Question 1

What triggered the depression in the mid-1870s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Railroad Strike of 1877 
B)  1876 presidential election 
C)  Panic of 1873 
D)  1875 Stock Market Crash 
E)  1874 Gold Boom 
A)  Railroad Strike of 1877 
B)  1876 presidential election 
C)  Panic of 1873 
D)  1875 Stock Market Crash 
E)  1874 Gold Boom

Question 2

Which one of the following was a result of the impeachment and trial of President Andrew Johnson?

Accepted Answer

A)  A precedent was established against the impeachment of presidents solely on political grounds. 
B)  Johnson emerged triumphant in his battle with the Radicals in Congress. 
C)  The president was convicted, dismissed from office, and replaced by Ulysses S. Grant. 
D)  Republicans and Democrats in Congress at last found a cause around which they all could rally. 
E)  None of these choices 
A)  A precedent was established against the impeachment of presidents solely on political grounds. 
B)  Johnson emerged triumphant in his battle with the Radicals in Congress. 
C)  The president was convicted, dismissed from office, and replaced by Ulysses S. Grant. 
D)  Republicans and Democrats in Congress at last found a cause around which they all could rally. 
E)  None of these choices

Question 3

Which statement accurately describes southern black education during Reconstruction?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was a national priority. 
B)  It advanced but remained quite limited. 
C)  It made rapid strides toward integration. 
D)  It focused exclusively on the elementary level. 
E)  It declined rapidly. 
A)  It was a national priority. 
B)  It advanced but remained quite limited. 
C)  It made rapid strides toward integration. 
D)  It focused exclusively on the elementary level. 
E)  It declined rapidly.

Question 4

Which of the following Reconstruction laws is correctly paired with one of its provisions?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Civil Rights Act of 1866: required military commanders to initiate voter enrollment. 
B)  The Reconstruction Act of 1867: invalidated state governments formed under Lincoln and Johnson. 
C)  The Supplementary Freedman's Bureau Act prohibited the president from removing federal officials without consent of the Senate. 
D)  Army Appropriations Act: declared that the U.S. Army would be a fully integrated force. 
E)  Amnesty Act: proclaimed that only Confederate soldiers at or below the rank of private would be entitled to military pensions. 
A)  The Civil Rights Act of 1866: required military commanders to initiate voter enrollment. 
B)  The Reconstruction Act of 1867: invalidated state governments formed under Lincoln and Johnson. 
C)  The Supplementary Freedman's Bureau Act prohibited the president from removing federal officials without consent of the Senate. 
D)  Army Appropriations Act: declared that the U.S. Army would be a fully integrated force. 
E)  Amnesty Act: proclaimed that only Confederate soldiers at or below the rank of private would be entitled to military pensions.

Question 5

The purpose of the Enforcement Acts was

Accepted Answer

A)  to give federal troops authority to police former Confederate soldiers in the South. 
B)  to curb vigilante violence and protect black voters. 
C)  to enforce restrictions that were placed on blacks. 
D)  insure that the South accepted the outcome of the Civil War. 
E)  to limit the scope of Reconstruction. 
A)  to give federal troops authority to police former Confederate soldiers in the South. 
B)  to curb vigilante violence and protect black voters. 
C)  to enforce restrictions that were placed on blacks. 
D)  insure that the South accepted the outcome of the Civil War. 
E)  to limit the scope of Reconstruction.

Question 6

Who was normally the main pillar of authority in the southern black community after the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

A)  Local public schoolteacher 
B)  Minister of the black church 
C)  Local justice of the peace 
D)  Head of the county Democratic party 
E)  The carpetbagger 
A)  Local public schoolteacher 
B)  Minister of the black church 
C)  Local justice of the peace 
D)  Head of the county Democratic party 
E)  The carpetbagger

Question 7

According to the Reconstruction Act of 1867, which of the following conditions was the only one that did not have to be met before former Confederate states could be readmitted to the Union?

Accepted Answer

A)  Southern states had to draft new constitutions with the approval by Congress that granted black suffrage. 
B)  Southern states had to the Fourteenth Amendment. 
C)  The Fourteenth Amendment had to be incorporated into the federal Constitution. 
D)  Southern black voters and whites who were not disqualified by the Fourteenth Amendment had to be allowed to elect delegates to state constitutional conventions. 
E)  Southern states had to devise plans to finance veterans' benefits for former Confederate soldiers. 
A)  Southern states had to draft new constitutions with the approval by Congress that granted black suffrage. 
B)  Southern states had to the Fourteenth Amendment. 
C)  The Fourteenth Amendment had to be incorporated into the federal Constitution. 
D)  Southern black voters and whites who were not disqualified by the Fourteenth Amendment had to be allowed to elect delegates to state constitutional conventions. 
E)  Southern states had to devise plans to finance veterans' benefits for former Confederate soldiers.

Question 8

Which of the following is not associated with "Grantism"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Jay Gould 
B)  Whiskey ring 
C)  Crédit Mobilier 
D)  Seward's Ice Box 
E)  Fraud, bribery, and political corruption 
A)  Jay Gould 
B)  Whiskey ring 
C)  Crédit Mobilier 
D)  Seward's Ice Box 
E)  Fraud, bribery, and political corruption

Question 9

The scalawags were

Accepted Answer

A)  former slaveholders who opposed the reconstruction governments. 
B)  advocates of black rights and black suffrage in the reconstructed southern states. 
C)  sharecroppers who constituted the rank-and-file of the new Ku Klux Klan 
D)  black southerners who opposed the Republican program of national banking and high protective tariffs. 
E)  white southerners who supported the Republicans. 
A)  former slaveholders who opposed the reconstruction governments. 
B)  advocates of black rights and black suffrage in the reconstructed southern states. 
C)  sharecroppers who constituted the rank-and-file of the new Ku Klux Klan 
D)  black southerners who opposed the Republican program of national banking and high protective tariffs. 
E)  white southerners who supported the Republicans.

Question 10

Under the sharecropping system, poor farmers would

Accepted Answer

A)  rent land from large landowners in exchange for half the crop produced on the land. 
B)  work as wage laborers on the farms of large landowners. 
C)  do handiwork on large farms in exchange food. 
D)  receive a share of the crop from a large farm in an early version of a welfare system. 
E)  pool their land and shared in whatever crops they produced. 
A)  rent land from large landowners in exchange for half the crop produced on the land. 
B)  work as wage laborers on the farms of large landowners. 
C)  do handiwork on large farms in exchange food. 
D)  receive a share of the crop from a large farm in an early version of a welfare system. 
E)  pool their land and shared in whatever crops they produced.

Question 11

Which of the following descriptions best fits the carpetbaggers?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were former Union soldiers who hoped to buy land, open factories, build railroads, or enjoy a warmer climate. 
B)  They were Southerners who sought wealth and power, and who carried so few possessions that they could be stuffed into traveling bags made of carpet material. 
C)  They were predominantly poor and ignorant white southerners who sought to profit from Republican rule. 
D)  They were uneducated freedmen who moved to northern cities for better economic opportunity, and who took with them only what they could fit in a traveling bag. 
E)  They were sharecroppers who constituted the rank-and-file of the new Ku Klux Klan. 
A)  They were former Union soldiers who hoped to buy land, open factories, build railroads, or enjoy a warmer climate. 
B)  They were Southerners who sought wealth and power, and who carried so few possessions that they could be stuffed into traveling bags made of carpet material. 
C)  They were predominantly poor and ignorant white southerners who sought to profit from Republican rule. 
D)  They were uneducated freedmen who moved to northern cities for better economic opportunity, and who took with them only what they could fit in a traveling bag. 
E)  They were sharecroppers who constituted the rank-and-file of the new Ku Klux Klan.

Question 12

The "money question" of the 1870s was the question concerning

Accepted Answer

A)  how to balance the federal budget without raising taxes. 
B)  whether or not to issue more paper money. 
C)  whether paper money should be green or yellow. 
D)  whether or not Jim Fisk should go to jail for attempting to corner the gold market. 
E)  how to spend the growing federal surplus. 
A)  how to balance the federal budget without raising taxes. 
B)  whether or not to issue more paper money. 
C)  whether paper money should be green or yellow. 
D)  whether or not Jim Fisk should go to jail for attempting to corner the gold market. 
E)  how to spend the growing federal surplus.

Question 13

Why was the 1876 presidential election one of the most unusual in U.S. history?

Accepted Answer

A)  Congress voided the election and ordered a new one because of voting irregularities. 
B)  The election destroyed the Whig Party and paved the way for the Republican Party. 
C)  The victor was decided by a method other than the Electoral College or the House of Representatives. 
D)  General Ulysses S. Grant was elected and became one of the best presidents in history. 
E)  Rutherford Hayes won in large part because his supporters bribed black voters to vote for him. 
A)  Congress voided the election and ordered a new one because of voting irregularities. 
B)  The election destroyed the Whig Party and paved the way for the Republican Party. 
C)  The victor was decided by a method other than the Electoral College or the House of Representatives. 
D)  General Ulysses S. Grant was elected and became one of the best presidents in history. 
E)  Rutherford Hayes won in large part because his supporters bribed black voters to vote for him.

Question 14

Which of the following was not one of the reasons why only a small proportion of blacks were able to own farms by the end of Reconstruction?

Accepted Answer

A)  Most blacks lacked the capital to buy the land and equipment. 
B)  White southerners did not want to sell their land to blacks. 
C)  Southern industrialists needed laborers to work in their new urban factories. 
D)  Neither Congress nor the states imposed large-scale land reform. 
E)  Southern planters needed a source of cheap labor to work on their plantations. 
A)  Most blacks lacked the capital to buy the land and equipment. 
B)  White southerners did not want to sell their land to blacks. 
C)  Southern industrialists needed laborers to work in their new urban factories. 
D)  Neither Congress nor the states imposed large-scale land reform. 
E)  Southern planters needed a source of cheap labor to work on their plantations.

Question 15

The purpose of the Fourteenth Amendment was to

Accepted Answer

A)  abolish slavery. 
B)  protect the citizenship rights of males. 
C)  guarantee the right to vote of men. 
D)  grant itself the power to collect income taxes. 
E)  protect the property rights of freedmen. 
A)  abolish slavery. 
B)  protect the citizenship rights of males. 
C)  guarantee the right to vote of men. 
D)  grant itself the power to collect income taxes. 
E)  protect the property rights of freedmen.

Question 16

In the Slaughterhouse cases of 1873 the Supreme Court proclaimed that

Accepted Answer

A)  where civil courts were functioning, civilians could not be tried by military courts or commissions. 
B)  Congress had the power to ensure each state a republican form of government. 
C)  the Fourteenth Amendment only protected the basic rights of national citizenship, not rights that fell to citizens by virtue of their state citizenship. 
D)  the Fifteenth Amendment did not confer the right of suffrage upon anyone. 
E)  congressional Reconstruction governments were unconstitutional because they had been forced upon the south. 
A)  where civil courts were functioning, civilians could not be tried by military courts or commissions. 
B)  Congress had the power to ensure each state a republican form of government. 
C)  the Fourteenth Amendment only protected the basic rights of national citizenship, not rights that fell to citizens by virtue of their state citizenship. 
D)  the Fifteenth Amendment did not confer the right of suffrage upon anyone. 
E)  congressional Reconstruction governments were unconstitutional because they had been forced upon the south.

Question 17

By the end of 1865, under President Johnson's reconstruction policies,

Accepted Answer

A)  All southern states had ratified the Thirteenth Amendment and repudiated their Confederate debts. 
B)  Most southern states had passed special industrial codes to help the freedmen become economically independent. 
C)  Former Confederate officials and generals had been elected to serve in Congress. 
D)  Southern states were moving toward rebellion and secession once again. 
E)  The southern states had been divided into a series of military districts. 
A)  All southern states had ratified the Thirteenth Amendment and repudiated their Confederate debts. 
B)  Most southern states had passed special industrial codes to help the freedmen become economically independent. 
C)  Former Confederate officials and generals had been elected to serve in Congress. 
D)  Southern states were moving toward rebellion and secession once again. 
E)  The southern states had been divided into a series of military districts.

Question 18

Which statement concerning Republican rule in the former Confederate states is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was permanently established through the new state constitutions approved by Congress. 
B)  In most states lasted until the Democrats were able to recapture the White House in 1884. 
C)  It lasted a maximum of about eight years, but in most states much less. 
D)  It revolutionized southern politics and destroyed the Democratic party. 
E)  It established high standards of ethical behavior. 
A)  It was permanently established through the new state constitutions approved by Congress. 
B)  In most states lasted until the Democrats were able to recapture the White House in 1884. 
C)  It lasted a maximum of about eight years, but in most states much less. 
D)  It revolutionized southern politics and destroyed the Democratic party. 
E)  It established high standards of ethical behavior.

Question 19

What do Howard, Atlanta, and Fisk universities, and Hampton Institute have in common?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were all universities that were established in response to the forced integration of Southern colleges implemented by the Reconstruction Act of 1867. 
B)  They were all predominantly black institutions that were established in the years immediately following the Civil War. 
C)  Established during the years of the Confederacy, they all closed their doors temporarily in the 1870s rather than admit blacks. 
D)  They were the locations of the first four chapters of the Ku Klux Klan. 
E)  They were all founded and named in honor of famous African American generals of the Civil War era. 
A)  They were all universities that were established in response to the forced integration of Southern colleges implemented by the Reconstruction Act of 1867. 
B)  They were all predominantly black institutions that were established in the years immediately following the Civil War. 
C)  Established during the years of the Confederacy, they all closed their doors temporarily in the 1870s rather than admit blacks. 
D)  They were the locations of the first four chapters of the Ku Klux Klan. 
E)  They were all founded and named in honor of famous African American generals of the Civil War era.

Question 20

Which of the following descriptions provides an accurate assessment of the success of Reconstruction?

Accepted Answer

A)  It succeeded in giving blacks equal rights. 
B)  Although making initial progress, it failed to provide lasting improvements for blacks. 
C)  It established southern state governments which were dominated by northerners until the 20th century. 
D)  It ended the practice of segregation in both the North and the South. 
E)  It led to the adoption of legislation that guaranteed the civil rights of all Americans. 
A)  It succeeded in giving blacks equal rights. 
B)  Although making initial progress, it failed to provide lasting improvements for blacks. 
C)  It established southern state governments which were dominated by northerners until the 20th century. 
D)  It ended the practice of segregation in both the North and the South. 
E)  It led to the adoption of legislation that guaranteed the civil rights of all Americans.

What triggered the depression in the mid-1870s?

Which one of the following was a result of the impeachment and trial of President Andrew Johnson?

Which statement accurately describes southern black education during Reconstruction?

Which of the following Reconstruction laws is correctly paired with one of its provisions?

The purpose of the Enforcement Acts was

Who was normally the main pillar of authority in the southern black community after the Civil War?

According to the Reconstruction Act of 1867, which of the following conditions was the only one that did not have to be met before former Confederate states could be readmitted to the Union?

Which of the following is not associated with "Grantism"?

The scalawags were

Under the sharecropping system, poor farmers would

Which of the following descriptions best fits the carpetbaggers?

The "money question" of the 1870s was the question concerning

Why was the 1876 presidential election one of the most unusual in U.S. history?

Which of the following was not one of the reasons why only a small proportion of blacks were able to own farms by the end of Reconstruction?

The purpose of the Fourteenth Amendment was to

In the Slaughterhouse cases of 1873 the Supreme Court proclaimed that

By the end of 1865, under President Johnson's reconstruction policies,

Which statement concerning Republican rule in the former Confederate states is true?

What do Howard, Atlanta, and Fisk universities, and Hampton Institute have in common?

Which of the following descriptions provides an accurate assessment of the success of Reconstruction?

The Transformation of the Trans-Mississippi West, 1860-1900

The Rise of Industrial America, 1865-1900

Immigration, Urbanization, and Everyday Life, 1860-1900

Politics and Expansion in an Industrializing Age, 1877-1900

The Progressive Era, 1900-1917

Global Involvements and World War I, 1902-1920

Coping With Change, 1920-1929

The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

Americans and a World in Crisis, 1933-1945

The Cold War Abroad and at Home, 1945-1960

America at Midcentury, 1945-1961

Liberalism, Civil Rights, and War in Vietnam, 1960-1975

A Time of Upheaval, 1961-1980

A Conservative Revival and the End of the Cold War, 1980-2000

Global Dangers, Global Challenges, 2001 to the Present

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Exam 16: The Crises of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

What triggered the depression in the mid-1870s?

Which one of the following was a result of the impeachment and trial of President Andrew Johnson?

Which statement accurately describes southern black education during Reconstruction?

Which of the following Reconstruction laws is correctly paired with one of its provisions?

The purpose of the Enforcement Acts was

Who was normally the main pillar of authority in the southern black community after the Civil War?

According to the Reconstruction Act of 1867, which of the following conditions was the only one that did not have to be met before former Confederate states could be readmitted to the Union?

Which of the following is not associated with "Grantism"?

The scalawags were

Under the sharecropping system, poor farmers would

Which of the following descriptions best fits the carpetbaggers?

The "money question" of the 1870s was the question concerning

Why was the 1876 presidential election one of the most unusual in U.S. history?

Which of the following was not one of the reasons why only a small proportion of blacks were able to own farms by the end of Reconstruction?

The purpose of the Fourteenth Amendment was to

In the Slaughterhouse cases of 1873 the Supreme Court proclaimed that

By the end of 1865, under President Johnson's reconstruction policies,

Which statement concerning Republican rule in the former Confederate states is true?

What do Howard, Atlanta, and Fisk universities, and Hampton Institute have in common?

Which of the following descriptions provides an accurate assessment of the success of Reconstruction?

The Transformation of the Trans-Mississippi West, 1860-1900

The Rise of Industrial America, 1865-1900

Immigration, Urbanization, and Everyday Life, 1860-1900

Politics and Expansion in an Industrializing Age, 1877-1900

The Progressive Era, 1900-1917

Global Involvements and World War I, 1902-1920

Coping With Change, 1920-1929

The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

Americans and a World in Crisis, 1933-1945

The Cold War Abroad and at Home, 1945-1960

America at Midcentury, 1945-1961

Liberalism, Civil Rights, and War in Vietnam, 1960-1975

A Time of Upheaval, 1961-1980

A Conservative Revival and the End of the Cold War, 1980-2000

Global Dangers, Global Challenges, 2001 to the Present

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