Question 1

At Little Bighorn River in Montana in 1876,the Sioux defeated the U.S.federal cavalry led by __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   Thaddeus Stevens
B)   Phil Sheridan
C)   Matthew Gaines
D)   George Custer D

Question 2

Which of the following was an "unredeemed" state when the presidential election of 1876 took place?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 3

In the parade of freedmen in Charleston in 1865,one of the banners read,"Our past the Block,our future the School." What does the Block symbolize?

Accepted Answer

A)   education
B)   slavery
C)   redemption
D)   suffrage B

Question 4

Who was impeached by the House of Representatives?

Accepted Answer

A)   Andrew Johnson
B)   Abraham Lincoln
C)   Ulysses Grant
D)   Thaddeus Stevens

Question 5

According to the introductory video in section 15.2,the Black Codes passed by Southern states after the Civil War __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   prohibited African Americans from suing and giving testimony in court
B)   compensated African Americans for the years they had served in slavery
C)   recognized the legal validity of marriages among African Americans
D)   reaffirmed the legal status of African Americans as property

Question 6

The Fourteenth Amendment limits the rights of __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   whites
B)   blacks
C)   states
D)   courts

Question 7

According to the introductory video in section 15.1,Mary Surratt was arrested for __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   conspiring to assassinate the president
B)   running a boarding house without a license
C)   shooting Secretary of State William Seward
D)   hiding John Wilkes Booth from the authorities

Question 8

Which of the following survived an assassination attempt in 1865?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 9

Under the Radical Republicans,the Confederate states were placed under the administration of the __________ until each state wrote a new constitution.

Accepted Answer

A)   military
B)   president
C)   Senate
D)   Supreme Court

Question 10

The Thirteenth,Fourteenth,and Fifteenth Amendments are collectively referred to as the __________ amendments.

Accepted Answer

A)   Reconstruction
B)   Republican
C)   Radical
D)   Jim Crow

Question 11

To what extent was Reconstruction a success? To what extent was it a failure?

Accepted Answer

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Question 12

According to the video in the introduction,the period from 1865 to 1877 is referred to as __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   Redemption
B)   Peace Policy
C)   Reconstruction
D)   The Birth of a Nation

Question 13

The Fifteenth Amendment increased the political influence of which group?

Accepted Answer

A)   Southern white men
B)   Southern white women
C)   African American women
D)   African American men

Question 14

In the parade of freedmen in Charleston in 1865,the slogan "Sumter Dug His Grave on the 13th of April,1861" linked the end of slavery to the beginning of __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   The Birth of a Nation
B)   the American Revolution
C)   the Civil War
D)   Redemption

Question 15

Which of the following did Ulysses Grant support?

Accepted Answer

A)   Inflation Bill
B)   Peace Policy
C)   Ku Klux Klan
D)   the Confederacy

Question 16

Which of the following expressed the main message of Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural speech?

Accepted Answer

A)   "Thus always to tyrants"
B)   "With malice toward none"
C)   "Treason must be made odious"
D)   "traitors must be punished"

Question 17

What is the term used to refer to all former slaves in the South?

Accepted Answer

A)   vagrants
B)   radicals
C)   conspirators
D)   freedmen

Question 18

Which of the following ended Reconstruction?

Accepted Answer

A)   Compromise of 1877
B)   Ku Klux Klan Act
C)   Plessy v. Ferguson
D)   The Birth of a Nation

Question 19

What did Jay Gould and Jim Fisk share in common?

Accepted Answer

A)   Both conspired to control the nation's gold supply.
B)   Both conspired to assassinate Abraham Lincoln.
C)   Both were African American state senators.
D)   Both were founding members of the Ku Klux Klan.

Question 20

Who became president after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln?

Accepted Answer

A)   John Wilkes Booth
B)   Andrew Johnson
C)   Ulysses Grant
D)   William Seward

Exam 15: Reconstruction