

a)

Motivations to move on Great Plains

b)

Assimilation

c)

Increase of Buffalo population

d)

Disease

32.

What did barbed wire do?

a)

Protect your animals

b)

Keep unwanted animals off your land

c)

Keep people off your land

d)

ALL OF THE ABOVE

33.

The Great Plains was in what part of the country?

a)

Northeast

b)

Southeast

c)

Midwest

34.

Starting in 1949, what first caused people to move out West during the 1850s?

a)

Miners found silver and gold deposits.

b)

Buffalo hides were extremely valuable.

c)

Free land was being given out by the federal government.

d)

The Transcontinental Railroad made it easy to move West.

35.

Comstock Lode was...

a)

A fort in California

b)

A major silver and gold ore discovery that made more people go West

c)

A Native American settlement

d)

The name of a famous railroad company

36.

Based on the provided image, what can be gathered about how miners impacted the land in California and out West?

a)

Miners negatively impacted the environment by cutting down trees and changing the landscape drastically.

b)

Miners made sure to protect the environment.

c)

Miners improved the land by replanting trees used.

d)

Miners did not have any significant impact on the natural environment of the West.

37.

Ghost Towns were created when...

a)

Mining towns stopped finding gold and silver.

b)

Native Americans attacked and scared off settlers

c)

Cattle herding settlements moved on.

d)

Native Americans were pushed off of their land.

38.

What was the purpose of the Transcontinental Railroad?

a)

The railroad connected the North and South after the Civil War ended.

b)

The railroad allowed Native Americans to become apart of mainstream U.S. culture.

c)

The railroad was never completed.

d)

The railroad made transporting people and goods from east to west easier.

39.

How was the Transcontinental Railroad paid for?

a)

Money was given to the railroad companies.

b)

Private companies invested in the project in hopes of making money.

c)

Land grants were given out as payment by the government.

d)

The federal government worked with Native American tribes to make it.

40.

Who made the Transcontinental Railroad?

a)

Chinese and Irish immigrants

b)

Native Americans

c)

German and Italian Immigrants

d)

English and French Immigrants

41.

Where was the Transcontinental Railroad completed?

a)

Wounded Knee

b)

Little Bighorn

c)

Fort Laramie

d)

Promontory Point, Utah

42.

What was a NEGATIVE impact of the Transcontinental Railroad?

a)

The hunting of buffalo increased, as hides and meat could be moved easily.

b)

It made traveling West cheaper and easier.

c)

The East and West were more closely linked.

d)

More states entered the Union.

43.

What did railroad companies do with extra land from land grants?

a)

They gave it back to Native Americans

b)

They left it alone.

c)

They sold it to potential settlers back East.

d)

They expanded the railroad greatly.

44.

Which of the following gave out free land to potential farmers out West?

a)

The Reservation Act

b)

The Homestead Act of 1862

c)

The Dawes Act of 1887

d)

The Reconstruction Acts

45.

What were the homsteaders forced to build their houses out of on the Great Plains?

a)

Wood

b)

Sod

c)

Rocks

d)

Sand

46.

How did Barbed Wire and farmers impact cattlemen out West?

a)

There was no significant impact

b)

Cattlemen and farmers worked together out West.

c)

Barbed wire and farmers brought an end to the cattlemen's way of life.

d)

Native Americans and Cattlemen had similar ways of life.

47.

Which event came first?

a)

Settlers came West in search of gold and silver.

b)

Native Americans were forced onto land reservations.

c)

The Transcontinental Railroad was built.

d)

The Homestead Act allowed for individuals to settle the West.

48.

In what ways was the buffalo used by the Native Americans?

a)

They crafted weapons and tools from the bones.

b)

The meat was their primary source of food.

c)

They used the hides for clothing and shelter.

d)

All of the above.

49.

Which of the following battles was a VICTORY for Native Americans?

a)

The Battle of Wounded Knee

b)

The Battle of Little Bighorn

c)

The Battle of Fort Laramie

d)

Native Americans had no victories against the US Military.

50.

Which of the following best describes the Battle of Wounded Knee?

a)

Both sides were evenly matched.

b)

Native Americans had an advantage, but failed to win the battle.

c)

The Native Americans had planned a surprise attack, and they won.

d)

The battle was more like a massacre, and the Native Americans were defeated

51.

Which of the following forced Native Americans to become farmers?

a)

The Dawes Act of 1887

b)

The Homestead Act

c)

The Treaty of Fort Laramie

d)

The Reservation Act

52.

The Oklahoma Land Rush gave away _________ land.

a)

Homestead / Settler

b)

Cattlemen

c)

Native American

d)

US Government owned

53.

What led to conflict with Native Americans out West?

a)

Miners stole all of the Native American gold.

b)

Native Americans started the conflict.

c)

Settlers refused to trade with the Native Americans.

d)

The slaughtering of Buffalo put the Native American lives at risk

54.
After the Civil War & Reconstruction what happened to the American Indians?
a)
Forced to join the Union
b)
Forced to fight against other tribes
c)
Many fled to reservations in California
d)
Forced to move to reservations in Oklahoma
55.
Which is NOT true about the expansion of railroads?
a)
Caused the industrialization of TX
b)
Fast, cheap and reliable transportation
c)
farmers and merchants Were only able to transport their goods locally
d)
Allowed raw materials in TX to be sent to northern markets
56.
How did railroads impact Native Americans?
a)
They made them wealthy
b)
They altered their way of life and took their land
c)
They had minimal effect on them
57.
Homestead Act 
a)
Peace Treaty with the Native Americans 
b)
Allowed Railroads to be built in the west 
c)
10$ fee for an individual to purchase land 
58.
Which of the following is not an effect of the Dawes Act.
a)
Native Americans forced to Americanize
b)
Native Americans became wealthy landowners
c)
Abolished Native American Tribes
59.
This act forced Native American tribes to give up their ancestral land holdings and move to reservation lands elsewhere. 
a)
Homestead Act 
b)
Dawes Act 
c)
Fort Laramie Treaty, 1868
60.
The Transcontinental Railroad connected the nation and helped to 
a)
improving ranching conditions, settle the west, caused cities to shrink, discouraged new inventions
b)
promoted farming, discouraged the growth of cities, hurt the western economy
c)
settle the west, cause cities to grow, improve the western economy, and encourage new inventions
61.
Who were the "Exodusters"?
a)
Mexican Americans who fled after the Mexican-American War
b)
African Americans who fled the South after Reconstruction
c)
Native Americans who fled the East after the Battle of Fallen Timbers.
62.

Choose the 4 ways American Indians were impacted by the arrival of the pioneers:

a)

Opposition by the Native Americans

b)

Forced relocation from traditional lands to reservations

c)

Reduced population through warfare and disease

d)

Made friends with the Native Americans

e)

Assimilation attempts and lifesytle changes

63.

Choose the 3 reasons for the Westward Expansion:

a)

Possibility of obtaining wealth (discovery of gold and silver)

b)

Available work in factories

c)

A desire for adventure

d)

Opportunties to own land

64.

What was the purpose of the two trails marked on the above map?

a)

To ship cotton from southern Texas to factories in the north.

b)

To allow easy access to the Gulf of Mexico in order to ship goods.

c)

To allow ranchers to move their cattle north to railroads which shipped cattle east.

d)

To allow army troops in Texas to easily and quickly move north to help defend against attacks from American Indians.

65.

Why did cattle drives end?

a)

Too many cattle

b)

Supply took over demand

c)

Sheep ranchers took over land

d)

Expansion of railroads and barbed wire fences

66.

Rapid growth of the cattle industry occurred because of

a)

demand for beef in the East

b)

High Speed trains

c)

lack of salt pork

d)

Mad Cow disease killed the cattle in the west

67.
What is the Spanish term for cowboy?
a)
vaquero
b)
ranchero
c)
charro
d)
reata
68.

What is the definition of open range?

a)

the extreme limit of settled land which lies wilderness, especially referring to the western US

b)

wire with clusters of short, sharp spikes along it, used to make fences

c)

a large yard containing pens and sheds in which livestock is kept and sorted

d)

a large area of grazing land without fences or other barriers

69.

What is the movement of cattle in large herds to a stockyard or market?

a)

Ranchero

b)

Drive

c)

Open Range

70.

Why did the great Texas cattle drives end?

a)

Texas fever caused Kansas and other states to quarantine Texas herds.

b)

Cattle prices fell.

c)

More farmers and ranchers installed barbed wire, which blocked the trails.

d)

Rail lines made cattle drives unnecessary.

e)

All choices are correct!

71.

Boomtowns

a)
A city that is growing rapidly
b)
A type of explosive
c)
A music festival
d)
A type of tree
72.
What took land from Indian tribes and promoted assimilation?
a)
Homestead Act
b)
Morril Act
c)
Dawes Act
d)
Reconstruction Act
73.

The railroad industry ______________ after the Civil War.

a)

decreased

b)

increased

74.

Who did the National Grange help?

a)

Farmers

b)

Miners

c)

Bankers

d)

Loggers

75.

What was a goal of the National Grange?

a)

fix railroad shipping rates

b)

fix suffrage

c)

fix discrimination

d)

fix child labor

76.

What political group grew out of the Grange Organization?

a)

Democrats

b)

Republicans

c)

Populists

d)

Independents

77.

The Pacific Ocean is located along which United States coast?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

78.
What river is located where the 1 is?
a)
Ohio River
b)
Hudson River
c)
Rio Grande
d)
Mississippi River
79.

Which statement best completes the diagram?

a)

The Texas Panhandle is divided up into farms.

b)

Texas ranchers drive herds of cattle to Abilene, Kansas, for shipment to Chicago.

c)

The Plains Indians prevent ranchers from sending their cattle to Northern markets.

d)

States in the Northeast develop their own cattle ranches.

80.

The invention of barbed wire and the use of windmills led to —

a)

an increase in the number of cattle trails from Texas to Kansas

b)

the expansion of farming on the plains of West Texas

c)

a decrease in the population of West Texas

d)

the assimilation of the Plains Indians into Anglo culture

81.

Which statement best describes the attitude of most Texas farmers towards the railroads?

a)

Farmers refused to use the railroads because they preferred to ship their goods via flatboat along Texas’s many rivers.

b)

Farmers resented the railroads for receiving the state’s largest land grants.

c)

Farmers demanded higher rates on the railroad to limit competition over goods shipped to Texas from the East.

d)

Farmers pressed for government regulation of the railroads to prevent unfair rates and other abuses.

82.

How did Congressional Reconstruction differ from Presidential Reconstruction?

a)

It was more lenient towards the Southern states

b)

It focused solely on economic recovery

c)

It imposed stricter conditions on the Southern states

d)

It ignored the rights of freed slaves

83.

What was the main goal of Presidential Reconstruction after the Civil War?

a)

To punish the Southern states

b)

To quickly restore the Union

c)

To redistribute land to former slaves

d)

To establish military rule in the South

84.

What was a major consequence of the expansion of the beef industry in Texas?

a)

Decrease in cattle population

b)

Increase in vegetarianism

c)

Growth of towns and cities

d)

Decline in railroad construction

85.

Which cattle trail was known for being the longest and most heavily used?

a)

Goodnight-Loving Trail

b)

Chisholm Trail

c)

Shawnee Trail

d)

Western Trail

86.

During which period did the Cattle Kingdom in Texas reach its peak?

a)

Late 1800s

b)

Early 1800s

c)

Mid-1900s

d)

Early 1700s

87.

Which of the following was NOT a reason for the success of the beef industry in Texas?

a)

The invention of refrigerated rail cars

b)

The vast expanses of open range for cattle grazing

c)

The high demand for beef in the Eastern United States

d)

The discovery of gold in Texas

88.

An ideology where supporters of a political party support the common people

a)

Populism

b)

Laissez-faire

c)

Liberty

d)

Egalitarianism

89.

A broad expanse of flat land extending from Canada down to North Texas; Prairie land

a)

frontier

b)

Seneca Falls Convention

c)

The Great Plains

d)

Homestead Act of 1862

90.

Resulted in the deaths of approximately 300 Lakota Sioux men, women, and children by the U.S. Army, marking the end of the Indian Wars and symbolizing the violent repression of Native American resistance to U.S. government policies.

a)

Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890

b)

The Indian Citizenship Act of 1924

c)

Buffalo Soldiers

d)

Exodusters

91.

Schools founded to end Native-Americans culture, religion, their way of life

a)

Exodusters

b)

Wounded Knee Massacre

c)

Indian Boarding Schools

d)

Buffalo Soldiers

92.

A rangeland where cattle roam freely regardless of land ownership

a)

Urbanization

b)

open-range ranching

c)

Exodusters

d)

Buffalo Soldiers

93.

A time period after the Civil War; The beginning of Jim Crow Laws

a)

The Gilded Age

b)

Foundations of American History

c)

Reconstruction Era

d)

Progressive Era

94.

Choose the correct definition of pioneer.

a)

a person who is among the last to settle in a city or town

b)

a person who builds trails for settlers to use

c)

a person who is among the first to settle in an unsettled area

d)

a person who is an American Indian

95.
What is the name of the vast region of dry grassland in the middle of the country
a)
The South
b)
The West
c)
The Great Plains
d)
The North
96.

This type of land is called

a)

desert

b)

plains

c)

valley

d)

mountains

97.

Native Americans lost their homelands mostly due to:

a)

droughts.

b)

selling their land.

c)

fights breaking out.

d)

treaties being broken.

98.

Select every correct physical feature of the Great Plains.

a)

Low Rainfall

b)

A lot of Rainfall

c)

Flatlands

d)

Frequent (often) Dust Storms

e)

High Mountains

99.
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
100.

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