Question 1

The Tenure of Office Act was designed to protect the job of ______________.

Accepted Answer

Secretary

Question 2

During Reconstruction, the black labor force worked

Accepted Answer

A) approximately the same number of hours as during slavery. 
B) significantly fewer hours than had been the case during slavery. 
C) more hours than had been the case during slavery. 
D) significantly more hours than the white labor force. 
E) significantly less hours than the white labor force. 
A) approximately the same number of hours as during slavery. 
B) significantly fewer hours than had been the case during slavery. 
C) more hours than had been the case during slavery. 
D) significantly more hours than the white labor force. 
E) significantly less hours than the white labor force.

Question 3

After the Civil War, most poor rural Southerners relied on credit from

Accepted Answer

A) local banks. 
B) the federal government. 
C) Northern financial institutions. 
D) country stores. 
E) state governments. 
A) local banks. 
B) the federal government. 
C) Northern financial institutions. 
D) country stores. 
E) state governments.

Question 4

During the last quarter of the nineteenth century, Southern agriculture

Accepted Answer

A) saw a significant diversification of its crops. 
B) saw a decline in absentee ownership of farmland. 
C) regained the profitability it had prior to the Civil War. 
D) saw a deceleration of the processes begun in the postwar years. 
E) saw the great majority of farmers live under the tenant system. 
A) saw a significant diversification of its crops. 
B) saw a decline in absentee ownership of farmland. 
C) regained the profitability it had prior to the Civil War. 
D) saw a deceleration of the processes begun in the postwar years. 
E) saw the great majority of farmers live under the tenant system.

Question 5

After Reconstruction, political power under Southern "Redeemers"

Accepted Answer

A) was very often restricted and conservative. 
B) typically relied on raising taxes for its funding. 
C) increased state services for the poor. 
D) ignored the interests of industrialists. 
E) helped consolidate the "Solid South" for the Republican Party. 
A) was very often restricted and conservative. 
B) typically relied on raising taxes for its funding. 
C) increased state services for the poor. 
D) ignored the interests of industrialists. 
E) helped consolidate the "Solid South" for the Republican Party.

Question 6

The elections of 1876 saw

Accepted Answer

A) the Supreme Court decide the presidential election. 
B) a Democrat become president for the first time since the Civil War. 
C) the candidate with the most popular votes fail to get elected. 
D) Ulysses Grant make an unsuccessful bid for an unprecedented third term. 
E) the governor of New York become president. 
A) the Supreme Court decide the presidential election. 
B) a Democrat become president for the first time since the Civil War. 
C) the candidate with the most popular votes fail to get elected. 
D) Ulysses Grant make an unsuccessful bid for an unprecedented third term. 
E) the governor of New York become president.

The Tenure of Office Act was designed to protect the job of ______________.

During Reconstruction, the black labor force worked

After the Civil War, most poor rural Southerners relied on credit from

During the last quarter of the nineteenth century, Southern agriculture

After Reconstruction, political power under Southern "Redeemers"

The elections of 1876 saw

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

The Tenure of Office Act was designed to protect the job of ______________.

During Reconstruction, the black labor force worked

After the Civil War, most poor rural Southerners relied on credit from

During the last quarter of the nineteenth century, Southern agriculture

After Reconstruction, political power under Southern "Redeemers"

The elections of 1876 saw

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

Filters