Which of these bestowed full citizenship on African Americans, overturned Dred Scott, and invalidated the black codes? A) First Reconstruction Act B) Civil Rights bill of 1866 C) Ku Klux Klan Act D) Joint Committee on Reconstruction ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which statement would a late-nineteenth-century Liberal Republican have agreed with? A) Excessive government interference in the economy breeds corruption. B) The government must actively direct the economy in an industrialized society. C) Universal suffrage is at the heart of a virtuous republic. D) Reconstruction of the South for freedmen must continue. ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which of these was true of the South in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War? A) Much of the best agricultural land had been laid waste. B) Cotton production was as high as ever. C) The cities were in ruins, but the countryside was largely untouched. D) The countryside was in ruins, but the […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889 __________. A) was a unique event in displacing Indians from their lands B) reversed federal Indian policy that had been in place since the 1830s C) brought civilization to what had been an undeveloped wasteland D) occurred without the authorization of Congress ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
In most cattle and mining towns, prostitution was __________. A) not only legal, but also encouraged B) almost nonexistent C) illegal, but the laws were rarely enforced D) legal, but strictly regulated ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Dawes Severalty Act incorporated many of the ideas of __________. A) Cyrus McCormick B) Charles Russell C) John Wesley Powell D) Helen Hunt Jackson ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
How did the Navajo and Hopi manage to adapt, survive, and even grow as a culture? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: federal Indian policy; adaptations; traditions; negotiation and mediation
Date: September 9th, 2020
Before writing The Gospel of Wealth, Andrew Carnegie had made his fortune in __________. A) electric power generation B) railroads C) steel production D) banking ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The “self-improvement” movement mainly affected the urban __________. A) working class B) upper class C) middle class D) new immigrants ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
By the end of the century, nearly 80 percent of African Americans in the North __________. A) lived in urban areas B) lived in rural areas C) were contemplating returning to the South D) were employed in industry ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
