Western Expansion
Jim Crow Laws
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What was NOT a motivation for Western migration in the 1800s?
A. California gold rush
B. Cattle ranching
C. Factory jobs
D. Availability of cheap land
Factory Jobs
100
What are Jim Crow laws?
A. Laws that enforced racial segregation in Southern states
B. Laws that protected civil rights
C. Laws that abolished slavery
D. Laws that granted women the right to vote
Laws that enforced racial segregation in Southern states
100
What is the subject of this 1872 painting?
A. Invention of the railroad
B. Evolution of westward migration
C. Religious influence of the Puritans
D. Protection of national parks
B. Evolution of westward migration
100
Which landmark Supreme Court case coined the phrase "separate but equal"?
A. Loving v. Virginia
B. Muller v. Oregon
C. Brown v. Board of Education
D. Plessy v. Ferguson
D. Plessy v. Ferguson
100
Which statement describes an action taken by white southerners who opposed the principles in the Louisiana Constitution of 1868, shown in Source 3?
A. They created a new political party in the state.
B. They supported the appointment of military governors.
C. They founded a secret society known as the Ku Klux Klan.
D. They attempted to overthrow the state government.
C. They founded a secret society known as the Ku Klux Klan.
200
How did Native Americans respond to Western Migration?
A. Accepted Westerners without conflict
B. Joined the Westerners
C. Resisted and fought against encroachment on their lands
D. Moved further east
Resisted and fought against encroachment on their lands
200
What was a response to Jim Crow Laws by African Americans?
A. Joined the military to fight for their rights
B. Accepted segregation
C. Immigrated south to Mexico
D. Protested and fought for Civil Rights in the courts
Protested and fought for Civil Rights in the courts
200
What was the impact of the Supreme Court’s decision in Plessy v. Ferguson?
A. Institutionalized racism was legalized in the United States through the "separate but equal" doctrine.
B. Slavery was ended by the 15th amendment .
C. The Confederacy was forced to surrender to the south.
D. Black codes were put into place to restrict the newly freed enslaved people's freedoms.
A. Institutionalized racism was legalized in the United States through the "separate but equal" doctrine.
200
Which statement explains why the state legislature passed the new Louisiana Constitution of 1868, shown in Source 3?
A. Reconstruction laws forced Louisiana to give land and livestock to formerly enslaved African Americans.
B. Reconstruction laws required Louisiana to abolish slavery and provide civil rights to African Americans.
C. Reconstruction laws required Louisiana to grant greater freedoms and rights to women.
D. Reconstruction laws forced Louisiana to abandon the parish system of government.
B. Reconstruction laws required Louisiana to abolish slavery and provide civil rights to African Americans.
200
What was the consequence of the laws designed to deny civil rights to African Americans in the South?
A. Improvement in race relations
B. Equal treatment of races
C. Establishment of a racially segregated society
D. Reduction in racial violence
C. Establishment of a racially segregated society
300
What did the 'Homestead Act' of 1862 do to promote Western migration?
A. It provided free or cheap land to settlers willing to develop it
B. It granted settlers protection from Native American attacks
C. It provided free transportation for settlers to the West
D. It promised gold to everyone who migrated westward
A. It provided free or cheap land to settlers willing to develop it
300
What was the MAIN purpose behind the establishment of the NAACP?
A. To encourage American expansion overseas
B. To oppose racial segregation and secure civil rights
C. To help workers organize and improve their working conditions
D. To reduce taxes and limit government interference in our private lives
B. To oppose racial segregation and secure civil rights
300
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300
Were lynchings in the South a push or pull factor in migration during the Great Migration? Pick the correct explanation of why.
A. Pull factor; there was no racism or lynching in the North
B. Push factor; many African Americans worried for their safety
C. Pull factor; there were better paying jobs in the North
D. Push factor; Jim Crow laws made lynching legal
B. Push factor; many African Americans worried for their safety
300
Major Nineteenth-Century Innovations
Agriculture
Mechanical reapers
Combine harvesters
Steel plows
Grain drills
Industry
Interchangeable parts
Power looms
Steam engines
Bessemer process
These innovations in agriculture and industry resulted in -
A. higher consumer costs
B. decreased profits for investors
C. less consumer choice
D. more efficient production of goods
D. more efficient production of goods
400
How did the growth of the railroad industry impact western expansion in the late 19th century?
A. It delayed the expansion due to the high cost of building tracks.
B. It accelerated the expansion by increasing transportation and communication capacities.
C. It had little to no effect on the expansion.
D. It caused the expansion to shift to sailing vessels instead.
B. It accelerated the expansion by increasing transportation and communication capacities.
400
The ____________________________ was founded in 1909 by white and black civil rights activists, including W.E.B. Du Bois and Ida B. Wells, in response to the rising number of lynchings and the spread of segregation in the South. It is the oldest civil rights organization in existence today.
A. Urban League
B. Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
C. Congress on Racial Equality (CORE)
D. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
D. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
400
How did railroads influence the growth of western territories?
A. Towns at the end of the rail lines became ghost towns when the lines were extended.
B. Railroads spurred the foundation and expansion of towns along the new rail routes.
C. Railroads actually limited the growth of western territories because of government restrictions.
D. Railroads allowed Native American tribes to move away from white settlements.
B. Railroads spurred the foundation and expansion of towns along the new rail routes.
400
The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments can best be seen as effects of the Civil War because they
A. granted rights to African Americans.
B. increased hourly wages for all workers.
C. opened up free lands in the West for settlers.
D. granted women the right to vote.
A. granted rights to African Americans.
400
This was the responses by the Chinese towards the persecution they faced. (two choices are correct)
A. They assimilated and often took on English names
B. They formed groups to resist with violence if necessary
C. They created ethnic enclaves such as Chinatown in San Francisco, to ban together for protection
D. Many of them returned home to China
A. They assimilated and often took on English names
C. They created ethnic enclaves such as Chinatown in San Francisco, to ban together for protection
500
Which of the following best describes the policy of the U.S. government in regard to Native Americans during the period of Western Migration?
A. Voting rights
B. Equal opportunity for mining
C. Land-sharing agreement
D. Forcible removal and reservation confinement
D. Forcible removal and reservation confinement
500
Which constitutional amendment would be used to argue against Jim Crow laws?
A. First Amendment
B. Fourteenth Amendment
C. Fifteenth Amendment
D. Nineteenth Amendment
B. Fourteenth Amendment
500
All of the following are examples of Jim Crow laws EXCEPT
A. Blacks could not leave their homes after 10 p.m.
B. Black and white people could ride together on the railroads.
C. Black and white students had to use separate sets of textbooks.
D. Black and white workers could not work in the same room.
B. Black and white people could ride together on the railroads.
500
This individual was born into slavery and worked to criminalize lynching after 3 friends of hers were lynched.
Ida B. Wells
500
This group was formed by the Mexicans that conducted raids of white farms, burning homes, barns, and crops to express their growing anger and frustration. Their goal was to try to reclaim their land and intimidate white Americans in order to prevent further land seizures
A. The Grand Masons
B. The Día de Muertos
C. The Red Coats
D. Las Gorras Blancas
D. Las Gorras Blancas