Question 1

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 2

Where did women first gain the right to vote?

Accepted Answer

A)  Missouri and Wyoming 
B)  Wyoming and Utah 
C)  New York and New Jersey 
D)  New York and Wyoming 
E)  Massachusetts and Vermont 
A)  Missouri and Wyoming 
B)  Wyoming and Utah 
C)  New York and New Jersey 
D)  New York and Wyoming 
E)  Massachusetts and Vermont

Question 3

Why did the battle over black suffrage ultimately divide the women's rights movement?

Accepted Answer

A)  A large part of the women's rights movement did not believe that a constitutional amendment was necessary in order to gain the vote. 
B)  Half of the movement advocated focusing on the rights of black women, while the other half emphasized that first priority should be on the rights of black men. 
C)  Some advocates of women's rights refused to support black suffrage without similar guarantees of woman suffrage. 
D)  The women's rights movement had always avoided the debate over slavery, and many now feared being drawn into the new debate over black rights. 
E)  The leaders of the women's rights movement were racists who believed that black suffrage was a mistake. 
A)  A large part of the women's rights movement did not believe that a constitutional amendment was necessary in order to gain the vote. 
B)  Half of the movement advocated focusing on the rights of black women, while the other half emphasized that first priority should be on the rights of black men. 
C)  Some advocates of women's rights refused to support black suffrage without similar guarantees of woman suffrage. 
D)  The women's rights movement had always avoided the debate over slavery, and many now feared being drawn into the new debate over black rights. 
E)  The leaders of the women's rights movement were racists who believed that black suffrage was a mistake.

Question 4

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Panic of 1873

Accepted Answer

The Panic of 1873 was a financial crisis

Question 5

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Slaughterhouse cases

Accepted Answer

The Slaughterhouse Cases refer to a seri

Question 6

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Horace Greeley and the Liberal Republicans

Accepted Answer

Horace Greeley was a prominent American

Question 7

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 8

What was the impact of emancipation on the freedman? Discuss family, jobs, education, politics, and religious and social institutions. Did emancipation affect all freedmen in the same way? How did black females fare as free citizens?

Accepted Answer

The impact of emancipation on freedmen w

Question 9

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
American Woman Suffrage Association, Julia War Howe, Lucy Stone

Accepted Answer

The American Woman Suffrage Association

Question 10

Explain the following three plans for reconstruction: Lincoln's "10 percent plan," the Wade-Davis plan, and Andrew Johnson's plan. Compare and contrast the political, social, and economic goals of each of these plans. What were the weaknesses of each plan?

Accepted Answer

Lincoln's "10 percent plan" was a relati

Question 11

Reconstruction was brought about through a series of legal and constitutional changes-the "Reconstruction amendments" and other national legislation, for example. At the same time, legal and constitutional issues had much to do with the unmaking or ending of Reconstruction. Explain.

Accepted Answer

Reconstruction was indeed brought about

Question 12

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Tenure of Office Act

Accepted Answer

The Tenure of Office Act was a United St

Question 13

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Election of 1876

Accepted Answer

The Election of 1876 was a significant e

Question 14

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 15

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
"Exodusters"

Accepted Answer

The "Exodusters" were a group of African

Question 16

In 1861 Tsar Alexander II of Russia emancipated the Russian serfs. Two years later, Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Which of the following statements correctly states a similarity or a difference in these two events?

Accepted Answer

A)  In both countries, it took considerable military force and violence to impose emancipation. 
B)  In both countries, the large landowners who were affected resisted the government's efforts for decades. 
C)  In both countries, the governments established a process by which the nobles or former slaveowners would be compensated for their losses. 
D)  In both countries, the newly emancipated people were provided with land on which to begin a new life as free citizens. 
E)  In both instances, sooner or later, landowners regained authority over labor, sought profit from agricultural production, and held social advantage. 
A)  In both countries, it took considerable military force and violence to impose emancipation. 
B)  In both countries, the large landowners who were affected resisted the government's efforts for decades. 
C)  In both countries, the governments established a process by which the nobles or former slaveowners would be compensated for their losses. 
D)  In both countries, the newly emancipated people were provided with land on which to begin a new life as free citizens. 
E)  In both instances, sooner or later, landowners regained authority over labor, sought profit from agricultural production, and held social advantage.

Question 17

The intention 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 18

Why were women's rights leaders Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton upset about the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution?

Accepted Answer

A)  These amendments didn't go far enough in safeguarding the rights of African Americans. 
B)  Several southern states had not ratified them, yet were readmitted to the Union. 
C)  The Fourteenth Amendment gave rights to men only by including the word "male" and the Fifteenth didn't fix this problem. 
D)  The Fourteenth Amendment only granted white men the right to vote  not white women or any freedmen and women. 
E)  These amendments guaranteed suffrage for all freed people, but did not enfranchise women. 
A)  These amendments didn't go far enough in safeguarding the rights of African Americans. 
B)  Several southern states had not ratified them, yet were readmitted to the Union. 
C)  The Fourteenth Amendment gave rights to men only by including the word "male" and the Fifteenth didn't fix this problem. 
D)  The Fourteenth Amendment only granted white men the right to vote  not white women or any freedmen and women. 
E)  These amendments guaranteed suffrage for all freed people, but did not enfranchise women.

Question 19

In the Civil Rights Cases of 1883, the Supreme Court concluded that

Accepted Answer

A)  black codes were constitutional. 
B)  segregation was constitutional. 
C)  states, not individuals, were prohibited from discriminating under the 14th Amendment. 
D)  Abraham Lincoln's proclamation ending slavery was unconstitutional. 
E)  citizenship rights of black Americans could not be denied because of the color of their skin. 
A)  black codes were constitutional. 
B)  segregation was constitutional. 
C)  states, not individuals, were prohibited from discriminating under the 14th Amendment. 
D)  Abraham Lincoln's proclamation ending slavery was unconstitutional. 
E)  citizenship rights of black Americans could not be denied because of the color of their skin.

Question 20

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Fifteenth Amendment

Accepted Answer

The Fifteenth Amendment to the United St

Exam 16: Reconstruction and Resistance

Which statement accurately describes southern black education during Reconstruction?

Where did women first gain the right to vote?

Why did the battle over black suffrage ultimately divide the women's rights movement?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Panic of 1873

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Slaughterhouse cases

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Horace Greeley and the Liberal Republicans

What triggered the depression in the mid-1870s?

What was the impact of emancipation on the freedman? Discuss family, jobs, education, politics, and religious and social institutions. Did emancipation affect all freedmen in the same way? How did black females fare as free citizens?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. American Woman Suffrage Association, Julia War Howe, Lucy Stone

Explain the following three plans for reconstruction: Lincoln's "10 percent plan," the Wade-Davis plan, and Andrew Johnson's plan. Compare and contrast the political, social, and economic goals of each of these plans. What were the weaknesses of each plan?

Reconstruction was brought about through a series of legal and constitutional changes-the "Reconstruction amendments" and other national legislation, for example. At the same time, legal and constitutional issues had much to do with the unmaking or ending of Reconstruction. Explain.

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Tenure of Office Act

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Election of 1876

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

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. "Exodusters"

In 1861 Tsar Alexander II of Russia emancipated the Russian serfs. Two years later, Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Which of the following statements correctly states a similarity or a difference in these two events?

The intention of the Fourteenth Amendment was to

Why were women's rights leaders Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton upset about the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution?

In the Civil Rights Cases of 1883, the Supreme Court concluded that

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Fifteenth Amendment

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