Question 1

The Wade-Davis Bill sought to make it more difficult than Lincoln desired for those states which had left the Union to return.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Democrats restored to power in the South were known variously as the "________" or the "Bourbons."

Accepted Answer

The answer of Democrats restored to power in the South...

Question 3

The Tenure of Office Act

Accepted Answer

A)  gave the Senate the power to appoint members of the president's cabinet. 
B)  was designed to limit President Andrew Johnson's authority. 
C)  was roundly condemned by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. 
D)  was both designed to limit President Andrew Johnson's authority and roundly condemned by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. 
E)  None of these answers is correct. 
A)  gave the Senate the power to appoint members of the president's cabinet. 
B)  was designed to limit President Andrew Johnson's authority. 
C)  was roundly condemned by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. 
D)  was both designed to limit President Andrew Johnson's authority and roundly condemned by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. 
E)  None of these answers is correct.

Question 4

Tenant farming increased significantly in the South in the two decades following Reconstruction.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

At the end of the Civil War, the number of slaves that emerged from bondage was

Accepted Answer

A)  about 800,000. 
B)  about 1 million. 
C)  about 2.5 million. 
D)  almost 4 million. 
E)  almost 6 million. 
A)  about 800,000. 
B)  about 1 million. 
C)  about 2.5 million. 
D)  almost 4 million. 
E)  almost 6 million.

Question 6

IdaB. Wells was a black journalist who was most concerned about stopping the practice of ________ in the late nineteenth-century South.

Accepted Answer

The answer of IdaB. Wells was a black journalist who...

Question 7

Grandfather laws established that

Accepted Answer

A)  African Americans could only vote if they could prove that they had been in the United States for at least two generations. 
B)  only African Americans above age fifty could vote. 
C)  certain levels of property holdings could exempt a potential voter from a literacy test. 
D)  men could vote if they met certain property qualifications. 
E)  men who could not meet the literacy and property qualifications could vote if their ancestors had voted before Reconstruction began. 
A)  African Americans could only vote if they could prove that they had been in the United States for at least two generations. 
B)  only African Americans above age fifty could vote. 
C)  certain levels of property holdings could exempt a potential voter from a literacy test. 
D)  men could vote if they met certain property qualifications. 
E)  men who could not meet the literacy and property qualifications could vote if their ancestors had voted before Reconstruction began.

Question 8

During Reconstruction, the Southern school system

Accepted Answer

A)  reached 40 percent of all black children by 1876. 
B)  did not allow blacks to be teachers. 
C)  initially were not segregated. 
D)  only offered primary instruction. 
E)  barely reached any children of former slaves. 
A)  reached 40 percent of all black children by 1876. 
B)  did not allow blacks to be teachers. 
C)  initially were not segregated. 
D)  only offered primary instruction. 
E)  barely reached any children of former slaves.

Question 9

How did Lincoln's plan differ from those of the Radical Republicans?

Accepted Answer

Abraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstructio

Question 10

As president, Andrew Johnson

Accepted Answer

A)  quickly sided with the Radical Republicans. 
B)  proposed delaying the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment. 
C)  long delayed presenting his own plans for Reconstruction. 
D)  offered amnesty to Southerners who pledged their loyalty to the United States. 
E)  argued the South should be readmitted to the Union without conditions. 
A)  quickly sided with the Radical Republicans. 
B)  proposed delaying the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment. 
C)  long delayed presenting his own plans for Reconstruction. 
D)  offered amnesty to Southerners who pledged their loyalty to the United States. 
E)  argued the South should be readmitted to the Union without conditions.

Question 11

In 1868, President Andrew Johnson was impeached because he

Accepted Answer

A)  violated the Tenure of Office Act. 
B)  offered political opposition to Radical Republicans. 
C)  dismissed Edwin Stanton from office. 
D)  both violated the Tenure of Office Act and dismissed Edwin Stanton from office. 
E)  All these answers are correct. 
A)  violated the Tenure of Office Act. 
B)  offered political opposition to Radical Republicans. 
C)  dismissed Edwin Stanton from office. 
D)  both violated the Tenure of Office Act and dismissed Edwin Stanton from office. 
E)  All these answers are correct.

Question 12

The Panic of 1873

Accepted Answer

A)  began after the Southern crop-lien system collapsed. 
B)  saw Republicans call on Grant to go off the gold standard. 
C)  saw President Grant favor putting more paper currency into circulation. 
D)  began after revelations of corruption in the Grant administration. 
E)  was the nation's worst economic depression to that time. 
A)  began after the Southern crop-lien system collapsed. 
B)  saw Republicans call on Grant to go off the gold standard. 
C)  saw President Grant favor putting more paper currency into circulation. 
D)  began after revelations of corruption in the Grant administration. 
E)  was the nation's worst economic depression to that time.

Question 13

In what ways did Reconstruction succeed? In what ways did it fail? What has been its legacy?

Accepted Answer

The Reconstruction era in the United Sta

Question 14

As Republicans planned for Reconstruction,

Accepted Answer

A)  Conservatives sought many conditions to readmit the former Confederate states. 
B)  Radicals sought a range of punishments for white Southerners. 
C)  President Lincoln suggested that no conditions be put on the former Confederate states. 
D)  they were hampered by the fact that no thought had been given to the task until the end of the war. 
E)  Moderates believed the South should be readmitted without any concessions on black rights. 
A)  Conservatives sought many conditions to readmit the former Confederate states. 
B)  Radicals sought a range of punishments for white Southerners. 
C)  President Lincoln suggested that no conditions be put on the former Confederate states. 
D)  they were hampered by the fact that no thought had been given to the task until the end of the war. 
E)  Moderates believed the South should be readmitted without any concessions on black rights.

Question 15

State expenditures by Southern governments during Reconstruction were large, but only in comparison with the meager state budgets of the pre-Civil War years.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

In the South during the last twenty years of the nineteenth century,

Accepted Answer

A)  textile manufacturing increased ninefold. 
B)  southerners became more dependent on agriculture than ever. 
C)  per capita income fell sharply. 
D)  most industrial growth came from coal mining. 
E)  the average income reached 80 percent of that in the North. 
A)  textile manufacturing increased ninefold. 
B)  southerners became more dependent on agriculture than ever. 
C)  per capita income fell sharply. 
D)  most industrial growth came from coal mining. 
E)  the average income reached 80 percent of that in the North.

Question 17

During Reconstruction, regarding land ownership in the South,

Accepted Answer

A)  the Freedmen's Bureau distributed millions of acres of land to freedmen. 
B)  most plantations abandoned during the Civil War remained vacant. 
C)  ownership by both whites and blacks increased. 
D)  the federal government vigorously acted to confiscate land owned by former Confederates. 
E)  ownership by whites declined, while ownership by blacks increased. 
A)  the Freedmen's Bureau distributed millions of acres of land to freedmen. 
B)  most plantations abandoned during the Civil War remained vacant. 
C)  ownership by both whites and blacks increased. 
D)  the federal government vigorously acted to confiscate land owned by former Confederates. 
E)  ownership by whites declined, while ownership by blacks increased.

Question 18

Virginia, Texas, and Mississippi were among the first states to comply with congressional Reconstruction.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Which of the following statements about the end of Reconstruction is accurate?

Accepted Answer

A)  Given the context within which Americans of the 1860s and 1870s were working, it is surprising that Reconstruction did so little. 
B)  A lack of respect for private property and free enterprise prevented any real assault on economic privilege in the South. 
C)  The president and his party proved uninterested in supporting even modest acceptance of African American rights. 
D)  The president and his party had hoped to build up a "new Democratic" organization in the South. 
E)  Many white Southern leaders sympathized with Republican economic policies in the South but could not publicly support them. 
A)  Given the context within which Americans of the 1860s and 1870s were working, it is surprising that Reconstruction did so little. 
B)  A lack of respect for private property and free enterprise prevented any real assault on economic privilege in the South. 
C)  The president and his party proved uninterested in supporting even modest acceptance of African American rights. 
D)  The president and his party had hoped to build up a "new Democratic" organization in the South. 
E)  Many white Southern leaders sympathized with Republican economic policies in the South but could not publicly support them.

Question 20

In 1865, Southern blacks defined "freedom" as

Accepted Answer

A)  an end to slavery. 
B)  an end to slavery and the acquisition of legal rights and opportunities that would allow them to live as did whites. 
C)  the ability to return to their ancestral homelands. 
D)  immediate representation in the U.S. Congress. 
E)  All these answers are correct. 
A)  an end to slavery. 
B)  an end to slavery and the acquisition of legal rights and opportunities that would allow them to live as did whites. 
C)  the ability to return to their ancestral homelands. 
D)  immediate representation in the U.S. Congress. 
E)  All these answers are correct.

Exam 15: Reconstruction and the New South

The Wade-Davis Bill sought to make it more difficult than Lincoln desired for those states which had left the Union to return.

Democrats restored to power in the South were known variously as the "________" or the "Bourbons."

The Tenure of Office Act

Tenant farming increased significantly in the South in the two decades following Reconstruction.

At the end of the Civil War, the number of slaves that emerged from bondage was

IdaB. Wells was a black journalist who was most concerned about stopping the practice of ________ in the late nineteenth-century South.

Grandfather laws established that

During Reconstruction, the Southern school system

How did Lincoln's plan differ from those of the Radical Republicans?

As president, Andrew Johnson

In 1868, President Andrew Johnson was impeached because he

The Panic of 1873

In what ways did Reconstruction succeed? In what ways did it fail? What has been its legacy?

As Republicans planned for Reconstruction,

State expenditures by Southern governments during Reconstruction were large, but only in comparison with the meager state budgets of the pre-Civil War years.

In the South during the last twenty years of the nineteenth century,

During Reconstruction, regarding land ownership in the South,

Virginia, Texas, and Mississippi were among the first states to comply with congressional Reconstruction.

Which of the following statements about the end of Reconstruction is accurate?

In 1865, Southern blacks defined "freedom" as

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