Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of scalawags.

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Southern white allie

Question 2

Many feminist leaders were deeply disappointed with the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments because they

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A)  gave white women but not black women the right to vote. 
B)  failed to give women the right to serve on juries. 
C)  contained restrictions on ex-Confederates but not on male supremacists. 
D)  failed to define what constituted equal national citizenship. 
E)  gave national citizenship rights and voting rights to African-American males but not to white or black women. 
A)  gave white women but not black women the right to vote. 
B)  failed to give women the right to serve on juries. 
C)  contained restrictions on ex-Confederates but not on male supremacists. 
D)  failed to define what constituted equal national citizenship. 
E)  gave national citizenship rights and voting rights to African-American males but not to white or black women.

Question 3

The white South viewed the Freedmen's Bureau as

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A)  a meddlesome federal agency that threatened to upset white racial dominance. 
B)  an agency acceptable only because it also helped poor whites. 
C)  a valued partner in rebuilding the South. 
D)  more helpful in the North than the South. 
E)  None of these choices are correct. 
A)  a meddlesome federal agency that threatened to upset white racial dominance. 
B)  an agency acceptable only because it also helped poor whites. 
C)  a valued partner in rebuilding the South. 
D)  more helpful in the North than the South. 
E)  None of these choices are correct.

Question 4

The Freedmen's Bureau was established to do all of the following EXCEPT

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A)  act as a kind of welfare agency. 
B)  provide food, clothing, and medical care to slave refugees. 
C)  settle former slaves with 40-acre tracts confiscated from Confederates. 
D)  relocate blacks West or force them into labor contracts with former masters. 
E)  provide education that would help close the gap between blacks and whites. 
A)  act as a kind of welfare agency. 
B)  provide food, clothing, and medical care to slave refugees. 
C)  settle former slaves with 40-acre tracts confiscated from Confederates. 
D)  relocate blacks West or force them into labor contracts with former masters. 
E)  provide education that would help close the gap between blacks and whites.

Question 5

What role did each of the following play in the congressional assumption of control over Reconstruction policy: Black Codes, Southern election of former Confederates, and President Johnson's personality and actions?

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The Black Codes played a significant rol

Question 6

There are several examples in American history of rapid reconciliation with the defeated foe. Why didn't the South receive this sympathetic treatment in Reconstruction? Who or what do you fault for the harshness of Southern Reconstruction? Why?

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The lack of sympathetic treatment toward

Question 7

Congress objected to the readmission of Southern states to the Union under Johnson's plan because

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A)  the states had adopted Black Codes that limited the civil rights of freed slaves. 
B)  the states had been readmitted without consultation with Congress. 
C)  many former Confederates were elected to high political office in those states. 
D)  it feared that the restored South would be stronger than ever in national politics. 
E)  they feared that the South would just secede again if it didn't get its way. 
A)  the states had adopted Black Codes that limited the civil rights of freed slaves. 
B)  the states had been readmitted without consultation with Congress. 
C)  many former Confederates were elected to high political office in those states. 
D)  it feared that the restored South would be stronger than ever in national politics. 
E)  they feared that the South would just secede again if it didn't get its way.

Question 8

Feminist leaders such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Antony campaigned against Fourteenth Amendment

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A)  despite having worked wholeheartedly for the cause of emancipation. 
B)  because a citizen's right to vote was defined constitutionally as being limited to male citizens. 
C)  despite being urged by their former ally, Frederick Douglass, to support the Fourteenth Amendment in order to enshrine black civil rights into the Constitution. 
D)  because equal national citizenship was defined in the Constitution as limited to males. 
E)  All of these choices are correct. 
A)  despite having worked wholeheartedly for the cause of emancipation. 
B)  because a citizen's right to vote was defined constitutionally as being limited to male citizens. 
C)  despite being urged by their former ally, Frederick Douglass, to support the Fourteenth Amendment in order to enshrine black civil rights into the Constitution. 
D)  because equal national citizenship was defined in the Constitution as limited to males. 
E)  All of these choices are correct.

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of Oliver O. Howard.

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Union general who la

Question 10

Congressional Reconstruction hoped to provide and enforce basic rights and protection for the former slaves in the South through the

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A)  Military Reconstruction Act. 
B)  Fifteenth Amendment 
C)  Freedmen's Bureau Act. 
D)  Fourteenth Amendment. 
E)  Force Acts. 
A)  Military Reconstruction Act. 
B)  Fifteenth Amendment 
C)  Freedmen's Bureau Act. 
D)  Fourteenth Amendment. 
E)  Force Acts.

Question 11

The incident that caused the clash between Congress and President Johnson to explode into the open in February 1866 was

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A)  passage of the Pacific Railroad Act. 
B)  the creation of the sharecropping system. 
C)  the attempt to pass the Fourteenth Amendment. 
D)  the South's regaining control of the Senate. 
E)  Johnson's veto of the bill to extend the Freedmen's Bureau. 
A)  passage of the Pacific Railroad Act. 
B)  the creation of the sharecropping system. 
C)  the attempt to pass the Fourteenth Amendment. 
D)  the South's regaining control of the Senate. 
E)  Johnson's veto of the bill to extend the Freedmen's Bureau.

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of William Seward.

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Secretary of State and expansi

Question 13

For congressional Republicans, one of the most troubling aspects of the Southern states' quick restoration to the Union was that

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A)  with the black population fully counted, the South would be stronger than ever in national politics and Democrats could possibly regain control of Congress in the near future. 
B)  President Johnson would likely be defeated in the 1868 presidential election. 
C)  the majority white South might be represented by black Congressmen. 
D)  a high tariff might be reinstituted. 
E)  None of these choices are correct. 
A)  with the black population fully counted, the South would be stronger than ever in national politics and Democrats could possibly regain control of Congress in the near future. 
B)  President Johnson would likely be defeated in the 1868 presidential election. 
C)  the majority white South might be represented by black Congressmen. 
D)  a high tariff might be reinstituted. 
E)  None of these choices are correct.

Question 14

Most radical Reconstruction regimes in the South

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A)  expanded the legal property rights of women. 
B)  established public-school systems. 
C)  were controlled by freed slaves. 
D)  were troubled by graft and corruption. 
E)  refused to permit southern whites to hold office. 
A)  expanded the legal property rights of women. 
B)  established public-school systems. 
C)  were controlled by freed slaves. 
D)  were troubled by graft and corruption. 
E)  refused to permit southern whites to hold office.

Question 15

The main purpose of the Black Codes was to

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A)  guarantee freedom for the blacks. 
B)  ensure a stable and subservient labor supply. 
C)  prevent interracial sex and marriage. 
D)  prevent blacks from becoming sharecroppers. 
E)  create a system of justice for ex-slaves. 
A)  guarantee freedom for the blacks. 
B)  ensure a stable and subservient labor supply. 
C)  prevent interracial sex and marriage. 
D)  prevent blacks from becoming sharecroppers. 
E)  create a system of justice for ex-slaves.

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of Alexander Stephens.

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The ex-vice president of the C

Question 17

All of the following are true statements about the Black Codes EXCEPT

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A)  blacks were forced to work under labor contracts for little money for one year. 
B)  blacks who fled their employers could be dragged back to work by a paid "Negro-catcher." 
C)  they restricted the conditions under which blacks could legally marry. 
D)  blacks who fled could be made to forfeit back wages or hired out to pay their fines. 
E)  they were designed to reproduce the master-slave relationship after slavery was abolished. 
A)  blacks were forced to work under labor contracts for little money for one year. 
B)  blacks who fled their employers could be dragged back to work by a paid "Negro-catcher." 
C)  they restricted the conditions under which blacks could legally marry. 
D)  blacks who fled could be made to forfeit back wages or hired out to pay their fines. 
E)  they were designed to reproduce the master-slave relationship after slavery was abolished.

Question 18

President Johnson's plan for Reconstruction

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A)  differed radically from Lincoln's. 
B)  guaranteed former slaves the right to vote. 
C)  required that all former Confederate states ratify the Fourteenth Amendment. 
D)  abolished literacy tests for voting in the South. 
E)  aimed at swift restoration of the Southern states after a few moderate political conditions were met by the Southern states. 
A)  differed radically from Lincoln's. 
B)  guaranteed former slaves the right to vote. 
C)  required that all former Confederate states ratify the Fourteenth Amendment. 
D)  abolished literacy tests for voting in the South. 
E)  aimed at swift restoration of the Southern states after a few moderate political conditions were met by the Southern states.

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the Pacific Railroad Act.

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Law passed by Congress that en

Question 20

The Black Codes provided for all of the following EXCEPT

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A)  a ban on jury service by blacks. 
B)  a restriction against black migration from the South. 
C)  a bar on blacks from renting land. 
D)  punishment of blacks for idleness. 
E)  fines for blacks who jumped labor contracts. 
A)  a ban on jury service by blacks. 
B)  a restriction against black migration from the South. 
C)  a bar on blacks from renting land. 
D)  punishment of blacks for idleness. 
E)  fines for blacks who jumped labor contracts.

Exam 21: The Ordeal of Reconstruction

Identify and state the historical significance of scalawags.

Many feminist leaders were deeply disappointed with the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments because they

The white South viewed the Freedmen's Bureau as

The Freedmen's Bureau was established to do all of the following EXCEPT

What role did each of the following play in the congressional assumption of control over Reconstruction policy: Black Codes, Southern election of former Confederates, and President Johnson's personality and actions?

There are several examples in American history of rapid reconciliation with the defeated foe. Why didn't the South receive this sympathetic treatment in Reconstruction? Who or what do you fault for the harshness of Southern Reconstruction? Why?

Congress objected to the readmission of Southern states to the Union under Johnson's plan because

Feminist leaders such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Antony campaigned against Fourteenth Amendment

Identify and state the historical significance of Oliver O. Howard.

Congressional Reconstruction hoped to provide and enforce basic rights and protection for the former slaves in the South through the

The incident that caused the clash between Congress and President Johnson to explode into the open in February 1866 was

Identify and state the historical significance of William Seward.

For congressional Republicans, one of the most troubling aspects of the Southern states' quick restoration to the Union was that

Most radical Reconstruction regimes in the South

The main purpose of the Black Codes was to

Identify and state the historical significance of Alexander Stephens.

All of the following are true statements about the Black Codes EXCEPT

President Johnson's plan for Reconstruction

Identify and state the historical significance of the Pacific Railroad Act.

The Black Codes provided for all of the following EXCEPT

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