Question 1

The most ambitious and cherished-but least successful-of Thaddeus Stevens's aims as a Radical Republican was

Accepted Answer

A)  land reform. 
B)  black suffrage. 
C)  federal protection of civil rights. 
D)  public education. 
E)  reunification of the Union. 
A)  land reform. 
B)  black suffrage. 
C)  federal protection of civil rights. 
D)  public education. 
E)  reunification of the Union. A

Question 2

Why did Andrew Johnson veto the Civil Rights Bill of 1866?

Accepted Answer

A)  He argued it discriminated against blacks. 
B)  He argued that blacks did not deserve the right of citizenship. 
C)  He argued it gave too much power to the states. 
D)  He argued it was incompatible with the Thirteenth Amendment. 
E)  He argued it did not follow the appropriate congressional procedure. 
A)  He argued it discriminated against blacks. 
B)  He argued that blacks did not deserve the right of citizenship. 
C)  He argued it gave too much power to the states. 
D)  He argued it was incompatible with the Thirteenth Amendment. 
E)  He argued it did not follow the appropriate congressional procedure. B

Question 3

The Prostrate State depicts

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A)  an ailing slave who is unable to live long enough to see emancipation. 
B)  South Carolina under allegedly corrupt Negro rule during Reconstruction. 
C)  an economically weak South unable to contribute to the national economy. 
D)  a terrorized black community during the reign of the Ku Klux Klan. 
E)  an apathetic Congress that has given up on Reconstruction after 1870. 
A)  an ailing slave who is unable to live long enough to see emancipation. 
B)  South Carolina under allegedly corrupt Negro rule during Reconstruction. 
C)  an economically weak South unable to contribute to the national economy. 
D)  a terrorized black community during the reign of the Ku Klux Klan. 
E)  an apathetic Congress that has given up on Reconstruction after 1870. B

Question 4

During Reconstruction, blacks could only get an education inside the classroom.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which of the following statements accurately describes the Freedmen's Bureau?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was overstaffed, especially in the South. 
B)  It assisted northern societies committed to black education. 
C)  It lasted as an organization until the New Deal of the 1930s. 
D)  It focused on distributing land among black families. 
E)  It presented few new ideas or approaches and focused too much on the past. 
A)  It was overstaffed, especially in the South. 
B)  It assisted northern societies committed to black education. 
C)  It lasted as an organization until the New Deal of the 1930s. 
D)  It focused on distributing land among black families. 
E)  It presented few new ideas or approaches and focused too much on the past.

Question 6

The Reconstruction amendments toppled the ideals of what Supreme Court decision?

Accepted Answer

A)  Gibbons v. Ogden 
B)  Dred Scott v. Sandford 
C)  Fletcher v. Peck 
D)  Marbury v. Madison 
E)  McCulloch v. Maryland 
A)  Gibbons v. Ogden 
B)  Dred Scott v. Sandford 
C)  Fletcher v. Peck 
D)  Marbury v. Madison 
E)  McCulloch v. Maryland

Question 7

What early 1868 action by Andrew Johnson sparked his impeachment by the U.S. House of Representatives?

Accepted Answer

A)  He fired Secretary of State William Seward, an ally of Radical Republicans. 
B)  He vetoed a bill to extend the life of the Freedmen's Bureau. 
C)  He bribed a Republican senator to support his Reconstruction policies. 
D)  He defiantly released a letter showing he had given support to the Confederacy in 1863. 
E)  He allegedly violated the Tenure of Office Act. 
A)  He fired Secretary of State William Seward, an ally of Radical Republicans. 
B)  He vetoed a bill to extend the life of the Freedmen's Bureau. 
C)  He bribed a Republican senator to support his Reconstruction policies. 
D)  He defiantly released a letter showing he had given support to the Confederacy in 1863. 
E)  He allegedly violated the Tenure of Office Act.

Question 8

During Radical Reconstruction, Republican governments in the South

Accepted Answer

A)  passed laws to ensure plantation owners had the first claim on harvested crops. 
B)  created the region's first state-funded systems of free public education. 
C)  reestablished property requirements for voting. 
D)  attracted the votes of most former Confederates who had supported the Democratic Party. 
E)  generally reduced the number of public institutions and services. 
A)  passed laws to ensure plantation owners had the first claim on harvested crops. 
B)  created the region's first state-funded systems of free public education. 
C)  reestablished property requirements for voting. 
D)  attracted the votes of most former Confederates who had supported the Democratic Party. 
E)  generally reduced the number of public institutions and services.

Question 9

The Civil Rights Act of 1866 became the first major law in American history to be passed over a presidential veto.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Who were the Redeemers, what did they want, and what were their methods? How did the Redeemers feel that their freedom was being threatened by Radical Reconstruction? Conclude your with a comment on how you think the federal government should have responded to the Redeemers.

Accepted Answer

The Redeemers were a political coalition

Question 11

Was Reconstruction a success or a failure? Or was it something in between? In your response, consider land policy, key legislation during Presidential and Radical Reconstruction, southern politics, racial and political violence, and northern "fatigue" with Reconstruction. Be sure to make clear what you mean by success and failure.

Accepted Answer

Reconstruction was a complex and multifa

Question 12

Black officeholders during Reconstruction

Accepted Answer

A)  were extremely rare. 
B)  were entirely carpetbaggers and scalawags. 
C)  helped ensure a degree of fairness for African-American citizens. 
D)  were limited to local offices. 
E)  demonstrated that whites had lost all of their political power in the South. 
A)  were extremely rare. 
B)  were entirely carpetbaggers and scalawags. 
C)  helped ensure a degree of fairness for African-American citizens. 
D)  were limited to local offices. 
E)  demonstrated that whites had lost all of their political power in the South.

Question 13

By the time the Union was restored in 1870, the southern states had Democratic majorities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The crop-lien system

Accepted Answer

A)  applied only to African-American farmers, as white farmers rarely grew cotton after the war. 
B)  grew more desirable and attracted more workers as farm prices increased in the 1870s. 
C)  enabled yeoman farmers to continue to function under the same system as before the Civil War. 
D)  annoyed bankers and merchants who resented how it made them dependent on farmers. 
E)  kept many sharecroppers in a state of constant debt and poverty. 
A)  applied only to African-American farmers, as white farmers rarely grew cotton after the war. 
B)  grew more desirable and attracted more workers as farm prices increased in the 1870s. 
C)  enabled yeoman farmers to continue to function under the same system as before the Civil War. 
D)  annoyed bankers and merchants who resented how it made them dependent on farmers. 
E)  kept many sharecroppers in a state of constant debt and poverty.

Question 15

Southern Republicans during Reconstruction

Accepted Answer

A)  excluded former Confederates from their ranks. 
B)  established the South's first state-supported schools. 
C)  redistributed most former plantation lands to freedmen and poor whites. 
D)  helped elect African-American governors in four states. 
E)  ran the most corrupt governments in American history. 
A)  excluded former Confederates from their ranks. 
B)  established the South's first state-supported schools. 
C)  redistributed most former plantation lands to freedmen and poor whites. 
D)  helped elect African-American governors in four states. 
E)  ran the most corrupt governments in American history.

Question 16

James Pike's The Prostrate State was in support of the black Republican governments in the South during Reconstruction.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The idea that change comes slowly can be evidenced by what event during Reconstruction?

Accepted Answer

A)  After the Civil War, most slaves had to wait a long time to escape their masters. 
B)  Women were excluded from the suffrage amendment. 
C)  African-Americans were denied membership in churches. 
D)  African-Americans did not get elected to political offices. 
E)  African-Americans had no interest in having their own businesses. 
A)  After the Civil War, most slaves had to wait a long time to escape their masters. 
B)  Women were excluded from the suffrage amendment. 
C)  African-Americans were denied membership in churches. 
D)  African-Americans did not get elected to political offices. 
E)  African-Americans had no interest in having their own businesses.

Question 18

For the 1868 Democratic presidential ticket, Horatio Seymour and Francis Blair Jr. had a campaign motto of

Accepted Answer

A)  "Liberty, Equality, and the Southern Way." 
B)  "Forgive and Heal. White and Black Men Should Work Together." 
C)  "Civil Rights for All." 
D)  "This Is a White Man's Country. Let White Men Rule." 
E)  "I 'See More' Peace and Prosperity Ahead with Real Reconstruction." 
A)  "Liberty, Equality, and the Southern Way." 
B)  "Forgive and Heal. White and Black Men Should Work Together." 
C)  "Civil Rights for All." 
D)  "This Is a White Man's Country. Let White Men Rule." 
E)  "I 'See More' Peace and Prosperity Ahead with Real Reconstruction."

Question 19

General William T. Sherman's Special Field Order 15

Accepted Answer

A)  offered black soldiers' widows survivors' pensions. 
B)  allowed emancipated slaves to roam freely across U.S. territory. 
C)  gave freed slaves the right to settle in New York. 
D)  set aside land to distribute among black families. 
E)  conferred honors on the soldiers who had fought beside him. 
A)  offered black soldiers' widows survivors' pensions. 
B)  allowed emancipated slaves to roam freely across U.S. territory. 
C)  gave freed slaves the right to settle in New York. 
D)  set aside land to distribute among black families. 
E)  conferred honors on the soldiers who had fought beside him.

Question 20

The Senate, following the House's impeachment vote, removed Andrew Johnson from office.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 15: What Is Freedom: Reconstruction, 1865-1877

The most ambitious and cherished-but least successful-of Thaddeus Stevens's aims as a Radical Republican was

Why did Andrew Johnson veto the Civil Rights Bill of 1866?

The Prostrate State depicts

During Reconstruction, blacks could only get an education inside the classroom.

Which of the following statements accurately describes the Freedmen's Bureau?

The Reconstruction amendments toppled the ideals of what Supreme Court decision?

What early 1868 action by Andrew Johnson sparked his impeachment by the U.S. House of Representatives?

During Radical Reconstruction, Republican governments in the South

The Civil Rights Act of 1866 became the first major law in American history to be passed over a presidential veto.

Who were the Redeemers, what did they want, and what were their methods? How did the Redeemers feel that their freedom was being threatened by Radical Reconstruction? Conclude your with a comment on how you think the federal government should have responded to the Redeemers.

Black officeholders during Reconstruction

By the time the Union was restored in 1870, the southern states had Democratic majorities.

The crop-lien system

Southern Republicans during Reconstruction

James Pike's The Prostrate State was in support of the black Republican governments in the South during Reconstruction.

The idea that change comes slowly can be evidenced by what event during Reconstruction?

For the 1868 Democratic presidential ticket, Horatio Seymour and Francis Blair Jr. had a campaign motto of

General William T. Sherman's Special Field Order 15

The Senate, following the House's impeachment vote, removed Andrew Johnson from office.

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