Question 1

Abraham Lincoln's and Andrew Johnson's reconstruction plans shared an emphasis on

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A)  full amnesty to all former rebel soldiers. 
B)  limited voting rights for blacks. 
C)  the confiscation of rebel property. 
D)  ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment. 
A)  full amnesty to all former rebel soldiers. 
B)  limited voting rights for blacks. 
C)  the confiscation of rebel property. 
D)  ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment. D

Question 2

The Fifteenth Amendment

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A)  prohibited the states from infringing on the rights of citizens. 
B)  defined U.S. citizenship. 
C)  extended black male suffrage to the entire nation. 
D)  outlawed slavery. 
A)  prohibited the states from infringing on the rights of citizens. 
B)  defined U.S. citizenship. 
C)  extended black male suffrage to the entire nation. 
D)  outlawed slavery. C

Question 3

What did "Sherman land" and the establishment of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands demonstrate to southerners about Reconstruction?

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A)  That whites would soon regain their control over black laborers 
B)  That freedmen would have to work for their land 
C)  That ex-slaves would become independent landowners 
D)  That Congress was committed to punish former slaveholders 
A)  That whites would soon regain their control over black laborers 
B)  That freedmen would have to work for their land 
C)  That ex-slaves would become independent landowners 
D)  That Congress was committed to punish former slaveholders C

Question 4

What happened to the whites who killed eighty-one blacks during the Colfax massacre?

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A)  African Americans broke them out of jail and killed them. 
B)  They received lifetime prison sentences. 
C)  They went free because nobody would prosecute them. 
D)  The Supreme Court found them guilty on all charges. 
A)  African Americans broke them out of jail and killed them. 
B)  They received lifetime prison sentences. 
C)  They went free because nobody would prosecute them. 
D)  The Supreme Court found them guilty on all charges.

Question 5

Although Johnson had left the Democratic party before becoming president, he seemed more a Democrat than a Republican as president because he

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A)  advocated limitations on federal power. 
B)  vetoed the Wade-Davis bill and supported federal subsidies. 
C)  refused to support any aspect of Lincoln's reconstruction plan. 
D)  attempted to empower the Freedmen's Bureau. 
A)  advocated limitations on federal power. 
B)  vetoed the Wade-Davis bill and supported federal subsidies. 
C)  refused to support any aspect of Lincoln's reconstruction plan. 
D)  attempted to empower the Freedmen's Bureau.

Question 6

Who made up the majority of the Republican party in the South in the late 1800s?

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A)  Scalawags 
B)  Owners of small businesses 
C)  Carpetbaggers 
D)  African Americans 
A)  Scalawags 
B)  Owners of small businesses 
C)  Carpetbaggers 
D)  African Americans

Question 7

Reconstruction represents a tragedy of enormous proportions based on many divisive issues. The various Reconstruction plans faced problems such as northern apathy, southern defiance, and a lack of unity from northern politicians. Identify and compare the different goals for Reconstruction and the specific actions taken by Lincoln, Johnson, and Congress. In addition, discuss the strengths and weaknesses of each of these plans.

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Abraham Li

Question 8

What did former slaves hope to gain from the Reconstruction labor transformation?

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A)  Better wages 
B)  Fair contracts 
C)  Land ownership 
D)  Jobs for women 
A)  Better wages 
B)  Fair contracts 
C)  Land ownership 
D)  Jobs for women

Question 9

Identify three important provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Fourteenth

Question 10

What was the significance of pardons granted to rebel soldiers under the terms of Lincoln's Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction?

Accepted Answer

A)  The pardons permitted the rebels to return home with limited currency. 
B)  The pardons restored property (except slaves) to rebel soldiers. 
C)  The pardons kept ex-Confederate leaders from returning to political power. 
D)  The pardons forgave debts incurred during the war. 
A)  The pardons permitted the rebels to return home with limited currency. 
B)  The pardons restored property (except slaves) to rebel soldiers. 
C)  The pardons kept ex-Confederate leaders from returning to political power. 
D)  The pardons forgave debts incurred during the war.

Question 11

According to the Military Reconstruction Act of 1867, what did a state have to do before gaining readmission to Congress?

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A)  Allow men and women to vote on a new constitution 
B)  Write a new constitution that guaranteed black suffrage 
C)  Elect a Republican governor 
D)  Guarantee permanent employment for African Americans 
A)  Allow men and women to vote on a new constitution 
B)  Write a new constitution that guaranteed black suffrage 
C)  Elect a Republican governor 
D)  Guarantee permanent employment for African Americans

Question 12

Identify and briefly explain two Supreme Court cases that essentially undermined Reconstruction.

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Slaughterh

Question 13

What was the result of the presidential election of 1876?

Accepted Answer

A)  Samuel Tilden won the popular vote but fell one vote short of victory in the Electoral College. 
B)  Congress declared that Tilden defeated Rutherford B. Hayes. 
C)  Hayes went to court to challenge the popular vote in Florida, South Carolina, and Louisiana. 
D)  Hayes won the election with the majority of the popular votes. 
A)  Samuel Tilden won the popular vote but fell one vote short of victory in the Electoral College. 
B)  Congress declared that Tilden defeated Rutherford B. Hayes. 
C)  Hayes went to court to challenge the popular vote in Florida, South Carolina, and Louisiana. 
D)  Hayes won the election with the majority of the popular votes.

Question 14

Andrew Johnson was impeached on what charge?

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A)  That he attempted to block Republican Reconstruction plans 
B)  That he undermined the Freedmen's Bureau 
C)  That he violated the Tenure of Office Act 
D)  That he replaced Union generals with conservative officials in the South 
A)  That he attempted to block Republican Reconstruction plans 
B)  That he undermined the Freedmen's Bureau 
C)  That he violated the Tenure of Office Act 
D)  That he replaced Union generals with conservative officials in the South

Question 15

Use the following to answer questions :
Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section.
-Informal pact in which Democrats agreed not to block Rutherford B. Hayes's inauguration and to deal fairly with freedmen. Hayes vowed not to use the army to uphold the remaining Republican regimes in the South and to provide the South with substantial federal subsidies for railroads. The agreement brought Reconstruction to an end.

Accepted Answer

A) black codes 
B) carpetbagger 
C) Civil Rights Act of 1866 
D) Compromise of 1877 
E) Fifteenth Amendment
F)Fourteenth Amendment
G)Freedmen's Bureau
H)Ku Klux Klan
I)Military Reconstruction Act
J)Redeemers
K)scalawag
L)sharecropping 
A) black codes 
B) carpetbagger 
C) Civil Rights Act of 1866 
D) Compromise of 1877 
E) Fifteenth Amendment
F)Fourteenth Amendment
G)Freedmen's Bureau
H)Ku Klux Klan
I)Military Reconstruction Act
J)Redeemers
K)scalawag
L)sharecropping

Question 16

Explain the following statement: "By 1870, northerners had begun a retreat from the ideals of Reconstruction."

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Answer would ideally include:
Waning Sup

Question 17

By the early 1870s, the congressional reconstruction goals of 1866

Accepted Answer

A)  had been mostly met. 
B)  had been mostly abandoned by northerners. 
C)  had been expanded to include women's suffrage. 
D)  were still the nation's first priority. 
A)  had been mostly met. 
B)  had been mostly abandoned by northerners. 
C)  had been expanded to include women's suffrage. 
D)  were still the nation's first priority.

Question 18

Why did President Johnson's quick reconstruction of ex-Confederate states shock reformers?

Accepted Answer

A)  His lenient terms for reconstruction belied his earlier states' rights stance. 
B)  He had long expressed a desire to destroy the southern planter aristocracy. 
C)  His harsh terms for reconstruction belied his earlier promises of leniency. 
D)  He failed to follow through on his promise to grant the freedmen voting rights. 
A)  His lenient terms for reconstruction belied his earlier states' rights stance. 
B)  He had long expressed a desire to destroy the southern planter aristocracy. 
C)  His harsh terms for reconstruction belied his earlier promises of leniency. 
D)  He failed to follow through on his promise to grant the freedmen voting rights.

Question 19

After Ulysses S. Grant, the former Union general, was elected president in 1868, he

Accepted Answer

A)  proved a decisive leader. 
B)  sought justice for blacks. 
C)  surrounded himself with skilled politicians. 
D)  became known for his anticorruption activities. 
A)  proved a decisive leader. 
B)  sought justice for blacks. 
C)  surrounded himself with skilled politicians. 
D)  became known for his anticorruption activities.

Question 20

What did President Johnson do after Mississippi's rejection of legislation that outlawed slavery and South Carolina's refusal to renounce secession?

Accepted Answer

A)  He refused to intervene. 
B)  He denied the states' new constitutions. 
C)  He refused to pardon planters and Confederate officials. 
D)  He sent the military into Mississippi and South Carolina. 
A)  He refused to intervene. 
B)  He denied the states' new constitutions. 
C)  He refused to pardon planters and Confederate officials. 
D)  He sent the military into Mississippi and South Carolina.

Abraham Lincoln's and Andrew Johnson's reconstruction plans shared an emphasis on

The Fifteenth Amendment

What did "Sherman land" and the establishment of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands demonstrate to southerners about Reconstruction?

What happened to the whites who killed eighty-one blacks during the Colfax massacre?

Although Johnson had left the Democratic party before becoming president, he seemed more a Democrat than a Republican as president because he

Who made up the majority of the Republican party in the South in the late 1800s?

What did former slaves hope to gain from the Reconstruction labor transformation?

Identify three important provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment.

What was the significance of pardons granted to rebel soldiers under the terms of Lincoln's Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction?

According to the Military Reconstruction Act of 1867, what did a state have to do before gaining readmission to Congress?

Identify and briefly explain two Supreme Court cases that essentially undermined Reconstruction.

What was the result of the presidential election of 1876?

Andrew Johnson was impeached on what charge?

Explain the following statement: "By 1870, northerners had begun a retreat from the ideals of Reconstruction."

By the early 1870s, the congressional reconstruction goals of 1866

Why did President Johnson's quick reconstruction of ex-Confederate states shock reformers?

After Ulysses S. Grant, the former Union general, was elected president in 1868, he

What did President Johnson do after Mississippi's rejection of legislation that outlawed slavery and South Carolina's refusal to renounce secession?

The Contested West, 1865-1900

The Gilded Age, 1865-1900

The City and Its Workers, 1870-1900

Dissent, Depression, and War, 1890-1900

Progressive Reform, 1890-1916

World War I: the Progressive Crusade at Home and Abroad, 1914-1920

From New Era to Great Depression, 1920-1932

The New Deal Experiment, 1932-1939

The United States and the Second World War, 1939-1945

The New World of the Cold War, 19451960

Postwar Culture and Politics, 1945-1960

Rights, Rebellion, and Reaction, 1960-1974

Confronting Limits, 1961-1979

Divisions at Home and Abroad in a Conservative Era, 1980-2000

America in a New Century, Since 2000

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Exam 16: Reconstruction, 1863-1877

Abraham Lincoln's and Andrew Johnson's reconstruction plans shared an emphasis on

The Fifteenth Amendment

What did "Sherman land" and the establishment of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands demonstrate to southerners about Reconstruction?

What happened to the whites who killed eighty-one blacks during the Colfax massacre?

Although Johnson had left the Democratic party before becoming president, he seemed more a Democrat than a Republican as president because he

Who made up the majority of the Republican party in the South in the late 1800s?

What did former slaves hope to gain from the Reconstruction labor transformation?

Identify three important provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment.

What was the significance of pardons granted to rebel soldiers under the terms of Lincoln's Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction?

According to the Military Reconstruction Act of 1867, what did a state have to do before gaining readmission to Congress?

Identify and briefly explain two Supreme Court cases that essentially undermined Reconstruction.

What was the result of the presidential election of 1876?

Andrew Johnson was impeached on what charge?

Explain the following statement: "By 1870, northerners had begun a retreat from the ideals of Reconstruction."

By the early 1870s, the congressional reconstruction goals of 1866

Why did President Johnson's quick reconstruction of ex-Confederate states shock reformers?

After Ulysses S. Grant, the former Union general, was elected president in 1868, he

What did President Johnson do after Mississippi's rejection of legislation that outlawed slavery and South Carolina's refusal to renounce secession?

The Contested West, 1865-1900

The Gilded Age, 1865-1900

The City and Its Workers, 1870-1900

Dissent, Depression, and War, 1890-1900

Progressive Reform, 1890-1916

World War I: the Progressive Crusade at Home and Abroad, 1914-1920

From New Era to Great Depression, 1920-1932

The New Deal Experiment, 1932-1939

The United States and the Second World War, 1939-1945

The New World of the Cold War, 19451960

Postwar Culture and Politics, 1945-1960

Rights, Rebellion, and Reaction, 1960-1974

Confronting Limits, 1961-1979

Divisions at Home and Abroad in a Conservative Era, 1980-2000

America in a New Century, Since 2000

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