US History Chapter 15 "The South and West Transformed"

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Which of the following best describes the lives of typical western homesteaders in the late 1800s?

Difficult and lonely

Which of the following caused serious conflict among various groups of people in the West?

Ethnic and economic tensions

Which of the following revoked southern blacks' civil rights?

Jim crow laws, local and state laws

The first great boom in the West was spurred by

mining.

The Ku Klux Klan

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Which of the following was a factor that limited the economic recovery of the South after the Civil War?

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Which of the following was an effect of the transcontinental railroad?

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Homesteaders on the plains usually built homes of

3 ft sections of sod- stacked like bricks.

Which of the following accurately describes the effects of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments on the lives of southerners?

Black southerners had more political and economic freedom

Which of the following most accurately describes agriculture in the South after the Civil War?

Both output and productivity declined dramatically

How did the South keep railroad construction costs down?

By using prison labor

What was a central goal of Henry Grady's idea for a New South?

Developed industry

The open-range system of raising livestock was originally developed by

Mexican Vaqueros.

Why was the Farmers' Alliance formed in the 1870s?

Negotiate lower prices for supplies

How did new railroads benefit western cattle ranchers?

Provided a way to transport meat to eastern market

How did the U.S. government respond to attacks by Sioux Indians in eastern Minnesota?

Pushed the Sioux into the Dakotas

How did railroads influence the growth of western territories?

Railroads spurred the foundation and expansion of towns along the western rail route

How did southern blacks lose rights in the years after the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments?

State legislation, segregation and violence

Which of the following threatened the livelihoods of southern farmers?

The boll weevil

Which of the following best describes Native Americans' situation at the end of the Indian Wars?

They were forced to move west or north or to live on reservations

The assimilation of Native Americans was a goal of

US government through the Dawes Act.

Native American civilizations were threatened by

disease introduced by white settlers.

During Reconstruction, southern agriculture

focused on cotton and tobacco.

Starting in the mid-1800s, hoards of people traveled to the West out of a desire to

get rich by finding gold or silver.

In contrast to white settlers, Native Americans viewed nature as

sacred.


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