Question 1

Why did Congress create the Freedmen's Bureau in 1865?

Accepted Answer

A)  To assist in the distribution of confiscated land to former slaves. 
B)  To oversee labor-management contracts of former slaves. 
C)  To supervise elections to ensure freedmen could vote. 
D)  To take care of legal issues for freedmen. 
A)  To assist in the distribution of confiscated land to former slaves. 
B)  To oversee labor-management contracts of former slaves. 
C)  To supervise elections to ensure freedmen could vote. 
D)  To take care of legal issues for freedmen.

Question 2

Who of the following was the first Republican senator to challenge Abraham Lincoln's reconstruction ideas implemented in Louisiana?

Accepted Answer

A)  Andrew Johnson. 
B)  William H. Seward. 
C)  Edwin Stanton. 
D)  Benjamin F. Wade. 
A)  Andrew Johnson. 
B)  William H. Seward. 
C)  Edwin Stanton. 
D)  Benjamin F. Wade.

Question 3

Why did General Nathaniel Banks issue stringent regulations for plantations in Louisiana?

Accepted Answer

A)  He wanted to maintain productivity for the Confederacy. 
B)  He feared that loose labor relations would give slaves the opportunity to flee. 
C)  He wanted to cut the loss of black lives in contraband camps. 
D)  He did not trust the civil government to handle plantation matters competently. 
A)  He wanted to maintain productivity for the Confederacy. 
B)  He feared that loose labor relations would give slaves the opportunity to flee. 
C)  He wanted to cut the loss of black lives in contraband camps. 
D)  He did not trust the civil government to handle plantation matters competently.

Question 4

What did the Republican Party's nomination of Ulysses Grant for president in 1868 signify?

Accepted Answer

A)  A fear that the Democratic Party would nominate him if they did not. 
B)  A retreat of the Republican Party from radicalism. 
C)  That they were so confident of victory that they could nominate someone who had never held elective office before. 
D)  That the Civil War had left an angry scar on America. 
A)  A fear that the Democratic Party would nominate him if they did not. 
B)  A retreat of the Republican Party from radicalism. 
C)  That they were so confident of victory that they could nominate someone who had never held elective office before. 
D)  That the Civil War had left an angry scar on America.

Why did Congress create the Freedmen's Bureau in 1865?

Who of the following was the first Republican senator to challenge Abraham Lincoln's reconstruction ideas implemented in Louisiana?

Why did General Nathaniel Banks issue stringent regulations for plantations in Louisiana?

What did the Republican Party's nomination of Ulysses Grant for president in 1868 signify?

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Exam 15: Reconstructing a Nation, 1865-1877

Why did Congress create the Freedmen's Bureau in 1865?

Who of the following was the first Republican senator to challenge Abraham Lincoln's reconstruction ideas implemented in Louisiana?

Why did General Nathaniel Banks issue stringent regulations for plantations in Louisiana?

What did the Republican Party's nomination of Ulysses Grant for president in 1868 signify?

Worlds in Motion, 1450-1550

Colonial Outposts, 1550-1650

The English Come to Stay, 1600-1660

Continental Empires, 1660-1720

The Eighteenth-Century World, 1700-1775

Conflict in the Empire, 1713-1774

Creating a New Nation, 1775-1788

Contested Republic, 1789-1800

A Republic in Transition, 1800-1819

Jacksonian Democracy, 1820-1840

Reform and Conflict, 1820-1848

Manifest Destiny, 1836-1848

The Politics of Slavery, 1848-1860

A War for Union and Emancipation, 1861-1865

The Triumph of Industrial Capitalism, 1850-1890

The Culture and Politics of Industrial America, 1870-1892

Industry and Empire, 1890-1900

A United Body of Action, 1900-1916

A Global Power, 1914-1919

The Modern Nation, 1919-1928

A Great Depression and a New Deal, 1929-1940

The Second World War, 1941-1945

The Cold War, 1945-1954

The Consumer Society, 1945-1961

The Table of Democracy, 1960-1968

Living With Less, 1968-1980

The Triumph of Conservatism, 1980-1991

The Globalized Nation, 1989-2001

A Nation Transformed, the Twenty-First Century

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