Question 1

Enemies of President Grant and "Grantism" were called ________ Republicans.

Accepted Answer

Liberal

Question 2

The Treaty of Washington provided for ________ with Britain over "Alabama claims."

Accepted Answer

international arbitration

Question 3

Jim Crow laws

Accepted Answer

A)  imposed a system of state-supported segregation. 
B)  attacked the problem of lynching. 
C)  led immediately to a dramatic black exodus from the South. 
D)  challenged white Redeemer rule in the South. 
E)  did not apply to public parks, beaches, or picnic areas. 
A)  imposed a system of state-supported segregation. 
B)  attacked the problem of lynching. 
C)  led immediately to a dramatic black exodus from the South. 
D)  challenged white Redeemer rule in the South. 
E)  did not apply to public parks, beaches, or picnic areas. A

Question 4

Describe and compare the status of Southern African Americans in 1861 with their status in 1876.

Accepted Answer

In 1861, Southern African Americans were

Question 5

The most numerous Republicans in the South were the black freedmen.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Grant played a leadership role among the "Liberal Republicans."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

During the Johnson administration, the United States acquired

Accepted Answer

A)  Alaska. 
B)  Hawaii. 
C)  Guam. 
D)  the Virgin Islands. 
E)  Puerto Rico. 
A)  Alaska. 
B)  Hawaii. 
C)  Guam. 
D)  the Virgin Islands. 
E)  Puerto Rico.

Question 8

Among other ideas, Booker T. Washington

Accepted Answer

A)  rejected the ideology of the "New South creed." 
B)  favored industrial over classical education. 
C)  called on the federal government to offer job training for blacks. 
D)  proposed an exodus of blacks from the South to the West. 
E)  argued that blacks spent too much time trying to impress the white middle class. 
A)  rejected the ideology of the "New South creed." 
B)  favored industrial over classical education. 
C)  called on the federal government to offer job training for blacks. 
D)  proposed an exodus of blacks from the South to the West. 
E)  argued that blacks spent too much time trying to impress the white middle class.

Question 9

"Scalawags" were Southerners who moved north after the Civil War.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Advocates of the "New South"

Accepted Answer

A)  opposed using northern capital. 
B)  discouraged white women from working outside of the home. 
C)  promoted southern industry and railroad development. 
D)  challenged the assumptions of white supremacy. 
E)  in fact advocated a return to the plantation system of the antebellum South. 
A)  opposed using northern capital. 
B)  discouraged white women from working outside of the home. 
C)  promoted southern industry and railroad development. 
D)  challenged the assumptions of white supremacy. 
E)  in fact advocated a return to the plantation system of the antebellum South.

Question 11

The last ________ were withdrawn from the South by President Hayes.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The last ________ were withdrawn from the...

Question 12

The most numerous Republicans in the South were the ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The most numerous Republicans in the South...

Question 13

The Alabama claims

Accepted Answer

A)  saw the United States refuse to pay Alabama for losses incurred during the Civil War. 
B)  involved complaints by the United States against England. 
C)  ended an experiment in black landownership. 
D)  marked a renewed effort in asserting the rights of states over federal authority. 
E)  were found by the Supreme Court to invalidate Radical Reconstruction. 
A)  saw the United States refuse to pay Alabama for losses incurred during the Civil War. 
B)  involved complaints by the United States against England. 
C)  ended an experiment in black landownership. 
D)  marked a renewed effort in asserting the rights of states over federal authority. 
E)  were found by the Supreme Court to invalidate Radical Reconstruction.

Question 14

The "redeemed" governments of the South

Accepted Answer

A)  were so named when Democrats took back control of the government. 
B)  suppressed the activities of white supremacists. 
C)  saw the Republican Party win control of Southern state governments. 
D)  saw an end to occupation by federal troops, and suppressed the activities of white supremacists. 
E)  All these answers are correct. 
A)  were so named when Democrats took back control of the government. 
B)  suppressed the activities of white supremacists. 
C)  saw the Republican Party win control of Southern state governments. 
D)  saw an end to occupation by federal troops, and suppressed the activities of white supremacists. 
E)  All these answers are correct.

Question 15

In the 1860s, Black Codes were

Accepted Answer

A)  holdovers from the antebellum era that were repealed by Southern state governments. 
B)  passed by Congress to govern former Confederate states. 
C)  enacted by the Freedmen's Bureau to give freed blacks voting rights. 
D)  vetoed by President Andrew Johnson. 
E)  designed to give whites control over freedmen. 
A)  holdovers from the antebellum era that were repealed by Southern state governments. 
B)  passed by Congress to govern former Confederate states. 
C)  enacted by the Freedmen's Bureau to give freed blacks voting rights. 
D)  vetoed by President Andrew Johnson. 
E)  designed to give whites control over freedmen.

Question 16

President Johnson's plans for Reconstruction for the most part resembled the Wade-Davis Bill.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Northern commitment to Reconstruction waned as a result of

Accepted Answer

A)  the adoption of the Fifteenth Amendment. 
B)  the growing political strength of Democrats. 
C)  the Panic of 1873. 
D)  perceptions of black-and-carpetbag misgovernment in the South. 
E)  All these answers are correct. 
A)  the adoption of the Fifteenth Amendment. 
B)  the growing political strength of Democrats. 
C)  the Panic of 1873. 
D)  perceptions of black-and-carpetbag misgovernment in the South. 
E)  All these answers are correct.

Question 18

In 1867, congressional plans for Reconstruction

Accepted Answer

A)  were rejected by every former Confederate state. 
B)  replaced federal military commanders in the South with civilian leaders. 
C)  granted forty acres of land to every adult male former slave. 
D)  required new state governments in the South to give voting rights to black males. 
E)  required that state legislatures ratify the Thirteenth Amendment. 
A)  were rejected by every former Confederate state. 
B)  replaced federal military commanders in the South with civilian leaders. 
C)  granted forty acres of land to every adult male former slave. 
D)  required new state governments in the South to give voting rights to black males. 
E)  required that state legislatures ratify the Thirteenth Amendment.

Question 19

Booker T. Washington argued that blacks should concentrate on self-improvement before political rights.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The "New South creed" was expounded by whites, not blacks.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 15: Reconstruction and the New South

Enemies of President Grant and "Grantism" were called ________ Republicans.

The Treaty of Washington provided for ________ with Britain over "Alabama claims."

Jim Crow laws

Describe and compare the status of Southern African Americans in 1861 with their status in 1876.

The most numerous Republicans in the South were the black freedmen.

Grant played a leadership role among the "Liberal Republicans."

During the Johnson administration, the United States acquired

Among other ideas, Booker T. Washington

"Scalawags" were Southerners who moved north after the Civil War.

Advocates of the "New South"

The last ________ were withdrawn from the South by President Hayes.

The most numerous Republicans in the South were the ________.

The Alabama claims

The "redeemed" governments of the South

In the 1860s, Black Codes were

President Johnson's plans for Reconstruction for the most part resembled the Wade-Davis Bill.

Northern commitment to Reconstruction waned as a result of

In 1867, congressional plans for Reconstruction

Booker T. Washington argued that blacks should concentrate on self-improvement before political rights.

The "New South creed" was expounded by whites, not blacks.

The Collision of Cultures

Transplantations and Borderlands

Society and Culture in Provincial America

The Empire in Transition

The American Revolution

The Constitution and the New Republic

The Jeffersonian Era

Varieties of American Nationalism

Jacksonian America

America’s Economic Revolution

Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South

Antebellum Culture and Reform

The Impending Crisis

The Civil War

The Conquest of the Far West

Industrial Supremacy

The Age of the City

From Crisis to Empire

The Progressives

America and the Great War

The “New Era”

The Great Depression

The New Deal

The Global Crisis, 1921–1941

America in a World at War

The Cold War

The Affluent Society

Civil Rights, Vietnam, and the Ordeal of Liberalism

The Crisis of Authority

From the “Age of Limits” to the Age of Reagan

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