Question 1

In order to have the truly independent, self-sufficient life they wanted, many freedmen sought

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A)  a fair employer. 
B)  the chance to move North. 
C)  land of their own. 
D)  social equality. 
A)  a fair employer. 
B)  the chance to move North. 
C)  land of their own. 
D)  social equality. C

Question 2

Instructions:
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic,
and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-the myth of military rule in the South

Accepted Answer

The item "_∙" refers to the myth of military rule in the South. This myth is the belief that the South was under military rule during the Reconstruction era following the Civil War. In reality, while there were military forces present in the South to enforce federal laws and protect the rights of newly freed African Americans, the region was not under direct military rule.

The historical significance of this myth lies in its impact on the perception of Reconstruction and its effects on the South. The myth perpetuates the idea of a defeated and oppressed South, which has had lasting effects on the region's identity and political landscape. It also contributes to the narrative of the "Lost Cause" and the glorification of the Confederacy.

The myth of military rule in the South exists within the historical context of Reconstruction, a period of significant social, political, and economic change in the aftermath of the Civil War. The myth is the result of the tensions and power struggles between the federal government, newly freed African Americans, and white Southerners seeking to maintain their pre-war way of life.

The consequences of this myth are far-reaching. It has contributed to the perpetuation of racial divisions and the glorification of the Confederacy, impacting the political, social, and cultural landscape of the South. It has also influenced historical narratives and memory, shaping the way Reconstruction is remembered and understood.

Question 3

Discuss the response of former slaves to freedom.

Accepted Answer

The response of former slaves to freedom varied greatly depending on their individual circumstances and experiences. For some, freedom brought a sense of relief and empowerment, as they were no longer bound by the oppressive system of slavery. Many former slaves sought to reunite with family members from whom they had been separated, and to establish their own independent lives.

However, the transition to freedom was not without its challenges. Many former slaves faced economic hardship and struggled to find employment and housing. They also encountered discrimination and violence from white supremacists who sought to maintain the racial hierarchy of the pre-Civil War South. In response, many former slaves joined together to form communities and support networks, and to advocate for their rights and equality.

Some former slaves also sought to exercise their newfound freedom by pursuing education, participating in political activism, and asserting their rights as citizens. The response of former slaves to freedom was complex and multifaceted, reflecting the diverse experiences and aspirations of individuals who had endured the trauma of slavery and were now navigating the uncertain terrain of emancipation.

Question 4

Map Exercise 16-1
You will need one colored pen to complete this exercise. On the outline map of the South that follows and using the map in Chapter 16 of the text entitled "The Reconstruction" as a guide:
  
-Refer to Map Exercise 16-1. Why and how did West Virginia become a state separate from Virginia?

Accepted Answer

During the Civil War, the western counti

Question 5

Instructions:
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic,
and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-Klan violence in Alamance and Caswell counties of North Carolina

Accepted Answer

The item is Klan violence in Alamance an

Question 6

Instructions:
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic,
and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-the First Reconstruction Act

Accepted Answer

The First Reconstruction Act was a piece

Question 7

The Fourteenth Amendment represented a compromise between Radical and Conservative Republicans. Write an essay reviewing the major provisions of this amendment and explain where the compromise was most evident.

Accepted Answer

The Fourteenth Amendment, ratified in 18

Question 8

Examine the social, political, and economic policies of the Reconstruction governments in the South. What were the strengths and weaknesses of these policies? Explain the extent to which southern society was changed by these policies.

Accepted Answer

The Reconstruction governments in the So

Question 9

Instructions:
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic,
and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-Lincoln's "Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction"

Accepted Answer

The item is Lincoln's "Proclamation of A

Question 10

The term scalawag was used to describe

Accepted Answer

A)  homeless unemployed freedmen in the South. 
B)  native white southerners who cooperated with the Republicans. 
C)  former plantation owners who had lost their lands. 
D)  Union soldiers who occupied the South during Reconstruction. 
A)  homeless unemployed freedmen in the South. 
B)  native white southerners who cooperated with the Republicans. 
C)  former plantation owners who had lost their lands. 
D)  Union soldiers who occupied the South during Reconstruction.

Question 11

Instructions:
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic,
and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-the founding of African American colleges

Accepted Answer

The founding of African American college

Question 12

Instructions:
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic,
and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-Republican governments in the former Confederate states

Accepted Answer

The item is the establishment of Republi

Question 13

The Fifteenth Amendment

Accepted Answer

A)  stipulated that states could not deny the right to vote on the basis of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. 
B)  guaranteed African Americans equal protection under the law. 
C)  extended the right to vote to women and blacks. 
D)  was immediately ratified by all northern states. 
A)  stipulated that states could not deny the right to vote on the basis of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. 
B)  guaranteed African Americans equal protection under the law. 
C)  extended the right to vote to women and blacks. 
D)  was immediately ratified by all northern states.

Question 14

Instructions:
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic,
and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-the myth of "Negro rule"

Accepted Answer

The myth of "Negro rule" refers to the f

Question 15

In response to the Panic of 1873, many debtors and unemployed workers advocated

Accepted Answer

A)  easy money policies, which they hoped would spur economic expansion. 
B)  federal monetary grants to freedmen so they could open their own businesses and banks. 
C)  a federal loan program to finance industrial development in the South. 
D)  federal loans to the freedmen so they could buy their own land. 
A)  easy money policies, which they hoped would spur economic expansion. 
B)  federal monetary grants to freedmen so they could open their own businesses and banks. 
C)  a federal loan program to finance industrial development in the South. 
D)  federal loans to the freedmen so they could buy their own land.

Question 16

The Reconstruction era is generally divided into two phases, the presidential phase lasting from 1865 to 1867 and the congressional phase stretching from 1867 to 1876. Citing specific programs and policies, indicate how the two phases differed.

Accepted Answer

During the presidential phase of Reconst

Question 17

Instructions:
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic,
and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-the Panic of 1873

Accepted Answer

The Panic of 1873 was a financial crisis

Question 18

Which of the following statements is true concerning the experience of freedmen on the Sea Islands near the end of the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

A)  Former slaves rejected attempts by northern educators to establish schools on the Sea Islands. 
B)  Freedmen were not interested in working with each other in pursuit of common objectives. 
C)  Most northerners believed that plantation lands should be confiscated and given to former slaves. 
D)  Northern reformers and government officials gave little or no help to former slaves who wanted to obtain land. 
A)  Former slaves rejected attempts by northern educators to establish schools on the Sea Islands. 
B)  Freedmen were not interested in working with each other in pursuit of common objectives. 
C)  Most northerners believed that plantation lands should be confiscated and given to former slaves. 
D)  Northern reformers and government officials gave little or no help to former slaves who wanted to obtain land.

Question 19

Map Exercise 16-1
You will need one colored pen to complete this exercise. On the outline map of the South that follows and using the map in Chapter 16 of the text entitled "The Reconstruction" as a guide:
  
-Refer to Map Exercise 16-1. Why was Tennessee readmitted to the Union before passage of the Reconstruction Act of 1867?

Accepted Answer

Tennessee was readmitted to the Union be

Question 20

Which of the following is true of northerners who settled in the South immediately after the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

A)  They constituted the largest group holding political office in the South during Reconstruction. 
B)  For the most part they were greedy, scheming politicians who came to loot the South in its most desperate hour. 
C)  Most came because they were seeking business opportunities or a warmer climate. 
D)  Knowing that industrialization of the South was impractical, they were primarily interested in bringing mechanized agribusiness to the region. 
A)  They constituted the largest group holding political office in the South during Reconstruction. 
B)  For the most part they were greedy, scheming politicians who came to loot the South in its most desperate hour. 
C)  Most came because they were seeking business opportunities or a warmer climate. 
D)  Knowing that industrialization of the South was impractical, they were primarily interested in bringing mechanized agribusiness to the region.

In order to have the truly independent, self-sufficient life they wanted, many freedmen sought

Discuss the response of former slaves to freedom.

The Fourteenth Amendment represented a compromise between Radical and Conservative Republicans. Write an essay reviewing the major provisions of this amendment and explain where the compromise was most evident.

Examine the social, political, and economic policies of the Reconstruction governments in the South. What were the strengths and weaknesses of these policies? Explain the extent to which southern society was changed by these policies.

The term scalawag was used to describe

The Fifteenth Amendment

In response to the Panic of 1873, many debtors and unemployed workers advocated

The Reconstruction era is generally divided into two phases, the presidential phase lasting from 1865 to 1867 and the congressional phase stretching from 1867 to 1876. Citing specific programs and policies, indicate how the two phases differed.

Which of the following statements is true concerning the experience of freedmen on the Sea Islands near the end of the Civil War?

Which of the following is true of northerners who settled in the South immediately after the Civil War?

Three Old Worlds Create a New

Europeans Colonize North America

North America in the Atlantic World

Becoming America

The Ends of Empire

American Revolutions

Forging a Nation

Defining the Nation

The Rise of the South

The Restless North

The Contested West

Politics and the Fate of the Union

Transforming Fire: the Civil War

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Exam 14: Reconstruction: an Unfinished Revolution

In order to have the truly independent, self-sufficient life they wanted, many freedmen sought

Discuss the response of former slaves to freedom.

The Fourteenth Amendment represented a compromise between Radical and Conservative Republicans. Write an essay reviewing the major provisions of this amendment and explain where the compromise was most evident.

Examine the social, political, and economic policies of the Reconstruction governments in the South. What were the strengths and weaknesses of these policies? Explain the extent to which southern society was changed by these policies.

The term scalawag was used to describe

The Fifteenth Amendment

In response to the Panic of 1873, many debtors and unemployed workers advocated

The Reconstruction era is generally divided into two phases, the presidential phase lasting from 1865 to 1867 and the congressional phase stretching from 1867 to 1876. Citing specific programs and policies, indicate how the two phases differed.

Which of the following statements is true concerning the experience of freedmen on the Sea Islands near the end of the Civil War?

Which of the following is true of northerners who settled in the South immediately after the Civil War?

Three Old Worlds Create a New

Europeans Colonize North America

North America in the Atlantic World

Becoming America

The Ends of Empire

American Revolutions

Forging a Nation

Defining the Nation

The Rise of the South

The Restless North

The Contested West

Politics and the Fate of the Union

Transforming Fire: the Civil War

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