Question 1

Which of the following was not a feature of Lincoln's "10 percent plan"?

Accepted Answer

A)   State governments could be formed when at least 10 percent of those who had voted in 1860 had sworn allegiance to the Union and accepted emancipation.
B)   Confederate officials needed presidential pardons before they could participate in the new governments.
C)   Confederate army and naval officers needed presidential pardons before they could participate in the new governments.
D)   Southern plantations were to be confiscated and divided among the blacks who had formerly worked there as slaves.
E)   Freedmen were excluded from participation because they had not been voters in 1860. D

Question 2

Which of the following was not one of the effects of emancipation on the black family in the years after the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

A)   The majority became single-parent families as men left their wives and set out to seek their fortunes.
B)   Many blacks legalized marriages that had been formed under slavery.
C)   Black men often asserted themselves as heads of households.
D)   Black women withdrew from the work force to care for homes and family.
E)   Many blacks migrated from the countryside to towns and cities. A

Question 3

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Slaughterhouse cases

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The Slaughterhouse Cases refer to a series of cases that were decided by the United States Supreme Court in 1873. These cases arose out of a Louisiana law that granted a monopoly to a single slaughterhouse in New Orleans, effectively shutting down all other slaughterhouses in the area. The law was challenged on the grounds that it violated the privileges and immunities clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, which prohibits states from abridging the privileges and immunities of citizens of the United States.

The significance of the Slaughterhouse Cases lies in the Supreme Court's narrow interpretation of the privileges and immunities clause. In a 5-4 decision, the Court held that the clause only protected rights that were directly related to federal citizenship, such as the right to travel between states and access to federal courts, and did not protect most rights guaranteed by state citizenship. This decision severely limited the scope of the privileges and immunities clause and has had lasting implications for the interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment.

The Slaughterhouse Cases are important in constitutional law because they marked a shift in the Court's interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment, moving away from a broad protection of individual rights and towards a more limited view of federal power. The decision has been criticized for its restrictive interpretation of the privileges and immunities clause and its impact on the protection of civil rights at the state level.

Question 4

The purpose of the Enforcement Acts was

Accepted Answer

A)   to give federal troops authority to police former Confederate soldiers in the South.
B)   to curb vigilante violence and protect black voters.
C)   to enforce restrictions that were placed on blacks.
D)   insure that the South accepted the outcome of the Civil War.
E)   to limit the scope of Reconstruction.

Question 5

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Black codes

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Question 6

The black codes enacted by southern states after the Civil War had all of the following rules in common except :

Accepted Answer

A)   prohibiting interracial marriage.
B)   pushing former slaves off plantations.
C)   requiring annual contracts between landowners and black agricultural workers.
D)   banning jury service by blacks.
E)   preventing blacks from testifying against whites in court.

Question 7

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Redemption

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Question 8

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
American Woman Suffrage Association, Julia War Howe, Lucy Stone

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Question 9

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Ku Klux Klan

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Question 10

According to the Reconstruction Act of 1867, which of the following conditions was the only one that did not have to be met before former Confederate states could be readmitted to the Union?

Accepted Answer

A)   Southern states had to draft new constitutions with the approval by Congress that granted black suffrage.
B)   Southern states had to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment.
C)   The Fourteenth Amendment had to be incorporated into the federal Constitution.
D)   Southern black voters and whites who were not disqualified by the Fourteenth Amendment had to be allowed to elect delegates to state constitutional conventions.
E)   Southern states had to devise plans to finance veterans' benefits for former Confederate soldiers.

Question 11

The term "Grantism" referred to

Accepted Answer

A)   the heroism shown by soldiers on the frontier.
B)   fraud and political corruption.
C)   the ideal appointees to the federal government.
D)   the failure of the Democratic party to rule effectively in the 1870s.
E)   alcohol abuse in the White House.

Question 12

Which statement concerning Republican rule in the former Confederate states is true?

Accepted Answer

A)   It was permanently established through the new state constitutions approved by Congress.
B)   In most states lasted until the Democrats were able to recapture the White House in 1884.
C)   It lasted a maximum of about eight years, but in most states much less.
D)   It revolutionized southern politics and destroyed the Democratic party.
E)   It established high standards of ethical behavior.

Question 13

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Bland-Allison Act of 1878, Greenback Party

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Question 14

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Radical Republicans, Charles Sumner, Thaddeus Stevens

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Question 15

Discuss the living and working conditions of poor farmers during the Reconstruction era. What conditions did poor farmers face? Were the conditions of poor white farmers any different from those of poor black ones? How did poor farmers attempt to deal with the challenges they faced?

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Question 16

What do Howard, Atlanta, and Fisk universities, and Hampton Institute have in common?

Accepted Answer

A)   They were all universities that were established in response to the forced integration of Southern colleges implemented by the Reconstruction Act of 1867.
B)   They were all predominantly black institutions that were established in the years immediately following the Civil War.
C)   Established during the years of the Confederacy, they all closed their doors temporarily in the 1870s rather than admit blacks.
D)   They were the locations of the first four chapters of the Ku Klux Klan.
E)   They were all founded and named in honor of famous African American generals of the Civil War era.

Question 17

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Grantism

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Question 18

The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution

Accepted Answer

A)   declared secession illegal.
B)   abolished slavery.
C)   guaranteed freedmen the right to vote.
D)   declared former slaves to be citizens.
E)   disqualified former Confederate officers from running for office.

Question 19

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Civil Rights Act of 1866

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Question 20

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Horace Greeley and the Liberal Republicans

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Exam 16: Reconstruction and Resistance

Which of the following was not a feature of Lincoln's "10 percent plan"?

Which of the following was not one of the effects of emancipation on the black family in the years after the Civil War?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Slaughterhouse cases

The purpose of the Enforcement Acts was

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Black codes

The black codes enacted by southern states after the Civil War had all of the following rules in common except :

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Redemption

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. American Woman Suffrage Association, Julia War Howe, Lucy Stone

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Ku Klux Klan

According to the Reconstruction Act of 1867, which of the following conditions was the only one that did not have to be met before former Confederate states could be readmitted to the Union?

The term "Grantism" referred to

Which statement concerning Republican rule in the former Confederate states is true?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Bland-Allison Act of 1878, Greenback Party

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Radical Republicans, Charles Sumner, Thaddeus Stevens

Discuss the living and working conditions of poor farmers during the Reconstruction era. What conditions did poor farmers face? Were the conditions of poor white farmers any different from those of poor black ones? How did poor farmers attempt to deal with the challenges they faced?

What do Howard, Atlanta, and Fisk universities, and Hampton Institute have in common?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Grantism

The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Civil Rights Act of 1866

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Horace Greeley and the Liberal Republicans