Worksheets8th Grade Unit 1 Final Review: Reconstruction/Westward Expansion
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
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Class
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1.
After the Civil War, which development limited economic (job) opportunities for African Americans in the South?
a)
creation of military districts
b)
establishment of the Freedmen's Bureau
c)
use of the sharecropping system
d)
ratification (passage) of the 14th amendment
2.
Black codes were established in the South immediately after the Civil War in an effort to
a)
integrate (bring) freedmen into American society
b)
enforce the Emancipation Proclamation
c)
expand educational opportunities for African Americans
d)
limit the rights of newly freed African Americans
3.
What actions did Southern states take to keep African Americans from exercising the rights guaranteed in this amendment?
a)
Denying women the right to vote
b)
collecting poll taxes and requiring literacy tests
c)
establishing religious and property-holding requirements for voting
d)
establishing segregated schools with the Plessy v. Ferguson ruling
4.
Which change occurred in Southern agriculture in the years following the Civil War?
a)
Many formerly enslaved persons became sharecroppers
b)
Subsistence farming (growing what you need to survive) became illegal
c)
Cotton production ended
d)
Most small farms were joined into large plantations
5.
During the Reconstruction era, one reason for the formation of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) was to
a)
prevent formally enslaved persons from exercising their rights
b)
encourage immigration from southern and eastern Europe
c)
support the South during the Civil War
d)
eliminate sharecropping in the Southern states
6.
The excerpt below would be most useful to historians as a source of information about which of the following?
a)
the movement of Native Americans onto reservations in the west
b)
The Brown v. Board of Education court case
c)
The Plessy v. Ferguson court case
d)
the passage of the 13th amendment abolishing slavery
7.
Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution defines a citizen as a person "born or naturalized in the United States"?
a)
1st Amendment
b)
13th Amendment
c)
14th Amendment
d)
15th Amendment
8.
What was the most significant economic impact of the Transcontinental Railroad during the late 1800s?
a)
eliminating overseas trade with Europe
b)
expanding interstate commerce (trade) nationwide
c)
decreasing the influence of big business
d)
rapid rebuilding of the South after the Civil War
9.
The engraving below most directly reflects which of the following choices?
a)
support for Manifest Destiny
b)
opposition to the end of slavery
c)
opposition to the purchase of Texas
d)
encouragement of industrial development
10.
Which title best completes the partial outline below?
a)
Factors Encouraging Westward Settlement
b)
Government-Sponsored Transportation Programs
c)
Recognition of Native American Indian Land Rights
d)
Actions Promoting the Conservation (saving) of Natural Resources
11.
The image below best reflects which of the following choices?
a)
Gold was discovered in California after the building of the Transcontinental Railroad
b)
Less white settlers began moving west after the Civil War
c)
The time it took to travel across the United States increased dramatically
d)
The Transcontinental Railroad led to a significant decrease in the buffalo population
12.
The photographs above best reflect which of the following trends regarding life on the Great Plains?
a)
Native American Indians and white settlers used the same building materials for protection
b)
Native American Indians and white settlers adapted differently to the same environment
c)
White settlers learned farming practices from Native American Indians
d)
Both Native American Indians and white settlers depended on the buffalo for survival
13.
Which of the following is NOT an example of technology used on the Great Plains in the late 1800s?
a)
Steel plows
b)
Windmills
c)
Automobiles
d)
Barbed Wire
14.
The excerpt below would be most useful to historians as a source of information about which of the following?
a)
The belief in a polytheistic religion
b)
The impact of westward expansion on the Native Americans
c)
The granting of legal rights and citizenship to Native Americans
d)
The harsh conditions faced on the Trail of Tears
15.
The photographs below would be most useful to historians as a source of information about which of the following?
a)
The Dawes Act (1887)
b)
The Indian Removal Act (1830)
c)
The Homestead Act (1862)
d)
The Pacific Railway Act (1862)
16.
Laws that established literacy tests, poll taxes, and grandfather clauses were passed by Southern states to
a)
raise money to rebuild the South after the Civil War
b)
support the Radical Republicans
c)
improve the education of United States citizens
d)
limit the rights of formerly enslaved persons
17.
The situation of those depicted in the photographs was most effectively used to do which of the following?
a)
Increase Native American population as a result of the settlement of the west
b)
Allow Native Americans to keep their tribal lands
c)
Restrict the killing of buffalo populations on the Great Plains
d)
Force Native Americans to assimilate (Americanize)
18.
Which of the following choices would be most likely to support the perspective above?
a)
General George Armstrong Custer considered the Indians to be his brothers
b)
General George Armstrong Custer compared the Native Americans to savage beasts
c)
General George Armstrong Custer described the Natives as intelligent human beings
d)
General George Armstrong Custer greatly feared the Native Americans
19.
The image below best reflects which of the following trends?
a)
Most homesteaders lived in brick homes
b)
All homesteaders built log cabins
c)
Many homesteaders built sod houses
d)
Many homesteaders built their homes out of wood and buffalo hides
20.
One significant difference between Native American buffalo hunting and the killing of buffalo by American settlers was that
a)
Native Americans used every part of the buffalo and only killed what they needed
b)
Most white settlers used every part of the buffalo and only killed what they needed
c)
The buffalo population increased as a result of the settlement of the west
d)
The Transcontinental Railroad encouraged buffalo to roam free on the Great Plains
21.
The excerpt below is an example of which of the following developments?
a)
Native American students were encouraged to do the Ghost Dance
b)
Native American students were relocated to urban industrial centers
c)
Native American students were required to speak English in school
d)
Native Americans took part in the building of the Transcontinental Railroad
22.
The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments were added to the Constitution during the Reconstruction period to
a)
bring an end to the Civil War.
b)
limit the powers of the president.
c)
grant legal rights to African Americans.
d)
improve the operation of the electoral college.
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