US HISTORY UNIT 1 CHALLENGE 2
THE WEST AND THE SOUTH 1877-1900
Choose the statement that best reflects an argument in favor of Indianassimilation in the late
1800s.
• c.)
"If we kill the Indian in children through education, we will have saved theman.”
Which statement best characterizes the politics of the "New South?"
• d.)
White Democrats worked steadily to erode voting rights for blacks atnational, state
and local levels.
How did a series of Supreme Court rulings in the 1870s influence theestablishment of Jim
Crow in the South?
• d.)
The court's rulings diminished protections provided by the 14th Amendment.
The reality of western life was often very different from the dreams of homesteaders.
Which of the statements best expresses one of the common myths of prospective
homesteaders?
• b.)
Any American could profit from Western lands and resources by simplyclaiming them.
How would viewers at the time of its creation most likely interpret the 1872painting American
Progress?
• c.)
A viewer at the time would likely have had the sense that all settlers wouldprofit from their
labor in the West.
Frederick Jackson Turner wrote a paper in 1893 titled “The Significance of the Frontier
in American History.”
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THE WEST AND THE SOUTH 1877-1900
Choose the statement that best reflects an argument in favor of Indianassimilation in the late
1800s.
• c.)
"If we kill the Indian in children through education, we will have saved theman.”
Which statement best characterizes the politics of the "New South?"
• d.)
White Democrats worked steadily to erode voting rights for blacks atnational, state
and local levels.
How did a series of Supreme Court rulings in the 1870s influence theestablishment of Jim
Crow in the South?
• d.)
The court's rulings diminished protections provided by the 14th Amendment.
The reality of western life was often very different from the dreams of homesteaders.
Which of the statements best expresses one of the common myths of prospective
homesteaders?
• b.)
Any American could profit from Western lands and resources by simplyclaiming them.
How would viewers at the time of its creation most likely interpret the 1872painting American
Progress?
• c.)
A viewer at the time would likely have had the sense that all settlers wouldprofit from their
labor in the West.
Frederick Jackson Turner wrote a paper in 1893 titled “The Significance of the Frontier
in American History.”
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