Question 1

Radical Republican leaders in Congress included

Accepted Answer

A)   Thaddeus Stevens of Pennsylvania.
B)   William Seward of New York.
C)   Charles Sumner of Massachusetts.
D)   Alexander Stephens of Georgia.
E)   Boss Tweed of New York. A, C

Question 2

Andrew Johnson had been put on Lincoln's ticket as vice president

Accepted Answer

A)   because Lincoln's first vice president, Hannibal Hamlin, had displayed southern sympathies.
B)   to appeal to War Democrats and pro-Union southerners.
C)   as a safe choice in case Lincoln died in office.
D)   as a poor white who balanced Lincoln's aristocratic background.
E)   to appeal to Union soldiers and radical Republicans. B

Question 3

Despite opposition and ridicule, Secretary of State Seward was able to persuade Congress to purchase Alaska partly because

Accepted Answer

A)   it was suspected that there were large oil deposits there.
B)   it would provide a strategic barrier against Japanese expansion.
C)   Russia had been the European power most friendly to the Union during the Civil War.
D)   Alaskan gold could help to stabilize the American financial system.
E)   there was fear that the new Dominion of Canada would seize the Russian colony. C

Question 4

The Black Codes provided for all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A)   a ban on jury service by blacks.
B)   punishment of blacks for idleness.
C)   a bar on blacks from renting land.
D)   a restriction against black migration from the South.
E)   fines for blacks who violated labor contracts.

Question 5

In his "10 percent plan" for Reconstruction, President Lincoln promised

Accepted Answer

A)   rapid readmission of Southern states into the Union.
B)   former slaves the right to vote.
C)   that 10 percent of white Southern property would be confiscated.
D)   severe punishment of Southern political and military leaders.
E)   a plan to allow 10 percent of blacks to vote.

Question 6

The last of the Reconstruction era amendments to pass was the

Accepted Answer

A)   Twelfth
B)   Thirteenth
C)   Fourteenth
D)   Fifteenth
E)   Eighteenth

Question 7

The Fourteenth Amendment

Accepted Answer

A)   required former Confederate states to pay their war debts.
B)   prohibited ex-Confederate leaders from holding public office.
C)   guaranteed freed slaves the right to vote.
D)   achieved all the goals of the radical Republicans.
E)   made women as well as blacks U.S. citizens.

Question 8

Freedom for Southern blacks at the end of the Civil War

Accepted Answer

A)   was officially recognized by the Fifteenth Amendment.
B)   led large numbers to move to the big cities in the North.
C)   came haltingly and unevenly in different parts of the conquered Confederacy.
D)   caused the widespread scattering of black families.
E)   was a source of considerable anxiety.

Question 9

The greatest achievements of the Freedmen's Bureau were in

Accepted Answer

A)   providing "forty acres and a mule" to freed blacks.
B)   education.
C)   the provision of food and clothing.
D)   helping people to find employment.
E)   securing black civil rights.

Question 10

During Reconstruction, African American women assumed new political roles, which included all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A)   participating in black church life.
B)   monitoring state constitutional conventions.
C)   participating in political rallies.
D)   organizing mass meetings.
E)   voting.

Question 11

Johnson's veto of the Civil Rights Bill of 1866 prompted Congress to seek passage of

Accepted Answer

A)   the Thirteenth Amendment.
B)   an extension of the Freedmen's Bureau.
C)   an act to overturn the Black Codes.
D)   the Fourteenth Amendment.
E)   articles of impeachment against Johnson.

Question 12

At the end of the Civil War, most white Southerners

Accepted Answer

A)   reluctantly supported the federal government.
B)   were ready to plan a future uprising against the United States.
C)   declared themselves citizens of their states but not of the United States.
D)   asked for pardons so that they could once again hold political office and vote.
E)   still believed that their view of secession was correct and their cause was just.

Question 13

Political corruption during Reconstruction was

Accepted Answer

A)   confined to the South.
B)   located in the North.
C)   present in both North and South.
D)   present in all Southern states except South Carolina and Louisiana.
E)   almost entirely conducted by blacks.

Question 14

Under congressional Reconstruction, Southern states were required to

Accepted Answer

A)   elect officials from the Republican party.
B)   ratify the Fourteenth Amendment.
C)   give freed slaves the right to vote.
D)   provide land and an education for former slaves.
E)   protect black religious freedom.

Question 15

The goals of the Ku Klux Klan included all of the following except to

Accepted Answer

A)   "keep blacks in their place"-that is, subservient to whites.
B)   prevent blacks from voting.
C)   keep white "carpetbaggers" from voting.
D)   support the Force Acts of 1870 and 1871.
E)   end radical Reconstruction.

Question 16

Congressional Reconstruction hoped to provide basic rights and protection for the former slaves in the South through

Accepted Answer

A)   military reconstruction.
B)   the Tenure of Office Act.
C)   the Freedmen's Bureau.
D)   the Fourteenth Amendment.
E)   the Force Acts.

Question 17

Andrew Johnson was named Lincoln's running mate in 1864 because Johnson was a

Accepted Answer

A)   conservative Republican.
B)   patient and compromising personality.
C)   pro-war Democrat.
D)   loyal unionist from a Southern state.
E)   bridge to the Copperheads.

Question 18

Among the legacies of the Reconstruction effort were

Accepted Answer

A)   a national commitment to civil rights for all races in America.
B)   establishment of economic and political guarantees for Southern blacks.
C)   a long-term eclipse of Republican party strength in Southern states.
D)   perpetuation of the ideas of states' rights and local self-government under the Constitution.
E)   a sense of resentment and grievance among white Southerners.

Question 19

____ believed that the Southern states had completely left the Union and were therefore "conquered provinces" that had to seek readmission on whatever terms Congress demanded.

Accepted Answer

A)   The War Democrats
B)   The Supreme Court
C)   President Lincoln
D)   President Johnson
E)   Congressional Republicans

Question 20

Johnson was narrowly acquitted on the impeachment charges because

Accepted Answer

A)   Secretary of War Edwin Stanton aided Johnson's defense by spying on congressional prosecutors.
B)   radical Republicans recognized that Johnson's successor would be worse.
C)   many people feared destabilizing the federal government.
D)   it was finally recognized that the charges were dubious and political.
E)   Johnson promised to stop obstructing Republican policies.

Exam 22: The Ordeal of Reconstruction