Question
Why did sharecropping lead to a cycle of poverty?
(1 point)
Responses
No one shared the tools, seed, or fertilizer needed to be successful.
No one shared the tools, seed, or fertilizer needed to be successful.
Freedmen had worked on farms all their life and didn’t want to work on farms anymore.
Freedmen had worked on farms all their life and didn’t want to work on farms anymore.
Crop prices were low, which prevented farmers from being able to pay off debts.
Crop prices were low, which prevented farmers from being able to pay off debts.
There was not enough land for everyone
Crop prices were low, which prevented farmers from being able to pay off debts.
Which of the following did the Supreme Court rule in Plessy v. Ferguson?
(1 point)
Responses
that segregation could continue
that segregation could continue
that the actions of Ku Klux Klan members would be protected as free speech
that the actions of Ku Klux Klan members would be protected as free speech
that freed African Americans had the right to vote
that freed African Americans had the right to vote
that black codes were unconstitutional
that segregation could continue
How did the Comstock Lode affect the western part of the United States?
(1 point)
Responses
Individual miners claimed all the land in the West for themselves.
Individual miners claimed all the land in the West for themselves.
Thousands of prospectors traveled west in search of gold and silver.
Thousands of prospectors traveled west in search of gold and silver.
Native Americans sold their land to prospectors.
Native Americans sold their land to prospectors.
Gold and silver lost its value because prospectors found so much.
Thousands of prospectors traveled west in search of gold and silver.
How did the Homestead Act entice people to move west?
(1 point)
Responses
It arranged for Native Americans who knew the land to guide settlers on their journey west.
It arranged for Native Americans who knew the land to guide settlers on their journey west.
It offered acres of free land to settlers who were willing to farm.
It offered acres of free land to settlers who were willing to farm.
It limited poverty in the South by giving houses, jobs, and food to settlers willing to move west.
It limited poverty in the South by giving houses, jobs, and food to settlers willing to move west.
It set up reservations for freed African Americans after the Civil War.