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Farmers on a Closing Frontier — Unit test Answers

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Which area was covered under the 1862 Homestead Act?

A
the East Coast
B
the West Coast
C
the Great Plains
D
the South
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How did the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroad companies profit from constructing the railroad?

A
by selling railroad lines back to the government at a profit
B
by owning businesses in the towns that developed along the railroad
C
by building railroad monopolies and continually raising prices
D
by selling pieces of land granted to them to build the railroad
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Congress disapproved of President Johnson’s attempt to fire Secretary of War

A
Henry Winter Davis.
B
Benjamin Wade.
C
Robert E. Lee.
D
Edwin Stanton.
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What was used to prevent African American men from voting in the late 1800s?

A
tenant contracts
B
subsistence farms
C
poll taxes
D
minstrel shows
5

The main goal of Jim Crow laws was to

A
protect and secure rights for African Americans.
B
limit the freedoms and rights of African Americans.
C
stimulate the Southern economy and help it grow.
D
prevent the Southern economy from growing too big.
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Which event happened prior to the signing the Pacific Railroad Act in 1862?

A
Asa Whitney requested the right to build a transcontinental railroad.
B
The end of the Civil War freed veterans to work on the railroad.
C
The Golden Spike ceremony was held in honor of the transcontinental railroad.
D
Railroad workers drilled tunnels through the Sierra Nevada mountains.
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How did Populists want the government to handle currency in the late 1800s?

A
Populists wanted the government to make unlimited paper money.
B
Populists wanted the government to make unlimited silver coins.
C
Populists wanted the government to keep the gold standard.
D
Populists wanted the government to limit the amount of paper money.
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Under the system of sharecropping, contracts usually favored

A
landowners.
B
laborers.
C
freedmen.
D
the government.
9

Under the Dawes Act, the reservation land not allotted to American Indians was sold

A
to specific tribes as reservation land.
B
to American Indians who wanted more.
C
to white settlers and railroad companies.
D
to tribal chiefs to divide on their own.
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Who created the Freedmen’s Bureau in the 1860s?

A
Congress
B
the president
C
the Supreme Court
D
Southern states
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Under Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction, what percentage of a state’s population had to swear an oath of loyalty to the Union for the state to be readmitted?

A
5 percent
B
10 percent
C
25 percent
D
50 percent
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The 1871 Civil Rights Act gave the US president the power to

A
violate property rights.
B
suspend habeas corpus.
C
grant voting rights.
D
serve for a second term.
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As support began to weaken for Reconstruction in the South, the Republican party

A
supported true equility for all people.
B
worked closely with African Americans to rebuild the South.
C
split and formed the new Liberal Republican Party.
D
gained many new members, which unified the party.
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The Supreme Court’s ruling in the civil rights cases of 1883 led to

A
the beginnings of the sharecropping system.
B
the passage of the 1875 Civil Rights Act.
C
the start of the Democratic Party.
D
the rise of Jim Crow laws in the South.
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The results of the 1892 presidential election showed that

A
support for the Democratic Party was not as widespread as support for the other political parties.
B
support for the Populist Party was not as widespread as support for the other political parties.
C
support for the Republican Party was not as widespread as support for the other political parties.
D
support for the Populist Party was as widespread as support for the other political parties.

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