USVA History Chapter 12-15 Quiz With Complete Solutions
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Examine the spoke diagram below. Which of the following groups BEST fits in the center
of the spoke diagram?
A. Exodusters
B. Federalists
C. Populists
D. Republicans - ANSWER C. Populists
Read the passage below. From which of the following documents was the passage
taken?
~Be it enacted. That any person who is the head of a family, or who has arrived at the
age of twentyone
years, and is a citizen of the United States. shall. after the first of January, eighteen
hundred and sixtythree,
be entitled to enter one quarter section. of unappropriated public lands.
- May 20, 1862~
A. the Interstate Commerce Act
B. the Pacific Railway Act
C. the Homestead Act
D. the Dawes Act - ANSWER C. Homestead Act
Look at the photograph below of American Indian children studying in a boarding
school. Which of the following
which of the following concepts is demonstrated in this image?
A. allotment
B. assimilation
, C. expansionism
D. nativism - ANSWER B. assimilation
Why did cowboys drive their cattle north from Texas along the Chisholm Trail?
A. to sell their cattle to wealthy ranchers in Oklahoma
B. to better pasture their cattle in states like Kansas
C. to send their cattle to markets in eastern cities like Chicago
D. to establish cattle ranches near western towns like Denver - ANSWER C. to ship their
cattle to markets in eastern cities in states like Kansas
The National Grange was an organization made up mainly of
A. black settlers.
B. injured miners.
C. wealthy ranchers.
D. frustrated farmers. - ANSWER D. frustrated farmers
Many people came to California in the mid-1800s in search of
A. oil.
B. diamonds.
C. gold.
D. salt. - ANSWER C. gold
Why did the U.S. government establish schools for the American Indians?
A. They intended to hire American Indians to work on building railroads.
B. They wished to assimilate the American Indians into U.S. culture.
C. They believed the American Indians would lead them to deposits of gold.
D. They wanted the American Indians to become farmers - ANSWER B. They wanted to
assimilate the American Indians into U.S. culture.
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Examine the spoke diagram below. Which of the following groups BEST fits in the center
of the spoke diagram?
A. Exodusters
B. Federalists
C. Populists
D. Republicans - ANSWER C. Populists
Read the passage below. From which of the following documents was the passage
taken?
~Be it enacted. That any person who is the head of a family, or who has arrived at the
age of twentyone
years, and is a citizen of the United States. shall. after the first of January, eighteen
hundred and sixtythree,
be entitled to enter one quarter section. of unappropriated public lands.
- May 20, 1862~
A. the Interstate Commerce Act
B. the Pacific Railway Act
C. the Homestead Act
D. the Dawes Act - ANSWER C. Homestead Act
Look at the photograph below of American Indian children studying in a boarding
school. Which of the following
which of the following concepts is demonstrated in this image?
A. allotment
B. assimilation
, C. expansionism
D. nativism - ANSWER B. assimilation
Why did cowboys drive their cattle north from Texas along the Chisholm Trail?
A. to sell their cattle to wealthy ranchers in Oklahoma
B. to better pasture their cattle in states like Kansas
C. to send their cattle to markets in eastern cities like Chicago
D. to establish cattle ranches near western towns like Denver - ANSWER C. to ship their
cattle to markets in eastern cities in states like Kansas
The National Grange was an organization made up mainly of
A. black settlers.
B. injured miners.
C. wealthy ranchers.
D. frustrated farmers. - ANSWER D. frustrated farmers
Many people came to California in the mid-1800s in search of
A. oil.
B. diamonds.
C. gold.
D. salt. - ANSWER C. gold
Why did the U.S. government establish schools for the American Indians?
A. They intended to hire American Indians to work on building railroads.
B. They wished to assimilate the American Indians into U.S. culture.
C. They believed the American Indians would lead them to deposits of gold.
D. They wanted the American Indians to become farmers - ANSWER B. They wanted to
assimilate the American Indians into U.S. culture.
