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U.S. History EOC - Midterm Review 2
Test Description: Second Test in Midterm Series
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) The Underground Railroad was
A
a musical group that was popular for playing in basement clubs in big cities.
B
a series of secret routes for smuggling slaves from the southern slave states to northern free states.
C
an intricate series of underground subways for commuter travel in New York City.
D
a canal system for transporting agricultural products through cities quickly to avoid spoilage.
2) The Fifteenth Amendment
A
granted African Americans the right to vote
B
granted African American men the right to vote
C
granted only African American land owners the right to vote
D
granted all former slaves the right to vote
3) The Ku Klux Klan was
A
a group that believed in freedom and justice for all.
B
committed to non-violent protest against Reconstruction.
C
a group that played a violent role against African Americans in the South during the Reconstruction Era.
D
a group of northern businessmen dedicated to Reconstruction reforms.
4) The Homestead Act of 1862 was signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln. It stated that
A
any head of household who had never fought against the U.S. Government could apply for a federal land grant.
B
anyone could get land from the federal government.
C
Native Americans could get federal land grants.
D
no southern plantation owners had to lose their plantations.
5) The U.S. Government defined Native American assimilation as
A
a complete disapearance of Native American culture as Native Americans were absorbed into the American culture.
B
a harmonious blend of differing cultures living easily side by side.
C
the unique merging of Native American culture with that of the newly arriving Americans.
D
an uneasy mixing of two different cultures that would remain separate but learn to live side by side.
6) Why is the Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862 alo known as the Land Grant College Act?
A
The Morrill Act helped provide grants for the education of poor farmers children.
B
Because it granted free college tuition to outstanding students from certain states.
C
The money from the sale of the Morrill mushroom provided millions of dollars for college tuition.
D
The grant was originally set up to establish institutions in states for education in agriculture and other practical areas.
7) Populism is the belief that
A
being popular is the most important source of power.
B
making a large population of people is the best way to secure political power.
C
the power of regular people is good, and in their right to have control over their government rather than an elite few.
D
real power should be held by a small group of political insiders or a wealthy elite.
8) What was the Niagra Movement?
A
An Irish civil rights movement founded in 1905 in New York City.
B
A black civil rights organization founded in 1905 by by W. E. B. Du Bois and William Monroe Trotter.
C
A Chinese civil rights movement founded in 1905 in California.
D
A labor union based in New York State.
9) What was the purpose of the Jim Crow Laws?
A
They were harmless state and local laws mostly ignored by people.
B
They were racial integration laws that were enacted during Reconstruction.
C
They never really existed and they had no purpose.
D
They were racial segregation laws that were enacted during Reconstruction and continued in force until 1965.
10) The Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) Supreme Court decision did what?
A
It had nothing to do with the constitutionality of “separate, but equal facilities” based on race.
B
It upheld the constitutionality of “separate, but equal facilities” based on race.
C
It overturned the constitutionality of “separate, but equal facilities” based on race.
D
It ignored the constitutionality of “separate, but equal facilities” based on race.
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