Question 1

What impact did emancipation have on the South?

Accepted Answer

A)  It ended cotton cultivation throughout the region. 
B)  It left the South's agricultural economy in disarray. 
C)  It resulted in the immediate rebound of tobacco production. 
D)  It eliminated racial prejudice in many states. 
E)  It encouraged reconciliation with the North. 
A)  It ended cotton cultivation throughout the region. 
B)  It left the South's agricultural economy in disarray. 
C)  It resulted in the immediate rebound of tobacco production. 
D)  It eliminated racial prejudice in many states. 
E)  It encouraged reconciliation with the North. B

Question 2

How did President Grant respond to the Ku Klux Klan?

Accepted Answer

A)  He did nothing to attempt to stop the Ku Klux Klan because he saw it as the duty of the southern state legislatures and did not want to be seen as interfering, especially with his hopes of being elected to a second presidential term. 
B)  He had been a slave owner himself previously, and because he was worried he would lose support if anyone found out about this part of his past, he left it to Congress to give a public reaction to events initiated by the Ku Klux Klan. 
C)  He eradicated the Ku Klux Klan in the South by giving the Klansmen incentives to profit from industries separate from those that had traditionally demanded the use of slave labor, such as cotton and tobacco cultivation. 
D)  He urged Republicans to pass three Enforcement Acts, which, although intended to protect black rights and punish those who threatened them, were not consistently enforced, allowing the violent efforts of southern whites to end Reconstruction to intensify. 
E)  He took a middle-of-the-road approach by refusing to renounce the Ku Klux Klan publicly but, at the same time, working closely himself with local law enforcement to successfully squash the Klan's activities and meetings. 
A)  He did nothing to attempt to stop the Ku Klux Klan because he saw it as the duty of the southern state legislatures and did not want to be seen as interfering, especially with his hopes of being elected to a second presidential term. 
B)  He had been a slave owner himself previously, and because he was worried he would lose support if anyone found out about this part of his past, he left it to Congress to give a public reaction to events initiated by the Ku Klux Klan. 
C)  He eradicated the Ku Klux Klan in the South by giving the Klansmen incentives to profit from industries separate from those that had traditionally demanded the use of slave labor, such as cotton and tobacco cultivation. 
D)  He urged Republicans to pass three Enforcement Acts, which, although intended to protect black rights and punish those who threatened them, were not consistently enforced, allowing the violent efforts of southern whites to end Reconstruction to intensify. 
E)  He took a middle-of-the-road approach by refusing to renounce the Ku Klux Klan publicly but, at the same time, working closely himself with local law enforcement to successfully squash the Klan's activities and meetings. D

Question 3

By the time President Grant took office, southern resistance to Reconstruction efforts had

Accepted Answer

A)  dissipated, as southerners began to get used to the new normal. 
B)  led to a withdrawal of federal financial support in the South. 
C)  increased and turned violent with the rise of white supremacy. 
D)  taken on a peaceful approach thanks to strict enforcement measures. 
E)  renewed the second phase of the Civil War. 
A)  dissipated, as southerners began to get used to the new normal. 
B)  led to a withdrawal of federal financial support in the South. 
C)  increased and turned violent with the rise of white supremacy. 
D)  taken on a peaceful approach thanks to strict enforcement measures. 
E)  renewed the second phase of the Civil War. C

Question 4

Describe the reign of white terror during Reconstruction and how Congress reacted to the violence.

Accepted Answer

The reign of white terror during Reconst

Question 5

Johnson's Proclamation of Amnesty excluded

Accepted Answer

A)  everybody with taxable property above a certain amount. 
B)  the freedmen. 
C)  the small farmers. 
D)  the British. 
E)  northern industrialists. 
A)  everybody with taxable property above a certain amount. 
B)  the freedmen. 
C)  the small farmers. 
D)  the British. 
E)  northern industrialists.

Question 6

In what ways did white and black Southerners react to Reconstruction?

Accepted Answer

White and black Southerners reacted to R

Question 7

The primary objective of the Ku Klux Klan was

Accepted Answer

A)  national unity. 
B)  upholding southern honor. 
C)  starting a new civil war. 
D)  oppressing blacks and white Republicans. 
E)  raising money for Confederate widows. 
A)  national unity. 
B)  upholding southern honor. 
C)  starting a new civil war. 
D)  oppressing blacks and white Republicans. 
E)  raising money for Confederate widows.

Question 8

Match each description with the item below.
-Horace Greeley

Accepted Answer

A) was a northern free black and Union soldier who was elected lieutenant governor of Louisiana 
B) was a leading Radical Republican who wanted to replace southern planters with a new generation of small farmers 
C) was a leader of the women's rights movement who asked that the Fifteenth Amendment be modified 
D) was a Union general who was appointed to lead the Freedmen's Bureau in 1865 and helped freed slaves attain labor contracts 
E) was a black Mississippi native elected to the Senate despite negative reactions from southern whites
F)was a Union general during the Civil War who was from working-class origins and went on to serve as president
G)was a wealthy corporate lawyer who became the Democratic presidential candidate in 1876 and initially appeared likely to win
H)was a newspaper editor who went on to oppose Grant in the 1872 presidential election and alienated northern voters
I)was the former vice president of the Confederacy elected to the U.S. Senate representing Georgia in 1865
J)was nearly assassinated the same day as Abraham Lincoln, but his would-be assassin wound up drunk in a hotel bar 
A) was a northern free black and Union soldier who was elected lieutenant governor of Louisiana 
B) was a leading Radical Republican who wanted to replace southern planters with a new generation of small farmers 
C) was a leader of the women's rights movement who asked that the Fifteenth Amendment be modified 
D) was a Union general who was appointed to lead the Freedmen's Bureau in 1865 and helped freed slaves attain labor contracts 
E) was a black Mississippi native elected to the Senate despite negative reactions from southern whites
F)was a Union general during the Civil War who was from working-class origins and went on to serve as president
G)was a wealthy corporate lawyer who became the Democratic presidential candidate in 1876 and initially appeared likely to win
H)was a newspaper editor who went on to oppose Grant in the 1872 presidential election and alienated northern voters
I)was the former vice president of the Confederacy elected to the U.S. Senate representing Georgia in 1865
J)was nearly assassinated the same day as Abraham Lincoln, but his would-be assassin wound up drunk in a hotel bar

Question 9

Although it was a spectacle, the effort to remove Johnson from the presidency ultimately strengthened public support for Congressional Reconstruction.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

President Grant's attitude toward Native Americans is best described as

Accepted Answer

A)  generous because Grant favored paying native tribes reparations to help them reestablish themselves on new lands away from white settlers. 
B)  nonexistent because Grant was so focused on Reconstruction that he paid little attention to Indian policy and failed to make the group any promises. 
C)  aggressive because Grant believed it would be necessary to destroy Native American communities and use violence to pacify the West. 
D)  ignorant because Grant believed that tensions between Native American and western settlers would be resolved without government action. 
E)  progressive because Grant believed that the best policy was one of conciliation and that the root of the problem was actually "bad whites." 
A)  generous because Grant favored paying native tribes reparations to help them reestablish themselves on new lands away from white settlers. 
B)  nonexistent because Grant was so focused on Reconstruction that he paid little attention to Indian policy and failed to make the group any promises. 
C)  aggressive because Grant believed it would be necessary to destroy Native American communities and use violence to pacify the West. 
D)  ignorant because Grant believed that tensions between Native American and western settlers would be resolved without government action. 
E)  progressive because Grant believed that the best policy was one of conciliation and that the root of the problem was actually "bad whites."

Question 11

Most carpetbaggers were

Accepted Answer

A)  corrupt and greedy southerners. 
B)  illiterate laborers. 
C)  wealthy business owners. 
D)  Union veterans. 
E)  former Confederates. 
A)  corrupt and greedy southerners. 
B)  illiterate laborers. 
C)  wealthy business owners. 
D)  Union veterans. 
E)  former Confederates.

Question 12

Many former Confederates resented the new state constitutions imposed by Radical Republicans because

Accepted Answer

A)  all former Confederates were denied the right to vote. 
B)  their provisions allowed for black voting rights. 
C)  former Confederates were uniformly banned from holding any public office. 
D)  their provisions granted universal female suffrage. 
E)  state governments were dismantled and replaced by direct federal administration. 
A)  all former Confederates were denied the right to vote. 
B)  their provisions allowed for black voting rights. 
C)  former Confederates were uniformly banned from holding any public office. 
D)  their provisions granted universal female suffrage. 
E)  state governments were dismantled and replaced by direct federal administration.

Question 13

Which of the following statements accurately describes the politics of Lincoln's successor, Andrew Johnson?

Accepted Answer

A)  He was a pro-Union southerner who believed in a small federal government and, at least early on in his presidency, in squashing the southern elite in the name of democracy. 
B)  He genuinely supported racial equality and took Lincoln's lead in actively seeking to make Native American rights a part of his legacy as president as well. 
C)  He initially sought to advance the interests of southern planters, wishing for them to have unprecedented power in the Union, but eventually changed his mind. 
D)  He was Lincoln's equal in political skill and consistently refused to pardon Confederates, even if it meant that in doing so he might lose political support. 
E)  He believed the federal government should be as active as possible, especially in economic policies regarding industrial development. 
A)  He was a pro-Union southerner who believed in a small federal government and, at least early on in his presidency, in squashing the southern elite in the name of democracy. 
B)  He genuinely supported racial equality and took Lincoln's lead in actively seeking to make Native American rights a part of his legacy as president as well. 
C)  He initially sought to advance the interests of southern planters, wishing for them to have unprecedented power in the Union, but eventually changed his mind. 
D)  He was Lincoln's equal in political skill and consistently refused to pardon Confederates, even if it meant that in doing so he might lose political support. 
E)  He believed the federal government should be as active as possible, especially in economic policies regarding industrial development.

Question 14

The Union League mobilized African American voters to such an extent that black men were able to win elected offices in former Confederate states for the first time.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

What was the significance of the Military Reconstruction Act?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was overturned by the Supreme Court and showed Congress's waning support. 
B)  It showed the decline of Radical power and the growing authority of the executive branch. 
C)  It required new state constitutions and established military districts in the South. 
D)  It removed federal troops from the South and gave southerners more say over Reconstruction. 
E)  It wiped out the black codes and gave African Americans a prominent place in the army. 
A)  It was overturned by the Supreme Court and showed Congress's waning support. 
B)  It showed the decline of Radical power and the growing authority of the executive branch. 
C)  It required new state constitutions and established military districts in the South. 
D)  It removed federal troops from the South and gave southerners more say over Reconstruction. 
E)  It wiped out the black codes and gave African Americans a prominent place in the army.

Question 16

Discuss the nature of intransigence, or stubbornness, in the South after the Civil War. How did this intransigence affect moderate Republicans in Congress?

Accepted Answer

After the Civil War, intransigence or st

Question 17

What happened after the end of Reconstruction?

Accepted Answer

A)  The freedmen remained a powerful force in southern politics and made Reconstruction a successful experiment in interracial democracy. 
B)  Women filled the power vacuum that Reconstruction had created and soon held positions of political power in city legislatures. 
C)  The South embarked on a path toward rapid industrial development as it fought to compete with the North again economically. 
D)  The protections of black civil rights crumbled under the pressure of restored white rule and unfavorable Supreme Court decisions. 
E)  The majority of blacks migrated out of the South because conditions were so difficult in the wake of the war. 
A)  The freedmen remained a powerful force in southern politics and made Reconstruction a successful experiment in interracial democracy. 
B)  Women filled the power vacuum that Reconstruction had created and soon held positions of political power in city legislatures. 
C)  The South embarked on a path toward rapid industrial development as it fought to compete with the North again economically. 
D)  The protections of black civil rights crumbled under the pressure of restored white rule and unfavorable Supreme Court decisions. 
E)  The majority of blacks migrated out of the South because conditions were so difficult in the wake of the war.

Question 18

The rulings during the Slaughterhouse Cases (1873) expanded U.S. citizenship so that it applied to more minority groups.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Explain the Fourteenth Amendment and how it was received throughout the country.

Accepted Answer

The Fourteenth Amendment to the United S

Question 20

By the fall of 1865, how did many freedmen respond to the all-white state conventions organized under Johnson's Reconstruction plan?

Accepted Answer

A)  organizing freedmen's conventions in state capitals to call for certain rights 
B)  fleeing the South and heading to northern cities such as Chicago and New York 
C)  accepting that the South would remain in the hands of former Confederates 
D)  calling for a separate state for all African Americans because coexistence was unfathomable 
E)  resorting to vigilant violence in an attempt to combat the return of slavery by another name 
A)  organizing freedmen's conventions in state capitals to call for certain rights 
B)  fleeing the South and heading to northern cities such as Chicago and New York 
C)  accepting that the South would remain in the hands of former Confederates 
D)  calling for a separate state for all African Americans because coexistence was unfathomable 
E)  resorting to vigilant violence in an attempt to combat the return of slavery by another name

Exam 16: The Era of Reconstruction

What impact did emancipation have on the South?

How did President Grant respond to the Ku Klux Klan?

By the time President Grant took office, southern resistance to Reconstruction efforts had

Describe the reign of white terror during Reconstruction and how Congress reacted to the violence.

Johnson's Proclamation of Amnesty excluded

In what ways did white and black Southerners react to Reconstruction?

The primary objective of the Ku Klux Klan was

Match each description with the item below. -Horace Greeley

Although it was a spectacle, the effort to remove Johnson from the presidency ultimately strengthened public support for Congressional Reconstruction.

President Grant's attitude toward Native Americans is best described as

Most carpetbaggers were

Many former Confederates resented the new state constitutions imposed by Radical Republicans because

Which of the following statements accurately describes the politics of Lincoln's successor, Andrew Johnson?

The Union League mobilized African American voters to such an extent that black men were able to win elected offices in former Confederate states for the first time.

What was the significance of the Military Reconstruction Act?

Discuss the nature of intransigence, or stubbornness, in the South after the Civil War. How did this intransigence affect moderate Republicans in Congress?

What happened after the end of Reconstruction?

The rulings during the Slaughterhouse Cases (1873) expanded U.S. citizenship so that it applied to more minority groups.

Explain the Fourteenth Amendment and how it was received throughout the country.

By the fall of 1865, how did many freedmen respond to the all-white state conventions organized under Johnson's Reconstruction plan?

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