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Which action marked the end of Reconstruction in the United States?
a) Ratification of the 14th amendment
b) Withdrawal of federal troops from the southern states
c) Creation of the Freedmen's Bureau
d) Impeachment of President Andrew Johnson

During Reconstruction, the 15th amendment was adopted to grant African Americans...
a) Educational opportunities
b) Economic equality
c) Freedom of speech
d) Voting rights

The Reconstruction plans of President Abraham Lincoln and President Andrew Johnson included a provision for the...
a) Resumption of full participation in Congress by southern states
b) Long-term military occupation of the Confederacy
c) Payment of war reparations by southern states
d) Harsh punishment of former Confederate officials

Before the former Confederate states could be readmitted to the Union, the Radical Republican plan in Congress required them to...
a) Ratify the 14th and 15th amendments
b) Imprison all former Confederate soldiers
c) Provide 40 acres of land to all freedmen
d) Help rebuild northern industries

After the Civil War and the passage of the 13th amendment, southern state legislatures attempted to restrict the rights of formerly enslaved persons by...
a) Passing black codes
b) Ratifying the 15th amendment
c) Supporting the goals of Radical Republicans
d) Enacting legislation to strengthen the Freedmen's Bureau

In the Compromise of 1877 that ended Reconstruction, Republicans agreed to...
a) Withdraw federal troops from the southern states
b) Supporting the black codes
c) Awarding the presidency to Democrat Samuel Tilden
d) Accept the Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott vs. Sanford

What was a result of the disputed presidential election of 1876?
a) Reconstruction ended as federal troops were removed from the South
b) Slavery was re-established in the South by state legislatures
c) New state laws were passed in the south to guarantee equal rights for African Americans
d) A constitutional amendment was adopted to correct problems with the electoral college system

After the Civil War, the sharecropping system emerged in the south primarily as a way to...
a) Diversify agricultural production
b) Provide a labor supply to former plantation owners
c) Give 40 acres of land to freedmen
d) Guarantee economic equality for African Americans

After the Civil War, white southern landowners used sharecropping to...
a) Set up schools to educate former enslaved persons
b) Encourage freedmen to migrate north
c) Maintain a cheap labor supply
d) Sell their plantations to formerly enslaved persons

Which statement best describes how the status of African Americans in the South changed soon after the end of Reconstruction in 1877?
a) The Supreme Court consistently supported civil rights for African Americans
b) Poll taxes and literacy tests were eliminated for African Americans
c) Increasing numbers of African Americans were elected to public office
d) African Americans faced increasing discrimination and segregation

After the Civil War, freedmen in the south had difficulty improving their economic condition because...
a) Literacy for formerly enslaved persons was prohibited
b) Migration of factory workers from northern cities had created competition for jobs
c) The federal government confiscated their 40-acre grants
d) The system of sharecropping kept them in a cycle of poverty

Which form of agriculture was created and became dominant in the south in the decades immediately following the Civil War?
a) Homesteading
b) Sharecropping
c) Ranching
d) Cooperative farming

Which factor contributed most directly to the settlement and development of the Great Plains after the Civil War?
a) Freeing of slaves in the southern states
b) Construction of railroads west of the Mississippi River
c) Influx of immigrants from eastern and southern Europe
d) Hospitality of the native tribes inhabiting the region

Which was a major result of the Homestead Act of 1862?
a) Increased public awareness of the need for conservation of natural resources
b) Increased development of western lands
c) Decreased conflicts between Native Americans and white settlers
d) Decreased economic opportunities for easterners

The main reason for the passage of the Homestead Act in 1862 was to provide for...
a) Irrigation of desert lands
b) National parks
c) Farms on the Great Plains
d) Reservations for Native Americans

In the period from 1865-1900, the United States government aided the development of the Great Plains by...
a) Maintaining free and unlimited coinage of silver
b) Offering low-interest loans to businesses
c) Granting land to railroad companies
d) Providing low prices for farm products

The Homestead Act (1862) and the Pacific Railway Act (1862) were efforts of the US government to...
a) Provide land to minority groups
b) Resolve conflicts with Native Americans
c) Encourage settlement west of the Mississippi River
d) Support settlement of former plantation lands

After the Civil War, Native Americans were relocated to reservations primarily because...
a) The federal government wanted to preserve tribal cultures
b) The Native Americans had violated most of their treaties with the federal government
c) Most of the tribal chiefs requested government protection from white settlers
d) Settlers, ranchers, and railroad companies wanted tribal lands

During the 1860s and 1870s, the federal government's policies towards Native Americans were generally...
a) Identical to federal policies towards African Americans
b) Based on Native American values concerning land use
c) Intended to improve economic opportunities for Native American tribes
d) Based on the view that Native Americans were obstacles to white settlement

What was the purpose of the Dawes Act of 1887?
a) Destroy tribal bonds and weaken Native American traditions and cultural values
b) Grant Native Americans full citizenship and due process of law
c) Give the tribal groups authority over their own affairs
d) Increase the land holdings of western tribes

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