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Reconstruction/ West
Reconstruction/ Westward Movement Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which of the following Reconstruction plans included the 14th Admendment, African Americans can vote and condeferate officials could not hold office | Reconstruction Act |
| Which of the following early Reconstruction programs contributed to the education of former slaves? | Freedman's Bureau |
| 13th Admendment | Ended the practice of Slavery |
| 14 Admendment | qualifications for citizenship |
| 15 Admendment | All black men can vote |
| A sharecropper is | a person who rented and farmed a piece of land. |
| Why did the sharecroppers become trapped in a cycle of poverty? | They did not earn enough cash for their crops to pay their debts. |
| A carpetbagger is | a term for a northerner who went to the South after the Civil War. |
| The Supreme Court case of Plessy vs. Ferguson ruled that | segregation was constitutional as long as separate facilities were equal. |
| Black Codes | were laws that severely restricted the everyday lives of African Americans after the Civil War. |
| Which of the following required freedmen to be able to read and write certain sections of the Constitution in order to vote? | literacy tests |
| Which of the following statements is true about Lincoln and Lee | They both believed in reconciliation and moving forward together as a nation. |
| The Jim Crow Laws | created segregation (separation of black and white) throughout the South. |
| What state laws unfairly used economic status (how much money your family had) to deny African Americans the right to vote? | poll taxes |
| How did the Homestead Act encourage people to move West? | It offered free land to those willing to farm it for 5 years. |
| The U.S. government gave away thousands of acres of free land in a race on April 22, 1889. This race was called the | Oklahoma Land Rush. |
| The raising of beef cattle became popular after the Civil War because | the booming population led to a greater need for beef driving the price up. |
| How did the Homestead Act of 1862 help bring about an end to the cattle boom? | Free range of cattle ended when settlers began fencing in the farms they were given. |
| Free range of cattle ended when settlers began fencing in the farms they were given. | Free range of cattle ended when settlers began fencing in the farms they were given. |
| Why was barbed wire fencing necessary for farmers on the Great Plains? | It kept herds of cattle and sheep from trampling their crops. |
| Which of the following titles could be given for the Homestead Act, discovery of gold, and anew beginning for former slaves | Reasons for Westward Expansion |
| Why were windmills sometimes needed for homes on the Great Plains? | Water often lay hundreds of feet under the ground. |
| The Sooners | were those who snuck into Oklahoma before the Oklahoma Land Rush began. |
| What was a problem with house building on the plains? | lack of trees to use for building lumber |
| A lode/bonanza is a(n) | rich vein of gold or silver. |
| How did news of the Comstock Lode affect the West? | Thousands of prospectors migrated to other areas of the West in search of gold and silver. |
| What was a direct result of the creation of the railroads in the west? | many cities appeared next to railroad stops in the west it became easier to ship goods between the east and the west due to the ease of travel the population of the west continued to rise |
| At which of the following locations did the Sioux led by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull win a victory over the U.S. Cavalry? | Little Big Horn Valley |
| Chief Joseph and this Native American group planned to escape being forced onto a reservation in Idaho by attempting to flee to Canada? | Nez Perce |
| Which of the following was the MAIN function of cow towns during the cattle boom? | Their location linked the cattle trails with Railroads to the eastern markets, specifically Chicago. |
| Which of the following BEST describes a problem Plains farmers faced because of the climate? | Summer droughts sometimes destroyed entire crops. |
| What is significant about the points where the Goodnight-Loving Trail and the Chisholm Trail end? | They both end at railroads that ship cattle to eastern cities. |
| What was built as a direct result of lack of proper building supplies on the Great Plains? | Sod Houses |
| When there was a land dispute between American Indians and settlers, where were the Indians relocated? | Reservations |
| What did President Lincoln and Robert E Lee both want after the Civil War? | Reconciliation and to move forward as one nation |
| A term for a white Southern Republican | Scalawag |
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