Question 1

What was the main agenda of the Liberal Republican party?

Accepted Answer

A)  advancing capitalism 
B)  advocating civil rights 
C)  increasing the reach of federal government 
D)  expanding social programs 
A)  advancing capitalism 
B)  advocating civil rights 
C)  increasing the reach of federal government 
D)  expanding social programs

Question 2

Why did African Americans prefer sharecropping to gang labor?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sharecropping allowed individuals a certain amount of autonomy, whereas the landowner directly managed gang labor. 
B)  Gang labor had the potential of putting farmers in debt, whereas sharecropping was a guaranteed wage. 
C)  Sharecropping gave farmers 90 percent of the profits from a harvest, whereas gang labor only gave one-third. 
D)  Gang labor involved more responsibility and personal accountability, while sharecropping was less stressful. 
A)  Sharecropping allowed individuals a certain amount of autonomy, whereas the landowner directly managed gang labor. 
B)  Gang labor had the potential of putting farmers in debt, whereas sharecropping was a guaranteed wage. 
C)  Sharecropping gave farmers 90 percent of the profits from a harvest, whereas gang labor only gave one-third. 
D)  Gang labor involved more responsibility and personal accountability, while sharecropping was less stressful.

Question 3

Why did the Civil Rights Act of 1875 have little impact on conditions in the South?

Accepted Answer

A)  Enforcement required African Americans to sue in federal courts, a costly and time-consuming procedure. 
B)  The law contained many loopholes that undermined its effectiveness. 
C)  African Americans were largely unaware of the law's passage. 
D)  Federal courts were unwilling to take up cases involving civil rights infractions. 
A)  Enforcement required African Americans to sue in federal courts, a costly and time-consuming procedure. 
B)  The law contained many loopholes that undermined its effectiveness. 
C)  African Americans were largely unaware of the law's passage. 
D)  Federal courts were unwilling to take up cases involving civil rights infractions.

Question 4

The "black codes" were __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  southern laws designed to restrict the freedom of African American laborers 
B)  federal laws designed to limit white violence 
C)  local constitutions drawn up by freedmen 
D)  rules and regulations governing the Ku Klux Klan 
A)  southern laws designed to restrict the freedom of African American laborers 
B)  federal laws designed to limit white violence 
C)  local constitutions drawn up by freedmen 
D)  rules and regulations governing the Ku Klux Klan

Question 5

During the late nineteenth century, cotton __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  fell steadily in price 
B)  was the economic salvation of the South 
C)  became less important to the southern economy 
D)  was profitable enough to lift many small farmers out of poverty 
A)  fell steadily in price 
B)  was the economic salvation of the South 
C)  became less important to the southern economy 
D)  was profitable enough to lift many small farmers out of poverty

Question 6

As the maps of the Barrow Plantation show, __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  few former slaves stayed on their masters' plantations 
B)  most former slaves became landowners 
C)  many former slaves remained on the plantations as sharecroppers and tenants 
D)  freedmen were unable to form separate communities 
A)  few former slaves stayed on their masters' plantations 
B)  most former slaves became landowners 
C)  many former slaves remained on the plantations as sharecroppers and tenants 
D)  freedmen were unable to form separate communities

Question 7

Which of the following statements best describes the condition of the northern American industrial economy by the end of the 1870s?

Accepted Answer

A)  On a global scale, the U.S. manufacturing economy was only exceeded by that of Great Britain. 
B)  The postwar boom that began in the late 1860s continued throughout the 1870s, enriching the lives of many industrial and commercialized agricultural workers. 
C)  The number of wage earners in manufacturing remained stagnant. 
D)  The industrial advances of the 1850s and 1860s had largely been reversed. 
A)  On a global scale, the U.S. manufacturing economy was only exceeded by that of Great Britain. 
B)  The postwar boom that began in the late 1860s continued throughout the 1870s, enriching the lives of many industrial and commercialized agricultural workers. 
C)  The number of wage earners in manufacturing remained stagnant. 
D)  The industrial advances of the 1850s and 1860s had largely been reversed.

Question 8

The first impulse of many emancipated slaves was to __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  board the first train heading north 
B)  lash out at their former masters 
C)  stick to places and activities that were already familiar 
D)  test their freedom 
A)  board the first train heading north 
B)  lash out at their former masters 
C)  stick to places and activities that were already familiar 
D)  test their freedom

Question 9

How were American women impacted by passage of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments during Reconstruction?

Accepted Answer

A)  Women failed to gain full citizenship or voting rights, which African American men obtained under these two amendments. 
B)  The women's suffrage movement remained united despite differences among its leaders over the issues of African American and women's suffrage. 
C)  Radical leaders of the women's suffrage movement such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony supported the Fifteenth Amendment, arguing that voting rights for African Americans took precedence over those same rights for women. 
D)  Many middle-class women abandoned the women's suffrage movement after passage of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. 
A)  Women failed to gain full citizenship or voting rights, which African American men obtained under these two amendments. 
B)  The women's suffrage movement remained united despite differences among its leaders over the issues of African American and women's suffrage. 
C)  Radical leaders of the women's suffrage movement such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony supported the Fifteenth Amendment, arguing that voting rights for African Americans took precedence over those same rights for women. 
D)  Many middle-class women abandoned the women's suffrage movement after passage of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments.

Question 10

What was one concern that convinced enough moderate Senate Republicans to not convict Andrew Johnson during his impeachment trial?

Accepted Answer

A)  Removing Johnson as president would do irreparable damage to the constitutional separation of powers. 
B)  There was no precedent to determine who would succeed Johnson as president if he were removed from office. 
C)  Removing Johnson as president would result in his home state of Tennessee not ratifying the Fourteenth Amendment. 
D)  Ulysses S. Grant, who had no political experience, would become the next president. 
A)  Removing Johnson as president would do irreparable damage to the constitutional separation of powers. 
B)  There was no precedent to determine who would succeed Johnson as president if he were removed from office. 
C)  Removing Johnson as president would result in his home state of Tennessee not ratifying the Fourteenth Amendment. 
D)  Ulysses S. Grant, who had no political experience, would become the next president.

Exam 17: Reconstruction

What was the main agenda of the Liberal Republican party?

Why did African Americans prefer sharecropping to gang labor?

Why did the Civil Rights Act of 1875 have little impact on conditions in the South?

The "black codes" were __________.

During the late nineteenth century, cotton __________.

As the maps of the Barrow Plantation show, __________.

Which of the following statements best describes the condition of the northern American industrial economy by the end of the 1870s?

The first impulse of many emancipated slaves was to __________.

How were American women impacted by passage of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments during Reconstruction?

What was one concern that convinced enough moderate Senate Republicans to not convict Andrew Johnson during his impeachment trial?

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