Jim Crow and the West

1.

5 points

Which of the following sparked increased migration to the west in the late 1800s?

the Homestead Act

the Transcontinental Railroad

Mining, ranching, and farming opportunities that were made easier by new inventions

All of the above

2.

5 points

Gustavus Swift is famous for...

inventing the refrigerated railroad car

inventing the steel plow

starting NC A&T University

inventing barbed wire

3.

5 points

During the mid to late 1800s, which major problem was more common for a farmer in the West than for a farmer living east of the Mississippi River?

high railroad rates

delation

unemployment

rising interest rates

4.

5 points

Which African American leader demanded immediate full equality in the late 1800s?

Marcus Garvey

W.E.B Du Bois

Jim Crow

Booker T. Washington

5.

5 points

Which of the following is a major way in which white settlers threatened the culture and livelihood of Native Americans in the 1800s?

Forcing Native Americans into internment camps

Moving all of the remaining Native Americans to Texas

mass destruction of the buffalo herds

None of the above

6.

5 points

Privately owned U.S. railroads used monopolistic practices between 1870 and 1900. How did farmers respond?

They boycotted railroads that charged unfair rates

They supported the adoption of the gold standard

They organized groups such as the Grange and the Populist Party to work for reforms.

They tried to develop other ways to move their crops to market

7.

5 points

Could you have answered the majority of these questions without your notes/the internet?

No

Yes

8.

5 points

Which was the major reason people migrated to the western United States during the nineteenth century?

de facto segregation

economic opportunity

industrial revolution

religious persecution

9.

5 points

Which 19th Century African American leader encouraged African Americans to "cast down their buckets" and to strive for economic improvements while accepting social segregation?

Booker T. Washington

Marcus Garvey

W.E.B Du Bois

Jim Crow

10.

5 points

How did the invention of barbed wire transform the economy of the American West in the 1870s and 1880s?

Many factories emerged in the West to manufacture wire, creating large numbers of jobs for new immigrants.

Cattle production declined because herds no longer had free rein over the prairies.

The enclosure of the plains into farms and ranches ended the era of the great cattle drives from Texas to railroads in Kansas and Nebraska.

Major meat-packing facilities moved from Chicago and Cincinnati to Abilene and Dodge City

11.

5 points

In the 1800s, why did Western farmers disagree with the gold standard?

They wanted to created deflation so that the railroads would lower their prices

They had hoped to find gold out west, but had not.

They felt that the gold standard maintained high prices and that bimetallism would create inflation that would raise crop prices and help them to pay their debts

All of the above

12.

5 points

How did poll taxes limit citizens' rights to liberty in the late 1800s?

The poll taxes kept women from voting and denied them a voice in the government

Poll taxes kept ex convicts from voting

Counties that did not charge a poll tax did not operate voting stations

The poll taxes prevented black males from voting and denied them a voice in the government

13.

5 points

Which issue led to the organization of the Populist Party?

the collapse of the Second Bank of the United States

the desire to life the burden of debt from farmers and other workers

limited availability of land in the West for use by new farmers

an increase in immigration

14.

5 points

What was the purpose of the Grandfather clause?

To prevent Native Americans from spreading westward

To make sure that southern African Americans were able to vote in presidential elections

To protect poor and illiterate southern whites from poll taxes and literacy tests that were created to prevent African Americans from voting

None of the above

15.

5 points

What was the Homestead Act?

A program that gave the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads loans for land to build the Transcontinental railroad

Gave land to any settler who would agree to live on the land for 5 years, dig a well, and build roads

Gave land grants to states to build agricultural schools

Gave land to Native Americans for farming

16.

5 points

Which of the following is the best description of the Jim Crow era?

The time leading up to the Civil War in which African Americans were enslaved in the South

The Reconstruction period after the Civil War in which the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments were ratified to expand the rights of African Americans

The period after Reconstruction in which Southerners created ways to limit the rights of African Americans and established wide spread segregation practices.

17.

5 points

Joseph Glidden is famous for...

starting NC A&T university

inventing the steel plow

inventing barbed wire

inventing the refrigerated railroad car

18.

5 points

How did the U.S. government expect Native Americans to assimilate to "white culture"?

They wanted Native Americans to begin working in factories

They wanted Native Americans to partner with African Americans in the sharecropping system

They wanted Native Americans to stop hunting buffalo

They wanted Native Americans to settle on individual plots of land and farm

19.

5 points

What did the 17th Amendment do?

Eliminated the gold standard

Gave women the right to vote

Freed the slaves

Created the direct election of senators to reduce political corruption

20.

5 points

What was the name of the Populist party candidate who delivered the Cross of Gold speech?

Gustavus Swift

W.E.B Du Bois

Theodore Roosevelt

William Jennings Bryan