The Northwest Ordinance __________
A) reserved land for Indian tribes
B) accelerated the spread of slavery north of the Ohio River
C) divided the Northwest Territory into ten future states
D) benefited eastern land speculators
D
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Which of the following was NOT an involvement of Lillian Wald and her Henry Street Settlement?
A) providing visiting nurse and health care services B) lobbying for first school lunch programs C) providing the National Negro Conference a meeting place D) promoting industrial efficiency
President Grant's administration responded to the upsurge in southern violence against free black men and women by:
A) sending troops to retain order in the South and arrest perpetrators. B) diverting his attention to tackling the problems of the Whiskey Ring. C) sending a stern warning, including threats of censuring southern Congressmen, until the violence ceased. D) pushing two important measures through Congress and making it a felony to interfere with the right to vote. E) passing a law to make the Ku Klux Klan legal in the South.
During the 1850s, about __________ of the 8 million white people living in the South owned slaves
A) 25 percent B) 10 percent C) 50 percent D) 63 percent
How did white Americans interact with Native Americans in the early 1800s?
A) The federal government worked with tribal leaders to find compromises on land distribution. B) White businessmen, supported by the government, forced Indians to work in mills and labor camps, destroying their culture and family ties. C) They used violence and trickery to kill Indians and gain their land. D) They generally lived peacefully as neighbors, often sharing resources. E) The federal government took Indian children from their homes and placed them in schools to increase assimilation.