EOC Review Part 1

What event is described in this diagram?

• The Battle of Sioux Falls

• The Sand Creek Massacre

• The Battle of Little Bighorn

• The Wounded Knee Massacre

What was the main accomplishment of the Freedmen's Bureau?

• providing aid and education to emancipated slaves

• establishing the first public schools in the South

• enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act

• promoting agricultural practices among Southern landowners

Which of these was a direct consequence of the Civil War?

• the disintegration of the Whig Party

• the addition of new states to the Union

• the use of popular sovereignty to decide the issue of slavery

• the extension of voting rights to African American men

What main idea did the Radical Republicans support after the Civil War?

• Expansion of slavery

• Civil rights for freed slaves

• Reconstruction policies punishing the South

• Abolition of the 13th Amendment

The passage below is an excerpt from the 14th Amendment: "No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." This amendment was proposed by Congress in response to which of the following?

• the rise of violence against emancipated slaves

• The South continuously violating the rights of blacks even after the Civil War (black codes)

• the emergence of white resistance to the civil rights movement

• the attempts of the North to limit the voting rights of African Americans.

Why did the U.S. government set up schools for Indigenous children?

• Assimilation policy

• Cultural preservation

• Economic development

• Language revitalization

What are African Americans called who migrated from the South to the West in search of the “Promised Land”?

• Exodusters

• Pioneers

• Trailblazers

• Settlers

What caused the Ranchers to end the Cattle Drive?

• Expansion of railroads

• Increased cattle prices

• Drought conditions

• Government regulations

The Anaconda Plan was

• to blockade the South and have their supplies bleed dry.

• a strategy to invade the North and capture Washington D.C.

• a plan to negotiate peace with the Confederacy.

• a military strategy to support the Union's western front.

What was the main purpose of the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887?

• to prevent railroads from charging farmers and merchants high shipping rates

• to regulate the prices of agricultural products

• to promote the construction of new railroads

• to establish a federal income tax