Question 1

What was the result of President Johnson's plan to unite white opponents against the Fourteenth Amendment for the election of 1866?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Democratic party made unlikely gains. 
B)  The National Union party won all northern states. 
C)  The Republicans won a resounding victory. 
D)  Northern whites turned against Reconstruction. 
A)  The Democratic party made unlikely gains. 
B)  The National Union party won all northern states. 
C)  The Republicans won a resounding victory. 
D)  Northern whites turned against Reconstruction. C

Question 2

Abraham Lincoln's and Andrew Johnson's reconstruction plans shared an emphasis on

Accepted Answer

A)  full amnesty to all former rebel soldiers. 
B)  limited voting rights for blacks. 
C)  the confiscation of rebel property. 
D)  ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment. 
A)  full amnesty to all former rebel soldiers. 
B)  limited voting rights for blacks. 
C)  the confiscation of rebel property. 
D)  ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment. D

Question 3

Match the term with the definition.
-Government organization created in March 1865 to distribute food and clothing to destitute southerners and to ease the transition of slaves to free persons. Early efforts by the organization to distribute land to the newly freed blacks were later overturned by President Johnson.

Accepted Answer

A) black codes 
B) carpetbagger 
C) Civil Rights Act of 1866 
D) Compromise of 1877 
E) Fifteenth Amendment
F)Fourteenth Amendment
G)Freedmen's Bureau
H)Ku Klux Klan
I)Military Reconstruction Act
J)Redeemers
K)scalawag
L)sharecropping 
A) black codes 
B) carpetbagger 
C) Civil Rights Act of 1866 
D) Compromise of 1877 
E) Fifteenth Amendment
F)Fourteenth Amendment
G)Freedmen's Bureau
H)Ku Klux Klan
I)Military Reconstruction Act
J)Redeemers
K)scalawag
L)sharecropping G

Question 4

After emancipation, what did freedom mean to former slaves in terms of their work, family, religion, and education?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Post-Slave

Question 5

The Reconstruction Acts required southern states to draw up new constitutions. Identify the two general categories in southern life that were extensively changed by these constitutions, and cite two examples from each category.

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Transformi

Question 6

What was the result of Republican campaigns for public education in the South during the Reconstruction period?

Accepted Answer

A)  Very few blacks had the opportunity to attend school. 
B)  Literacy rates rose sharply across the South. 
C)  Southern schools had the same funding as northern schools. 
D)  The South desegregated its public schools. 
A)  Very few blacks had the opportunity to attend school. 
B)  Literacy rates rose sharply across the South. 
C)  Southern schools had the same funding as northern schools. 
D)  The South desegregated its public schools.

Question 7

Match the term with the definition.
-Laws passed by state governments in the South in 1865 that sought to force freedmen back to the plantations and keep ex-slaves subordinate to whites.

Accepted Answer

A) black codes 
B) carpetbagger 
C) Civil Rights Act of 1866 
D) Compromise of 1877 
E) Fifteenth Amendment
F)Fourteenth Amendment
G)Freedmen's Bureau
H)Ku Klux Klan
I)Military Reconstruction Act
J)Redeemers
K)scalawag
L)sharecropping 
A) black codes 
B) carpetbagger 
C) Civil Rights Act of 1866 
D) Compromise of 1877 
E) Fifteenth Amendment
F)Fourteenth Amendment
G)Freedmen's Bureau
H)Ku Klux Klan
I)Military Reconstruction Act
J)Redeemers
K)scalawag
L)sharecropping

Question 8

Match the term with the definition.
-Labor system that emerged in the South during Reconstruction. Under this system, planters divided their plantations into small farms that freedmen rented, paying with a share of each year's crop. The system gave blacks some freedom, but they remained dependent on white landlords and country merchants.

Accepted Answer

A) black codes 
B) carpetbagger 
C) Civil Rights Act of 1866 
D) Compromise of 1877 
E) Fifteenth Amendment
F)Fourteenth Amendment
G)Freedmen's Bureau
H)Ku Klux Klan
I)Military Reconstruction Act
J)Redeemers
K)scalawag
L)sharecropping 
A) black codes 
B) carpetbagger 
C) Civil Rights Act of 1866 
D) Compromise of 1877 
E) Fifteenth Amendment
F)Fourteenth Amendment
G)Freedmen's Bureau
H)Ku Klux Klan
I)Military Reconstruction Act
J)Redeemers
K)scalawag
L)sharecropping

Question 9

From the perspective of white southerners, what were the stated purposes and goals of the black codes?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Purpose an

Question 10

Identify the positive and negative outcomes of the ambitious economic development programs launched by Republican governments in the South.

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Positive O

Question 11

Reconstruction represents a tragedy of enormous proportions based on many divisive issues. The various Reconstruction plans faced problems such as northern apathy, southern defiance, and a lack of unity from northern politicians. Identify and compare the different goals for Reconstruction and the specific actions taken by Lincoln, Johnson, and Congress. In addition, discuss the strengths and weaknesses of each of these plans.

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Abraham Li

Question 12

Match the term with the definition.
-Name taken by southern Democrats who harnessed white rage in order to overthrow Republican rule and black political power and thus, they believed, save southern civilization.

Accepted Answer

A) black codes 
B) carpetbagger 
C) Civil Rights Act of 1866 
D) Compromise of 1877 
E) Fifteenth Amendment
F)Fourteenth Amendment
G)Freedmen's Bureau
H)Ku Klux Klan
I)Military Reconstruction Act
J)Redeemers
K)scalawag
L)sharecropping 
A) black codes 
B) carpetbagger 
C) Civil Rights Act of 1866 
D) Compromise of 1877 
E) Fifteenth Amendment
F)Fourteenth Amendment
G)Freedmen's Bureau
H)Ku Klux Klan
I)Military Reconstruction Act
J)Redeemers
K)scalawag
L)sharecropping

Question 13

Why did African Americans prefer sharecropping to wage labor?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sharecropping placed blacks on equal footing with whites. 
B)  Most black sharecroppers became very wealthy. 
C)  White landlords provided black sharecroppers with housing for life. 
D)  Sharecropping freed blacks from the day-to-day supervision of whites. 
A)  Sharecropping placed blacks on equal footing with whites. 
B)  Most black sharecroppers became very wealthy. 
C)  White landlords provided black sharecroppers with housing for life. 
D)  Sharecropping freed blacks from the day-to-day supervision of whites.

Question 14

Explain why women's suffrage advocates were unhappy with the wording of the Fifteenth Amendment.

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Denied Suf

Question 15

Match the term with the definition.
-A social club of Confederate veterans that quickly developed into a paramilitary organization supporting Democrats. With too few Union troops in the South to control the region, the group went on a rampage of violence to defeat Republicans and restore white supremacy.

Accepted Answer

A) black codes 
B) carpetbagger 
C) Civil Rights Act of 1866 
D) Compromise of 1877 
E) Fifteenth Amendment
F)Fourteenth Amendment
G)Freedmen's Bureau
H)Ku Klux Klan
I)Military Reconstruction Act
J)Redeemers
K)scalawag
L)sharecropping 
A) black codes 
B) carpetbagger 
C) Civil Rights Act of 1866 
D) Compromise of 1877 
E) Fifteenth Amendment
F)Fourteenth Amendment
G)Freedmen's Bureau
H)Ku Klux Klan
I)Military Reconstruction Act
J)Redeemers
K)scalawag
L)sharecropping

Question 16

Who were the Redeemers in the South?

Accepted Answer

A)  Reformers who hoped to establish public education in the South 
B)  Politicians who believed Confederate dollars should be redeemed for U.S. dollars 
C)  Ministers who hoped to heal the breach between northern and southern churches 
D)  Southern Democrats who wanted to restore white supremacy in the South 
A)  Reformers who hoped to establish public education in the South 
B)  Politicians who believed Confederate dollars should be redeemed for U.S. dollars 
C)  Ministers who hoped to heal the breach between northern and southern churches 
D)  Southern Democrats who wanted to restore white supremacy in the South

Question 17

Identify and briefly explain two Supreme Court cases that essentially undermined Reconstruction.

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Slaughterh

Question 18

What was the real result of the Fifteenth Amendment?

Accepted Answer

A)  It effectively restructured political power in the South until 1920. 
B)  It was undermined by literacy and property qualifications in southern states. 
C)  It immediately allowed women to vote in national elections. 
D)  It made the United States the first nation with universal adult suffrage. 
A)  It effectively restructured political power in the South until 1920. 
B)  It was undermined by literacy and property qualifications in southern states. 
C)  It immediately allowed women to vote in national elections. 
D)  It made the United States the first nation with universal adult suffrage.

Question 19

What was the result of the Compromise of 1877?

Accepted Answer

A)  It ended the political momentum of the Redeemers. 
B)  It allowed the Republicans to dominate southern politics. 
C)  It allowed the Democrats to repeal the Fifteenth Amendment. 
D)  It spelled the end of Reconstruction. 
A)  It ended the political momentum of the Redeemers. 
B)  It allowed the Republicans to dominate southern politics. 
C)  It allowed the Democrats to repeal the Fifteenth Amendment. 
D)  It spelled the end of Reconstruction.

Question 20

Within months of the end of the Civil War, about one-third of black women in the South

Accepted Answer

A)  moved to the North. 
B)  filed for divorce. 
C)  obtained a factory job. 
D)  abandoned fieldwork. 
A)  moved to the North. 
B)  filed for divorce. 
C)  obtained a factory job. 
D)  abandoned fieldwork.

Exam 16: Reconstruction

What was the result of President Johnson's plan to unite white opponents against the Fourteenth Amendment for the election of 1866?

Abraham Lincoln's and Andrew Johnson's reconstruction plans shared an emphasis on

After emancipation, what did freedom mean to former slaves in terms of their work, family, religion, and education?

The Reconstruction Acts required southern states to draw up new constitutions. Identify the two general categories in southern life that were extensively changed by these constitutions, and cite two examples from each category.

What was the result of Republican campaigns for public education in the South during the Reconstruction period?

Match the term with the definition. -Laws passed by state governments in the South in 1865 that sought to force freedmen back to the plantations and keep ex-slaves subordinate to whites.

From the perspective of white southerners, what were the stated purposes and goals of the black codes?

Identify the positive and negative outcomes of the ambitious economic development programs launched by Republican governments in the South.

Match the term with the definition. -Name taken by southern Democrats who harnessed white rage in order to overthrow Republican rule and black political power and thus, they believed, save southern civilization.

Why did African Americans prefer sharecropping to wage labor?

Explain why women's suffrage advocates were unhappy with the wording of the Fifteenth Amendment.

Who were the Redeemers in the South?

Identify and briefly explain two Supreme Court cases that essentially undermined Reconstruction.

What was the real result of the Fifteenth Amendment?

What was the result of the Compromise of 1877?

Within months of the end of the Civil War, about one-third of black women in the South

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