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