Question 1

What were the primary goals of Reconstruction and to what extent was Reconstruction successful in achieving these goals?

Accepted Answer

The primary goals of Reconstruction were

Question 2

How did "redeemer" Conservative Democrats come to power in the South during the 1870s?

Accepted Answer

A)  by forming a close coalition with northern Democrats 
B)  by adopting a pro-Republican position that favored Reconstruction policies 
C)  by using the race issue to excite the white electorate and threaten black voters 
D)  through fair and free elections ensured by federal troops 
E)  with the support of the black vote after redeemers promised to protect black suffrage 
A)  by forming a close coalition with northern Democrats 
B)  by adopting a pro-Republican position that favored Reconstruction policies 
C)  by using the race issue to excite the white electorate and threaten black voters 
D)  through fair and free elections ensured by federal troops 
E)  with the support of the black vote after redeemers promised to protect black suffrage

Question 3

In a decision that would result in talk of his impeachment, Johnson violated the Tenure of Office Act by

Accepted Answer

A)  abolishing new governments "in the Rebel states." 
B)  naming his brother to serve as a federal judge. 
C)  firing his vice president due to his beliefs on slavery. 
D)  trying to remove one of his cabinet members without Senate permission. 
E)  failing to deliver the State of the Union address in 1866. 
A)  abolishing new governments "in the Rebel states." 
B)  naming his brother to serve as a federal judge. 
C)  firing his vice president due to his beliefs on slavery. 
D)  trying to remove one of his cabinet members without Senate permission. 
E)  failing to deliver the State of the Union address in 1866.

Question 4

"Hard-money" advocates argued that government war bonds should be

Accepted Answer

A)  paid off in gold. 
B)  paid off in copper. 
C)  paid off in greenbacks. 
D)  canceled. 
E)  handed out to Union veterans. 
A)  paid off in gold. 
B)  paid off in copper. 
C)  paid off in greenbacks. 
D)  canceled. 
E)  handed out to Union veterans.

Question 5

What was the MOST significant enduring legacy of Reconstruction?

Accepted Answer

A)  the creation of true social equality in the South 
B)  the lack of equal rights for blacks even in theory 
C)  the passage of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments 
D)  the redistribution of wealth in the South 
E)  the eradication of sectional differences 
A)  the creation of true social equality in the South 
B)  the lack of equal rights for blacks even in theory 
C)  the passage of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments 
D)  the redistribution of wealth in the South 
E)  the eradication of sectional differences

Question 6

Which of the following is true of the Fifteenth Amendment?

Accepted Answer

A)  Radical Republicans in Congress opposed it. 
B)  It protected the right of Americans to vote regardless of color or race. 
C)  It protected the right of Americans to vote regardless of sex. 
D)  It formally ended the institution of slavery. 
E)  It guaranteed equal protection under the law for all citizens. 
A)  Radical Republicans in Congress opposed it. 
B)  It protected the right of Americans to vote regardless of color or race. 
C)  It protected the right of Americans to vote regardless of sex. 
D)  It formally ended the institution of slavery. 
E)  It guaranteed equal protection under the law for all citizens.

Question 7

Which of the following statements accurately describes attitudes freed slaves held toward the Yankees at the beginning of Reconstruction versus after the end of it?

Accepted Answer

A)  Whereas freed slaves had little trust or hope when it came to the goodwill of the Yankees at the beginning of Reconstruction, they were convinced after the end of Reconstruction that the Yankees would continue to transform their lives for the better. 
B)  Whereas freed slaves were still angry with the Yankees at the beginning of Reconstruction because of the way in which the Civil War had uprooted their lives, they came to adopt the Yankee way of life as they moved North in large numbers. 
C)  Although freed slaves experienced drastic changes in their everyday lives once emancipated, their views toward the Yankees evolved little over the course of Reconstruction because Yankees had little to do with those changes. 
D)  Although Yankees were quick to take credit for freeing enslaved African Americans at the beginning of Reconstruction, freed slaves tended to find that southern whites were far more supportive and responsible for advances in civil rights by the end of Reconstruction. 
E)  Whereas freed slaves often thought of the Yankees as their saviors at the beginning of Reconstruction, some felt let down by the Yankees with the collapse of Reconstruction as they began to move backward in terms of civil rights. 
A)  Whereas freed slaves had little trust or hope when it came to the goodwill of the Yankees at the beginning of Reconstruction, they were convinced after the end of Reconstruction that the Yankees would continue to transform their lives for the better. 
B)  Whereas freed slaves were still angry with the Yankees at the beginning of Reconstruction because of the way in which the Civil War had uprooted their lives, they came to adopt the Yankee way of life as they moved North in large numbers. 
C)  Although freed slaves experienced drastic changes in their everyday lives once emancipated, their views toward the Yankees evolved little over the course of Reconstruction because Yankees had little to do with those changes. 
D)  Although Yankees were quick to take credit for freeing enslaved African Americans at the beginning of Reconstruction, freed slaves tended to find that southern whites were far more supportive and responsible for advances in civil rights by the end of Reconstruction. 
E)  Whereas freed slaves often thought of the Yankees as their saviors at the beginning of Reconstruction, some felt let down by the Yankees with the collapse of Reconstruction as they began to move backward in terms of civil rights.

Question 8

The most popular religious denomination among blacks in the postwar South was Baptist.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The South emerged from the Civil War with a strong, diversified economy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Why did the Radical-led Congress pass the Civil Rights Act of 1866?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was a response to the black codes and the neo-slavery system created by unrepentant southern legislatures. 
B)  It was to foster national reconciliation and genuine feelings of patriotism among all Americans. 
C)  It was part of a plan to ease the requirements on the readmission of southern states to the Union. 
D)  It enjoyed the support of President Johnson and would finally grant Native Americans equal rights. 
E)  It would convince the southern states to rejoin the Union by clarifying the rights of their citizens. 
A)  It was a response to the black codes and the neo-slavery system created by unrepentant southern legislatures. 
B)  It was to foster national reconciliation and genuine feelings of patriotism among all Americans. 
C)  It was part of a plan to ease the requirements on the readmission of southern states to the Union. 
D)  It enjoyed the support of President Johnson and would finally grant Native Americans equal rights. 
E)  It would convince the southern states to rejoin the Union by clarifying the rights of their citizens.

Question 11

Match each description with the item below.
-Alexander Stephens

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 12

During Reconstruction, African Americans

Accepted Answer

A)  passively awaited developments. 
B)  attempted to establish schools. 
C)  normally joined integrated churches. 
D)  terrorized their former masters. 
E)  refused to work for wages. 
A)  passively awaited developments. 
B)  attempted to establish schools. 
C)  normally joined integrated churches. 
D)  terrorized their former masters. 
E)  refused to work for wages.

Question 13

The Compromise of 1877 showed that some Republicans and southern Democrats were willing to come together in making a private deal to meet their own political ends.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The "black codes" enacted by southern legislatures

Accepted Answer

A)  were accepted by Congress at the national level. 
B)  showed the South's spirit of reconciliation. 
C)  were part of an effort to restore white supremacy. 
D)  proved the success of Johnson's Reconstruction plan. 
E)  prevented African Americans from marrying one another. 
A)  were accepted by Congress at the national level. 
B)  showed the South's spirit of reconciliation. 
C)  were part of an effort to restore white supremacy. 
D)  proved the success of Johnson's Reconstruction plan. 
E)  prevented African Americans from marrying one another.

Question 15

In addition to resulting in the president's death, how did Lincoln's assassination prove significant?

Accepted Answer

A)  It had been in response to Lincoln's passionate calls for a vengeful peace, and to honor his wishes, his supporters resolved to do everything in their power to violently retaliate against the South. 
B)  It caused northerners to overwhelmingly reject the message of the Radical Republicans and to throw their support behind the conservative Republicans in large numbers. 
C)  It ensured that economic policies designed to spur industrial development across the country would immediately go into effect in the weeks following Lincoln's death. 
D)  It went largely unrecognized by much of the country because Americans were still distracted by the carnage of war, so Johnson went on to pursue only policies identical to Lincoln's. 
E)  It resulted in an immense outpouring of grief across the country but decreased the possibility of a lenient federal Reconstruction of the Confederacy like Lincoln had envisioned. 
A)  It had been in response to Lincoln's passionate calls for a vengeful peace, and to honor his wishes, his supporters resolved to do everything in their power to violently retaliate against the South. 
B)  It caused northerners to overwhelmingly reject the message of the Radical Republicans and to throw their support behind the conservative Republicans in large numbers. 
C)  It ensured that economic policies designed to spur industrial development across the country would immediately go into effect in the weeks following Lincoln's death. 
D)  It went largely unrecognized by much of the country because Americans were still distracted by the carnage of war, so Johnson went on to pursue only policies identical to Lincoln's. 
E)  It resulted in an immense outpouring of grief across the country but decreased the possibility of a lenient federal Reconstruction of the Confederacy like Lincoln had envisioned.

Question 16

When, in late 1865, the former Confederate states were permitted once again to elect members of Congress, whom did they elect?

Accepted Answer

A)  a mix of freedmen and carpetbaggers 
B)  former Confederate leaders 
C)  the first women members of Congress 
D)  Union military men who had been raised in the South 
E)  fictitious characters as protest write-in votes 
A)  a mix of freedmen and carpetbaggers 
B)  former Confederate leaders 
C)  the first women members of Congress 
D)  Union military men who had been raised in the South 
E)  fictitious characters as protest write-in votes

Question 17

What did the Fourteenth Amendment do?

Accepted Answer

A)  It ended slavery across the entire United States. 
B)  It guaranteed women the right to vote nationally. 
C)  It forbid denying the vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude. 
D)  It guaranteed citizenship to freemen as well as immigrant children born in the United States. 
E)  It established Congress's right to create an income tax. 
A)  It ended slavery across the entire United States. 
B)  It guaranteed women the right to vote nationally. 
C)  It forbid denying the vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude. 
D)  It guaranteed citizenship to freemen as well as immigrant children born in the United States. 
E)  It established Congress's right to create an income tax.

Question 18

What were the political and economic factors that helped end Reconstruction in 1877?

Accepted Answer

The end of Reconstruction in 1877 was in

Question 19

Waving "the bloody shirt" meant referring to the Civil War and the southern rebellion in order to discredit political opponents.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

What was the "Lost Cause"?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was a term that referred to southerners' sense of embarrassment following the Civil War that they had ever engaged in and fought for a practice as terrible as slavery. 
B)  It was a common phrase used by African Americans to describe their frustrations with Reconstruction and belief that life had been better before the war because they had more security. 
C)  It was a narrative that described the widespread belief among northerners that Reconstruction had been a waste of time and had resulted in few advances in terms of African American rights. 
D)  It was a concept shared among northerners and southerners that whether they liked it or not, their prior way of life would be lost forever as they set aside their differences in favor of an integrated nation. 
E)  It was a sanitized version of history in the South that glamorized the old plantation culture and claimed that the Civil War concerned the honorable defense of states' rights rather than slavery. 
A)  It was a term that referred to southerners' sense of embarrassment following the Civil War that they had ever engaged in and fought for a practice as terrible as slavery. 
B)  It was a common phrase used by African Americans to describe their frustrations with Reconstruction and belief that life had been better before the war because they had more security. 
C)  It was a narrative that described the widespread belief among northerners that Reconstruction had been a waste of time and had resulted in few advances in terms of African American rights. 
D)  It was a concept shared among northerners and southerners that whether they liked it or not, their prior way of life would be lost forever as they set aside their differences in favor of an integrated nation. 
E)  It was a sanitized version of history in the South that glamorized the old plantation culture and claimed that the Civil War concerned the honorable defense of states' rights rather than slavery.

Exam 16: The Era of Reconstruction

What were the primary goals of Reconstruction and to what extent was Reconstruction successful in achieving these goals?

How did "redeemer" Conservative Democrats come to power in the South during the 1870s?

In a decision that would result in talk of his impeachment, Johnson violated the Tenure of Office Act by

"Hard-money" advocates argued that government war bonds should be

What was the MOST significant enduring legacy of Reconstruction?

Which of the following is true of the Fifteenth Amendment?

Which of the following statements accurately describes attitudes freed slaves held toward the Yankees at the beginning of Reconstruction versus after the end of it?

The most popular religious denomination among blacks in the postwar South was Baptist.

The South emerged from the Civil War with a strong, diversified economy.

Why did the Radical-led Congress pass the Civil Rights Act of 1866?

Match each description with the item below. -Alexander Stephens

During Reconstruction, African Americans

The Compromise of 1877 showed that some Republicans and southern Democrats were willing to come together in making a private deal to meet their own political ends.

The "black codes" enacted by southern legislatures

In addition to resulting in the president's death, how did Lincoln's assassination prove significant?

When, in late 1865, the former Confederate states were permitted once again to elect members of Congress, whom did they elect?

What did the Fourteenth Amendment do?

What were the political and economic factors that helped end Reconstruction in 1877?

Waving "the bloody shirt" meant referring to the Civil War and the southern rebellion in order to discredit political opponents.

What was the "Lost Cause"?

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Colonial Ways of Life

From Colonies to States

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Strengthening the New Nation

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Western Expansion

The Gathering Storm

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Business and Labor in the Industrial Era

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