Question 1

How did the Fourteenth Amendment deal with voting rights?

Accepted Answer

A)  It explicitly granted all black adults the right to vote. 
B)  It gave Congress the right to reduce an intransigent state's representation. 
C)  It granted the vote to adult black males in all states. 
D)  It phased in voting rights for blacks over a five-year period. 
A)  It explicitly granted all black adults the right to vote. 
B)  It gave Congress the right to reduce an intransigent state's representation. 
C)  It granted the vote to adult black males in all states. 
D)  It phased in voting rights for blacks over a five-year period.

Question 2

Who opposed President Andrew Johnson's reconstruction plan?

Accepted Answer

A)  Democratic legislators 
B)  Southern newspaper editors 
C)  Republican legislators 
D)  Southern planters 
A)  Democratic legislators 
B)  Southern newspaper editors 
C)  Republican legislators 
D)  Southern planters

Question 3

Andrew Johnson was impeached on what charge?

Accepted Answer

A)  That he attempted to block Republican Reconstruction plans 
B)  That he undermined the Freedmen's Bureau 
C)  That he violated the Tenure of Office Act 
D)  That he replaced Union generals with conservative officials in the South 
A)  That he attempted to block Republican Reconstruction plans 
B)  That he undermined the Freedmen's Bureau 
C)  That he violated the Tenure of Office Act 
D)  That he replaced Union generals with conservative officials in the South

Question 4

According to Map 16.3: The Reconstruction of the South, which former Confederate state was first to be readmitted to the Union?

Accepted Answer

A)  Florida 
B)  Georgia 
C)  Virginia 
D)  Tennessee 
A)  Florida 
B)  Georgia 
C)  Virginia 
D)  Tennessee

Question 5

By the early 1870s, the congressional reconstruction goals of 1866

Accepted Answer

A)  had been mostly met. 
B)  had been mostly abandoned by northerners. 
C)  had been expanded to include women's suffrage. 
D)  were still the nation's first priority. 
A)  had been mostly met. 
B)  had been mostly abandoned by northerners. 
C)  had been expanded to include women's suffrage. 
D)  were still the nation's first priority.

Question 6

What problem plagued the Republican governments of the Reconstruction South?

Accepted Answer

A)  Lack of support from poor blacks 
B)  Indifference toward racial discrimination 
C)  Corruption 
D)  Lack of ambition 
A)  Lack of support from poor blacks 
B)  Indifference toward racial discrimination 
C)  Corruption 
D)  Lack of ambition

Question 7

How did Congress respond to southern Republicans' pleas for federal protection from the racism and violence of the Ku Klux Klan?

Accepted Answer

A)  It passed the Ku Klux Klan Act and the Civil Rights Act of 1875. 
B)  It failed to respond because lawmakers felt they lacked the power to do anything. 
C)  It ignored the request for fear of alienating southern Democrats. 
D)  It passed the Compromise of 1877 in an attempt to stop Klan violence. 
A)  It passed the Ku Klux Klan Act and the Civil Rights Act of 1875. 
B)  It failed to respond because lawmakers felt they lacked the power to do anything. 
C)  It ignored the request for fear of alienating southern Democrats. 
D)  It passed the Compromise of 1877 in an attempt to stop Klan violence.

Question 8

What did President Johnson do after Mississippi's rejection of legislation that outlawed slavery and South Carolina's refusal to renounce secession?

Accepted Answer

A)  He refused to intervene. 
B)  He denied the states' new constitutions. 
C)  He refused to pardon planters and Confederate officials. 
D)  He sent the military into Mississippi and South Carolina. 
A)  He refused to intervene. 
B)  He denied the states' new constitutions. 
C)  He refused to pardon planters and Confederate officials. 
D)  He sent the military into Mississippi and South Carolina.

Question 9

"In the contest between the nation and slavery, our unfortunate people have sided, by instinct, with the former. . . . We will work, pray, live, and, if need be, die for the Union, as cheerfully as ever a white patriot died for his country. The color of our skin does not lessen in the least degree, our love either for God or for the land of our birth. . . . We know the burdens of citizenship, and are ready to bear them. We know the duties of the good citizen, and are ready to perform them cheerfully, and would ask to be put in a position in which we can discharge them more effectually. . . .
This is a democracy-a government of the people. It should aim to make every man, without regard to the color of his skin, the amount of his wealth, or the character of his religious faith, feel personally interested in its welfare. Every man who lives under the Government should feel that it is his property, his treasure, the bulwark and defence of himself and his family. . . ."
Which of the following did the authors of the 1865 petition to the Union Convention of Tennessee use to justify black enfranchisement?

Accepted Answer

A)  That free blacks paid taxes 
B)  That other countries' democracies allowed all men to vote 
C)  That to not allow black men to vote is to equate them with women 
D)  That blacks have proven themselves ready and willing to be active, participatory citizens 
A)  That free blacks paid taxes 
B)  That other countries' democracies allowed all men to vote 
C)  That to not allow black men to vote is to equate them with women 
D)  That blacks have proven themselves ready and willing to be active, participatory citizens

Question 10

What did "Sherman land" and the establishment of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands demonstrate to southerners about Reconstruction?

Accepted Answer

A)  That whites would soon regain their control over black laborers 
B)  That freedmen would have to work for their land 
C)  That ex-slaves would become independent landowners 
D)  That Congress was committed to punish former slaveholders 
A)  That whites would soon regain their control over black laborers 
B)  That freedmen would have to work for their land 
C)  That ex-slaves would become independent landowners 
D)  That Congress was committed to punish former slaveholders

Question 11

The 1868 drawing Selling a Freeman to Pay His Fine at Monticello, Florida, equated the newly instated black codes to what?

Accepted Answer

A)  Reenslavement 
B)  The enfranchisement of women 
C)  The establishment of a government dominated by blacks 
D)  The rehabilitation of the southern economy 
A)  Reenslavement 
B)  The enfranchisement of women 
C)  The establishment of a government dominated by blacks 
D)  The rehabilitation of the southern economy

Question 12

What was outlawed under the army's system of compulsory free labor in the South during and after the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

A)  Whipping 
B)  Wage labor 
C)  Social discrimination 
D)  Verbal abuse 
A)  Whipping 
B)  Wage labor 
C)  Social discrimination 
D)  Verbal abuse

Question 13

The election controversy ended with the Compromise of 1877, in which

Accepted Answer

A)  the Republican party was promised majority rule in Congress, and the Democratic party was promised lower taxes and home rule in the South. 
B)  southern Democrats accepted a Republican president in exchange for federal subsidies and the removal of federal troops from the South. 
C)  Republicans accepted Democratic rule in the White House in exchange for majority rule in Congress. 
D)  Republicans won lasting control of Florida, South Carolina, and Louisiana in exchange for supporting a Republican president. 
A)  the Republican party was promised majority rule in Congress, and the Democratic party was promised lower taxes and home rule in the South. 
B)  southern Democrats accepted a Republican president in exchange for federal subsidies and the removal of federal troops from the South. 
C)  Republicans accepted Democratic rule in the White House in exchange for majority rule in Congress. 
D)  Republicans won lasting control of Florida, South Carolina, and Louisiana in exchange for supporting a Republican president.

Question 14

None of the many shortcomings of Reconstruction disappointed former slaves more than the failure of the U.S. government to provide them with land of their own. Discuss events and legislation that occurred during the latter part of the Civil War and immediately following the Union victory (1864-65) and explain how they indicated to freedmen that the federal government intended to make some form of land ownership available to former slaves. Contrast those early promises with the realities of the later Reconstruction era, which in effect placed land ownership beyond the reach of all but a small fraction of blacks.

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
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Question 15

Supreme Court decisions in the years following the Civil War largely

Accepted Answer

A)  promoted the Republican Radicals' agenda for civil rights. 
B)  expanded the power of the federal government. 
C)  undermined Reconstruction. 
D)  expanded voting rights. 
A)  promoted the Republican Radicals' agenda for civil rights. 
B)  expanded the power of the federal government. 
C)  undermined Reconstruction. 
D)  expanded voting rights.

Question 16

According to the Military Reconstruction Act of 1867, what did a state have to do before gaining readmission to Congress?

Accepted Answer

A)  Allow men and women to vote on a new constitution 
B)  Write a new constitution that guaranteed black suffrage 
C)  Elect a Republican governor 
D)  Guarantee permanent employment for African Americans 
A)  Allow men and women to vote on a new constitution 
B)  Write a new constitution that guaranteed black suffrage 
C)  Elect a Republican governor 
D)  Guarantee permanent employment for African Americans

Question 17

The collapse of Reconstruction began in 1868, when Ulysses S. Grant was elected president. Explain how Grant's inept administration, his lack of political willpower, and the economic depression that occurred during his administration empowered southern Democrats to adopt home rule and end the Reconstruction experiment.

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Grant's Tr

Question 18

Match the term with the definition.
-Legislation passed by Congress that nullified the black codes and affirmed that black Americans should have equal benefit of the law. This expansion of black rights and federal authority drew a veto from President Johnson, which Congress later overrode.

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 19

"I have been in troble for about four yars my Dear wife was taken from me Nov 19th 1859 and left me with three Children and I being a Slave At the time Could Not do Anny thing for the poor little Children for my master it was took me Carry me some forty mile from them So I Could Not do for them and the man that they live with half feed them and half Cloth them & beat them like dogs & when I was admitted to go to see them it use to brake my heart & Now I say again I am Glad to have the honour to write to you to see if you Can Do Anny thing for me or for my poor little Children. . . ." What aspect of slavery did this letter writer focus on?

Accepted Answer

A)  The backbreaking labor on plantations 
B)  Its brutal effect on family life for slaves 
C)  The sexual exploitation of slave women by white masters 
D)  Its economic unfairness 
A)  The backbreaking labor on plantations 
B)  Its brutal effect on family life for slaves 
C)  The sexual exploitation of slave women by white masters 
D)  Its economic unfairness

Question 20

Explain the following statement: "By 1870, northerners had begun a retreat from the ideals of Reconstruction."

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
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Exam 16: Reconstruction

How did the Fourteenth Amendment deal with voting rights?

Who opposed President Andrew Johnson's reconstruction plan?

Andrew Johnson was impeached on what charge?

According to Map 16.3: The Reconstruction of the South, which former Confederate state was first to be readmitted to the Union?

By the early 1870s, the congressional reconstruction goals of 1866

What problem plagued the Republican governments of the Reconstruction South?

How did Congress respond to southern Republicans' pleas for federal protection from the racism and violence of the Ku Klux Klan?

What did President Johnson do after Mississippi's rejection of legislation that outlawed slavery and South Carolina's refusal to renounce secession?

What did "Sherman land" and the establishment of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands demonstrate to southerners about Reconstruction?

The 1868 drawing Selling a Freeman to Pay His Fine at Monticello, Florida, equated the newly instated black codes to what?

What was outlawed under the army's system of compulsory free labor in the South during and after the Civil War?

The election controversy ended with the Compromise of 1877, in which

Supreme Court decisions in the years following the Civil War largely

According to the Military Reconstruction Act of 1867, what did a state have to do before gaining readmission to Congress?

Match the term with the definition. -Legislation passed by Congress that nullified the black codes and affirmed that black Americans should have equal benefit of the law. This expansion of black rights and federal authority drew a veto from President Johnson, which Congress later overrode.

Explain the following statement: "By 1870, northerners had begun a retreat from the ideals of Reconstruction."

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