Question 1

President Johnson vetoed both the Freedmen's Bureau and the Civil Rights Act of 1866.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

"The slave went free; stood a brief moment in the sun; then moved back again toward slavery." Explain this assessment by W.
B.Du Bois of the Reconstruction Era by offering the historical evidence which supports each of the three parts of the quote.Answers will vary.
E.

Accepted Answer

W.E.B. Du Bois's assessment of the Recon

Question 3

As president, Andrew Johnson

Accepted Answer

A) quickly sided with the Radical Republicans. 
B) proposed delaying the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment. 
C) long delayed in presenting his own plans for Reconstruction. 
D) offered amnesty to Southerners who pledged their loyalty to the United States. 
E) argued the South should be readmitted to the Union without conditions. 
A) quickly sided with the Radical Republicans. 
B) proposed delaying the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment. 
C) long delayed in presenting his own plans for Reconstruction. 
D) offered amnesty to Southerners who pledged their loyalty to the United States. 
E) argued the South should be readmitted to the Union without conditions.

Question 4

The last federal troops were withdrawn from the South by President _________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The last federal troops were withdrawn from...

Question 5

Tenant farming increased significantly in the South in the two decades following Reconstruction.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The Freedmen's Bureau was confined by law to providing assistance only to former slaves and their families.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

In the 1860s, Black Codes were

Accepted Answer

A) holdovers from the antebellum era that were repealed by Southern state governments. 
B) passed by Congress to govern former Confederate states. 
C) enacted by the Freedmen's Bureau to give freed blacks voting rights. 
D) vetoed by President Andrew Johnson. 
E) designed to give whites control over freedmen. 
A) holdovers from the antebellum era that were repealed by Southern state governments. 
B) passed by Congress to govern former Confederate states. 
C) enacted by the Freedmen's Bureau to give freed blacks voting rights. 
D) vetoed by President Andrew Johnson. 
E) designed to give whites control over freedmen.

Question 8

The Fifteenth Amendment dealt with the issue of

Accepted Answer

A) slavery. 
B) citizenship. 
C) cruel and unusual punishment. 
D) income tax. 
E) suffrage. 
A) slavery. 
B) citizenship. 
C) cruel and unusual punishment. 
D) income tax. 
E) suffrage.

Question 9

During Reconstruction, black family roles soon came to resemble similar roles within white families.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

"Scalawags" were Southerners who moved north after the Civil War.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The most ambitious goal of the Radical Republicans was to reform landownership in the South.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Why would the legacy of Reconstruction matter throughout the twentieth century?

Accepted Answer

The legacy of Reconstruction matters thr

Question 13

In 1865, what major challenges faced the nation? How did the various plans for reconstructing the nation attempt to address those challenges?

Accepted Answer

In 1865, the United States faced major c

Question 14

Jim Crow laws

Accepted Answer

A) imposed a system of state-supported segregation. 
B) attacked the problem of lynching. 
C) led immediately to a dramatic black exodus from the South. 
D) challenged white redeemer rule in the South. 
E) did not apply to public parks, beaches, or picnic areas. 
A) imposed a system of state-supported segregation. 
B) attacked the problem of lynching. 
C) led immediately to a dramatic black exodus from the South. 
D) challenged white redeemer rule in the South. 
E) did not apply to public parks, beaches, or picnic areas.

Question 15

The Black Codes helped President Johnson's plans for Reconstruction.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Booker T.Washington argued that blacks should concentrate on self-improvement before political rights.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Assess the presidency of Ulysses S.Grant.

Accepted Answer

Ulysses S. Grant's presidency is often e

Question 18

The Fourteenth Amendment

Accepted Answer

A) ended slavery throughout the United States. 
B) gave voting rights to all male Americans. 
C) gave citizenship rights to all people born in the United States. 
D) was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. 
E) was written in such a way as to appease the woman's suffrage movement. 
A) ended slavery throughout the United States. 
B) gave voting rights to all male Americans. 
C) gave citizenship rights to all people born in the United States. 
D) was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. 
E) was written in such a way as to appease the woman's suffrage movement.

Question 19

In his 1895 "Atlanta Compromise" speech, Booker T.Washington

Accepted Answer

A) called for political and civil rights for black Americans. 
B) criticized the federal government for abandoning Southern blacks. 
C) argued that blacks should honor their African forebears. 
D) stated that blacks should give up in seeking equality with whites. 
E) called for tacit acceptance of the emerging system of racial segregation. 
A) called for political and civil rights for black Americans. 
B) criticized the federal government for abandoning Southern blacks. 
C) argued that blacks should honor their African forebears. 
D) stated that blacks should give up in seeking equality with whites. 
E) called for tacit acceptance of the emerging system of racial segregation.

Question 20

Congressional Reconstruction might have been more effective if

Accepted Answer

A) the federal government had not involved itself with redistributing income. 
B) the federal government had not passed the Enforcement Acts. 
C) Radical Republicans had not put Jefferson Davis on trial for treason. 
D) the Freedmen's Bureau had been ended sooner. 
E) the federal government had better enforced the laws designed to assist blacks. 
A) the federal government had not involved itself with redistributing income. 
B) the federal government had not passed the Enforcement Acts. 
C) Radical Republicans had not put Jefferson Davis on trial for treason. 
D) the Freedmen's Bureau had been ended sooner. 
E) the federal government had better enforced the laws designed to assist blacks.

President Johnson vetoed both the Freedmen's Bureau and the Civil Rights Act of 1866.

"The slave went free; stood a brief moment in the sun; then moved back again toward slavery." Explain this assessment by W. B.Du Bois of the Reconstruction Era by offering the historical evidence which supports each of the three parts of the quote.Answers will vary. E.

As president, Andrew Johnson

The last federal troops were withdrawn from the South by President _________.

Tenant farming increased significantly in the South in the two decades following Reconstruction.

The Freedmen's Bureau was confined by law to providing assistance only to former slaves and their families.

In the 1860s, Black Codes were

The Fifteenth Amendment dealt with the issue of

During Reconstruction, black family roles soon came to resemble similar roles within white families.

"Scalawags" were Southerners who moved north after the Civil War.

The most ambitious goal of the Radical Republicans was to reform landownership in the South.

Why would the legacy of Reconstruction matter throughout the twentieth century?

In 1865, what major challenges faced the nation? How did the various plans for reconstructing the nation attempt to address those challenges?

Jim Crow laws

The Black Codes helped President Johnson's plans for Reconstruction.

Booker T.Washington argued that blacks should concentrate on self-improvement before political rights.

Assess the presidency of Ulysses S.Grant.

The Fourteenth Amendment

In his 1895 "Atlanta Compromise" speech, Booker T.Washington

Congressional Reconstruction might have been more effective if

The Meeting of Cultures

Transplantations and Borderland

Society and Culture in Provincial America

The Empire in Transition

The American Revolution

The Constitution and the New Republic

The Jeffersonian ERA

Varieties of American Nationalism

Jacksonian America

Americas Economic Revolution

Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South

Antebellum Culture and Reform

The Impending Crisis

The Civil War

The Conquest of the Far West

Industrial Supremacy

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Exam 15: Reconstruction and the New South

President Johnson vetoed both the Freedmen's Bureau and the Civil Rights Act of 1866.

"The slave went free; stood a brief moment in the sun; then moved back again toward slavery." Explain this assessment by W. B.Du Bois of the Reconstruction Era by offering the historical evidence which supports each of the three parts of the quote.Answers will vary. E.

As president, Andrew Johnson

The last federal troops were withdrawn from the South by President _________.

Tenant farming increased significantly in the South in the two decades following Reconstruction.

The Freedmen's Bureau was confined by law to providing assistance only to former slaves and their families.

In the 1860s, Black Codes were

The Fifteenth Amendment dealt with the issue of

During Reconstruction, black family roles soon came to resemble similar roles within white families.

"Scalawags" were Southerners who moved north after the Civil War.

The most ambitious goal of the Radical Republicans was to reform landownership in the South.

Why would the legacy of Reconstruction matter throughout the twentieth century?

In 1865, what major challenges faced the nation? How did the various plans for reconstructing the nation attempt to address those challenges?

Jim Crow laws

The Black Codes helped President Johnson's plans for Reconstruction.

Booker T.Washington argued that blacks should concentrate on self-improvement before political rights.

Assess the presidency of Ulysses S.Grant.

The Fourteenth Amendment

In his 1895 "Atlanta Compromise" speech, Booker T.Washington

Congressional Reconstruction might have been more effective if

The Meeting of Cultures

Transplantations and Borderland

Society and Culture in Provincial America

The Empire in Transition

The American Revolution

The Constitution and the New Republic

The Jeffersonian ERA

Varieties of American Nationalism

Jacksonian America

Americas Economic Revolution

Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South

Antebellum Culture and Reform

The Impending Crisis

The Civil War

The Conquest of the Far West

Industrial Supremacy

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