WorksheetsKey Figures and Concepts: Post-Civil War to Westward Expansion
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Who became the seventeenth U.S. president after Lincoln’s death?
Andrew Johnson
George Washington
Ulysses S. Grant
Rutherford B. Hayes
Who was the eighteenth U.S. president?
James Madison
Rutherford B. Hayes
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
Which president was appointed due to the Compromise of 1877?
Rutherford B. Hayes
Ulysses S. Grant
Andrew Johnson
Theodore Roosevelt
Booker T. Washington is best known as what?
Educator and Tuskegee founder
Civil War battlefield general
Telegraph company investor
Western stagecoach driver
What was the main purpose of the Tuskegee Institute?
Support homestead land sales
Educate Black men and women
Train Union Army officers
Ship mail by stagecoach
Who was the first Black American to serve in Congress?
George Custer
Samuel Morse
Booker T. Washington
Hiram Rhodes Revels
Which leader was the first formerly enslaved Black American to serve in Congress?
Joseph Rainey
Hiram Rhodes Revels
Rutherford B. Hayes
Frederick Douglass
What did the Homestead Act allow settlers to do?
Send telegraphs across long distances
Buy stagecoach tickets for the West
Vote for presidents by mail
Claim up to 160 acres with improvements
What was the Pony Express?
Law that granted western land
Relay mail service with horses and riders
Army unit led by General Custer
Bank company offering stagecoach travel
Who invented the telegraph?
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
Samuel Morse
Benjamin Franklin
Which company operated banks, carried mail, and offered travel in the West by stagecoach?
Western Union
Pony Express
Wells Fargo
Union Pacific
Who led the Sioux during the Battle of Little Bighorn?
Andrew Johnson
General George Custer
Chief Crazy Horse
Ulysses S. Grant
Which U.S. Army general died at the Battle of Little Bighorn?
Samuel Morse
General George Custer
Rutherford B. Hayes
Chief Crazy Horse
What does Reconstruction mean in United States history?
Making peace treaties with foreign countries
Rebuilding the Southern states after the Civil War
Starting new colonies in the Western territories
Ending all taxes in the Southern states
Who were freedmen during the Reconstruction era?
Soldiers who fought for the Union army
Former slaves freed by laws and proclamations
Plantation owners who lost their land
Immigrants arriving from European countries
What was the main purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau?
Help freed slaves and poor families after the war
Create new battle plans for the army
Build railroads across the Southern states
Write novels about life in the South
Which group in the Republican Party wanted strong government control of Southern recovery?
Conservatives who preferred local decisions
Moderates who avoided making big changes
Radicals who pushed for strict federal action
Libertarians who opposed most laws
Which group wanted Southern states to make their own recovery decisions?
Conservatives inside the Republican Party
Sharecroppers working farm land
Abolitionists from Northern cities
Radicals in the national government
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1866 declare?
Only landowners could vote in national elections
Native Americans gained U.S. statehood immediately
All states must build new public schools
People born in the U.S. were citizens with equal laws
What did the Reconstruction Act of 1867 do to the South?
Divided it into five military districts
Moved the capital city to Atlanta, Georgia
Closed all state governments for two years
Gave every farmer free new equipment
What did the Fourteenth Amendment state about freedmen?
They were not allowed to travel
They could only work on farms
They must return to former owners
They were citizens of the United States
Which word means unfair treatment based on race or skin color?
Reservation for native tribes
Discrimination in schools and jobs
Emancipation by federal decree
Representation in the Senate
What does it mean to impeach a public official?
Elect the official for another term
Bring criminal charges against the official
Promote the official to a higher office
Invite the official to a celebration
Who were called carpetbaggers during Reconstruction?
Local teachers opening new public schools
Northern businessmen traveling south to rebuild
Southern farmers moving north to find jobs
Union generals retiring from the army
Who were scalawags in the Reconstruction era?
Western settlers exploring national parks
Southerners who supported the Union with profit
Northerners who avoided paying new taxes
Former slaves who became elected leaders
What did the Fifteenth Amendment protect?
Voting rights regardless of race or past servitude
Ownership of farms by former Confederates
Free travel between military districts
Business licenses for Northern merchants
Which location is known as America’s first national park?
Yellowstone National Park in the West
Central Park in New York City
Yosemite Valley in California
Great Smoky Mountains in Tennessee
What was the National Weather Bureau created to do?
Build forts along the coastline
Track and predict weather patterns
Grow crops for government use
Teach science in public schools
Why was the Department of Justice established during Reconstruction?
Manage parks and forest lands
Collect taxes from Southern businesses
Train soldiers for the army
Ensure fair treatment of newly freed slaves
What is a sharecropper?
Farmer who works land for a share of profit
Merchant who sells goods from a suitcase
Leader who writes laws in Congress
Teacher who opens schools for freedmen
What was the Compromise of 1877 mainly known for?
Agreement that ended Reconstruction
Plan that created new colonies
Treaty that began the Civil War
Law that built the first dam
What does segregation mean?
Voting for local leaders
Trading goods between states
Sharing land with neighbors
Separating people by skin color
What were the Black Codes?
Southern laws only for Black Americans
Maps showing Native reservations
Rules for building railroads safely
Taxes placed on imported cattle
What is a transcontinental railroad?
Path used only by cowboys at night
Route for moving cattle to towns
Train that stays within one city
Railroad that crosses the United States
Which battle is also called Custer’s Last Stand?
Battle of Little Bighorn
Battle of Wounded Knee
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of San Juan Hill
What did the Dawes Act try to do?
Create new states along the coast
Stop construction of railroads entirely
Force cowboys to pay higher taxes
Break up tribal lands into separate plots
What happened at the Wounded Knee Massacre in 1890?
Congress gave land to new settlers
Railroad workers went on strike
Cowboys defeated ranchers in battle
Over 200 Lakota people were killed
What are Indian reservations?
Busy towns near railroad tracks
Small farms owned by cowboys
Mines where gold was discovered
Large land areas set aside for tribes
What did the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 do?
Gave railroads free farmland
Built dams along western rivers
Ended all cattle drives forever
Made Native Americans U.S. citizens
What was the goal of the Indian Reorganization Act?
Make large areas of land available
Create new transcontinental roads
Close reservations permanently
Require cowboys to carry badges
Who were American cowboys?
Leaders elected to city councils
Soldiers who protected eastern forts
Men hired by ranchers to care cattle
Miners who dug for silver ore
What is a cattle drive?
Process of herding cattle to cow towns
Race where riders chase wild horses
Law that taxes beef sold in markets
Train route used to ship dairy milk
What were range wars mainly about?
Fights over grazing and water rights
Conflicts about voting on weekends
Battles to stop wagon trains
Arguments about building schoolhouses
Which region was called the “Breadbasket of America” because of the grain grown there?
Great Plains central prairie area
Promontory Summit railroad site
Oklahoma Territory western lands
Chisholm Trail cattle pathway
What happened at Promontory Summit, Utah, during westward expansion?
A cattle trail opened to Kansas
Two railroads met with a golden spike
Settlers rushed into unassigned lands
A cow town began shipping beef
Which choice best describes a cow town during the cattle drive era?
Town with a railroad for cattle
Farm area growing many grains
Mountain pass used by trains
Place where land was given away
The Chisholm Trail was mainly used for which activity?
Driving cattle from Texas
Rushing to claim new lands
Linking two railroads together
Carrying grain to markets
What was the Oklahoma Territory known for in the late 1800s?
Central area of prairie farming
Meeting point of two railroads
Route used for cattle drives
Western land ready for settlement
In the Oklahoma Territory, what were the Unassigned Lands?
Fields called the breadbasket
Towns built along railroads
Trail used by Texas cowboys
Areas not given to tribes
What event is called the Oklahoma Land Rush?
Completion of a cross-country railroad
Opening of a major cattle trail
Founding of a prairie farming region
Race to claim unassigned lands
