AnswersMO-US History II AImpact of Reconstruction

Impact of Reconstruction — Unit test Answers

18 verified answers1 views
1
Free Preview

One of the main problems with the Indian reservation system was that government agents

A
took land from settlers to give to American Indians.
B
dealt dishonestly with American Indian families.
C
did not understand the power structure of American Indian tribes.
D
gave land to settlers who removed American Indians.
2
Free Preview

How did the end of the Civil War help the Union Pacific Railroad?

A
It supplied the railroad with labor in the form of free African Americans.
B
It freed the government to give more money to the Union Pacific line.
C
It ended the labor shortage, as war veterans went to work on the railroad.
D
It encouraged more people to travel the railroad to settle in the West.
3

How did speculators take advantage of the Homestead Act?

A
by catering to new markets
B
by promising homesteaders a reliable link to the East
C
by creating phony claims
D
by preparing the land for planting
4

The Ku Klux Klan formed as a

A
political party.
B
social club.
C
terrorist group.
D
labor union.
5

Read the quote.I will fight no more forever. Who said this quote when the Nez Perce surrendered in 1877?

A
Chief Joseph
B
Geronimo
C
General Custer
D
Sitting Bull
6

Which best describes the goal of the Freedmen’s Bureau?

A
to relocate all formerly enslaved people to urban areas in the North
B
to stop scalawags from taking advantage of African Americans
C
to give land formerly owned by whites to African American farmers
D
to help formerly enslaved people adjust to freedom in the South
7

The main goal of Jim Crow laws was to

A
protect and secure rights for African Americans.
B
limit the freedoms and rights of African Americans.
C
stimulate the Southern economy by protecting business.
D
prevent the Southern economy from becoming too big.
8

During the late 1800s, the Union League was focused on

A
uniting Northern and Southern workers in unions.
B
driving all the carpetbaggers out of the South.
C
the public education of children in the South.
D
African American involvement in government.
9

In the Plessy v. Ferguson case, the Supreme Court ruled that

A
segregation was illegal and Jim Crow laws were unconstitutional.
B
segregation was legal as long as facilities were separate but equal.
C
segregation had been outlawed by the Fourteenth Amendment.
D
segregation had been established by the Thirteenth Amendment.
10

How did the system of sharecropping affect landowners and laborers in the South?

A
The system did not provide landowners with enough profits because laborers often took sizable cuts.
B
The system typically drove laborers off the farms they had worked when they were enslaved and left landowners without workers.
C
The system often trapped laborers in a cycle of debt and dependence while allowing landowners to profit from laborers’ hard work.
D
The system left landowners with mounting piles of debt because laborers had little to no incentives to work the fields.
11

Read the quotation by Annie Hill below.She said the Ku Klux [Klan] used to come in by droves. She said the Ku Klux were all dressed in white—white caps and white hoods over their faces, and long white dresses. They come mostly at night . . . . Sometimes they would take people out and beat them and do ‘round with them.The quotation indicates that Ku Klux Klan raids

A
terrorized and intimidated people.
B
were basically harmless.
C
happened during the day.
D
were led by single individuals.
12

In the debate over the Thirteenth Amendment, Democrats in Congress

A
sought to end the institution of slavery for good.
B
tried to stop racism against African Americans.
C
pushed for the reinstatement of states’ rights.
D
called for a ban on involuntary servitude.
13

How did the federal government use land grants in the West in the 1860s?

A
The government gave land to the railroads to spur the development of a transcontinental railroad.
B
The government used land grants to relocate Indigenous People onto reservations.
C
The government slowed settlement of the West by withholding land grants until the Civil War was over.
D
The government offered land grants to free African Americans after the end of the Civil War.
14

Why did the Ku Klux Klan target scalawags with violence?

A
Scalawags were Northerners who came to the South.
B
Scalawags were wealthy, former enslavers.
C
Scalawags had opposed secession and the Civil War.
D
Scalawags were powerful members of the White League.
15

The government’s continuous changing of American Indian policy caused

A
distrust of the federal government among American Indians.
B
trust of the federal government among American Indians.
C
all American Indian tribes to rise up against federal government policies.
D
all American Indian tribes to accept federal government policies.
16

What was one provision of the Dawes Act of 1887?

A
to stop American Indians from buying land
B
to stop American Indians from resisting assimilation
C
to divide and distribute land to American Indians
D
to divide and distribute land to white settlers
17

What was one provision of the Reconstruction Act of 1867?

A
The act sent hundreds of Klan members to jail
B
The act established military control in the South.
C
The act granted citizenship to African Americans.
D
The act gave African American men the vote.
18

In 1883, several civil rights cases came before the Supreme Court that were related to

A
freedom of speech and the Ku Klux Klan.
B
land ownership for Southern sharecroppers.
C
discrimination in public facilities.
D
voting, poll taxes, and literacy tests.

Did you find these answers helpful?

More from this Course

Quiz
23 verified answers

Unit Test

Quiz
25 verified answers

Unit Test

Quiz
25 verified answers

Unit Test