Question 1

The Wade-Davis Bill

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A)  essentially followed President Lincoln's Reconstruction plans. 
B)  was criticized by Conservative Republicans for being too mild. 
C)  sought to bring about the disenfranchisement of leading Confederates. 
D)  denied reentry into the Union by former Confederate states for 10 years. 
E)  quickly became the law of the land. 
A)  essentially followed President Lincoln's Reconstruction plans. 
B)  was criticized by Conservative Republicans for being too mild. 
C)  sought to bring about the disenfranchisement of leading Confederates. 
D)  denied reentry into the Union by former Confederate states for 10 years. 
E)  quickly became the law of the land. C

Question 2

Among other ideas,Booker T.Washington

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A)  rejected the ideology of the "New South creed." 
B)  favored industrial over classical education. 
C)  called on the federal government to offer job training for blacks. 
D)  proposed an exodus of blacks from the South to the West. 
E)  argued that blacks spent too much time trying to impress the white middle class. 
A)  rejected the ideology of the "New South creed." 
B)  favored industrial over classical education. 
C)  called on the federal government to offer job training for blacks. 
D)  proposed an exodus of blacks from the South to the West. 
E)  argued that blacks spent too much time trying to impress the white middle class. B

Question 3

As president,RutherfordB.Hayes

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A)  refused to make political compromises with Democrats. 
B)  promised to serve only one term. 
C)  helped to unify Republicans and Democrats. 
D)  called for a modest expansion of Reconstruction programs. 
E)  promised to take the South back from the "Redeemers." 
A)  refused to make political compromises with Democrats. 
B)  promised to serve only one term. 
C)  helped to unify Republicans and Democrats. 
D)  called for a modest expansion of Reconstruction programs. 
E)  promised to take the South back from the "Redeemers." B

Question 4

During Reconstruction,most "carpetbaggers" were

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A)  white Southerners who moved to the North. 
B)  freedmen who moved out of the South. 
C)  former confederates who moved to the West. 
D)  Northern white veterans who moved to the South. 
E)  Northern politicians who took offices in Southern states. 
A)  white Southerners who moved to the North. 
B)  freedmen who moved out of the South. 
C)  former confederates who moved to the West. 
D)  Northern white veterans who moved to the South. 
E)  Northern politicians who took offices in Southern states.

Question 5

As a result of the Supreme Court's ruling in Ex parte Milligan,some Radical Republicans

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A)  reduced the number of justices on the Court. 
B)  established military tribunals in additional Southern states. 
C)  proposed abolishing the Court. 
D)  tempered many of their Reconstruction plans. 
E)  ended military tribunals in favor of civil courts. 
A)  reduced the number of justices on the Court. 
B)  established military tribunals in additional Southern states. 
C)  proposed abolishing the Court. 
D)  tempered many of their Reconstruction plans. 
E)  ended military tribunals in favor of civil courts.

Question 6

The Supreme Court struck down restrictive voting laws,such as literacy tests,and upheld black voting rights in the late nineteenth century.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The Tenure of Office Act

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A)  gave the Senate the power to appoint members of the president's cabinet. 
B)  was designed to limit President Andrew Johnson's authority. 
C)  was roundly condemned by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. 
D)  was both designed to limit President Andrew Johnson's authority and roundly condemned by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. 
E)  None of these answers is correct. 
A)  gave the Senate the power to appoint members of the president's cabinet. 
B)  was designed to limit President Andrew Johnson's authority. 
C)  was roundly condemned by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. 
D)  was both designed to limit President Andrew Johnson's authority and roundly condemned by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. 
E)  None of these answers is correct.

Question 8

Jim Crow laws

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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 9

The Fourteenth Amendment

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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 10

Describe and compare the status of Southern African Americans in 1861 with their status in 1876.

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In 1861, Southern African Americans were

Question 11

By the end of Reconstruction,

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A)  most Southern black women did field work. 
B)  most Southern black women played a role in the family that was very different from that of white women. 
C)  roughly half of all black women were working for wages. 
D)  most black women did not hold a job. 
E)  black women still could not marry with any legal standing. 
A)  most Southern black women did field work. 
B)  most Southern black women played a role in the family that was very different from that of white women. 
C)  roughly half of all black women were working for wages. 
D)  most black women did not hold a job. 
E)  black women still could not marry with any legal standing.

Question 12

Segregation of the races in the late nineteenth-century South resulted in declining violence against blacks.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

During the Johnson administration,the United States acquired

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A)  Alaska. 
B)  Hawaii. 
C)  Guam. 
D)  the Virgin Islands. 
E)  Puerto Rico. 
A)  Alaska. 
B)  Hawaii. 
C)  Guam. 
D)  the Virgin Islands. 
E)  Puerto Rico.

Question 14

The "New South creed" was expounded by whites,not blacks.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

What was "new" and what was "old" in the "New South"?

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The term "New South" refers to a period

Question 16

During Reconstruction,the black labor force worked

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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 17

Without the support of black voters in 1868,Ulysses S.Grant would have had only a minority of the popular vote.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

President Johnson was impeached,but not convicted.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

African Americans were able to work in all types of industry in the South.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Why did the elections of 1866 empower Radical Republicans?

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The elections of 1866 significantly empo

Exam 15: Reconstruction and the New South

The Wade-Davis Bill

Among other ideas,Booker T.Washington

As president,RutherfordB.Hayes

During Reconstruction,most "carpetbaggers" were

As a result of the Supreme Court's ruling in Ex parte Milligan,some Radical Republicans

The Supreme Court struck down restrictive voting laws,such as literacy tests,and upheld black voting rights in the late nineteenth century.

The Tenure of Office Act

Jim Crow laws

The Fourteenth Amendment

Describe and compare the status of Southern African Americans in 1861 with their status in 1876.

By the end of Reconstruction,

Segregation of the races in the late nineteenth-century South resulted in declining violence against blacks.

During the Johnson administration,the United States acquired

The "New South creed" was expounded by whites,not blacks.

What was "new" and what was "old" in the "New South"?

During Reconstruction,the black labor force worked

Without the support of black voters in 1868,Ulysses S.Grant would have had only a minority of the popular vote.

President Johnson was impeached,but not convicted.

African Americans were able to work in all types of industry in the South.

Why did the elections of 1866 empower Radical Republicans?

The Collision of Cultures

Transplantations and Borderlands

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

America’s 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

The Age of the City

From Crisis to Empire

The Progressives

America and the Great War

The “New Era”

The Great Depression

The New Deal

The Global Crisis, 1921–1941

America in a World at War

The Cold War

The Affluent Society

Civil Rights, Vietnam, and the Ordeal of Liberalism

The Crisis of Authority

From the “Age of Limits” to the Age of Reagan

The Age of Globalization

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