Question 1

The Radical Republicans intended the Tenure of Office Act to limit the powers of __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the planter Democrats 
B)  President Johnson 
C)  the Supreme Court 
D)  Congress 
A)  the planter Democrats 
B)  President Johnson 
C)  the Supreme Court 
D)  Congress

Question 2

Who did the Republicans nominate for president in 1876?

Accepted Answer

A)  Horace Greeley 
B)  Ulysses S. Grant 
C)  Samuel J. Tilden 
D)  Rutherford B. Hayes 
A)  Horace Greeley 
B)  Ulysses S. Grant 
C)  Samuel J. Tilden 
D)  Rutherford B. Hayes

Question 3

By 1870, the __________ household was the norm for a large majority of African Americans.

Accepted Answer

A)  two-parent 
B)  one-parent 
C)  dispersed-family 
D)  multigenerational 
A)  two-parent 
B)  one-parent 
C)  dispersed-family 
D)  multigenerational

Question 4

What were the three major groups of southern Republicans?

Accepted Answer

A)  African Americans, carpetbaggers, and scalawags 
B)  northern whites, loyalists, and Whigs 
C)  scalawags, loyalists, and African Americans 
D)  Whigs, northern whites, and scalawags 
A)  African Americans, carpetbaggers, and scalawags 
B)  northern whites, loyalists, and Whigs 
C)  scalawags, loyalists, and African Americans 
D)  Whigs, northern whites, and scalawags

Question 5

Question: What precedent was established by the crisis surrounding Andrew Johnson's impeachment?

Accepted Answer

A)  The president can only be removed from office for criminal actions, not for political disagreements with Congress. 
B)  The president pro tem of the Senate is next in the line of succession if the president is removed from office. 
C)  One-half of the Senate must find the president guilty during his impeachment trial if he or she is to be removed from office. 
D)  Three-quarters of the members of the House of Representatives must vote to impeach the president for his or her case to be referred to the Senate for trial. 
A)  The president can only be removed from office for criminal actions, not for political disagreements with Congress. 
B)  The president pro tem of the Senate is next in the line of succession if the president is removed from office. 
C)  One-half of the Senate must find the president guilty during his impeachment trial if he or she is to be removed from office. 
D)  Three-quarters of the members of the House of Representatives must vote to impeach the president for his or her case to be referred to the Senate for trial.

Question 6

Grant was nominated by the Republicans in 1868 because of his __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  demonstrated political experience 
B)  popularity as a war hero 
C)  ties to the Liberal wing of the party 
D)  friendship with Andrew Johnson 
A)  demonstrated political experience 
B)  popularity as a war hero 
C)  ties to the Liberal wing of the party 
D)  friendship with Andrew Johnson

Question 7

Which statement summarizes what many Americans saw as a major problem with the railroad industry?

Accepted Answer

A)  It fostered political corruption. 
B)  It stunted the development of other areas of industry. 
C)  It benefited only northern states. 
D)  It only hired white Protestant laborers. 
A)  It fostered political corruption. 
B)  It stunted the development of other areas of industry. 
C)  It benefited only northern states. 
D)  It only hired white Protestant laborers.

Question 8

In its ruling in the 1883 Civil Rights Cases, the Supreme Court argued which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Under the Fourteenth Amendment, Congress only had the power to outlaw discrimination by states, not by individuals. 
B)  The Fifteenth Amendment did not guarantee a person's right to vote; it only barred certain specific grounds for denying suffrage, such as race, color, or previous condition of servitude. 
C)  Congress did not have the power to enforce federal punishments against Ku Klux Klan terrorism; that was a power reserved for the states. 
D)  The Fourteenth Amendment only protected national citizenship rights, not the regulatory powers of the states. 
A)  Under the Fourteenth Amendment, Congress only had the power to outlaw discrimination by states, not by individuals. 
B)  The Fifteenth Amendment did not guarantee a person's right to vote; it only barred certain specific grounds for denying suffrage, such as race, color, or previous condition of servitude. 
C)  Congress did not have the power to enforce federal punishments against Ku Klux Klan terrorism; that was a power reserved for the states. 
D)  The Fourteenth Amendment only protected national citizenship rights, not the regulatory powers of the states.

Question 9

Lincoln's "Ten Percent Plan" refers to the percentage of __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  southern voters who had to take loyalty oaths to establish a new government in each state 
B)  Republicans in Congress who supported his plan 
C)  Army troops that would stay in the South after the war 
D)  confiscated property to be returned to slave owners 
A)  southern voters who had to take loyalty oaths to establish a new government in each state 
B)  Republicans in Congress who supported his plan 
C)  Army troops that would stay in the South after the war 
D)  confiscated property to be returned to slave owners

Question 10

How did President Andrew Johnson prevent freed African Americans from becoming self-sufficient farmers?

Accepted Answer

A)  Johnson ordered the head of the Freedmen's Bureau to evict thousands of former slaves who had settled on confiscated or abandoned land in the South. 
B)  Freedmen were restricted under Johnson's executive orders to owning no more than 40 acres of land. 
C)  Johnson vetoed the bill that was meant to enlarge the Freedmen's Bureau and would let this agency assist former slaves in obtaining free or inexpensive land. 
D)  Johnson signed congressional legislation that made it illegal for freedmen to own land. 
A)  Johnson ordered the head of the Freedmen's Bureau to evict thousands of former slaves who had settled on confiscated or abandoned land in the South. 
B)  Freedmen were restricted under Johnson's executive orders to owning no more than 40 acres of land. 
C)  Johnson vetoed the bill that was meant to enlarge the Freedmen's Bureau and would let this agency assist former slaves in obtaining free or inexpensive land. 
D)  Johnson signed congressional legislation that made it illegal for freedmen to own land.

Question 11

What was the Republican Party's motivation for nominating Democrat Andrew Johnson for vice president?

Accepted Answer

A)  They believed Johnson would appeal to the "War Democrats" in the border states and bring their support to the party. 
B)  They hoped Johnson would support an increase in the power of the legislative branch. 
C)  They hoped Johnson could overturn many of Lincoln's wartime policies. 
D)  They believed Johnson would appeal to Radical Republicans and bring their support to the party. 
A)  They believed Johnson would appeal to the "War Democrats" in the border states and bring their support to the party. 
B)  They hoped Johnson would support an increase in the power of the legislative branch. 
C)  They hoped Johnson could overturn many of Lincoln's wartime policies. 
D)  They believed Johnson would appeal to Radical Republicans and bring their support to the party.

Question 12

Congress passed _________ in March 1867, dividing the South into five military districts subject to martial law.

Accepted Answer

A)  the First Reconstruction Act 
B)  the Tenure of Office Act 
C)  Special Field Order 15 
D)  the Civil Rights bill 
A)  the First Reconstruction Act 
B)  the Tenure of Office Act 
C)  Special Field Order 15 
D)  the Civil Rights bill

Question 13

By the late 1860s, the dominant form of agricultural labor for black Southerners was as __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  independent land owners 
B)  day laborers 
C)  sharecroppers 
D)  overseers 
A)  independent land owners 
B)  day laborers 
C)  sharecroppers 
D)  overseers

Question 14

The Ku Klux Klan of the 1860s and 1870s is best described as a __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  conventional political organization 
B)  terrorist organization 
C)  religious organization 
D)  social organization 
A)  conventional political organization 
B)  terrorist organization 
C)  religious organization 
D)  social organization

Question 15

In general, freed African Americans in the late 1860s were __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  more interested in jobs than in politics 
B)  generally apathetic about political activity 
C)  highly involved in political activity 
D)  supportive of the Democratic Party 
A)  more interested in jobs than in politics 
B)  generally apathetic about political activity 
C)  highly involved in political activity 
D)  supportive of the Democratic Party

Question 16

By the election of 1872, the federal government's intervention had __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  turned back the tide of "redemption" 
B)  guaranteed the dominance of the Republican Party in all southern elections 
C)  helped break the Klan and restore a semblance of law and order 
D)  prevented all but a handful of blacks from exercising their right to vote 
A)  turned back the tide of "redemption" 
B)  guaranteed the dominance of the Republican Party in all southern elections 
C)  helped break the Klan and restore a semblance of law and order 
D)  prevented all but a handful of blacks from exercising their right to vote

Question 17

The Reconstruction era saw __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the establishment of an independent women's suffrage movement 
B)  the temporary retrenchment of the women's suffrage movement 
C)  the weakening of ideas about reforms for women 
D)  that the vote for freed blacks made it easier to argue for women's suffrage 
A)  the establishment of an independent women's suffrage movement 
B)  the temporary retrenchment of the women's suffrage movement 
C)  the weakening of ideas about reforms for women 
D)  that the vote for freed blacks made it easier to argue for women's suffrage

Question 18

Rather than "reconstruction," Andrew Johnson referred to his plan as a __________ of the Union.

Accepted Answer

A)  renewal 
B)  restoration 
C)  reconciliation 
D)  rebirth 
A)  renewal 
B)  restoration 
C)  reconciliation 
D)  rebirth

Question 19

The incident between John Orrick and Alex Webb in Greensboro, Alabama, illustrated which problem in southern communities immediately after the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

A)  a large influx of carpetbaggers 
B)  the power of the Ku Klux Klan 
C)  violent encounters between blacks and whites 
D)  large plantation owners cheating freedmen out of wages 
A)  a large influx of carpetbaggers 
B)  the power of the Ku Klux Klan 
C)  violent encounters between blacks and whites 
D)  large plantation owners cheating freedmen out of wages

Question 20

Fearful that their 1866 Civil Rights Act might be declared unconstitutional, the Radical Republicans __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  required each state to pass its own civil rights laws 
B)  worked to gain full black male suffrage 
C)  gained passage of the Fourteenth Amendment 
D)  gained passage of the Fifteenth Amendment 
A)  required each state to pass its own civil rights laws 
B)  worked to gain full black male suffrage 
C)  gained passage of the Fourteenth Amendment 
D)  gained passage of the Fifteenth Amendment

Exam 17: Reconstruction

The Radical Republicans intended the Tenure of Office Act to limit the powers of __________.

Who did the Republicans nominate for president in 1876?

By 1870, the __________ household was the norm for a large majority of African Americans.

What were the three major groups of southern Republicans?

Question: What precedent was established by the crisis surrounding Andrew Johnson's impeachment?

Grant was nominated by the Republicans in 1868 because of his __________.

Which statement summarizes what many Americans saw as a major problem with the railroad industry?

In its ruling in the 1883 Civil Rights Cases, the Supreme Court argued which of the following?

Lincoln's "Ten Percent Plan" refers to the percentage of __________.

How did President Andrew Johnson prevent freed African Americans from becoming self-sufficient farmers?

What was the Republican Party's motivation for nominating Democrat Andrew Johnson for vice president?

Congress passed _________ in March 1867, dividing the South into five military districts subject to martial law.

By the late 1860s, the dominant form of agricultural labor for black Southerners was as __________.

The Ku Klux Klan of the 1860s and 1870s is best described as a __________.

In general, freed African Americans in the late 1860s were __________.

By the election of 1872, the federal government's intervention had __________.

The Reconstruction era saw __________.

Rather than "reconstruction," Andrew Johnson referred to his plan as a __________ of the Union.

The incident between John Orrick and Alex Webb in Greensboro, Alabama, illustrated which problem in southern communities immediately after the Civil War?

Fearful that their 1866 Civil Rights Act might be declared unconstitutional, the Radical Republicans __________.

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