Question 1

Segregation of the races in the late nineteenth-century South resulted in declining violence against blacks.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

After the Civil War, most black agricultural workers toiled as tenants of white landowners and were known as ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of After the Civil War, most black agricultural...

Question 3

President Johnson was impeached, but not convicted.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

During Reconstruction, Southern African American officeholders

Accepted Answer

A)  filled as many as five seats in the United States Senate. 
B)  were excluded from state constitutional conventions. 
C)  did not serve in the federal Congress or Senate. 
D)  rarely engaged in illegal political activities. 
E)  underrepresented the total number of blacks living in the South. 
A)  filled as many as five seats in the United States Senate. 
B)  were excluded from state constitutional conventions. 
C)  did not serve in the federal Congress or Senate. 
D)  rarely engaged in illegal political activities. 
E)  underrepresented the total number of blacks living in the South.

Question 5

Compare the conditions of black Americans living in the South in the 1850s with the those of the 1870s.

Accepted Answer

In the 1850s, the conditions of black Am

Question 6

Black sharecropping

Accepted Answer

A)  represented a continuation of the pre-Civil War gang-labor system. 
B)  differed sharply from the tenant system. 
C)  usually led to economic independence. 
D)  was a very common occupation of former slaves. 
E)  involved close white supervision, which recalled the days of slavery. 
A)  represented a continuation of the pre-Civil War gang-labor system. 
B)  differed sharply from the tenant system. 
C)  usually led to economic independence. 
D)  was a very common occupation of former slaves. 
E)  involved close white supervision, which recalled the days of slavery.

Question 7

In the South as a whole, the percentage of black officeholders during Reconstruction was always far lower than the percentage of blacks in the population.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The Fourteenth Amendment offered the first constitutional definition of ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The Fourteenth Amendment offered the first constitutional...

Question 9

Even after the military fall of the South, Lincoln continued to insist that the Confederate government had no legal right to exist.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Spokesmen for the New South advocated industrial development for the South, but seldom challenged white supremacy in the process.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

As president, Rutherford B. Hayes

Accepted Answer

A)  refused to make political compromises with Democrats. 
B)  promised to serve only one term. 
C)  helped to unify Republicans and Democrats. 
D)  called for a modest expansion of Reconstruction programs. 
E)  promised to take the South back from the "Redeemers." 
A)  refused to make political compromises with Democrats. 
B)  promised to serve only one term. 
C)  helped to unify Republicans and Democrats. 
D)  called for a modest expansion of Reconstruction programs. 
E)  promised to take the South back from the "Redeemers."

Question 12

Without the support of black voters in 1868, Ulysses S. Grant would have had only a minority of the popular vote.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The Supreme Court struck down restrictive voting laws, such as literacy tests, and upheld black voting rights in the late nineteenth century.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Reconstruction was neither a vicious tyranny, as white Southerners charged, nor a thoroughgoing reform, as many Northerners claimed.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

During Reconstruction, though the black share of profits were rising, the total profits of Southern agriculture were declining.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The Panic of 1873 began with the failure of a leading investment banking firm, ________.

Accepted Answer

Jay Cooke

Question 17

During Reconstruction, black family roles soon came to resemble similar roles within white families.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Why was Andrew Johnson impeached? Did he deserve to be removed from office?

Accepted Answer

Andrew Johnson was impeached by the Hous

Question 19

After the Civil War was over, African Americans responded by leaving plantations in massive numbers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

By the 1890s, voting percentages in the South had

Accepted Answer

A)  increased for blacks only. 
B)  increased for whites only. 
C)  declined for blacks only. 
D)  increased for whites and declined for blacks. 
E)  decreased for both whites and blacks. 
A)  increased for blacks only. 
B)  increased for whites only. 
C)  declined for blacks only. 
D)  increased for whites and declined for blacks. 
E)  decreased for both whites and blacks.

Exam 15: Reconstruction and the New South

Segregation of the races in the late nineteenth-century South resulted in declining violence against blacks.

After the Civil War, most black agricultural workers toiled as tenants of white landowners and were known as ________.

President Johnson was impeached, but not convicted.

During Reconstruction, Southern African American officeholders

Compare the conditions of black Americans living in the South in the 1850s with the those of the 1870s.

Black sharecropping

In the South as a whole, the percentage of black officeholders during Reconstruction was always far lower than the percentage of blacks in the population.

The Fourteenth Amendment offered the first constitutional definition of ________.

Even after the military fall of the South, Lincoln continued to insist that the Confederate government had no legal right to exist.

Spokesmen for the New South advocated industrial development for the South, but seldom challenged white supremacy in the process.

As president, Rutherford B. Hayes

Without the support of black voters in 1868, Ulysses S. Grant would have had only a minority of the popular vote.

The Supreme Court struck down restrictive voting laws, such as literacy tests, and upheld black voting rights in the late nineteenth century.

Reconstruction was neither a vicious tyranny, as white Southerners charged, nor a thoroughgoing reform, as many Northerners claimed.

During Reconstruction, though the black share of profits were rising, the total profits of Southern agriculture were declining.

The Panic of 1873 began with the failure of a leading investment banking firm, ________.

During Reconstruction, black family roles soon came to resemble similar roles within white families.

Why was Andrew Johnson impeached? Did he deserve to be removed from office?

After the Civil War was over, African Americans responded by leaving plantations in massive numbers.

By the 1890s, voting percentages in the South had

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