Ch. 16 & 17 Reading Quiz

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Question #1

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 Asian Immigration Act

B Chinese Exclusion Act

C Immigration Removal Act

D Chinese Forbidden Law

Question #2

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 Great Navajo Burial

D Sand Creek Massacre

Question #3

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 More violence was unleashed

B Greater prosperity for the town

C Social justice was spread

D The miners invested heavily into real estate

Question #4

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 Devil’s Rope

B Cattle Killer

C Earthly Steel

D Black Wire

Question #5

What was the name given to the first peacetime all-black regiments in the U.S. Army who protected settlers from “Indian” attacks?

A Border Soldiers

B Union Soldiers

C Buffalo Soldiers

D Westward Soldiers

Question #6

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 Eldridge Coolidge

C John O’Sullivan

D Franklin Henderson

Question #7

How did congressional Republicans encourage westward expansion in the late nineteenth century?

A By subsidizing businesses that helped settlers

B By offering direct financial aid to settlers

C By buying up land from the French and Spanish

D By passing more lenient immigration laws

Question #8

The first published information about the Western frontier included information collected from the efforts of which group of people?

A Fur traders and trappers

B Mexican migrants

C Native Americans working in the archives

D Early British and French explorers

Question #9

Which statement best describes the concept of Manifest Destiny as it was understood in the nineteenth century?

A Americans had a divine responsibility to spread Christianity throughout the known world

B Americans had a divine right to possess the world’s greatest empire.

C Americans had a divine duty to distinguish themselves from Europe.

D Americans had a divine obligation to spread their culture westward.

Question #10

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 #11

How many votes shy was Andrew Johnson from being impeached by the Democrats and Republicans?

A Four

B Seven

C Two

D One

Question #12

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 Ulysses S. Grant was elected president.

D The southern states failed to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment

Question #13

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 violent

C That African Americans are fighting for the Union

D That African Americans want to go home

Question #14

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 John Wilkes Booth

C Clara Harris

D Currier Ives

Question #15

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 Union Oath

B Ironclad Oath

C American Oath

D Confederate Oath

Question #16

The Black Codes were designed to do which of the following?

A The give African-Americans their own legal system

B To give African-Americans the opportunity to support themselves

C To ensure that African-Americans received the same rights as other citizens

D To preserve the pre-war status of African-Americans

Question #17

After the U.S. Civil War, northern and southern moderates both viewed which of the following as a chief goal?

A Establishing peace and order

B Encouraging equal civil rights

C Expanding west for new settlement

D Creating economic progress

Question #18

Which agency was founded as a result of the Reconstruction effort?

A The Freedmen’s Bureau

B The Reintegration Bureau

C The Resettlement Administration

D The Office of Economic Opportunity

Question #19

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 The Ten Percent Plan

B Emancipation Proclamation

C The Wade-Davis Bill

D The Enforcement Acts

Question #20

Which statement best describes the underlying reason for Andrew Johnson’s impeachment?

A He showed leniency towards the former Confederate states after the Civil War.

B He appointed corrupt cabinet members and ignored their illegal activities.

C He refused to show support for constitutional amendments to protect freed slaves.

D He openly mocked Lincoln after his unfortunate assassination

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