Question 1

In some cases white conservatives in the South attempted to defeat Congress's Reconstruction plans by

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A)  actively and openly calling for secession. 
B)  bribing federal poll watchers. 
C)  defying laws designed to redistribute land throughout the South. 
D)  boycotting the polls. 
A)  actively and openly calling for secession. 
B)  bribing federal poll watchers. 
C)  defying laws designed to redistribute land throughout the South. 
D)  boycotting the polls.

Question 2

African American leaders in the South during Reconstruction

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A)  argued that voting rights should be permanently denied to former Confederates. 
B)  dominated the legislatures in several southern states. 
C)  led efforts to establish public schools in the region. 
D)  advocated the confiscation and redistribution of land. 
A)  argued that voting rights should be permanently denied to former Confederates. 
B)  dominated the legislatures in several southern states. 
C)  led efforts to establish public schools in the region. 
D)  advocated the confiscation and redistribution of land.

Question 3

Instructions:
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic,
and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-Freedmen's Bureau schools

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The Freedmen's Bureau schools were educa

Question 4

Instructions:
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic,
and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-carpetbagger

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A carpetbagger was a term used during th

Question 5

Instructions:
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic,
and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-the Freedmen's Bureau

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The Freedmen's Bureau was a government a

Question 6

Which of the following was true of Andrew Johnson?

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A)  Although from Tennessee, he remained in the Senate after his state seceded from the Union. 
B)  He was one of the founders of the Republican Party. 
C)  Although he disagreed with the Radicals on many issues, he supported the concept of an activist federal government. 
D)  He favored civil rights for African Americans, but did not believe that blacks should have the right to vote. 
A)  Although from Tennessee, he remained in the Senate after his state seceded from the Union. 
B)  He was one of the founders of the Republican Party. 
C)  Although he disagreed with the Radicals on many issues, he supported the concept of an activist federal government. 
D)  He favored civil rights for African Americans, but did not believe that blacks should have the right to vote.

Question 7

Instructions:
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic,
and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-the Amnesty Act of 1872

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The Amnesty Act of 1872 was a law passed

Question 8

Instructions:
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic,
and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-the growth of African American churches

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The growth of African American churches

Question 9

Instructions:
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic,
and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-Johnson's "swing around the circle"

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Johnson's "swing around the circle" refe

Question 10

Instructions:
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic,
and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-the Slaughter-House cases

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The Slaughter-House cases refer to a ser

Question 11

Discuss the following statement: "A combination of conservative propaganda, difficult fiscal problems, Republican mistakes, racial hostility, and terror brought down the Reconstruction governments in the South."

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The statement that a combination of cons

Question 12

Map Exercise 16-1
You will need one colored pen to complete this exercise. On the outline map of the South that follows and using the map in Chapter 16 of the text entitled "The Reconstruction" as a guide:
  
-Examine the status of southern African Americans during the late nineteenth century, and explain why the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments, which were intended to protect former slaves, actually offered African Americans little protection.

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During the late nineteenth century, sout

Question 13

Instructions:
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic,
and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-Johnson's Reconstruction plan

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Johnson's Reconstruction plan was a set

Question 14

In decisions after the Civil War, the Supreme Court

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A)  upheld the efforts of the Radicals to punish the South. 
B)  led the drive to guarantee full equality for the former slaves. 
C)  repeatedly overruled actions taken by Union generals during the military occupation of the South. 
D)  participated in the northern retreat from Reconstruction. 
A)  upheld the efforts of the Radicals to punish the South. 
B)  led the drive to guarantee full equality for the former slaves. 
C)  repeatedly overruled actions taken by Union generals during the military occupation of the South. 
D)  participated in the northern retreat from Reconstruction.

Question 15

Instructions:
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic,
and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-United States v. Cruikshank

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United States v. Cruikshank was a signif

Question 16

In Congressional debates concerning Reconstruction of the former Confederate states, Thaddeus Stevens argued that

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A)  freedmen should not be extended the right to vote. 
B)  southern property should be confiscated and redistributed in order to extend economic opportunity to freedmen. 
C)  all freedmen should be given forty acres from confiscated southern land. 
D)  the Fourteenth Amendment should extend the right to vote to women as well as to African Americans. 
A)  freedmen should not be extended the right to vote. 
B)  southern property should be confiscated and redistributed in order to extend economic opportunity to freedmen. 
C)  all freedmen should be given forty acres from confiscated southern land. 
D)  the Fourteenth Amendment should extend the right to vote to women as well as to African Americans.

Question 17

A basic economic problem in the South in the post−Civil War period was

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A)  a labor shortage. 
B)  inflation. 
C)  overdependence on cotton. 
D)  declining prices for food crops. 
A)  a labor shortage. 
B)  inflation. 
C)  overdependence on cotton. 
D)  declining prices for food crops.

Question 18

Instructions:
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic,
and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-the presidential election of 1876

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The presidential election of 1876 was a

Question 19

Passed by Congress over President Johnson's veto, the Civil Rights Act of 1866

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A)  forced state courts in the South to practice equality by placing them under the watchful eye of the federal judiciary. 
B)  guaranteed equality of economic opportunity by barring discrimination in employment on the basis of race. 
C)  was the first attempt by Congress to desegregate educational facilities in the South. 
D)  guaranteed the right to vote to all adult males with the equivalent of a third-grade education. 
A)  forced state courts in the South to practice equality by placing them under the watchful eye of the federal judiciary. 
B)  guaranteed equality of economic opportunity by barring discrimination in employment on the basis of race. 
C)  was the first attempt by Congress to desegregate educational facilities in the South. 
D)  guaranteed the right to vote to all adult males with the equivalent of a third-grade education.

Question 20

Instructions:
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic,
and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-the new black codes

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The new black codes were a series of law

In some cases white conservatives in the South attempted to defeat Congress's Reconstruction plans by

African American leaders in the South during Reconstruction

Which of the following was true of Andrew Johnson?

Discuss the following statement: "A combination of conservative propaganda, difficult fiscal problems, Republican mistakes, racial hostility, and terror brought down the Reconstruction governments in the South."

In decisions after the Civil War, the Supreme Court

In Congressional debates concerning Reconstruction of the former Confederate states, Thaddeus Stevens argued that

A basic economic problem in the South in the post−Civil War period was

Passed by Congress over President Johnson's veto, the Civil Rights Act of 1866

Three Old Worlds Create a New

Europeans Colonize North America

North America in the Atlantic World

Becoming America

The Ends of Empire

American Revolutions

Forging a Nation

Defining the Nation

The Rise of the South

The Restless North

The Contested West

Politics and the Fate of the Union

Transforming Fire: the Civil War

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Exam 14: Reconstruction: an Unfinished Revolution

In some cases white conservatives in the South attempted to defeat Congress's Reconstruction plans by

African American leaders in the South during Reconstruction

Which of the following was true of Andrew Johnson?

Discuss the following statement: "A combination of conservative propaganda, difficult fiscal problems, Republican mistakes, racial hostility, and terror brought down the Reconstruction governments in the South."

In decisions after the Civil War, the Supreme Court

In Congressional debates concerning Reconstruction of the former Confederate states, Thaddeus Stevens argued that

A basic economic problem in the South in the post−Civil War period was

Passed by Congress over President Johnson's veto, the Civil Rights Act of 1866

Three Old Worlds Create a New

Europeans Colonize North America

North America in the Atlantic World

Becoming America

The Ends of Empire

American Revolutions

Forging a Nation

Defining the Nation

The Rise of the South

The Restless North

The Contested West

Politics and the Fate of the Union

Transforming Fire: the Civil War

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