4&5
the intent of the homestead act was to
encourage white families to develop the west
Who were the exodusters
former slaves from the south who settled on the Great Plains
Which group is an example of Northerners who wanted to keep slavery out of the territories but did not have positive feelings toward African Americans
free-soilers
William mckinley won the election of 1896 because
he had the support of the east and midwest
What was John Brown's aim at harpers ferry
to seize a federal arsenal and start a widespread slave uprising
When the Civil War began, what was abraham lincoln's main goal
to restore the Union
Which of the following quotations is from the Gettysburg address
"The world will little note nor long remember what we say here but it can never forget what they did here"
Which event was a direct result of the compromise of 1850
California was admitted as a free state
Which Action showed the President Andrew Johnson did not support greater rights on African Americans in the South
He vetoed the Freedmen's Bureau Act and the Civil Rights Act of 1866
What key difference between the North and South ultimately led to the Civil War
The Southern economy depended on slavery,while the Northern economy did not
Which was not part of the union's three part plan to conquer the South
draft freed slaves to fight for the union
Why did the policy of treating the Great plains as a huge reservation change
White settlers began wanting the land on the Plains
What did the Supreme Court declare in the Dred Scott decision
being in free territory did not make a slave free
the education of plains indian children traditionally did not include
books
most native americans responded to restrictions placed upon them by the U.S. government by
ignoring the restrictions
what was an important effect of the Emancipation Proclamation
it gave a moral purpose to the war
Why is the battle of Gettysburg considered a turning point in the Civil War
it made the south give up the idea of invading the North
Why did Plains farmers in the late 1800s tend to support bimetallism
it would put more money in circulation
In which of the following areas did the south have an advantage over the North in the Civil War
military leadership
Why did the little of the freeland offered by the homestead Act end up being claimed by settlers
most of it was taken by people seeking profits
Which of the following abolished slavery in the North
the Emancipation Proclamation
demand for beef in the East contributed to
the development of the chisholm trail
Which of the following marked the collapse of populism
the election of William McKinley
Which of the following marked the end of the wars between the federal government and the plains indians
the massacre at wounded knee
Which of the following was most responsible for bringing an end to the era of the wide-open western frontier
the railroad
Under popular sovereignty, who would decide whether slavery would be allowed in a territory
the residents of the territory
Which of the following events occurred first
the sand creek massacre
what was the aim of total war as practiced by union generals Grant and Sherman
to break the southern
most american cowboys
used guns to protect their herds
the dawes act was designed to benefit
white settlers
