unit 7 apush quizzes

The Compromise of 1877 resulted in:

the withdrawal of federal troops from the South.

Wade-Davis Act:

would have required southern states to have 50% of its white male citizens profess loyalty to the United States.

After the Civil War, some business people and newspaper editors promoted the idea of a New South. What was their vision?

A mixed economy no longer primarily dependent on cash crops.

In the late 19th century, state governments in the South were largely successful in restricting:

African Americans' voting rights guaranteed by the 15th Amendment.

The 1896 Supreme Court decision Plessy v. Ferguson did which of the following?

Allowed states to continue segregating railroad facilities.

All of the following were used as a means of denying African-Americans the right to vote in the post-Reconstruction South EXCEPT:

the separate but equal clause.

Little Bighorn:

Native American ambush of General Custer's regiment, killing all of the American soldiers.

Which of the following statements is true of sharecropping?

Sharecroppers were little better off than slaves.

Why did Congressional Reconstruction end in 1877?

The Republican and Democrat parties ended Reconstruction in a compromise agreement after the 1876 presidential election.

During Reconstruction, Southern blacks typically did which of the following?

Tilled farms as renters and sharecroppers.

The 1896 decision Plessy v. Ferguson did which of the following?

Upheld segregated railroad facilities.

All of the following were true of the late-1800s Plains Indian experience EXCEPT:

an acceptance of a new life based on farming.

Nez Perce:

an attempt to flee the army, but caught a few miles from the Canadian border. "I will fight no more, forever."

The intent of the Dawes Act of 1887 was to:

assimilate Native Americans into the mainstream of American culture.

Dawes Act:

attempted to "Americanize" natives by giving them land and promises of money.i

The Exodusters were:

blacks who migrated to Kansas.

Newlands Act:

called for irrigation systems to encourage settlement and farming in the Plains states.

Pacific Railway Act:

connected California with the rest of the union by publicly funding a transportation network.

13th Amendment:

ended slavery.

Wounded Knee:

final battle of the Indian wars, in which the army opened fire on several Native Americans in 1890.

Homestead Act:

gave away 160 acres to any citizen or intended citizen who promised to live on it for five years.

15th Amendment:

gave voting rights to former slaves.

14th Amendment:

guaranteed citizenship and citizenship rights for former slaves.

The technical reason for which Congress impeached Andrew Johnson was:

his violation of the Tenure of Office Act.

The Black Codes passed in a number of southern states after the Civil War were intended to:

place limits on the socioeconomic opportunities open to black people.

Tenure of Office Act:

prevented the president from firing cabinet members without Congress' approval.

In adopting the 14th Amendment, Congress was primarily concerned with:

protecting legislation guaranteeing civil rights to former slaves.

Morrill Land Grant Act:

provided for each state to develop a college that teaches agriculture.

All of the following elements of the Radical Republican program were passed by Congress and took effect during Reconstruction EXCEPT:

provision of 40 acres for each freedman.