African Americans - pass a reading test in order to vote

Major goal of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK)

prevent freedman from exercising their rights

Jim Crow Laws (Black Codes)

laws enacted to separate the races

The primary goal of the Indian Boarding Schools was to

assimilate Native American children into white culture.

Why did AA continue to experience oppression even after the new Amendments?

Southern legislatures enacted black codes (Jim Crow Laws).

granted citizenship and equal protection under the law

Supreme Court Case - Plessy v. Ferguson determined

separate but “equal” was legal

gave former slaves the right to vote

What was the outcome of the Battle of the Little Bighorn?

General Custer and his troops were defeated.

What was the consequence of the Battle of Wounded Knee?

Native American resistance toward the U.S. government ended.

African Americans had to pay a tax to vote

provide former slaves with food, clothing, and education.

After the Civil War, which development most helped the settlement of the Western United States?

the completion of the transcontinental railroad

rebuilding the nation after the end of the Civil War.

Who was Homer Plessy ?

1/8 black - sat in the "whites only" section of the train.

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1
What were the educational opportunities for African Americans at the end of Reconstruction?
Many school closed
All of the above
only 1/2 African American children attended school
Some schools charged fees $$
2
What was life like for African Americans after the end of Reconstruction ?
All are correct
Very little political power
labor under difficult conditions
labor under unfair conditions
3
The founder of the Carlisle Industrial School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania was
Richard Pratt
Thomas Jefferson Morgan
J.D. Cameron
Kate Bighead
4
What type of economy did the South have when Reconstruction was over ?
Industry
Agriculture
5
Literacy Tests
African Americans - pass a reading test in order to vote
African Americans had to pay a tax to vote
6
People who have no fixed residence, but move from place to place, usually seasonally
drifters
nomads
vagabonds
hobos
7
The Great Lakota Chief who was killed just a few days before the Tragedy at Wounded Knee
Chief Joseph
Black Kettle
Colonel John Chivington
Sitting Bull
8
Major goal of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
prevent freedman from exercising their rights
determine how the military districts would be divided.
remove President Johnson from office
assist the newly freed slaves
9
The group of southern African Americans who migrated west in order to begin a new life?
cowboys
exodusters
prospectors
ranchers
10
The right to vote in political elections is known as
suffrage
ballot
referendum
petition
11
Jim Crow Laws (Black Codes)
forced plantation owners to give land to former slaves
laws enacted to separate the races
imposed heavy taxes on Southern land owners
laws to protect African Americans in the South
12
The primary goal of the Indian Boarding Schools was to
teach Native American children about their history.
assimilate Native American children into white culture.
bring Native American children and white children together.
teach Native Americans how to start their own government
13
Why did AA continue to experience oppression even after the new Amendments?
African Americans were unable to read the amendments
African Americans refused help from the Freedman’s bureau
the amendments were reversed by the U.S. Supreme Court
Southern legislatures enacted black codes (Jim Crow Laws).
14
How many acres of land did a homesteader receive?
160
180
240
120
15
14th Amendment
gave former slaves the right to vote
removed President Johnson from office
abolished slavery
granted citizenship and equal protection under the law
16
Native Americans were sent to these in order to remove them from the their lands
communes
Black Hills
plantations
reservations
17
The Homestead Act required that the person
be at least 21 years old and head of household
live on the land for at least 6 months per year
All of the Above
live on the land for a minimum of 5 years
18
Supreme Court Case - Plessy v. Ferguson determined
segregation was illegal
separate but “equal” was legal
schools in the South must be desegregated
Homer Plessy must spend 11 years in prison
19
15th Amendment
abolished slavery
granted citizenship to all persons born in the U.S.
removed President Johnson from office
gave former slaves the right to vote
20
What was the outcome of the Battle of the Little Bighorn?
General Custer and his troops were defeated.
It ended in a tie
A treaty was signed bringing peace to the Western plains
General George Custer massacred 210 Native Americans
21
This allotted Native American head of households 120 acres of reservation land for farming
The Indian Removal Treaty
The Dakota Act
The Dawes Act
The Cheyenne Act
22
What was the consequence of the Battle of Wounded Knee?
Native Americans were given their ancestral lands back.
There was a new Native American war.
Native American resistance toward the U.S. government ended.
U.S. soldiers were prosecuted for war crimes.
23
13th Amendment
abolished slavery
gave citizenship
gave former slaves the right to vote
removed President Johnson from office
24
A Spanish word for “herder of cattle” (cowboy) is
vaquero
desperado
bronco
buckaroo
25
Sharecropping
rent farm land - pay in money $
rent farm land - pay in crops
26
Poll Taxes
African Americans had to pay a tax to vote
African Americans - pass reading test to vote
27
Freedman's Bureau
redistribute planters’ land to former slaves.
provide former slaves with food, clothing, and education.
establish public works projects.
transport freed slaves to the North
28
After the Civil War, which development most helped the settlement of the Western United States?
peaceful resolutions of territorial disputes with natives
restrictions on immigration
the completion of the transcontinental railroad
the movement of slaves into the new territories of the West
29
The Mormon migration was unique in that they traveled west to
build hospitals
educate African Americans
escape religious persecution
become cowboys
30
African American units who fought on the frontier against Native Americans and Mexican bandits
chaps
matadors
wranglers
buffalo soldiers
31
The Compromise of 1877
Rutherford B. Hayes became President
Hayes agreed to withdrawal federal troops from the South
Home rule was established in the South
All of the above
32
Tenant Farming
rent fields - pay with money $
rent fields - pay with crops
33
A ritual that celebrated a hoped-for day of reckoning when white settlers would disappear
Little Bighorn
Wounded Knee
Black Kettle
Ghost Dance
34
Which group benefited the most from the passage of the Dawes Act?
Native Americans
white settlers
Mexican Americans
Chinese immigrants
35
The Election of 1876
there was a political crisis
Tilden did not get enough Electoral College votes
all of the above
Samuel Tilden won the popular vote
36
Reconstruction
process of moving former slaves into new homes in the North
rebuilding the nation after the end of the Civil War.
a time before the Civil War
a program designed to create jobs in the North
37
To absorb a group into the culture of a larger population is to
discriminate
assassinate
migrate
assimilate
38
The most significant blow to tribal life on the plains was
the destruction of the buffalo
bad weather
Red Cloud's War
the Nez Perce
39
Lynchings were often
all of the above
justified by false allegations
retaliations for violations of Jim Crow
motivated by economics
40
Examples of Jim Crow Laws
all of the above
labor contracts
curfews
segregated public facilities
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Who was Homer Plessy ?
drinking from a “whites only” water fountain
marrying a white woman.
killing a Ku Klux Klan leader
1/8 black - sat in the "whites only" section of the train.

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