What did Republicans find effective in the 1866 congressional elections? A) promoting reconstruction as restoration B) siding with white Southerners C) provoking fear of hoards of disaffected ex-slaves D) “waving the bloody shirt” ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Lincoln’s “Ten Percent Plan” refers to the percentage of __________. A) southern voters who had to take loyalty oaths to establish a new government in each state B) Republicans in Congress who supported his plan C) Army troops that would stay in the South after the war D) confiscated property to be returned to slave […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Senator Benjamin F. Wade is best described as a __________. A) Peace Democrat B) scalawag C) Radical Republican D) Liberal Republican ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The most important food resource for Great Plains tribes such as the Sioux were __________. A) cattle and sheep herds B) corn fields C) bison, or buffalo D) rations issued by the Army ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Great Plains were often referred to by early explorers as __________. A) “the Land of Milk and Honey” B) “the Land of Opportunity” C) “the Great Desert” D) “the Great Wasteland” ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Treaties with the Sioux and Nez Perces were broken when whites __________. A) wanted to build railroads through their lands B) found gold on their lands C) were massacred by Indian war bands D) began the Oklahoma Land Rush ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The main demand of the strikers gathered at Haymarket Square in Chicago was __________. A) an eight-hour workday B) collective bargaining rights C) workers’ pensions D) police protection of union leaders ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The long-term goal of the Knights of Labor was to __________. A) strengthen industrial capitalism and private property rights B) make America an economic and political democracy C) abolish private property D) exclude women from any role in the economic sphere ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The fastest-growing area of the textile industry in the later nineteenth century was in __________. A) New England B) the southern Piedmont C) East Coast cities D) the Midwest ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Albert Spalding played a key role in __________. A) segregating professional baseball B) establishing the AFL C) promoting vaudeville to the American public D) breaking down social barriers for immigrants ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
