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Galiyas History 9 - Midterm Exam (C)
Test Description: Galiyas History 9 - Midterm Exam (C)
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1) What was one key requirement that applicants had to meet to receive land under the Homestead Act?
A
They had to wheel portable cabins from plot to plot.
B
They had to farm the land for five years in a row.
C
They had to file a claim with a bank.
D
They had to live on the land all year long.
2) One reason that the United States became more urban during the late 1800s is that
A
immigrants did not know how to do farm work.
B
union organizing of farm workers had not yet begun.
C
nobody wanted to live on farms anymore.
D
farm machines and factory-made goods reduced the need for farm labor.
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4) How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act affect slavery in the new territories?
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It established 36°30' as the boundary line between free and slave territories.
B
It granted Congress the right to decide on the slavery question in the territories.
C
It granted citizens of the territories the right to decide if slavery should be allowed.
D
It banned slavery from all new territories after 1858.
5) The Fourteenth Amendment was part of a series of laws that
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ensured the civil rights of African Americans.
B
changed the way a President could hire government officials.
C
restored the balance of power between the President and Congress.
D
shifted the balance of power in favor of the Supreme Court.
6) Tenant farming encouraged the rise of a new class of wealthy
A
merchants.
B
industrialists.
C
railroad builders.
D
black farmers.
7) What first attracted the Chinese to the United States?
A
recruitment by railroad companies
B
repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act
C
the desire for free land
D
the ideals of political equality
8) Congress reacted to Klan terror by passing
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the Compromise of 1877.
B
the Enforcement Act of 1870.
C
the Thirteenth Amendment.
D
Radical Reconstruction.
9) Most African American Exodusters migrated west to
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find relatives who had fled during the Civil War.
B
prospect for gold and silver.
C
escape racial violence in the South.
D
work as sharecroppers on bonanza farms.
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11) The Civil War began with the
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Confederate attack on Fort Sumter.
B
illegal formation of the Confederate States of America.
C
secession of South Carolina.
D
attack on Lawrence, Kansas, a center of free-soiler activity.
12) The goal of the Freedmen’s Bureau was to
A
force African Americans to move north.
B
help former slaves adjust to freedom.
C
prevent African Americans from voting.
D
abolish slavery.
13) As a result of the Bear Flag Revolt, Captain John C. Frémont
A
none of the above
B
crossed into New Mexico.
C
drove out the Mexican army.
D
moved into California.
14) The phrase “Manifest Destiny” refers to the belief that the United States
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ought to give up all claim to land between the Mississippi and the Pacific.
B
had a divine mission to spread liberty across the continent.
C
had a right to all of the land claimed by Mexico.
D
had a right to all of Oregon Country.
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17) The Radical Republicans passed a series of laws designed to
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unfairly tax the South.
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protect the civil rights of African Americans.
C
prohibit free speech in the South.
D
reestablish slavery in a different form.
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19) The purpose of the Fugitive Slave Act was to
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offer freed slaves land in the West.
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force all Americans to help catch escaped slaves.
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provide safety for escaped slaves.
D
ban slavery in Washington, D.C.
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