Question 1

Who was disappointed in the voting rights provisions in the Fourteenth Amendment?

Accepted Answer

A)  Northern members of the Republican party 
B)  Advocates of female suffrage 
C)  Frederick Douglass and other abolitionists 
D)  Ex-slaves in the South 
A)  Northern members of the Republican party 
B)  Advocates of female suffrage 
C)  Frederick Douglass and other abolitionists 
D)  Ex-slaves in the South

Question 2

What was the result of the election of 1874?

Accepted Answer

A)  Republicans maintained slight majorities in both houses of Congress. 
B)  Democrats won a majority in Congress and took most state governorships. 
C)  Democrats gained control of the House of Representatives. 
D)  Democrats won a majority of seats in the Senate. 
A)  Republicans maintained slight majorities in both houses of Congress. 
B)  Democrats won a majority in Congress and took most state governorships. 
C)  Democrats gained control of the House of Representatives. 
D)  Democrats won a majority of seats in the Senate.

Question 3

Match the term with the definition.
-Informal pact in which Democrats agreed not to block Rutherford B. Hayes's inauguration and to deal fairly with freedmen. Hayes vowed not to use the army to uphold the remaining Republican regimes in the South and to provide the South with substantial federal subsidies for railroads. The agreement brought Reconstruction to an end.

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 4

By 1872, many Republican leaders had come to believe that which group offered the best hope for honesty, order, and prosperity in the South?

Accepted Answer

A)  Educated African Americans 
B)  Upcountry yeoman farmers 
C)  Urban union leaders 
D)  Traditional white leadership 
A)  Educated African Americans 
B)  Upcountry yeoman farmers 
C)  Urban union leaders 
D)  Traditional white leadership

Question 5

Why did many slaves flee the biracial Methodist church soon after emancipation?

Accepted Answer

A)  They disagreed with its theological teachings. 
B)  They wanted religious autonomy. 
C)  The Methodist Church rejected the newly freed blacks. 
D)  They associated Christianity with slavery and therefore abandoned it. 
A)  They disagreed with its theological teachings. 
B)  They wanted religious autonomy. 
C)  The Methodist Church rejected the newly freed blacks. 
D)  They associated Christianity with slavery and therefore abandoned it.

Question 6

Match the term with the definition.
-Constitutional amendment passed in February 1869 prohibiting states from depriving any citizen of the right to vote because of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude." It extended black suffrage nationwide but did not enfranchise women, which disappointed woman suffrage advocates.

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 7

What was the result of the impeachment trial of President Johnson?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Court found him guilty of violating the Tenure of Office Act. 
B)  He was found guilty of the misuse and abuse of constitutional powers. 
C)  He no longer interfered in Reconstruction. 
D)  A not guilty verdict made him more powerful than ever. 
A)  The Court found him guilty of violating the Tenure of Office Act. 
B)  He was found guilty of the misuse and abuse of constitutional powers. 
C)  He no longer interfered in Reconstruction. 
D)  A not guilty verdict made him more powerful than ever.

Question 8

Who was disappointed in the Military Reconstruction Act of 1867?

Accepted Answer

A)  Radical Republicans who supported black suffrage 
B)  Those who believed the law should not provide blacks with their own land 
C)  Black men who did not own enough property to meet voting requirements 
D)  Those who advocated the redistribution of southern plantations to ex-slaves 
A)  Radical Republicans who supported black suffrage 
B)  Those who believed the law should not provide blacks with their own land 
C)  Black men who did not own enough property to meet voting requirements 
D)  Those who advocated the redistribution of southern plantations to ex-slaves

Question 9

Why was the Civil Rights Act of 1866 extraordinary?

Accepted Answer

A)  It made discrimination in state laws illegal. 
B)  It declared martial law in the South. 
C)  It expanded the states' authority to write their own civil rights laws. 
D)  It prolonged the life of the Freedmen's Bureau. 
A)  It made discrimination in state laws illegal. 
B)  It declared martial law in the South. 
C)  It expanded the states' authority to write their own civil rights laws. 
D)  It prolonged the life of the Freedmen's Bureau.

Question 10

How did moderate Republicans and Republican Radicals differ in 1865?

Accepted Answer

A)  Moderates championed black equality, while Radicals wanted to limit the rights of black Americans. 
B)  Moderates supported states' rights and limited federal involvement in the economy, while Radicals wanted to expand federal powers. 
C)  Moderates supported Andrew Johnson's reconstruction plan, while Radicals wanted to write their own. 
D)  Moderates did not actively support black voting rights and the distribution of confiscated lands to the freedmen, while Radicals did. 
A)  Moderates championed black equality, while Radicals wanted to limit the rights of black Americans. 
B)  Moderates supported states' rights and limited federal involvement in the economy, while Radicals wanted to expand federal powers. 
C)  Moderates supported Andrew Johnson's reconstruction plan, while Radicals wanted to write their own. 
D)  Moderates did not actively support black voting rights and the distribution of confiscated lands to the freedmen, while Radicals did.

Question 11

Match the term with the definition.
-Southerners' pejorative term for a northern migrant who sought opportunity in the South after the Civil War. Northern migrants formed an important part of the southern Republican party.

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 12

Match the term with the definition.
-A derogatory term that southerners applied to southern white Republicans, who were seen as traitors to the South. Most were yeoman farmers.

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

In Lincoln's plan for reconstruction, what did a Confederate state need to do to qualify for readmission into the Union?

Accepted Answer

A)  The state legislature had to guarantee the right to vote to all former slaves. 
B)  Fifty percent of the voting population needed to pledge allegiance to the United States before forming a new government. 
C)  Ten percent of the voting population needed to take an oath of allegiance before forming a new government. 
D)  High-ranking Confederate officials had to renounce their allegiance to the government in Richmond. 
A)  The state legislature had to guarantee the right to vote to all former slaves. 
B)  Fifty percent of the voting population needed to pledge allegiance to the United States before forming a new government. 
C)  Ten percent of the voting population needed to take an oath of allegiance before forming a new government. 
D)  High-ranking Confederate officials had to renounce their allegiance to the government in Richmond.

Question 14

What was the significance of pardons granted to rebel soldiers under the terms of Lincoln's Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction?

Accepted Answer

A)  The pardons permitted the rebels to return home with limited currency. 
B)  The pardons restored property (except slaves) to rebel soldiers. 
C)  The pardons kept ex-Confederate leaders from returning to political power. 
D)  The pardons forgave debts incurred during the war. 
A)  The pardons permitted the rebels to return home with limited currency. 
B)  The pardons restored property (except slaves) to rebel soldiers. 
C)  The pardons kept ex-Confederate leaders from returning to political power. 
D)  The pardons forgave debts incurred during the war.

Question 15

After Ulysses S. Grant, the former Union general, was elected president in 1868, he

Accepted Answer

A)  proved a decisive leader. 
B)  sought justice for blacks. 
C)  surrounded himself with skilled politicians. 
D)  became known for his anticorruption activities. 
A)  proved a decisive leader. 
B)  sought justice for blacks. 
C)  surrounded himself with skilled politicians. 
D)  became known for his anticorruption activities.

Question 16

The new southern state constitutions mandated by the Reconstruction Acts introduced which of the following reforms?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mandatory education 
B)  Universal male suffrage 
C)  Wholesale disfranchisement of ex-rebels 
D)  The redistribution of property 
A)  Mandatory education 
B)  Universal male suffrage 
C)  Wholesale disfranchisement of ex-rebels 
D)  The redistribution of property

Question 17

List differences in the perspectives of moderate Republicans and the Republican Radicals in Congress during the mid- to- late 1860s.

Accepted Answer

Moderate Republicans in Congress primari

Question 18

How did southern Democrats appeal to white small farmers in the early 1870s?

Accepted Answer

A)  They convinced poor whites that they paid taxes for blacks. 
B)  They promised to enlarge the government budget to help their plight. 
C)  They gave them the confiscated property of Confederate leaders. 
D)  They promised to raise taxes on blacks and on rich whites. 
A)  They convinced poor whites that they paid taxes for blacks. 
B)  They promised to enlarge the government budget to help their plight. 
C)  They gave them the confiscated property of Confederate leaders. 
D)  They promised to raise taxes on blacks and on rich whites.

Question 19

Although moderate Republicans did not champion black equality, southern obstinacy and President Johnson's leniency toward the South forged unity among Republican factions. Rather than accept Johnson's claim that the "work of restoration" was done, Congress challenged his executive power. Discuss Congress's passage of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments. What were the basic tenets of these amendments, and what were the reactions to them?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally

Question 20

What was the goal of the Wade-Davis bill?

Accepted Answer

A)  To guarantee freedmen equal protection before the law 
B)  To confiscate the property of ex-Confederates 
C)  To force three-fourths of voters in a former rebel state to take a loyalty oath 
D)  To grant forty acres and a mule to every male ex-slave 
A)  To guarantee freedmen equal protection before the law 
B)  To confiscate the property of ex-Confederates 
C)  To force three-fourths of voters in a former rebel state to take a loyalty oath 
D)  To grant forty acres and a mule to every male ex-slave

Exam 16: Reconstruction

Who was disappointed in the voting rights provisions in the Fourteenth Amendment?

What was the result of the election of 1874?

By 1872, many Republican leaders had come to believe that which group offered the best hope for honesty, order, and prosperity in the South?

Why did many slaves flee the biracial Methodist church soon after emancipation?

What was the result of the impeachment trial of President Johnson?

Who was disappointed in the Military Reconstruction Act of 1867?

Why was the Civil Rights Act of 1866 extraordinary?

How did moderate Republicans and Republican Radicals differ in 1865?

Match the term with the definition. -Southerners' pejorative term for a northern migrant who sought opportunity in the South after the Civil War. Northern migrants formed an important part of the southern Republican party.

Match the term with the definition. -A derogatory term that southerners applied to southern white Republicans, who were seen as traitors to the South. Most were yeoman farmers.

In Lincoln's plan for reconstruction, what did a Confederate state need to do to qualify for readmission into the Union?

What was the significance of pardons granted to rebel soldiers under the terms of Lincoln's Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction?

After Ulysses S. Grant, the former Union general, was elected president in 1868, he

The new southern state constitutions mandated by the Reconstruction Acts introduced which of the following reforms?

List differences in the perspectives of moderate Republicans and the Republican Radicals in Congress during the mid- to- late 1860s.

How did southern Democrats appeal to white small farmers in the early 1870s?

What was the goal of the Wade-Davis bill?

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