Question 1

Why were Radical Republicans unhappy with President Johnson's plan for Reconstruction?

Accepted Answer

Congress felt Johnson's plan was too lenient on the South.

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Johnson's Plan was too harsh on the South.

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Johnson's plan took power away from Republicans.

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Johnson's plan gave freedmen the right to vote.

Question 2

What was the purpose of the poll tax?

Accepted Answer

To bar African Americans from voting.

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To tax income of African Americans.

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To ban African Americans from receiving an education.

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To tax African Americans on property.

Question 3

Which statement about Plessy v. Ferguson is accurate?

Accepted Answer

Plessy v. Ferguson ruled that segregation in public places was constitutional as long as the separate facilities were equal.

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Segregation violated the 14th amendment.

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Plessy v. Ferguson ruled that segregated facilities were unconstitutional.

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Segregation was constitutional except in public schools.

Question 4

Which was not a method used to stop black Americans from voting?

Accepted Answer

Jim Crow Laws

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Literacy tests

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Poll tax

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Ku Klux Klan

Question 5

Why was the Thirteenth Amendment necessary?

Accepted Answer

The Emancipation Proclamation only freed slaves in Confederate states.

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Freedmen were not able to vote.

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Women were not allowed to vote.

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According to the Dred Scott Decision, slaves were property not citizens.

Question 6

Which statement about the above photograph is accurate?

Accepted Answer

Jim Crow Laws created segregation in the South in order for the white population to maintain social dominance over the black population.

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Jim Crow Laws created segregation throughout the nation.

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Black codes established separate public facilities for black and white citizens in the South.

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Jim Crow Laws ensured that black Americans had equal facilities as white Americans in the South.

Question 7

Use your knowledge of Social Studies to find the statement that is best supported by the cartoon.

Accepted Answer

The Ku Klux Klan targeted scalawags and carpetbagger that led the Radical Reconstruction governments that sought to advance the rights of freedmen.

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The Ku Klux Klan did not survive beyond the period of Reconstruction.

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The Ku Klux Klan was aimed at advancing the rights of freedmen.

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The methods of intimidation used by the Ku Klux Klan was ineffective.

Question 8

Which is not a reason the Plains Indians resisted becoming farmers?

Accepted Answer

Plains Indians were not willing to put forth the effort necessary to be successful farmers.

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Traditionally the Plains Indians had been buffalo hunters.

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The Plains Indians lacked farming skills.

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The land on reservations provided the  Plains Indians was often not suitable for farming.

Question 9

How did the event depicted in the picture above impact the nation?

Accepted Answer

It encouraged populations of people to move into the western territories.

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It encouraged urbanization.

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It encouraged sodbusters to begin farming the Great Plains.

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It discouraged immigration to the United States.

Question 10

Which pair are incorrectly matched?

Accepted Answer

Homestead Act:  Offer of 160 acres in the Great Plains to any settler who would work the land for 5 years.

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Homestead Act: Offer of a free home to Plains farmers.

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Dawes Act:  Offer of 160 acres of land to Native Americans in an effort to make them assimilate and farm.

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Manifest Destiny: belief among Americans that the United States should extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

Question 11

Which statement about the Great Plains is false?

Accepted Answer

The climate of the Great Plains made farming easy.

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The steel plow allowed the Great Plains to be utilized for farming.

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Farmers on the Great Plains struggled with weather extremes, insect invasions and the threat of Indian attacks.

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Farmers often made their homes out of sod because there was a lack of trees.

Question 12

Which statement about the Plains Indians is best supported by the diagram above?

Accepted Answer

The buffalo was imperative to the survival of the Plains Indians.

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The Plains Indians were a nomadic people.

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The Plains Indians used horses to hunt buffalo and move the tribe from place to place.

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The loss of the buffalo will have little impact on the lives of the Plains Indians.

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