Midterm Review Eggers Part 1

Which amendment guaranteed the "equal protection" of the laws to all American citizens?

14th Amendment

Which is the best contemporary definition of a "scalawag?"

A white Southerner who supported Reconstruction

The statement below was by Thaddeus Stevens, a Radical Republican leader. What reason did Stevens give in this statement for granting voting rights to African Americans?

Black voters would help Republicans to maintain control of the Congress and Presidency.

Which sequence of events correctly identifies a rise in tensions, bringing the nation closer toward armed conflict?

Compromise of 1850---> Dred Scott decision

The excerpt below is from a recently written history of the Civil War. What contradiction does this Civil War historian find in the secession of the Southern states?

Confederates demanded the freedom to enslave others.

Which phrase completes the diagram on the left?

Discriminated against African Americans.

The diagram below provides details about the Civil War. Which title best completes the diagram?

Florida's Contribution to the South during the Civil War.

What was an important effect of the sharecropping system and debt peonage?

Freedom often remained in a state of economic dependence on their former masters.

What would be the best title for the box above?

How farmers Adapted to Conditions on the Great Plains.

What was a negative aspect of the "Americanization" policy of the late 1880s for American Indians?

Indians saw the survival of their traditional cultures threatened.

The cartoon below was published in the late 1800s. What is the main idea of the cartoon?

Indians went hungry while federal Indian agents grew wealthy.

Which of the following would geographers consider a "pull" factor that contributed to the settling of the far west?

Only a decade after the California Gold Rush, new discoveries of gold and silver were made in Nevada, Colorado, and South Dakota.

The cartoon on the left by Thomas Nast was published in 1874. What was the main message of this cartoon?

Opponents of Reconstruction were using violence to intimidate the freedmen.

Which practices were introduced in Southern states after Reconstruction to circumvent this amendment?

Poll taxes, literacy tests, and residency requirements were passed, which affect African Americans more than other citizens.

What was a positive long- term impact of Radical Reconstruction on the South?

Public education systems were established for students of all races.

The excerpt below is from the Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson. What practice did this ruling uphold?

Racial segregation in public places.

Which two groups most helped the freedmen during the Reconstruction Era?

Radical Republicans and carpetbaggers.

How did this law influence conditions for African Americans in Florida?

Schools for African American children received fewer resources than schools for white children.

Which view was held by most Southerners of the secession crisis of 1860-1861?

Since the Union was created by the states, they could leave it at any time.

Which best expresses the viewpoint of the artist in the cartoon above?

Southern slaves are better treated than factory workers.

Which of the following contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War?

Southerners feared that Northerners intended to abolish slavery.

The graph below compares the resources of the North and South during the Civil War. Which of these strategies was NOT used by the South to counter the North's advantages in resources shown in the graph?

The South would invade and capture major Union cities.

What was an immediate effect of the changes described above, which were implemented by Congressional Reconstruction?

The balance of power in Southern state governments shifted.

The cartoon was published in 1850. Which social issue is addressed in the cartoon?

The conditions of Southern slaves.

Which event was the catalyst for the secession of the first seven Southern states in 1861?

The election of Abraham Lincoln as president

What were the major consequences of the Civil War?

The end of slavery and a strengthening of the power of the federal government.

How did completion of the first transcontinental railroad in 1869 encourage settlement of the American West?

The railroad made it easier for ranchers and farmers to ship goods back to east.

What was a significant impact of the Emancipation Proclamation?

The war became a moral contest over slavery.

What was one impact of these issues on Republicans following the Civil War?

They disagreed over whether the President or Congress should set conditions for reconstruction.

What impact did Radical Republicans in Congress have on Reconstruction?

They encouraged the freedmen to exercise their new political rights

What was the main purpose of the reservation system?

To clear federal lands for settlement by railroads, ranchers, and farmers.

Why did the Union impose a naval blockade on the South during the Civil War?

To strangle the shipment of supplies to the Confederacy.

The excerpt below is from a letter by General Winfield Scott written in 1861. What was the main objective of the plan described in General Scott's letter?

To suffocate the South by controlling the Mississippi River and the Southern ports.

Which conflict is described in the newspaper shown on the left?

ranchers with herds on the open range opposed farmers and ranchers with fenced properties.