West. Exp/Reconstrunstruction US History Semester Exam

A process under which Native Americans would give up their beliefs and way of life and become part of the white culture (dress differently, learn English, etc) was called

• Dawes Act
• assimilation
• reservation
• Migration
• Trail of Tears

The forced removal of Cherokee (and other Great Plains tribes) Native Americans and their transportation to reservations is known as the

• Dawes Act
• Trail of Tears
• assimilation
• reservations
• Migration

Land set aside specifically for Native Americans during the mid-late 1800s were

• Dawes Act
• Trail of Tears
• assimilation
• reservations
• Migration

This legislation required Native Americans to live apart from their nations/tribes and assimilate into European/American culture.

• Dawes Act
• Trail of Tears
• assimilation
• reservations
• Migration

The Supreme Court case that affirmed the "separate but equal" doctrine.

• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Segregation
• Jim Crow Laws
• Poll Tax
• Suffrage

Nickname of the laws enacted by southern states and local governments to separate white and black people.

• Jim Crow Laws
• Segregation
• Poll Tax
• Suffrage
• Plessy v. Ferguson

A fee levied as a requirement to vote, often to keep African Americans from voting, was the

• Poll Tax
• Segregation
• Jim Crow Laws
• Suffrage
• Plessy v. Ferguson

Which term used to refer to any system of separating people on the basis of race?

• Segregation
• Jim Crow Laws
• Poll Tax
• Suffrage
• Plessy v. Ferguson

Which term means the right to vote?

• Suffrage
• Segregation
• Jim Crow Laws
• Poll Tax
• Plessy v. Ferguson

The time period following the American Civil War characterized by the rebuilding and occupation of the South; led to the establishment of institutionalized racism?

• Reconstruction
• Segregation
• Jim Crow Laws
• Poll Tax
• Suffrage