Question 1

As Reconstruction moved into the background of the thoughts of northerners,racism and intimidation of black and Republican voters in the South became more visible.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

The Fourteenth Amendment included,among other things,protection for the voting rights of African Americans.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

The Military Reconstruction Act

Accepted Answer

A)  divided the southern states into five military districts overseen by a federal military presence. 
B)  required states to write new constitutions. 
C)  required ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment. 
D)  was enacted in 1867. 
E)  All of these choices. 
A)  divided the southern states into five military districts overseen by a federal military presence. 
B)  required states to write new constitutions. 
C)  required ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment. 
D)  was enacted in 1867. 
E)  All of these choices. E

Question 4

What was life like for a typical freedman and his family in the years immediately following the end of the war?

Accepted Answer

Life for a typical freedman and his fami

Question 5

In truth,more whites voted for Grant's opponent in the 1868 election than voted for Grant.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Congress responded to Lincoln's Ten-Percent Plan,as it was known,by passing the

Accepted Answer

A)  Seventy-five-Percent Plan. 
B)  iron-clad oath bill. 
C)  Reconstruction Act. 
D)  Owen-Keating Bill. 
E)  Wade-Davis Bill. 
A)  Seventy-five-Percent Plan. 
B)  iron-clad oath bill. 
C)  Reconstruction Act. 
D)  Owen-Keating Bill. 
E)  Wade-Davis Bill.

Question 7

Racism was a particularly important incentive for poor white voters supportive of the Democratic ticket in the South because

Accepted Answer

A)  keeping black people as an underclass in southern society was important to poor whites' sense of self-worth and economic well-being. 
B)  poor southern whites had too often suffered the arrogant abuse from free blacks in Southern cities. 
C)  poor southern whites lacked the education to understand the true equality of people of all colors. 
D)  poor whites stood to gain economically from the plight of black Southerners. 
E)  All of these choices. 
A)  keeping black people as an underclass in southern society was important to poor whites' sense of self-worth and economic well-being. 
B)  poor southern whites had too often suffered the arrogant abuse from free blacks in Southern cities. 
C)  poor southern whites lacked the education to understand the true equality of people of all colors. 
D)  poor whites stood to gain economically from the plight of black Southerners. 
E)  All of these choices.

Question 8

The Fifteenth Amendment

Accepted Answer

A)  prohibited any state from denying citizens the right to vote on the grounds of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. 
B)  was initiated by the moderates in Congress who wanted to get the issue settled quickly. 
C)  was designed to protect the rights of black males and immigrant, non-citizen males. 
D)  was ratified and adopted in 1867, before any of the southern states returned to Congress. 
E)  specifically denied women the right to vote. 
A)  prohibited any state from denying citizens the right to vote on the grounds of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. 
B)  was initiated by the moderates in Congress who wanted to get the issue settled quickly. 
C)  was designed to protect the rights of black males and immigrant, non-citizen males. 
D)  was ratified and adopted in 1867, before any of the southern states returned to Congress. 
E)  specifically denied women the right to vote.

Question 9

Reconstruction under President Andrew Johnson entailed all of the following,except

Accepted Answer

A)  A loyalty oath to secure amnesty for most southerners who had participated in the rebellion. 
B)  Freedmen receiving forty acres and a mule to build their own economic security. 
C)  Confederate leaders and wealthy planters must appeal to President Johnson personally for a pardon and to regain full citizenship rights. 
D)  "Reconstructed" Southerners who received amnesty would retain all their property except slaves they held before and during the Civil War. 
E)  A presidentially appointed governor would control each rebel state until the loyalty oaths had been administered to the citizenry. 
A)  A loyalty oath to secure amnesty for most southerners who had participated in the rebellion. 
B)  Freedmen receiving forty acres and a mule to build their own economic security. 
C)  Confederate leaders and wealthy planters must appeal to President Johnson personally for a pardon and to regain full citizenship rights. 
D)  "Reconstructed" Southerners who received amnesty would retain all their property except slaves they held before and during the Civil War. 
E)  A presidentially appointed governor would control each rebel state until the loyalty oaths had been administered to the citizenry.

Question 10

As a result of the Panic of 1873,

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A)  many American banks closed. 
B)  the nation blamed Republicans for the economic crisis, enabling the Democrats to win seventy-seven congressional seats in the 1874 election. 
C)  Reconstruction policies were blamed for the economic crisis. 
D)  Grant was voted out of office in 1876. 
E)  Grant blamed himself for not handling the financial crisis firmly enough. 
A)  many American banks closed. 
B)  the nation blamed Republicans for the economic crisis, enabling the Democrats to win seventy-seven congressional seats in the 1874 election. 
C)  Reconstruction policies were blamed for the economic crisis. 
D)  Grant was voted out of office in 1876. 
E)  Grant blamed himself for not handling the financial crisis firmly enough.

Question 11

In the sharecropping system,

Accepted Answer

A)  black farmers owned a small piece of land for growing their own food, but they grew crops on a white man's land and equally shared the profits. 
B)  sharecroppers often split the profits from their crops with landlords. 
C)  it worked adequately as an interim system while the South tried to figure out something permanent between whites and blacks. 
D)  there were almost as many white sharecroppers as black sharecroppers. 
E)  many sharecroppers sometimes earned enough to make a down payment on land of their own. 
A)  black farmers owned a small piece of land for growing their own food, but they grew crops on a white man's land and equally shared the profits. 
B)  sharecroppers often split the profits from their crops with landlords. 
C)  it worked adequately as an interim system while the South tried to figure out something permanent between whites and blacks. 
D)  there were almost as many white sharecroppers as black sharecroppers. 
E)  many sharecroppers sometimes earned enough to make a down payment on land of their own.

Question 12

A number of famous Confederates joined the Republican Party after the war,including James Longstreet and Pierre Beauregard.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Describe what happened in the 1876 election and explain how that turned out to be the end for Reconstruction.

Accepted Answer

The 1876 election was a highly contested

Question 14

The man who became president through the Compromise of 1877 was Rutherford Hayes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Northerners became consumed with economic matters after the U.S.entered a deep recession in 1873.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The reconstruction of Southern society was particularly difficult because

Accepted Answer

A)  Southerners had lost their position in the international cotton market. 
B)  the integration of four million former slaves posed grave political questions. 
C)  Southern cities had suffered so severely in Sherman's and Grant's campaigns that many weren't fully rebuilt until the early 20th century. 
D)  about 23 percent of the Southern population had died. 
E)  Southern infrastructure was so damaged that it set the region behind for decades to come. 
A)  Southerners had lost their position in the international cotton market. 
B)  the integration of four million former slaves posed grave political questions. 
C)  Southern cities had suffered so severely in Sherman's and Grant's campaigns that many weren't fully rebuilt until the early 20th century. 
D)  about 23 percent of the Southern population had died. 
E)  Southern infrastructure was so damaged that it set the region behind for decades to come.

Question 17

The Civil Rights Act of 1875 did not include restrictions on racial discrimination in

Accepted Answer

A)  public facilities. 
B)  places of amusement. 
C)  the workplace. 
D)  transportation lines. 
E)  juries. 
A)  public facilities. 
B)  places of amusement. 
C)  the workplace. 
D)  transportation lines. 
E)  juries.

Question 18

Andrew Johnson responded to the two Military Reconstruction Acts by

Accepted Answer

A)  vetoing both of them, only to see his vetoes overridden by a Congress controlled by Radical Republicans. 
B)  vetoing only the Second Military Reconstruction Act, but signing the initial Military Reconstruction Act of 1867 to become law. 
C)  vetoing the first Military Reconstruction Act of 1867, but signing the second. 
D)  encouraging an effort to block ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment to facilitate the re-entry of Southern states back into the United States. 
E)  letting both Military Reconstruction Acts become law without his signature. 
A)  vetoing both of them, only to see his vetoes overridden by a Congress controlled by Radical Republicans. 
B)  vetoing only the Second Military Reconstruction Act, but signing the initial Military Reconstruction Act of 1867 to become law. 
C)  vetoing the first Military Reconstruction Act of 1867, but signing the second. 
D)  encouraging an effort to block ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment to facilitate the re-entry of Southern states back into the United States. 
E)  letting both Military Reconstruction Acts become law without his signature.

Question 19

Grant's presidential administration is remembered most for

Accepted Answer

A)  lack of action. 
B)  his inability to master the job of president. 
C)  a marked increase in racism. 
D)  political chicanery and corruption. 
E)  a renewed commitment to Reconstruction legislation. 
A)  lack of action. 
B)  his inability to master the job of president. 
C)  a marked increase in racism. 
D)  political chicanery and corruption. 
E)  a renewed commitment to Reconstruction legislation.

Question 20

Radical Republicans in Congress sought to

Accepted Answer

A)  break up Southern plantations into small, self-sufficient farms. 
B)  expel Southern states as punishment for their rebellion. 
C)  expand the role of the Freedmen's Bureau and pass the Civil Rights Act. 
D)  execute the leaders of the Confederacy. 
E)  start a discussion about Northern guilt for the crime of slavery. 
A)  break up Southern plantations into small, self-sufficient farms. 
B)  expel Southern states as punishment for their rebellion. 
C)  expand the role of the Freedmen's Bureau and pass the Civil Rights Act. 
D)  execute the leaders of the Confederacy. 
E)  start a discussion about Northern guilt for the crime of slavery.

As Reconstruction moved into the background of the thoughts of northerners,racism and intimidation of black and Republican voters in the South became more visible.

The Fourteenth Amendment included,among other things,protection for the voting rights of African Americans.

The Military Reconstruction Act

What was life like for a typical freedman and his family in the years immediately following the end of the war?

In truth,more whites voted for Grant's opponent in the 1868 election than voted for Grant.

Congress responded to Lincoln's Ten-Percent Plan,as it was known,by passing the

Racism was a particularly important incentive for poor white voters supportive of the Democratic ticket in the South because

The Fifteenth Amendment

Reconstruction under President Andrew Johnson entailed all of the following,except

As a result of the Panic of 1873,

In the sharecropping system,

A number of famous Confederates joined the Republican Party after the war,including James Longstreet and Pierre Beauregard.

Describe what happened in the 1876 election and explain how that turned out to be the end for Reconstruction.

The man who became president through the Compromise of 1877 was Rutherford Hayes.

Northerners became consumed with economic matters after the U.S.entered a deep recession in 1873.

The reconstruction of Southern society was particularly difficult because

The Civil Rights Act of 1875 did not include restrictions on racial discrimination in

Andrew Johnson responded to the two Military Reconstruction Acts by

Grant's presidential administration is remembered most for

Radical Republicans in Congress sought to

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Exam 16: Reconstruction, 1865-1877

As Reconstruction moved into the background of the thoughts of northerners,racism and intimidation of black and Republican voters in the South became more visible.

The Fourteenth Amendment included,among other things,protection for the voting rights of African Americans.

The Military Reconstruction Act

What was life like for a typical freedman and his family in the years immediately following the end of the war?

In truth,more whites voted for Grant's opponent in the 1868 election than voted for Grant.

Congress responded to Lincoln's Ten-Percent Plan,as it was known,by passing the

Racism was a particularly important incentive for poor white voters supportive of the Democratic ticket in the South because

The Fifteenth Amendment

Reconstruction under President Andrew Johnson entailed all of the following,except

As a result of the Panic of 1873,

In the sharecropping system,

A number of famous Confederates joined the Republican Party after the war,including James Longstreet and Pierre Beauregard.

Describe what happened in the 1876 election and explain how that turned out to be the end for Reconstruction.

The man who became president through the Compromise of 1877 was Rutherford Hayes.

Northerners became consumed with economic matters after the U.S.entered a deep recession in 1873.

The reconstruction of Southern society was particularly difficult because

The Civil Rights Act of 1875 did not include restrictions on racial discrimination in

Andrew Johnson responded to the two Military Reconstruction Acts by

Grant's presidential administration is remembered most for

Radical Republicans in Congress sought to

Three Societies on the Verge of Contact

Contact and Settlement, 1492-1660

Expansion and Its Costs, 1660-1700

Expansion and Control, 1700-1763

Toward Revolution, 1763-1775

The Revolution

Confederation and Constitution, 1783-1789

Securing the New Nation, 1789-1800

Jeffersonian Democracy, 1800-1814

The Market Revolution

Politics of the Market Revolution

A Regionalized America, 1830-1860

The Continued Move West

The Impending Crisis

The Civil War

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