Exam 17: Reconstruction

During the 1866 congressional election campaign, Republicans made clear that any ex-Confederate state that ratified the Fourteenth Amendment would be considered "reconstructed" and that its representatives and senators would be seated in Congress.

White southerners' main complaint against the Freedmen's Bureau was that it was inefficient.

The ones pushing for more reforms in the South in favor of African Americans were the

Scalawags were

One recent historian has called America's Reconstruction a "splendid failure." What do you think was meant by this statement? Evaluate the goals, successes, and failures of those who attempted to reconstruct southern society. Do you think that the historian's statement is an accurate assessment of the postwar years?

Grant is generally considered

In_____________, South Carolina, a battle between a black militia and the white Red Shirts led to the murder of several militiamen.

The congressional acts that divided the former Confederate states (except Tennessee) into five military districts, enfranchised black men, disenfranchised some Confederates, and called for new constitutional conventions were the_____________ .

The impeachment of Andrew Johnson was

Ulysses S. Grant suffered public criticism for its efforts to acquire_____________.

The Democratic Party policy of intimidating black voters to keep them away from the polls was called_____________.

Which of the following is true of Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial?

The Wade-Davis bill proposed lenient loyalty requirements for Southern whites.

Ulysses S. Grant's presidency is known as an era of

The Compromise of 1877 signified

The main issue addressed by the 15^th Amendment was

The Ku Klux Klan was created by former Confederate soldiers.

The purpose of the "black codes" was to

Tennessee was the first ex-Confederate state to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment in order to be "readmitted" to the union.

The notorious massacre of black militiamen in Louisiana in 1873 was known as the_____________.