Question 1

The greatest achievements of the Freedmen's Bureau were in

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A)  providing "40 acres and a mule" to freed blacks. 
B)  educating former slaves. 
C)  the provision of food and clothing. 
D)  helping people to find employment at fair wages and decent working conditions in the South. 
E)  securing black civil rights, preventing lynchings, and ensuring voting rights. 
A)  providing "40 acres and a mule" to freed blacks. 
B)  educating former slaves. 
C)  the provision of food and clothing. 
D)  helping people to find employment at fair wages and decent working conditions in the South. 
E)  securing black civil rights, preventing lynchings, and ensuring voting rights.

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the Black Codes.

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Laws, similar to the slave sta

Question 3

In his 10 percent plan for Reconstruction, President Lincoln promised

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A)  rapid, straightforward, and readily achievable readmission of Southern states into the Union. 
B)  former slaves the right to vote. 
C)  the restoration of the planter aristocracy to political power. 
D)  severe punishment of Southern political and military leaders. 
E)  a plan that could not possibly lead to congressional fears of the re-enslavement of Southern blacks. 
A)  rapid, straightforward, and readily achievable readmission of Southern states into the Union. 
B)  former slaves the right to vote. 
C)  the restoration of the planter aristocracy to political power. 
D)  severe punishment of Southern political and military leaders. 
E)  a plan that could not possibly lead to congressional fears of the re-enslavement of Southern blacks.

Question 4

The root cause of the battle between Congress and President Andrew Johnson was

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A)  Johnson's personal vulgarity and crude style of campaigning. 
B)  the president's former ownership of slaves. 
C)  Johnson's "soft" conciliatory treatment of the white South clashed with the congressional emphasis of promoting black freedom and racial equality in the South by many Republicans in Congress. 
D)  Johnson's "class-based" policies that favored poor whites over the white planter and manufacturing classes. 
E)  Johnson's underlying loyalty to the Democratic party. 
A)  Johnson's personal vulgarity and crude style of campaigning. 
B)  the president's former ownership of slaves. 
C)  Johnson's "soft" conciliatory treatment of the white South clashed with the congressional emphasis of promoting black freedom and racial equality in the South by many Republicans in Congress. 
D)  Johnson's "class-based" policies that favored poor whites over the white planter and manufacturing classes. 
E)  Johnson's underlying loyalty to the Democratic party.

Question 5

How did freed slaves respond to Reconstruction? How did freedom affect the economic, social, and political life of former slaves? In what ways was their freedom still incomplete?

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Freed slaves responded to Reconstruction

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of Andrew Johnson.

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Vice-President from Tennessee

Question 7

Reconstruction involved extended controversies over

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A)  readmission of Southern states into the Union. 
B)  civil and political rights for former slaves. 
C)  defining the political and economic scope and meaning of "freedom" for slaves. 
D)  political direction and control of the Reconstruction process between President Johnson and the Republican Congress. 
E)  treatment of former Confederate leaders. 
A)  readmission of Southern states into the Union. 
B)  civil and political rights for former slaves. 
C)  defining the political and economic scope and meaning of "freedom" for slaves. 
D)  political direction and control of the Reconstruction process between President Johnson and the Republican Congress. 
E)  treatment of former Confederate leaders.

Question 8

All of the following were reasons the Senate voted to acquit President Andrew Johnson except

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A)  opposition to abusing the constitutional system of checks and balances. 
B)  concern about the high-tariff, soft-money, and pro-labor views of radical Republican Benjamin Wade who would become president if President Johnson were convicted by the Senate. 
C)  fears of creating a politically destabilizing and uncertain period of time in the nation. 
D)  President Johnson promised to obstruct some of the Republican policies in return for remaining in office. 
E)  President Johnson promised not to run for president in 1868 if acquitted. 
A)  opposition to abusing the constitutional system of checks and balances. 
B)  concern about the high-tariff, soft-money, and pro-labor views of radical Republican Benjamin Wade who would become president if President Johnson were convicted by the Senate. 
C)  fears of creating a politically destabilizing and uncertain period of time in the nation. 
D)  President Johnson promised to obstruct some of the Republican policies in return for remaining in office. 
E)  President Johnson promised not to run for president in 1868 if acquitted.

Question 9

Which of these is NOT a true statement about women's rights activists during the Civil War and Reconstruction eras?

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A)  Female activists saw the struggle for black freedom and women's rights as one in the same. 
B)  During the war, many women's rights leaders worked for black emancipation first and foremost. 
C)  The Woman's Loyal League collected 400,000 signatures supporting a constitutional amendment ending slavery. 
D)  Women's rights activists campaigned in support of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments. 
E)  Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony sought to have the word "sex" added to the Fifteenth Amendment. 
A)  Female activists saw the struggle for black freedom and women's rights as one in the same. 
B)  During the war, many women's rights leaders worked for black emancipation first and foremost. 
C)  The Woman's Loyal League collected 400,000 signatures supporting a constitutional amendment ending slavery. 
D)  Women's rights activists campaigned in support of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments. 
E)  Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony sought to have the word "sex" added to the Fifteenth Amendment.

Question 10

The Exodusters' westward mass migration finally faltered when

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A)  homesteading on the Great Plains proved more difficult than expected. 
B)  a massive, extended drought covered the Great Plains in in the late 1870s. 
C)  steamboat captains refused to transport more former slaves across the Mississippi. 
D)  white Kansans passed strict segregation laws. 
E)  the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the Constitution were finally ratified. 
A)  homesteading on the Great Plains proved more difficult than expected. 
B)  a massive, extended drought covered the Great Plains in in the late 1870s. 
C)  steamboat captains refused to transport more former slaves across the Mississippi. 
D)  white Kansans passed strict segregation laws. 
E)  the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the Constitution were finally ratified.

Question 11

For Southern blacks, emancipation following the Civil War meant all of the following EXCEPT

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A)  the ability to search for lost family. 
B)  the right to get married. 
C)  the opportunity to form their own churches. 
D)  the opportunity for an education. 
E)  maintenance in the status quo ante of the social behavior and personal relations between white Southerners and freed blacks. 
A)  the ability to search for lost family. 
B)  the right to get married. 
C)  the opportunity to form their own churches. 
D)  the opportunity for an education. 
E)  maintenance in the status quo ante of the social behavior and personal relations between white Southerners and freed blacks.

Question 12

Both moderate and radical Republicans agreed that

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A)  federal military and political power must be used to bring about a social and economic revolution in the South. 
B)  blacks should be the foundation of the Southern Republican party. 
C)  freed slaves must be granted the right to vote. 
D)  Southern states should quickly be readmitted into the Union. 
E)  None of these choices are correct. 
A)  federal military and political power must be used to bring about a social and economic revolution in the South. 
B)  blacks should be the foundation of the Southern Republican party. 
C)  freed slaves must be granted the right to vote. 
D)  Southern states should quickly be readmitted into the Union. 
E)  None of these choices are correct.

Question 13

What were the key elements of President Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction policies that stirred objections from congressional Republicans? Why did congressional leaders so strongly object to those policies?

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President Andrew Johnson's Reconstructio

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the Civil Rights Bill.

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Conferred the status

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the Freedmen's Bureau.

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A bureau created by

Question 16

In 1865, following the conclusion of the Civil War,

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A)  Southern whites quickly admitted they had been wrong in trying to secede and win Southern independence. 
B)  Southern whites rapidly turned their slaves into fairly paid, free labor employees. 
C)  Southern blacks uniformly turned in anger and revenge against their former masters. 
D)  Southern blacks often began traveling to test their freedom, search for family members, and seek economic opportunity. 
E)  Southern blacks looked to the federal government for help. 
A)  Southern whites quickly admitted they had been wrong in trying to secede and win Southern independence. 
B)  Southern whites rapidly turned their slaves into fairly paid, free labor employees. 
C)  Southern blacks uniformly turned in anger and revenge against their former masters. 
D)  Southern blacks often began traveling to test their freedom, search for family members, and seek economic opportunity. 
E)  Southern blacks looked to the federal government for help.

Question 17

Why did women fail to win the right to vote, despite the enactment of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments? What were the short-term and long-term political implications of this disappointing political defeat suffered by advocates of women's rights during the Reconstruction era?

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Women failed to win the right to vote de

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of moderate Republicans.

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Republicans who favored a more

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of carpetbaggers.

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Northerners accused of packing

Question 20

The political controversy surrounding the Wade-Davis Bill and the readmission of the Confederate states to the Union demonstrated

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A)  the deep differences between President Lincoln and Congress concerning the political conditions and terms of Reconstruction. 
B)  the close ties that were developing between President Lincoln and the Democrats over Reconstruction issues. 
C)  President Lincoln's desire for a harsh Reconstruction plan. 
D)  that a Congressional majority believed that the South had never legally left the Union. 
E)  the Republicans' division about whether readmitting the Confederate states to the Union was wise, regardless of the stringent readmission conditions specified in the Wade-Davis legislation. 
A)  the deep differences between President Lincoln and Congress concerning the political conditions and terms of Reconstruction. 
B)  the close ties that were developing between President Lincoln and the Democrats over Reconstruction issues. 
C)  President Lincoln's desire for a harsh Reconstruction plan. 
D)  that a Congressional majority believed that the South had never legally left the Union. 
E)  the Republicans' division about whether readmitting the Confederate states to the Union was wise, regardless of the stringent readmission conditions specified in the Wade-Davis legislation.

Exam 21: The Ordeal of Reconstruction

The greatest achievements of the Freedmen's Bureau were in

Identify and state the historical significance of the Black Codes.

In his 10 percent plan for Reconstruction, President Lincoln promised

The root cause of the battle between Congress and President Andrew Johnson was

How did freed slaves respond to Reconstruction? How did freedom affect the economic, social, and political life of former slaves? In what ways was their freedom still incomplete?

Identify and state the historical significance of Andrew Johnson.

Reconstruction involved extended controversies over

All of the following were reasons the Senate voted to acquit President Andrew Johnson except

Which of these is NOT a true statement about women's rights activists during the Civil War and Reconstruction eras?

The Exodusters' westward mass migration finally faltered when

For Southern blacks, emancipation following the Civil War meant all of the following EXCEPT

Both moderate and radical Republicans agreed that

What were the key elements of President Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction policies that stirred objections from congressional Republicans? Why did congressional leaders so strongly object to those policies?

Identify and state the historical significance of the Civil Rights Bill.

Identify and state the historical significance of the Freedmen's Bureau.

In 1865, following the conclusion of the Civil War,

Why did women fail to win the right to vote, despite the enactment of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments? What were the short-term and long-term political implications of this disappointing political defeat suffered by advocates of women's rights during the Reconstruction era?

Identify and state the historical significance of moderate Republicans.

Identify and state the historical significance of carpetbaggers.

The political controversy surrounding the Wade-Davis Bill and the readmission of the Confederate states to the Union demonstrated

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