Federal policy and the treatment of Native Americans has changed over the centuries of United States history.  The picture above is of the same person.  What governmental policy does it best represent?{
~Tribes are treated as independent nations, and treaties govern the relationship
~Concentration Policy and specified Indian Territory
~Reservation Policy throughout the midwestern and western United States
=Assimilation Policy, including laws such as the Dawes Severalty Act
~all of the above
}

The crisis after the 1876 election was ended after “Rutherfraud” B. Hayes made all of the following compromises and concessions to the southern states EXCEPT which one?{
~Federal funds would be made available for internal improvements to the infrastructure of the South
~Patronage, including a southern cabinet appointee, would be left up to southerners on the local level
=An official repeal of the policies passed by the Radical Republican dominated Congress during the Reconstruction period
~A pledge of non-interference from the federal government in southern affairs
~The removal of all remaining federal troops from the South
}

This image is on the subject of the federal government's Freedman's Bureau during the time of Reconstruction.  Whose point of view is represented in this specific cartoon.{
~President Andrew Jackson, who vetoed the continuation of the Freedmen's Bureau
~The view of a white carpetbagger school teacher of English in the South.
~A Democratic Party candidate, in either the North or the South.
~This cartoon's message would be opposed by a freedman and a scalawag.
=Both answers A and C
}

According to the video, what accounted for most of the soldier deaths in the Civil War?{
~the rifle, with its longer range accuracy
~the mini ball, with its large caliber round and devastating "bone crushing" impact
~the generals practiced a type of warfare with troops arranged in close shoulder-to shoulder massed formations, making them easier targets
=disease, brought on by battle wounds, problematic medical treatment, and poor sanitation and nutrition.
~starvation due to lack of supplies, and executions due to soldiers who were caught AWOL (absent without leave).
}

The Homestead Act had both positive and negative effects, listed below.  Which of the following does NOT belong in this list of effects?{
~The act was egalitarian in nature, since it provided acreage to single women as well as men, even though women did not yet have the power to vote.
=Because the act provided limited liability, homesteaders could receive government subsidies for planting certain types of crops that were in great demand in order to increase their profits.
~Many poor people could not take advantage of this act because they lacked the financial resources to travel west.
~Native Americans were deprived of their land and faced violence and discrimination as the hands of westward migrating Americans.
~The level of corruption in implementing this government program was profound, as speculators and corporations took advantage of loopholes to seize acreage for themselves.
}

Who or what type of 19th Century person does this flag/image most accurately represent.{
~Ku Klux Klan member
~Black Republican
~An opponent of the Solid South
~Andrew Johnson
=Redeemer
}

All of the following events brought about the end of the long cattle drive EXCEPT which one?{
~the corporate growth and influence on the feed lot and meatpacking industry
=The replacement of the over hunted Texas longhorns by the more numerous and hearty free-range buffalo
~The effects of the Range Wars between the sheep and cattle ranchers
~The weather, including the severe Winters from 1885-7 that killed many cattle on the “long drive”
~The invention of barbed wire and its use by farmers
}