Question 1

Which of the following groups would have most likely voted for a Republican candidate during the Reconstruction era?

Accepted Answer

A)  Southern planters 
B)  Confederate soldiers 
C)  Ku Klux Klan members 
D)  African Americans 
A)  Southern planters 
B)  Confederate soldiers 
C)  Ku Klux Klan members 
D)  African Americans

Question 2

Which of the following was proposed by Congress to deal with the financial panic that broke out in 1873?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ku Klux Klan Act 
B)  Peace Policy 
C)  Inflation Bill 
D)  Reconstruction Amendments 
A)  Ku Klux Klan Act 
B)  Peace Policy 
C)  Inflation Bill 
D)  Reconstruction Amendments

Question 3

According to the introductory video in section 15.4,Ulysses Grant would most likely agree with which statement?

Accepted Answer

A)  Andrew Johnson was in the right in his conflict with the Republicans. 
B)  The Republicans were in the right in their conflict with Andrew Johnson. 
C)  Restoring the Union was more difficult than waging war. 
D)  Waging war was more difficult than restoring the Union. 
A)  Andrew Johnson was in the right in his conflict with the Republicans. 
B)  The Republicans were in the right in their conflict with Andrew Johnson. 
C)  Restoring the Union was more difficult than waging war. 
D)  Waging war was more difficult than restoring the Union.

Question 4

-Which of the following can be inferred from the map?

Accepted Answer

A)  The last states to be readmitted into the Union were Florida and Louisiana. 
B)  The former Confederate states won control of the Senate from the Republicans in the Union. 
C)  Readmission to the Union was contingent on the reestablishment of a conservative government. 
D)  White Southerners controlled state politics throughout the South when Reconstruction ended. 
A)  The last states to be readmitted into the Union were Florida and Louisiana. 
B)  The former Confederate states won control of the Senate from the Republicans in the Union. 
C)  Readmission to the Union was contingent on the reestablishment of a conservative government. 
D)  White Southerners controlled state politics throughout the South when Reconstruction ended.

Question 5

According to the introductory video in section 15.3,Matthew Gaines once was a(n)__________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Southern Democrat 
B)  Republican state senator 
C)  Ku Klux Klan member 
D)  Confederate officer 
A)  Southern Democrat 
B)  Republican state senator 
C)  Ku Klux Klan member 
D)  Confederate officer

Question 6

According to the Arguing History video in section 15.6,who were barred from holding federal office during Reconstruction?

Accepted Answer

A)  Confederate leaders 
B)  African Americans 
C)  Radical Republicans 
D)  Southern Democrats 
A)  Confederate leaders 
B)  African Americans 
C)  Radical Republicans 
D)  Southern Democrats

Question 7

According to the introductory video in section 15.5,which of the following reflected the Southern view of the Civil War and Reconstruction?

Accepted Answer

A)  Plessy v. Ferguson 
B)  The Birth of a Nation 
C)  the Freedmen's Bureau Bill 
D)  the Reconstruction amendments 
A)  Plessy v. Ferguson 
B)  The Birth of a Nation 
C)  the Freedmen's Bureau Bill 
D)  the Reconstruction amendments

Question 8

In the parade of freedmen in Charleston in 1865,one of the banners linked the cause of the freedmen to which figure?

Accepted Answer

A)  John Brown 
B)  John Wilkes Booth 
C)  Andrew Johnson 
D)  Mary Surratt 
A)  John Brown 
B)  John Wilkes Booth 
C)  Andrew Johnson 
D)  Mary Surratt

Question 9

Identify and explain the attitude toward Reconstruction expressed by the following presidents: Abraham Lincoln,Andrew Johnson,and Ulysses Grant.

Accepted Answer

The ideal answer should include:
a.Linco

Question 10

The Fourteenth Amendment states that the right to __________ cannot be revoked without due process of law.

Accepted Answer

A)  property 
B)  representation 
C)  citizenship 
D)  education 
A)  property 
B)  representation 
C)  citizenship 
D)  education

Question 11

According to the How Do We Know? video in section 15.6,which of the following provisions is found in the Fourteenth Amendment?

Accepted Answer

A)  forty acres and a mule 
B)  amnesty for the South 
C)  equal protection 
D)  birthright citizenship 
A)  forty acres and a mule 
B)  amnesty for the South 
C)  equal protection 
D)  birthright citizenship

Question 12

Who made the following statement?: "Treason must be made odious,and traitors must be punished and impoverished."

Accepted Answer

A)  Andrew Johnson 
B)  Abraham Lincoln 
C)  Ulysses Grant 
D)  William Seward 
A)  Andrew Johnson 
B)  Abraham Lincoln 
C)  Ulysses Grant 
D)  William Seward

Question 13

What did the Thirteenth Amendment do?

Accepted Answer

A)  restrict the electorate 
B)  expand the electorate 
C)  abolish slavery 
D)  define citizenship 
A)  restrict the electorate 
B)  expand the electorate 
C)  abolish slavery 
D)  define citizenship

Question 14

Which of the following was a Radical Republican?

Accepted Answer

A)  Thaddeus Stevens 
B)  Andrew Johnson 
C)  Robert E. Lee 
D)  Samuel Tilden 
A)  Thaddeus Stevens 
B)  Andrew Johnson 
C)  Robert E. Lee 
D)  Samuel Tilden

Question 15

What does the Fifteenth Amendment prohibit as a reason for denying someone the right to vote?

Accepted Answer

A)  religion 
B)  sex 
C)  age 
D)  race 
A)  religion 
B)  sex 
C)  age 
D)  race

Question 16

Which of the following would most likely defend the Black Codes?

Accepted Answer

A)  Radical Republicans 
B)  African Americans 
C)  Southern states 
D)  Northern states 
A)  Radical Republicans 
B)  African Americans 
C)  Southern states 
D)  Northern states

Question 17

According to the Past and Present video in section 15.6,the phrase "forty acres and a mule" refers to freedmen's expectations of __________ equality during Reconstruction.

Accepted Answer

A)  political 
B)  economic 
C)  social 
D)  cultural 
A)  political 
B)  economic 
C)  social 
D)  cultural

Question 18

Compare and contrast the goals of the Republicans and the Democrats in 1877.

Accepted Answer

The ideal answer should include:
a.By 18

Question 19

-By the end of 1877,Southerners would consider all the former Confederate states to have been __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  emancipated 
B)  redeemed 
C)  assassinated 
D)  compromised 
A)  emancipated 
B)  redeemed 
C)  assassinated 
D)  compromised

Question 20

What term refers to the restoration of white Democrats to power in the Southern states?

Accepted Answer

A)  Peace Policy 
B)  Reconstruction 
C)  Redemption 
D)  emancipation 
A)  Peace Policy 
B)  Reconstruction 
C)  Redemption 
D)  emancipation

Which of the following groups would have most likely voted for a Republican candidate during the Reconstruction era?

Which of the following was proposed by Congress to deal with the financial panic that broke out in 1873?

According to the introductory video in section 15.4,Ulysses Grant would most likely agree with which statement?

-Which of the following can be inferred from the map?

According to the introductory video in section 15.3,Matthew Gaines once was a(n)__________.

According to the Arguing History video in section 15.6,who were barred from holding federal office during Reconstruction?

According to the introductory video in section 15.5,which of the following reflected the Southern view of the Civil War and Reconstruction?

In the parade of freedmen in Charleston in 1865,one of the banners linked the cause of the freedmen to which figure?

Identify and explain the attitude toward Reconstruction expressed by the following presidents: Abraham Lincoln,Andrew Johnson,and Ulysses Grant.

The Fourteenth Amendment states that the right to __________ cannot be revoked without due process of law.

According to the How Do We Know? video in section 15.6,which of the following provisions is found in the Fourteenth Amendment?

Who made the following statement?: "Treason must be made odious,and traitors must be punished and impoverished."

What did the Thirteenth Amendment do?

Which of the following was a Radical Republican?

What does the Fifteenth Amendment prohibit as a reason for denying someone the right to vote?

Which of the following would most likely defend the Black Codes?

According to the Past and Present video in section 15.6,the phrase "forty acres and a mule" refers to freedmen's expectations of __________ equality during Reconstruction.

Compare and contrast the goals of the Republicans and the Democrats in 1877.

-By the end of 1877,Southerners would consider all the former Confederate states to have been __________.

What term refers to the restoration of white Democrats to power in the Southern states?

Old Worlds and New

Exploration and Conquest

The English Colonial Enterprise

The English and the Americans

Declaring Independence

The Revolutionary War

The Constitution

Federalists and Republicans

Republicans Take Over

The Second War of Independence

Jacksonian Democracy

Manifest Destiny

The Sectional Crisis

The Civil War

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Exam 15: Reconstruction

Which of the following groups would have most likely voted for a Republican candidate during the Reconstruction era?

Which of the following was proposed by Congress to deal with the financial panic that broke out in 1873?

According to the introductory video in section 15.4,Ulysses Grant would most likely agree with which statement?

-Which of the following can be inferred from the map?

According to the introductory video in section 15.3,Matthew Gaines once was a(n)__________.

According to the Arguing History video in section 15.6,who were barred from holding federal office during Reconstruction?

According to the introductory video in section 15.5,which of the following reflected the Southern view of the Civil War and Reconstruction?

In the parade of freedmen in Charleston in 1865,one of the banners linked the cause of the freedmen to which figure?

Identify and explain the attitude toward Reconstruction expressed by the following presidents: Abraham Lincoln,Andrew Johnson,and Ulysses Grant.

The Fourteenth Amendment states that the right to __________ cannot be revoked without due process of law.

According to the How Do We Know? video in section 15.6,which of the following provisions is found in the Fourteenth Amendment?

Who made the following statement?: "Treason must be made odious,and traitors must be punished and impoverished."

What did the Thirteenth Amendment do?

Which of the following was a Radical Republican?

What does the Fifteenth Amendment prohibit as a reason for denying someone the right to vote?

Which of the following would most likely defend the Black Codes?

According to the Past and Present video in section 15.6,the phrase "forty acres and a mule" refers to freedmen's expectations of __________ equality during Reconstruction.

Compare and contrast the goals of the Republicans and the Democrats in 1877.

-By the end of 1877,Southerners would consider all the former Confederate states to have been __________.

What term refers to the restoration of white Democrats to power in the Southern states?

Old Worlds and New

Exploration and Conquest

The English Colonial Enterprise

The English and the Americans

Declaring Independence

The Revolutionary War

The Constitution

Federalists and Republicans

Republicans Take Over

The Second War of Independence

Jacksonian Democracy

Manifest Destiny

The Sectional Crisis

The Civil War

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