History 118 - History of the United States 1877 to Present » Spring 2023 » Ch. 16 & 17 Reading Quiz
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Question #1
Which statement best describes the underlying reason for Andrew Johnson’s impeachment?
A.
He appointed corrupt cabinet members and ignored their illegal activities.
B.
He refused to show support for constitutional amendments to protect freed slaves.
C.
He showed leniency towards the former Confederate states after the Civil War.
D.
He openly mocked Lincoln after his unfortunate assassination
Question #2
Which of the following did Abraham Lincoln propose as a means of reintegrating the former Confederate states back into the Union after the U.S. Civil War?
A.
Emancipation Proclamation
B.
The Ten Percent Plan
C.
The Wade-Davis Bill
D.
The Enforcement Acts
Question #3
Which agency was founded as a result of the Reconstruction effort?
A.
The Office of Economic Opportunity
B.
The Freedmen’s Bureau
C.
The Resettlement Administration
D.
The Reintegration Bureau
Question #4
After the U.S. Civil War, northern and southern moderates both viewed which of the following as a chief goal?
A.
Encouraging equal civil rights
B.
Creating economic progress
C.
Establishing peace and order
D.
Expanding west for new settlement
Question #5
The Black Codes were designed to do which of the following?
A.
To preserve the pre-war status of African-Americans
B.
The give African-Americans their own legal system
C.
To give African-Americans the opportunity to support themselves
D.
To ensure that African-Americans received the same rights as other citizens
Question #6
Among other stipulations, the Wade-Davis Bill called for a majority of voters and government officials in Confederate states to take an oath, called the...?
A.
American Oath
B.
Union Oath
C.
Ironclad Oath
D.
Confederate Oath
Question #7
On April 14, 1865, the Confederate supporter and well-known actor _________ shot Lincoln while he was attending a play, Our American Cousin, at Ford’s Theater in Washington. The president died the next day.
A.
Major Henry R. Rathbone
B.
Currier Ives
C.
Clara Harris
D.
John Wilkes Booth
Question #8
From Figure 16.6, showing Hiester Clymer's campaign poster, what portrayal is the poster trying to convey?
A.
That African Americans are idle and lazy
B.
That African Americans are fighting for the Union
C.
That African Americans are violent
D.
That African Americans want to go home
Question #9
Which event resulted in the passage of the Reconstruction Act of 1867?
A.
Railroad lines were constructed in southern states.
B.
Andrew Johnson won another term as President
C.
The southern states failed to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment
D.
Ulysses S. Grant was elected president.
Question #10
How many votes shy was Andrew Johnson from being impeached by the Democrats and Republicans?
A.
Four
B.
Two
C.
One
D.
Seven
Question #11
With which country did the United States jointly occupy Oregon Territory in the early nineteenth century?
A.
France
B.
Spain
C.
Russia
D.
Great Britain
Question #12
Which statement best describes the concept of Manifest Destiny as it was understood in the nineteenth century?
A.
Americans had a divine duty to distinguish themselves from Europe.
B.
Americans had a divine obligation to spread their culture westward.
C.
Americans had a divine responsibility to spread Christianity throughout the known world
D.
Americans had a divine right to possess the world’s greatest empire.
Question #13
The first published information about the Western frontier included information collected from the efforts of which group of people?
A.
Mexican migrants
B.
Native Americans working in the archives
C.
Fur traders and trappers
D.
Early British and French explorers
Question #14
How did congressional Republicans encourage westward expansion in the late nineteenth century?
A.
By passing more lenient immigration laws
B.
By offering direct financial aid to settlers
C.
By buying up land from the French and Spanish
D.
By subsidizing businesses that helped settlers
Question #15
The term of Manifest Destiny was coined by magazine editor ________ in 1845, when he wrote in the United States Magazine and Democratic Review that “it was our manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our multiplying millions.”
A.
Tomas Rhodes
B.
Franklin Henderson
C.
John O’Sullivan
D.
Eldridge Coolidge
Question #16
What was the name given to the first peacetime all-black regiments in the U.S. Army who protected settlers from "Indian" attacks?
A.
Buffalo Soldiers
B.
Union Soldiers
C.
Westward Soldiers
D.
Border Soldiers
Question #17
In Figure 17.11, it shows a primary source image of the invention of the barbed wire in 1873. What was the nickname given to it by "Indians?"
A.
Cattle Killer
B.
Devil's Rope
C.
Earthly Steel
D.
Black Wire
Question #18
During the Wild West time period, once travelers came to towns after filling their coffers with gold and other minerals, what was the effect of them spending their money in the towns?
A.
Greater prosperity for the town
B.
Social justice was spread
C.
More violence was unleashed
D.
The miners invested heavily into real estate
Question #19
In 1862, Colonel John Chivington led a militia raid upon a Native American camp in which the leader had already negotiated a peaceful settlement. The camp was flying both the American flag and the white flag of surrender when the commander ordered his troops to murder close to one hundred people, the majority of them women and children, What was this event called?
A.
Fierce Apache War
B.
Cherokee Massacre
C.
Sand Creek Massacre
D.
Great Navajo Burial
Question #20
In 1882, the U.S. Congress passed the ___________, which forbade further Chinese immigration into the United States for ten years. The ban was later extended on multiple occasions until its repeal in 1943. Eventually, some Chinese immigrants returned to China. Those who remained were stuck in the lowest-paying, most menial jobs.
A.
Chinese Exclusion Act
B.
Chinese Forbidden Law
C.
Immigration Removal Act
D.
Asian Immigration Act
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