Question 1

The Readjuster Party sought to reduce or "readjust" the state debt in this state.

Accepted Answer

A)  Texas 
B)  Arkansas 
C)  Virginia 
D)  South Carolina C

Question 2

Which of the following was NOT a phase in Reconstruction?

Accepted Answer

A)  Congressional 
B)  Institutional 
C)  Presidential 
D)  Redemption B

Question 3

By January 1876 all the former Confederate states except for Florida, South Carolina, and Louisiana had been redeemed.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

Unlike the KKK, the White League welcomed public attention and press with little fear of federal retribution.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

State and federal governments sided with labor rather than corporate concerns during strikes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

African Americans had few incentives to join with whites in biracial organizations like the Readjusters.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Democratic Samuel J. Tilden accomplished the following at the end of the Election of 1876.

Accepted Answer

A)  Won the popular vote but lost the electoral college. 
B)  Won the electoral college but lost the popular vote. 
C)  Tied the popular vote but lost the electoral college. 
D)  Won the popular vote but tied the electoral college.

Question 8

Republican support for black suffrage and racial equality waned during the 1870s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Identify the Liberal Republican's candidate for President in 1872.

Accepted Answer

A)  Ulysses S. Grant 
B)  Horace Greeley 
C)  William Belknap 
D)  Rutherford B. Hayes

Question 10

By the end of Reconstruction, which of the following amendments had been compromised by Redemption and white Supremacy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Thirteenth Amendment 
B)  Fourteenth Amendment 
C)  Fifteenth Amendment 
D)  All of the above

Question 11

The Dunning School depicted Reconstruction as a period of unjust and corrupt rule by Democrats and white supremacists.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 12: Collapse of Reconstruction

The Readjuster Party sought to reduce or "readjust" the state debt in this state.

Which of the following was NOT a phase in Reconstruction?

By January 1876 all the former Confederate states except for Florida, South Carolina, and Louisiana had been redeemed.

Unlike the KKK, the White League welcomed public attention and press with little fear of federal retribution.

State and federal governments sided with labor rather than corporate concerns during strikes.

African Americans had few incentives to join with whites in biracial organizations like the Readjusters.

Democratic Samuel J. Tilden accomplished the following at the end of the Election of 1876.

Republican support for black suffrage and racial equality waned during the 1870s.

Identify the Liberal Republican's candidate for President in 1872.

By the end of Reconstruction, which of the following amendments had been compromised by Redemption and white Supremacy?

The Dunning School depicted Reconstruction as a period of unjust and corrupt rule by Democrats and white supremacists.