Question 1

The fate of the defeated Confederate leaders was that

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A)  most were sentenced to prison for life. 
B)  several were executed for treason. 
C)  after brief jail terms, all were pardoned in 1868. 
D)  they were immediately returned to citizenship and full civil rights. 
E)  many went into exile in slaveholding Brazil. 
A)  most were sentenced to prison for life. 
B)  several were executed for treason. 
C)  after brief jail terms, all were pardoned in 1868. 
D)  they were immediately returned to citizenship and full civil rights. 
E)  many went into exile in slaveholding Brazil. C

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the Union League.

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An organization that educated free Blacks on civic duties and campaigned for Republican candidates.

Question 3

Political corruption during Reconstruction was

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A)  primarily the fault of white carpetbaggers and scalawags. 
B)  located in the North. 
C)  common in both North and South. 
D)  present in all Southern states except South Carolina and Louisiana. 
E)  almost entirely conducted by blacks. 
A)  primarily the fault of white carpetbaggers and scalawags. 
B)  located in the North. 
C)  common in both North and South. 
D)  present in all Southern states except South Carolina and Louisiana. 
E)  almost entirely conducted by blacks. C

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of Ex parte Milligan.

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Supreme Court ruling

Question 5

A group of Kentucky blacks provided what description of the KKK in an 1871 letter to Congress?

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A)  The KKK members forced blacks to use separate accommodations from whites. 
B)  The KKK dragged black men to testify positively on behalf of whites. 
C)  The KKK rode through towns at night, robbing, whipping, ravishing and killing blacks. 
D)  The KKK had especially targeted black farmers and land-owners. 
E)  None of these choices are correct. 
A)  The KKK members forced blacks to use separate accommodations from whites. 
B)  The KKK dragged black men to testify positively on behalf of whites. 
C)  The KKK rode through towns at night, robbing, whipping, ravishing and killing blacks. 
D)  The KKK had especially targeted black farmers and land-owners. 
E)  None of these choices are correct.

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of Thaddeus Stevens.

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Most powerful radica

Question 7

Some historians have argued that Reconstruction was a total failure, while others have seen it as laying the foundation for future American progress in race relations and civil rights. What arguments can be made for each position? Which is more persuasive?

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The argument that Reconstruction was a t

Question 8

Hiram Revels

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Black senator from M

Question 9

The Fourteenth Amendment

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A)  failed to confer any civil rights, including citizenship on the freedmen. 
B)  prohibited from federal and state office those former Confederates who as federal officeholders had once sworn to uphold the U.S. Constitution. 
C)  guaranteed the freedmen the right to vote. 
D)  met all the political demands of the radical Republicans. 
E)  conferred a broad array of civil rights, including voting rights, on white women. 
A)  failed to confer any civil rights, including citizenship on the freedmen. 
B)  prohibited from federal and state office those former Confederates who as federal officeholders had once sworn to uphold the U.S. Constitution. 
C)  guaranteed the freedmen the right to vote. 
D)  met all the political demands of the radical Republicans. 
E)  conferred a broad array of civil rights, including voting rights, on white women.

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the Fourteenth Amendment.

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Extended the protection of fed

Question 11

In President Andrew Johnson's view, the Freedmen's Bureau was

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A)  a flawed but necessary agency. 
B)  acceptable only because it also helped poor whites. 
C)  a tolerable compromise with the radical Congress. 
D)  a potential source of Republican patronage jobs. 
E)  a meddlesome federal agency in the South that should be killed. 
A)  a flawed but necessary agency. 
B)  acceptable only because it also helped poor whites. 
C)  a tolerable compromise with the radical Congress. 
D)  a potential source of Republican patronage jobs. 
E)  a meddlesome federal agency in the South that should be killed.

Question 12

From 1878 to 1880, some 25,000 blacks from Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi, known as "the Exodusters," were

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A)  black church leaders who linked emancipation to the Book of Exodus. 
B)  black migrants from the South to Northern cities. 
C)  black freedmen who left the South to seek opportunity in Kansas. 
D)  a political organization developed by the freedmen. 
E)  black homesteaders in Oklahoma and Kansas who eventually fled the dust bowl. 
A)  black church leaders who linked emancipation to the Book of Exodus. 
B)  black migrants from the South to Northern cities. 
C)  black freedmen who left the South to seek opportunity in Kansas. 
D)  a political organization developed by the freedmen. 
E)  black homesteaders in Oklahoma and Kansas who eventually fled the dust bowl.

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the Fifteenth Amendment.

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Extended s

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of Charles Sumner.

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Senator caned in Con

Question 15

Radical Republicans have been both credited with having high ideals and accused of crass partisanship as motives for their Reconstruction policies. Which argument do you find more persuasive? Why?

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The argument that Radical Republicans ha

Question 16

Radical Republican leaders in Congress included

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A)  Congressman Thaddeus Stevens of Pennsylvania. 
B)  Senator Benjamin Wade of Ohio. 
C)  Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts. 
D)  Senator Alexander Stephens of Georgia. 
E)  Senator Hiram Revels of Mississippi. 
A)  Congressman Thaddeus Stevens of Pennsylvania. 
B)  Senator Benjamin Wade of Ohio. 
C)  Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts. 
D)  Senator Alexander Stephens of Georgia. 
E)  Senator Hiram Revels of Mississippi.

Question 17

The official charge that the House of Representatives used to impeach President Johnson was his

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A)  veto of the Reconstruction Act of 1867. 
B)  readmission of Southern states without seriously reconstructing them. 
C)  dismissal of Secretary of War Stanton contrary to the Tenure of Office Act. 
D)  apparent sympathy with the Ku Klux Klan. 
E)  veto of the Freedmen's Bureau bill. 
A)  veto of the Reconstruction Act of 1867. 
B)  readmission of Southern states without seriously reconstructing them. 
C)  dismissal of Secretary of War Stanton contrary to the Tenure of Office Act. 
D)  apparent sympathy with the Ku Klux Klan. 
E)  veto of the Freedmen's Bureau bill.

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of "radical" regimes.

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Republican leadershi

Question 19

The text authors claim that the midterm elections of 1866 were "more crucial than some presidential elections." Do you agree? Why or why not?

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I agree with the text authors' claim tha

Question 20

Even though the Force Acts and the Union Army helped suppress the Ku Klux Klan, the secret organization largely achieved its central goal of

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A)  driving the Union Army out of the South. 
B)  preventing blacks from migrating to the West or North. 
C)  keeping white carpetbaggers from voting. 
D)  intimidating blacks and undermining them politically. 
E)  destroying the Freedmen's Bureau. 
A)  driving the Union Army out of the South. 
B)  preventing blacks from migrating to the West or North. 
C)  keeping white carpetbaggers from voting. 
D)  intimidating blacks and undermining them politically. 
E)  destroying the Freedmen's Bureau.

Exam 21: The Ordeal of Reconstruction

The fate of the defeated Confederate leaders was that

Identify and state the historical significance of the Union League.

Political corruption during Reconstruction was

Identify and state the historical significance of Ex parte Milligan.

A group of Kentucky blacks provided what description of the KKK in an 1871 letter to Congress?

Identify and state the historical significance of Thaddeus Stevens.

Some historians have argued that Reconstruction was a total failure, while others have seen it as laying the foundation for future American progress in race relations and civil rights. What arguments can be made for each position? Which is more persuasive?

Hiram Revels

The Fourteenth Amendment

Identify and state the historical significance of the Fourteenth Amendment.

In President Andrew Johnson's view, the Freedmen's Bureau was

From 1878 to 1880, some 25,000 blacks from Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi, known as "the Exodusters," were

Identify and state the historical significance of the Fifteenth Amendment.

Identify and state the historical significance of Charles Sumner.

Radical Republicans have been both credited with having high ideals and accused of crass partisanship as motives for their Reconstruction policies. Which argument do you find more persuasive? Why?

Radical Republican leaders in Congress included

The official charge that the House of Representatives used to impeach President Johnson was his

Identify and state the historical significance of "radical" regimes.

The text authors claim that the midterm elections of 1866 were "more crucial than some presidential elections." Do you agree? Why or why not?

Even though the Force Acts and the Union Army helped suppress the Ku Klux Klan, the secret organization largely achieved its central goal of

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