Question 1

Aside from guaranteeing civil rights to former slaves, what makes the Civil Rights Act of 1866 historically significant?

Accepted Answer

A)  It guaranteed the rights of freedmen to marry whomever they chose, including white women. 
B)  President Andrew Johnson signed the bill as a tribute to President Abraham Lincoln, whose life was cut short by an assassin's bullet. 
C)  It was the first major law ever passed over a presidential veto. 
D)  It was the first major racial law that southern representatives in Congress helped pass. 
E)  It was the first post-Civil War legislation to have the support of both parties in Congress. 
A)  It guaranteed the rights of freedmen to marry whomever they chose, including white women. 
B)  President Andrew Johnson signed the bill as a tribute to President Abraham Lincoln, whose life was cut short by an assassin's bullet. 
C)  It was the first major law ever passed over a presidential veto. 
D)  It was the first major racial law that southern representatives in Congress helped pass. 
E)  It was the first post-Civil War legislation to have the support of both parties in Congress.

Question 2

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. 
Freedmen's Bureau

Accepted Answer

The Freedmen's Bureau, officially known

Question 3

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 ratify 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 ratify 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 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. 
Enforcement Acts

Accepted Answer

The Enforcement Acts, also known as the

Question 5

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 6

Which of the following events happened in the three years immediately following the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

A)  President Johnson exiled, imprisoned, or executed many former Confederate leaders. 
B)  Intense and unparalleled political conflicts dominated the national scene. 
C)  Demobilized Confederate soldiers continued armed resistance to federal occupation forces. 
D)  Freedmen took revenge on their former owners and the rest of the southern white community. 
E)  Radical Republicans ordered the execution of all Confederate officials holding a cabinet rank or higher. 
A)  President Johnson exiled, imprisoned, or executed many former Confederate leaders. 
B)  Intense and unparalleled political conflicts dominated the national scene. 
C)  Demobilized Confederate soldiers continued armed resistance to federal occupation forces. 
D)  Freedmen took revenge on their former owners and the rest of the southern white community. 
E)  Radical Republicans ordered the execution of all Confederate officials holding a cabinet rank or higher.

Question 7

What changes in labor arrangements occurred on the Barrow plantation in the sixteen years after the Civil War? What aspects of plantation life after Reconstruction remained similar to what had existed before the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

After the Civil War, the labor arrangeme

Question 8

As part of their efforts to "Redeem" the South from Republican-centered Reconstruction, Southern Democrats divided into

Accepted Answer

A)  businessmen who envisioned an industrialized "New South" and Bourbons who represented the old planter elite. 
B)  businessmen who envisioned an industrialized "New South" and Segregationists who wanted to keep blacks and whites apart. 
C)  segregationists who wanted to keep blacks and whites apart and Radicals who envisioned a prosperous and egalitarian South. 
D)  freedmen who wanted the land and opportunities promised them during Reconstruction and Bourbons who represented the old planter elite. 
E)  Radicals who envisioned an egalitarian South and Bourbons who represented the old planter elite. 
A)  businessmen who envisioned an industrialized "New South" and Bourbons who represented the old planter elite. 
B)  businessmen who envisioned an industrialized "New South" and Segregationists who wanted to keep blacks and whites apart. 
C)  segregationists who wanted to keep blacks and whites apart and Radicals who envisioned a prosperous and egalitarian South. 
D)  freedmen who wanted the land and opportunities promised them during Reconstruction and Bourbons who represented the old planter elite. 
E)  Radicals who envisioned an egalitarian South and Bourbons who represented the old planter elite.

Question 9

Which of the following was not one of the ways in which opponents of Reconstruction challenged it?

Accepted Answer

A)  They supported dissident Republican factions. 
B)  They used vigilante efforts to reduce black votes. 
C)  They launched publicity campaigns to demean the new state constitutions. 
D)  They locked the doors to legislature buildings and met secretly in other facilities. 
E)  They challenged the eligibility of black legislators and expelled them from office. 
A)  They supported dissident Republican factions. 
B)  They used vigilante efforts to reduce black votes. 
C)  They launched publicity campaigns to demean the new state constitutions. 
D)  They locked the doors to legislature buildings and met secretly in other facilities. 
E)  They challenged the eligibility of black legislators and expelled them from office.

Question 10

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. 
Black codes

Accepted Answer

The Black Codes were a series of laws pa

Question 11

The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution

Accepted Answer

A)  declared secession illegal. 
B)  abolished slavery. 
C)  guaranteed freedmen the right to vote. 
D)  declared former slaves to be citizens. 
E)  disqualified former Confederate officers from running for office. 
A)  declared secession illegal. 
B)  abolished slavery. 
C)  guaranteed freedmen the right to vote. 
D)  declared former slaves to be citizens. 
E)  disqualified former Confederate officers from running for office.

Question 12

How did Radical Republicans gain control of Reconstruction politics?

Accepted Answer

Radical Republicans gained control of Re

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. 
Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction

Accepted Answer

The Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstr

Question 14

How did the newly freed slaves reshape their lives after emancipation?

Accepted Answer

After emancipation, newly freed slaves f

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. 
Presidential Reconstruction

Accepted Answer

Presidential Reconstruction refers to th

Question 16

What role did blacks have in the southern governments established under congressional Reconstruction?

Accepted Answer

A)  There were no black governors and only two black senators. 
B)  Blacks held most of the political offices. 
C)  Blacks formed a majority in most of the state legislatures. 
D)  Blacks rarely filled any important positions in state government. 
E)  Blacks dominated the ranks of the opposition Democratic party. 
A)  There were no black governors and only two black senators. 
B)  Blacks held most of the political offices. 
C)  Blacks formed a majority in most of the state legislatures. 
D)  Blacks rarely filled any important positions in state government. 
E)  Blacks dominated the ranks of the opposition Democratic party.

Question 17

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. 
Scalawags and carpetbaggers

Accepted Answer

Scalawags and carpetbaggers were terms u

Question 18

What were the circumstances surrounding the impeachment and trial of President Andrew Johnson? Why was he impeached? Why was he acquitted? What precedents were established in the process?

Accepted Answer

The impeachment and trial of President A

Question 19

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. 
African Methodist Episcopal Church

Accepted Answer

The African Methodist Episcopal Church (

Question 20

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.

Exam 16: Reconstruction and Resistance

Aside from guaranteeing civil rights to former slaves, what makes the Civil Rights Act of 1866 historically significant?

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. Freedmen's Bureau

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?

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. Enforcement Acts

Under the sharecropping system, poor farmers would

Which of the following events happened in the three years immediately following the Civil War?

What changes in labor arrangements occurred on the Barrow plantation in the sixteen years after the Civil War? What aspects of plantation life after Reconstruction remained similar to what had existed before the Civil War?

As part of their efforts to "Redeem" the South from Republican-centered Reconstruction, Southern Democrats divided into

Which of the following was not one of the ways in which opponents of Reconstruction challenged it?

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. Black codes

The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution

How did Radical Republicans gain control of Reconstruction politics?

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. Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction

How did the newly freed slaves reshape their lives after emancipation?

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. Presidential Reconstruction

What role did blacks have in the southern governments established under congressional Reconstruction?

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. Scalawags and carpetbaggers

What were the circumstances surrounding the impeachment and trial of President Andrew Johnson? Why was he impeached? Why was he acquitted? What precedents were established in the process?

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. African Methodist Episcopal Church

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

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