Question 1

The chief target of civil service reform was the spoils system.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Most Southern Republicans were poor, illiterate, and property less; most Northern Republicans represented the most prosperous, educated, and influential elements of society.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Under the Johnson Reconstruction Plan, no ex-Confederate state gave blacks the right to vote.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The disputed results of the 1876 presidential election so raised people's anger that many feared another .

Accepted Answer

The answer of The disputed results of the 1876 presidential...

Question 5

was the presidential candidate nominated by both the Liberal Republicans and the Democratic Party in the election of 1872.

Accepted Answer

A)  Horatio Seymour 
B)  Samuel B. Tilden 
C)  Ulysses S. Grant 
D)  Horace Greeley 
E)  Rutherford Hayes. 
A)  Horatio Seymour 
B)  Samuel B. Tilden 
C)  Ulysses S. Grant 
D)  Horace Greeley 
E)  Rutherford Hayes.

Question 6

In 1883, the Supreme Court declared a civil rights law passed in 1875 as unconstitutional.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

At the height of Reconstruction, blacks held percent of public offices.

Accepted Answer

A)  15-20 
B)  25-30 
C)  35-40 
D)  45-50 
E)  90-95 
A)  15-20 
B)  25-30 
C)  35-40 
D)  45-50 
E)  90-95

Question 8

Carpetbaggers held a disproportionate number of high political offices in southern state governments during Reconstruction.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Discuss efforts by southerners -- including the southern Democrats' -- to limit opportunities for and to control the activities of freedmen during the Reconstruction period.

Accepted Answer

During the Reconstruction period, southe

Question 10

Carpetbaggers were southerners who served Republican Reconstruction governments.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Which of the following is characteristic of the post-Civil War southern labor system?

Accepted Answer

A)  Black workers preferred working in gangs as they had done under slavery. 
B)  The new system of sharecropping evolved. 
C)  Foreign immigrants were brought in to replace slave laborers. 
D)  Most ex-slaves purchased land and often employed their former masters. 
E)  The economy quickly recovered from the ravages of war. 
A)  Black workers preferred working in gangs as they had done under slavery. 
B)  The new system of sharecropping evolved. 
C)  Foreign immigrants were brought in to replace slave laborers. 
D)  Most ex-slaves purchased land and often employed their former masters. 
E)  The economy quickly recovered from the ravages of war.

Question 12

In the 1870s and 1880s the U.S. Supreme Court

Accepted Answer

A)  strengthened the authority of federal officials in prosecuting individuals who violated the civil rights of blacks. 
B)  declared the military occupation of the South unconstitutional. 
C)  banned racial discrimination in public transportation and accommodations. 
D)  ordered the desegregation of public schools in the South. 
E)  declared the Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional. 
A)  strengthened the authority of federal officials in prosecuting individuals who violated the civil rights of blacks. 
B)  declared the military occupation of the South unconstitutional. 
C)  banned racial discrimination in public transportation and accommodations. 
D)  ordered the desegregation of public schools in the South. 
E)  declared the Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional.

Question 13

The term "bayonet rule" refers to

Accepted Answer

A)  the use of threats and intimidation to prevent blacks from voting. 
B)  a requirement that all U.S. Army officers carry a bayonet while on guard duty. 
C)  the use of federal troops to support Republican state governments and black rights in the South. 
D)  civil rights leaders' call for mass arrests of Ku Klux Klan members. 
E)  the methods used by white southerners to regain control of their state governments. 
A)  the use of threats and intimidation to prevent blacks from voting. 
B)  a requirement that all U.S. Army officers carry a bayonet while on guard duty. 
C)  the use of federal troops to support Republican state governments and black rights in the South. 
D)  civil rights leaders' call for mass arrests of Ku Klux Klan members. 
E)  the methods used by white southerners to regain control of their state governments.

Question 14

The strategy known as the "Mississippi Plan" aimed to do all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A)  intimidate black voters. 
B)  force all southern whites to join the Democratic Party. 
C)  end Republican rule in the South. 
D)  return confiscated land to former owners. 
E)  use economic coercion to control election outcomes. 
A)  intimidate black voters. 
B)  force all southern whites to join the Democratic Party. 
C)  end Republican rule in the South. 
D)  return confiscated land to former owners. 
E)  use economic coercion to control election outcomes.

Question 15

Examine the attempt to impeach President Andrew Johnson. Explore the various reasons that Congress wanted to impeach him (both implied and expressed) and the reasons for their ultimate success or failure.

Accepted Answer

The attempt to impeach President Andrew

Question 16

Abraham Lincoln never encouraged freed people to emigrate to all-black countries like Haiti.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

White southerners who joined the Republican Party were called_____________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of White southerners who joined the Republican Party...

Question 18

The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution gave states the option of enfranchising black males or losing seats in Congress.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Southern whites regarded "Carpetbaggers" as

Accepted Answer

A)  traitors to their home region. 
B)  noble and idealistic "modernizers" to the region's social structure. 
C)  agents of an army of occupation. 
D)  incorruptible in political affairs. 
E)  supporters of white supremacy. 
A)  traitors to their home region. 
B)  noble and idealistic "modernizers" to the region's social structure. 
C)  agents of an army of occupation. 
D)  incorruptible in political affairs. 
E)  supporters of white supremacy.

Question 20

_____________refers to paying workers with a share of the crop.

Accepted Answer

The answer of _____________refers to paying workers with a share...

The chief target of civil service reform was the spoils system.

Most Southern Republicans were poor, illiterate, and property less; most Northern Republicans represented the most prosperous, educated, and influential elements of society.

Under the Johnson Reconstruction Plan, no ex-Confederate state gave blacks the right to vote.

The disputed results of the 1876 presidential election so raised people's anger that many feared another .

was the presidential candidate nominated by both the Liberal Republicans and the Democratic Party in the election of 1872.

In 1883, the Supreme Court declared a civil rights law passed in 1875 as unconstitutional.

At the height of Reconstruction, blacks held percent of public offices.

Carpetbaggers held a disproportionate number of high political offices in southern state governments during Reconstruction.

Discuss efforts by southerners -- including the southern Democrats' -- to limit opportunities for and to control the activities of freedmen during the Reconstruction period.

Carpetbaggers were southerners who served Republican Reconstruction governments.

Which of the following is characteristic of the post-Civil War southern labor system?

In the 1870s and 1880s the U.S. Supreme Court

The term "bayonet rule" refers to

The strategy known as the "Mississippi Plan" aimed to do all of the following except

Examine the attempt to impeach President Andrew Johnson. Explore the various reasons that Congress wanted to impeach him (both implied and expressed) and the reasons for their ultimate success or failure.

Abraham Lincoln never encouraged freed people to emigrate to all-black countries like Haiti.

White southerners who joined the Republican Party were called_____________.

The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution gave states the option of enfranchising black males or losing seats in Congress.

Southern whites regarded "Carpetbaggers" as

_____________refers to paying workers with a share of the crop.

When Old Worlds Collide: Encounters in the Atlantic World to 1600

Colonization in North America

Empires Indians and the Struggle for Power in North America

Provincial America and the Struggle for a Continent

Reform Resistance Revolution

The Revolutionary Republic

Completing the Revolution

Northern Transformations

The Old South

Toward an American Culture

Whigs and Democrats

Antebellum Reform

Manifest Destiny an Empire for Liberty or Slavery

The Gathering Tempest

Secession and Civil War

A New Birth of Freedom

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Exam 17: Reconstruction

The chief target of civil service reform was the spoils system.

Most Southern Republicans were poor, illiterate, and property less; most Northern Republicans represented the most prosperous, educated, and influential elements of society.

Under the Johnson Reconstruction Plan, no ex-Confederate state gave blacks the right to vote.

The disputed results of the 1876 presidential election so raised people's anger that many feared another .

was the presidential candidate nominated by both the Liberal Republicans and the Democratic Party in the election of 1872.

In 1883, the Supreme Court declared a civil rights law passed in 1875 as unconstitutional.

At the height of Reconstruction, blacks held percent of public offices.

Carpetbaggers held a disproportionate number of high political offices in southern state governments during Reconstruction.

Discuss efforts by southerners -- including the southern Democrats' -- to limit opportunities for and to control the activities of freedmen during the Reconstruction period.

Carpetbaggers were southerners who served Republican Reconstruction governments.

Which of the following is characteristic of the post-Civil War southern labor system?

In the 1870s and 1880s the U.S. Supreme Court

The term "bayonet rule" refers to

The strategy known as the "Mississippi Plan" aimed to do all of the following except

Examine the attempt to impeach President Andrew Johnson. Explore the various reasons that Congress wanted to impeach him (both implied and expressed) and the reasons for their ultimate success or failure.

Abraham Lincoln never encouraged freed people to emigrate to all-black countries like Haiti.

White southerners who joined the Republican Party were called_____________.

The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution gave states the option of enfranchising black males or losing seats in Congress.

Southern whites regarded "Carpetbaggers" as

_____________refers to paying workers with a share of the crop.

When Old Worlds Collide: Encounters in the Atlantic World to 1600

Colonization in North America

Empires Indians and the Struggle for Power in North America

Provincial America and the Struggle for a Continent

Reform Resistance Revolution

The Revolutionary Republic

Completing the Revolution

Northern Transformations

The Old South

Toward an American Culture

Whigs and Democrats

Antebellum Reform

Manifest Destiny an Empire for Liberty or Slavery

The Gathering Tempest

Secession and Civil War

A New Birth of Freedom

Filters