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Chapter 4 Quiz
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Reconstruction lasted from
1776 to 1783
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1789 to 1812
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1850 to 1865
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1865 to 1877
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Once they were free, the top priority of most formerly enslaved people was
Finding work
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Reuniting with family
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Fleeing the South
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Revenging themselves on their former masters
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The phrase "forty acres and a mule" is shorthand for
The freedmen's hopes of individual land ownership after the war
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The daily work required of enslaved people
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The daily work required of sharecroppers post-war
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The average holdings of slaveowners pre-war
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The Freedmen's Bureau was
A benevolent association designed to encourage teachers to move South
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A federal agency set up to aid newly freed slaves
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A private charity set up to aid newly freed slaves
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An early labor union
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The first wave of 19th century European immigrants was from
Ireland
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Germany
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China
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Russia
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An example of an immigrant group which was predominately female was
The Chinese
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The Germans
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The Irish
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The Italians
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The Chinese Exclusion Act was passed in
1875
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1882
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1888
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1943
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Which of the following is the best explanation, based on the map, for the location of white/Asian miscegenation laws?
California had the largest number of Asian immigrants
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The majority of Asian immigrants lived in Western states
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Asian immigrants lived across the US by 1869
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Asian immigrants were rare in the states on the West Coast
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The Mormons followed leader Brigham Young to settle in
Upstate New York
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Illinois
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Utah
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California
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The Mormons abandoned the practice of polygamy in
1844
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1852
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1880
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1890
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Post-Civil War, most settlers traveling West went by
Covered wagon
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Ship
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Railroad
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Foot
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The most onerous task for female homesteaders in the West was
Keeping a house clean
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Educating their children
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Laundry
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Helping in the fields
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The Morrill LandGrant Act of 1862 spurred the growth of
Populations in the western territories
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Coeducational universities
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Indian reservations
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Women's colleges
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What were these before and after pictures of Indian children at governmentrun boarding schools intended to show?
That the children retained their Indian heritage
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That the children were happier once they were Anglicized
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That the school was successfully wiping away their Indian culture
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That the children were sad when they arrived at school
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Black women were able to earn vocational training at institutions like
Tuskegee Institute
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Spelman College
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Oberlin College
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Bryn Mawr College
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The most common occupation for educated Black women in the late 19th century was
Domestic servant
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Teacher
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Small business owner
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Nurse
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Suffragists wanted
The right to vote
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Land ownership
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An end to segregation
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Charitable work to end the suffering of the poor
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In 1868 the women's movement split over the question of
Supporting the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution
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Whether or not women should have the right to vote
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Whether or not former slaves should have the right to vote
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Whether or not to end slavery
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The Supreme Court case that shot down a suffragist challenge to all-male voting laws was
Marbury v. Madison
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Minor v. Happersett
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Scott v. Sandford
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Swann v. Mecklenburg
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Frances Willard was the leader of
The National Woman Suffrage Association
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The American Woman Suffrage Association
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The North American Woman Suffrage Association
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The Women's Christian Temperance Union
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