Question 1

What labor system for former slaves developed soon after plantation owners reclaimed their land after the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

A)  Crop lien system. 
B)  Share tenant system. 
C)  Sharecrop system. 
D)  Wage employment. 
A)  Crop lien system. 
B)  Share tenant system. 
C)  Sharecrop system. 
D)  Wage employment. C

Question 2

What was the principal goal of terrorist organizations such as the Ku Klux Klan?

Accepted Answer

A)  To enable yeoman farmers to achieve prosperity. 
B)  To keep the carpetbag-scalawag-black coalition intact. 
C)  To prevent immigrants from taking jobs from American-born laborers. 
D)  To restore white supremacy in the South. 
A)  To enable yeoman farmers to achieve prosperity. 
B)  To keep the carpetbag-scalawag-black coalition intact. 
C)  To prevent immigrants from taking jobs from American-born laborers. 
D)  To restore white supremacy in the South. D

Question 3

Under the Republicans' "gospel of prosperity," southern state legislatures committed credit and funds to

Accepted Answer

A)  Education. 
B)  Civil rights. 
C)  Industrial development. 
D)  Reparations. 
A)  Education. 
B)  Civil rights. 
C)  Industrial development. 
D)  Reparations. C

Question 4

What group finally decided the presidential race in 1876 in favor of the Republican candidate Rutherford B. Hayes?

Accepted Answer

A)  An appointed electoral commission composed of a majority of Republicans. 
B)  The Electoral College, although all members did not vote as had voters in their states. 
C)  Military officers in charge of voting in the South. 
D)  Supreme Court justices. 
A)  An appointed electoral commission composed of a majority of Republicans. 
B)  The Electoral College, although all members did not vote as had voters in their states. 
C)  Military officers in charge of voting in the South. 
D)  Supreme Court justices.

Question 5

Other than the Freedman's Bureau, what group sent educators to the South to teach literacy skills to former slaves?

Accepted Answer

American M

Question 6

Who was the Democratic Party's nominee for president in 1872?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Who was the Democratic Party's nominee for...

Question 7

How did Credit Mobilier trigger the Panic of 1873?

Accepted Answer

Its directors bribed

Question 8

The Fifteenth Amendment

Accepted Answer

A)  Guaranteed all citizens the right to vote. 
B)  Guaranteed all men the right to vote. 
C)  Prohibited disfranchisement on account of race, gender, or religion. 
D)  Prohibited disfranchisement on account of race, color, or creed. 
A)  Guaranteed all citizens the right to vote. 
B)  Guaranteed all men the right to vote. 
C)  Prohibited disfranchisement on account of race, gender, or religion. 
D)  Prohibited disfranchisement on account of race, color, or creed.

Question 9

What did the Reconstruction of Act of March 2, 1867, provide?

Accepted Answer

A)  It established former Confederate states as territories and divided them into military districts. 
B)  It extended the Freedmen's Bureau over President Johnson's veto. 
C)  It impeached President Andrew Johnson for "high crimes and misdemeanors." 
D)  It required ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment. 
A)  It established former Confederate states as territories and divided them into military districts. 
B)  It extended the Freedmen's Bureau over President Johnson's veto. 
C)  It impeached President Andrew Johnson for "high crimes and misdemeanors." 
D)  It required ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Question 10

The reservation system was intended to

Accepted Answer

A)  Pay the Indians for their land. 
B)  Prevent outbreaks of violence between Indians and white settlers. 
C)  Create centralized locations across the West where Native peoples could work in factories. 
D)  Each statement is correct. 
A)  Pay the Indians for their land. 
B)  Prevent outbreaks of violence between Indians and white settlers. 
C)  Create centralized locations across the West where Native peoples could work in factories. 
D)  Each statement is correct.

Question 11

Why was there a shortage of agricultural workers in the South during Reconstruction?

Accepted Answer

A)  The cessation of war reopened access to foreign markets. 
B)  Former slaves refused to work for former owners. 
C)  The demand for cotton, sugarcane, and tobacco increased. 
D)  Thousands of emancipated blacks left the South to pursue opportunities in the North. 
A)  The cessation of war reopened access to foreign markets. 
B)  Former slaves refused to work for former owners. 
C)  The demand for cotton, sugarcane, and tobacco increased. 
D)  Thousands of emancipated blacks left the South to pursue opportunities in the North.

Question 12

What group formed the backbone of the Republican Party in the South during Reconstruction?

Accepted Answer

A)  African Americans. 
B)  Carpetbaggers. 
C)  Radicals. 
D)  Scalawags. 
A)  African Americans. 
B)  Carpetbaggers. 
C)  Radicals. 
D)  Scalawags.

Question 13

What was the intent of the Dawes Severalty Act?

Accepted Answer

A)  To break up reservations into separate plots for Indian families. 
B)  To give Indians citizenship and the protection of the Fourteenth Amendment. 
C)  To make Indians subject to the income tax and compulsory military service. 
D)  To separate Indians into tribes, each with its own reservation. 
A)  To break up reservations into separate plots for Indian families. 
B)  To give Indians citizenship and the protection of the Fourteenth Amendment. 
C)  To make Indians subject to the income tax and compulsory military service. 
D)  To separate Indians into tribes, each with its own reservation.

Question 14

President Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction required 10 percent of what group to swear future loyalty to the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  Current residents of a state. 
B)  Elected officials who had served in Confederate governments. 
C)  Former Confederate soldiers and sailors. 
D)  Voting population of a state in 1860. 
A)  Current residents of a state. 
B)  Elected officials who had served in Confederate governments. 
C)  Former Confederate soldiers and sailors. 
D)  Voting population of a state in 1860.

Question 15

What is meant by the term "redemption"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Accepting former Confederate states back into the Union. 
B)  Cleansing the Republican Party of the taint of corruption and scandal. 
C)  Restoration of local, white control in former Confederate states. 
D)  Return of "that old-time religion" in the South. 
A)  Accepting former Confederate states back into the Union. 
B)  Cleansing the Republican Party of the taint of corruption and scandal. 
C)  Restoration of local, white control in former Confederate states. 
D)  Return of "that old-time religion" in the South.

Question 16

Although the Freedmen's Bureau mostly dealt with labor relations, these often spilled over into matters of

Accepted Answer

A)  Civil rights. 
B)  Taxation. 
C)  Reparations. 
D)  Criminal justice. 
A)  Civil rights. 
B)  Taxation. 
C)  Reparations. 
D)  Criminal justice.

Question 17

What prompted moderate Republicans to grow increasingly more radical during Reconstruction?

Accepted Answer

A)  The incompetence of the Freedmen's Bureau. 
B)  The economic crisis in the North. 
C)  The corruption among Southern blacks. 
D)  The violence aimed at freed people. 
A)  The incompetence of the Freedmen's Bureau. 
B)  The economic crisis in the North. 
C)  The corruption among Southern blacks. 
D)  The violence aimed at freed people.

Question 18

What criticism did radical Republicans have of the Freedmen's Bureau?

Accepted Answer

A)  Agents sided with landowners against the interests of freed people too often. 
B)  No provision was made for freedwomen. 
C)  Operational costs were too high for yield in reconciliation. 
D)  Southern whites intimidated its officers. 
A)  Agents sided with landowners against the interests of freed people too often. 
B)  No provision was made for freedwomen. 
C)  Operational costs were too high for yield in reconciliation. 
D)  Southern whites intimidated its officers.

Question 19

What group had the most to gain from the Banks Plan?

Accepted Answer

A)  Established planters, who obtained guaranteed labor for little cost. 
B)  Former slaves, whose labor was compensated for the first time. 
C)  Residents, who avoided paying taxes. 
D)  Unionists along the Red River, who were liberated from the Confederacy. 
A)  Established planters, who obtained guaranteed labor for little cost. 
B)  Former slaves, whose labor was compensated for the first time. 
C)  Residents, who avoided paying taxes. 
D)  Unionists along the Red River, who were liberated from the Confederacy.

Question 20

How many voters would have had to swear allegiance to the Union under the Wade-Davis Bill?

Accepted Answer

A)  A majority. 
B)  15 percent. 
C)  4 percent. 
D)  One-quarter. 
A)  A majority. 
B)  15 percent. 
C)  4 percent. 
D)  One-quarter.

Exam 15: Reconstructing a Nation, 1865-1877

What labor system for former slaves developed soon after plantation owners reclaimed their land after the Civil War?

What was the principal goal of terrorist organizations such as the Ku Klux Klan?

Under the Republicans' "gospel of prosperity," southern state legislatures committed credit and funds to

What group finally decided the presidential race in 1876 in favor of the Republican candidate Rutherford B. Hayes?

Other than the Freedman's Bureau, what group sent educators to the South to teach literacy skills to former slaves?

Who was the Democratic Party's nominee for president in 1872?

How did Credit Mobilier trigger the Panic of 1873?

The Fifteenth Amendment

What did the Reconstruction of Act of March 2, 1867, provide?

The reservation system was intended to

Why was there a shortage of agricultural workers in the South during Reconstruction?

What group formed the backbone of the Republican Party in the South during Reconstruction?

What was the intent of the Dawes Severalty Act?

President Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction required 10 percent of what group to swear future loyalty to the United States?

What is meant by the term "redemption"?

Although the Freedmen's Bureau mostly dealt with labor relations, these often spilled over into matters of

What prompted moderate Republicans to grow increasingly more radical during Reconstruction?

What criticism did radical Republicans have of the Freedmen's Bureau?

What group had the most to gain from the Banks Plan?

How many voters would have had to swear allegiance to the Union under the Wade-Davis Bill?

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