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US.U1.Vocabulary

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The belief in the possibility of a better, richer, and fuller life through opportunity, often symbolized by land ownership and success through hard work, is called ________.

a)

American Dream

b)

Manifest Destiny

c)

Industrial Revolution

d)

Social Darwinism

2.

To acquire or settle on land under a Homestead law, such as the Homestead Act, which offered 160 acres to settlers who lived on and improved the land for five years, is called ________.

a)

Homestead

b)

Sharecropping

c)

Enclosure

d)

Squatting

3.

Black Americans who migrated from the South to Kansas after Reconstruction seeking better lives, often through homesteading, were known as ________.

a)

Exoduster

b)

Buffalo Soldiers

c)

Carpetbaggers

d)

Freedmen

4.

A region just beyond or at the edge of a settled area, viewed as full of opportunity and symbolic of new beginnings in American history, is called the ________.

a)

Frontier

b)

Colony

c)

Metropolis

d)

Territory

5.

Force, restraints, or threats that pressure someone to act against their will is known as ________.

a)

Duress

b)

Consent

c)

Negligence

d)

Consideration

6.

Moving from place to place without a permanent home, often used to describe certain Native American tribes, is called being ________.

a)

Nomadic

b)

Sedentary

c)

Urbanized

d)

Agricultural

7.

A place that provides or stores food and supplies, often in military or reservation settings, is called a ________.

a)

Commissary

b)

Auditorium

c)

Sanctuary

d)

Observatory

8.

To abolish or break; to treat as nonexistent, often used in the context of broken treaties with Native Americans, is called ________.

a)

Abrogation

b)

Ratification

c)

Annexation

d)

Reconciliation

9.

To integrate or be absorbed into the culture of a population or group is to ________.

a)

Assimilate

b)

Segregate

c)

Emigrate

d)

Isolate

10.

Legislation that provides money for something; e.g., government funding of Indian affairs, is called ________.

a)

Appropriations

b)

Resolutions

c)

Filibusters

d)

Amendments

11.

A recipient’s portion or share of something that is given out, such as land assigned to Native Americans under the Dawes Act, is called an ________.

a)

Allotment

b)

Annexation

c)

Reservation

d)

Homestead

12.

The term that means 'forever' is ________.

a)

In perpetuity

b)

Temporarily

c)

Occasionally

d)

Briefly

13.

A fixed amount of food to be shared, often distributed by the government on reservations, is called ________.

a)

Rations

b)

Donations

c)

Allowances

d)

Permits

14.

A provision added to existing legislation, such as one that cut rations to the Sioux in 1876, is called a ________.

a)

Rider

b)

Amendment

c)

Veto

d)

Filibuster

15.

A priest-like elder in an indigenous religion believed to have special powers to communicate with the spirit world is called a ________.

a)

Shaman

b)

Rabbi

c)

Imam

d)

Monk

16.

Not able to be affected or damaged, often used metaphorically (e.g., belief in ghost shirts’ protection from bullets), is described as being ________.

a)

Impervious

b)

Fragile

c)

Transparent

d)

Vulnerable

17.

What is the term for the cruel slaughter of a large number of people, especially unresisting or helpless ones?

a)

Massacre

b)

Celebration

c)

Rescue

d)

Migration

18.

What is the term for a person who wanders without purpose and has no permanent home or employment?

a)

Vagrancy

b)

Philanthropy

c)

Residency

d)

Entrepreneurship

19.

What is the system in which state prisoners were leased out as labor to businesses and individuals called?

a)

Convict Lease

b)

Sharecropping

c)

Indentured Servitude

d)

Tenant Farming

20.

What term refers to the period before the Civil War, often used when discussing laws or conditions for free Black people in the South?

a)

Antebellum

b)

Reconstruction

c)

Emancipation

d)

Jim Crow

21.

What is the legal doctrine established by Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), upholding segregation if equal facilities were provided?

a)

Separate but Equal

b)

Judicial Review

c)

Manifest Destiny

d)

Due Process

22.

What is the term for taking away a right, especially the right to vote; used to describe efforts to prevent Black Americans from voting?

a)

Disenfranchisement

b)

Emancipation

c)

Suffrage

d)

Gerrymandering

23.

What term, coined by W.E.B. Du Bois, refers to the most educated and capable 10% of Black Americans who would lead progress toward equality?

a)

Talented Tenth

b)

Black Elite

c)

Harlem Vanguard

d)

Golden Circle

24.

What are colleges created with federal land or funding, especially under the Morrill Acts, to provide practical education called?

a)

Land Grant University

b)

Ivy League College

c)

Community College

d)

Technical Institute

25.

What is the act of killing someone, usually by mob action, without legal authority, often targeting Black men under false accusations called?

a)

Lynching

b)

Exoneration

c)

Emancipation

d)

Indictment

26.

What does NAACP stand for, and what is its purpose?

a)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; a civil rights organization founded in 1909 that used legal and political advocacy to promote equality.

b)

National Association for the Advancement of Community Programs; an organization focused on local development.

c)

National Alliance for the Advancement of Civil Protection; a group dedicated to emergency response.

d)

National Association for the Advancement of Cultural Preservation; an organization promoting historical sites.

27.

What is the name of the civil rights group founded by W.E.B. Du Bois and others in 1905, advocating full rights for Black Americans and laying the foundation for the NAACP?

a)

Niagara Movement

b)

Tuskegee Institute

c)

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

d)

Freedmen's Bureau

28.

What is a test of reading and writing used to disenfranchise Black and poor voters in the South called?

a)

Literacy Test

b)

Poll Tax

c)

Grandfather Clause

d)

Citizenship Exam

29.

What is a fee required before voting, used to restrict voting rights for Black and poor people called?

a)

Poll Tax

b)

Literacy Test

c)

Grandfather Clause

d)

Voter ID Fee

30.

What is the law called that allowed those whose ancestors voted before the Civil War to bypass literacy tests and poll taxes, effectively disenfranchising Black voters?

a)

Grandfather Clause

b)

Jim Crow Law

c)

Emancipation Proclamation

d)

Voting Rights Act