Question 1

Anything less than ________ for African-Americans would betray the Civil War's meaning, black spokesmen insisted.

Accepted Answer

A)  new southern railroads 
B)  full citizenship 
C)  woman suffrage 
D)  farming jobs 
E)  due process 
A)  new southern railroads 
B)  full citizenship 
C)  woman suffrage 
D)  farming jobs 
E)  due process

Question 2

What was the northern vision for the Reconstruction-era southern economy?

Accepted Answer

A)  to give free blacks the same employment opportunities as northern workers 
B)  to reduce northern investments in the South and bring all freedmen into northern cities 
C)  to abolish the Freedmen's Bureau and ban all migrants 
D)  to use sharecropping as the main labor system in both the North and the South 
E)  to help make the South's economy surpass the North's in productivity and profit 
A)  to give free blacks the same employment opportunities as northern workers 
B)  to reduce northern investments in the South and bring all freedmen into northern cities 
C)  to abolish the Freedmen's Bureau and ban all migrants 
D)  to use sharecropping as the main labor system in both the North and the South 
E)  to help make the South's economy surpass the North's in productivity and profit

Question 3

Which of the following statements accurately describes white yeoman (small) farmers?

Accepted Answer

A)  Most white yeoman farmers became more self-sufficient after the Civil War. 
B)  Many who were sharecroppers before the war became landowners after the war. 
C)  Most white yeoman farmers grew a lot of cotton before the war but very little cotton after the war. 
D)  Most white yeoman farmers were able to keep their land after the war and avoid cotton farming. 
E)  After the war, many white yeoman farmers went into debt, lost their farms, and became sharecroppers as a result. 
A)  Most white yeoman farmers became more self-sufficient after the Civil War. 
B)  Many who were sharecroppers before the war became landowners after the war. 
C)  Most white yeoman farmers grew a lot of cotton before the war but very little cotton after the war. 
D)  Most white yeoman farmers were able to keep their land after the war and avoid cotton farming. 
E)  After the war, many white yeoman farmers went into debt, lost their farms, and became sharecroppers as a result.

Question 4

What did freedom mean for the ex-slaves? Be sure to address economic opportunities, gender roles, religious independence, and family security.

Accepted Answer

For the ex-slaves, freedom meant a new o

Question 5

One of the most divisive issues during the Reconstruction period was the meaning of "freedom" and "citizenship." Did this debate reach some closure during the Reconstruction period? Why or why not? Be sure to summarize the opinions of different social and political groups that dominated the national agenda during this period.

Accepted Answer

The debate over the meaning of "freedom"

Question 6

How do historians frequently perceive the laws and amendments introduced to the Constitution during Reconstruction?

Accepted Answer

A)  as unchanged from existing structures 
B)  as equivalent to a second founding of America 
C)  as entirely detrimental to blacks' rights 
D)  as superficial, with little impact on the status of blacks 
E)  as focused entirely on labor rights 
A)  as unchanged from existing structures 
B)  as equivalent to a second founding of America 
C)  as entirely detrimental to blacks' rights 
D)  as superficial, with little impact on the status of blacks 
E)  as focused entirely on labor rights

Question 7

While Republicans were in power in the South, they established the region's first state-supported public schools.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Radical Republicans

Accepted Answer

A)  hoped to institutionalize the principle of equal rights for all, regardless of race. 
B)  believed it was necessary to reduce federal power in order to establish and protect civil rights. 
C)  all supported Thaddeus Stevens's land distribution proposal. 
D)  voted against the Fourteenth Amendment. 
E)  opposed the Reconstruction Act. 
A)  hoped to institutionalize the principle of equal rights for all, regardless of race. 
B)  believed it was necessary to reduce federal power in order to establish and protect civil rights. 
C)  all supported Thaddeus Stevens's land distribution proposal. 
D)  voted against the Fourteenth Amendment. 
E)  opposed the Reconstruction Act.

Question 9

The Freedmen's Bureau presaged some government social policies that would be enacted during the Great Depression.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

White southern Democrats considered scalawags traitors to both their party and their race.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Which denominations had the largest followings among blacks after the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

A)  Anglican and Catholic 
B)  Congregational and Presbyterian 
C)  Methodist and Baptist 
D)  Lutheran and Methodist 
E)  Episcopal and Baptist 
A)  Anglican and Catholic 
B)  Congregational and Presbyterian 
C)  Methodist and Baptist 
D)  Lutheran and Methodist 
E)  Episcopal and Baptist

Question 12

White farmers in the late nineteenth-century South

Accepted Answer

A)  by and large owned their own land. 
B)  included many sharecroppers involved in the crop-lien system. 
C)  refused to grow cotton because it had been a "slave crop." 
D)  were all enormously prosperous following the end of the Civil War. 
E)  saw their debts decrease as crop prices went up from 1870 to 1900. 
A)  by and large owned their own land. 
B)  included many sharecroppers involved in the crop-lien system. 
C)  refused to grow cotton because it had been a "slave crop." 
D)  were all enormously prosperous following the end of the Civil War. 
E)  saw their debts decrease as crop prices went up from 1870 to 1900.

Question 13

After the Civil War, which territory became the first to allow women to vote?

Accepted Answer

A)  North Carolina 
B)  Wyoming 
C)  Chicago 
D)  California 
E)  Massachusetts 
A)  North Carolina 
B)  Wyoming 
C)  Chicago 
D)  California 
E)  Massachusetts

Question 14

Why did Radical Republicans believe that Andrew Johnson would support their agenda? Why was Johnson ultimately unable to lend his support to the Civil Rights Act of 1866 or to the Fourteenth Amendment?

Accepted Answer

The Radical Republicans believed that An

Question 15

What was ironic about the election of Andrew Johnson?

Accepted Answer

A)  He was the first slaveholder to become president. 
B)  A man from a state that had seceded was now president. 
C)  An illiterate man was president. 
D)  A Ku Klux Klan leader ascended to the presidency. 
E)  Abraham Lincoln now regretted choosing Andrew Johnson as his vice president. 
A)  He was the first slaveholder to become president. 
B)  A man from a state that had seceded was now president. 
C)  An illiterate man was president. 
D)  A Ku Klux Klan leader ascended to the presidency. 
E)  Abraham Lincoln now regretted choosing Andrew Johnson as his vice president.

Question 16

During Reconstruction, what new southern class arose due to the building of new railroads?

Accepted Answer

A)  sharecroppers 
B)  an urban middle class 
C)  poor farmers 
D)  plantation owners 
E)  political radicals 
A)  sharecroppers 
B)  an urban middle class 
C)  poor farmers 
D)  plantation owners 
E)  political radicals

Question 17

Because of land redistribution, the vast majority of rural freedmen and freedwomen prospered during Reconstruction.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The debate surrounding the creation and ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment divided one-time political allies over the matter of women's suffrage. What were the arguments for and against including a woman's right to vote in the Fifteenth Amendment? What did this debate say about the boundaries of freedom defined by Reconstruction?

Accepted Answer

The arguments for including a woman's ri

Question 19

The bloodiest act of violence during Reconstruction took place in ________ in 1873, where armed whites killed hundreds of former slaves, including fifty militia members who had surrendered.

Accepted Answer

A)  York County, South Carolina, 
B)  Marietta, Georgia, 
C)  Lynchburg, Virginia, 
D)  Colfax, Louisiana, 
E)  Guilford County, North Carolina, 
A)  York County, South Carolina, 
B)  Marietta, Georgia, 
C)  Lynchburg, Virginia, 
D)  Colfax, Louisiana, 
E)  Guilford County, North Carolina,

Question 20

During Reconstruction, those like Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucy Stone who supported a woman's right to vote

Accepted Answer

A)  all endorsed the Fifteenth Amendment even though it did not guarantee female suffrage. 
B)  all opposed the Fifteenth Amendment because it did not guarantee female suffrage. 
C)  found themselves divided over whether to support the Fifteenth Amendment. 
D)  strongly supported the Fifteenth Amendment because it guaranteed female suffrage. 
E)  refused to take a position on the Fifteenth Amendment because it did not define citizenship. 
A)  all endorsed the Fifteenth Amendment even though it did not guarantee female suffrage. 
B)  all opposed the Fifteenth Amendment because it did not guarantee female suffrage. 
C)  found themselves divided over whether to support the Fifteenth Amendment. 
D)  strongly supported the Fifteenth Amendment because it guaranteed female suffrage. 
E)  refused to take a position on the Fifteenth Amendment because it did not define citizenship.

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

Anything less than ________ for African-Americans would betray the Civil War's meaning, black spokesmen insisted.

What was the northern vision for the Reconstruction-era southern economy?

Which of the following statements accurately describes white yeoman (small) farmers?

What did freedom mean for the ex-slaves? Be sure to address economic opportunities, gender roles, religious independence, and family security.

How do historians frequently perceive the laws and amendments introduced to the Constitution during Reconstruction?

While Republicans were in power in the South, they established the region's first state-supported public schools.

Radical Republicans

The Freedmen's Bureau presaged some government social policies that would be enacted during the Great Depression.

White southern Democrats considered scalawags traitors to both their party and their race.

Which denominations had the largest followings among blacks after the Civil War?

White farmers in the late nineteenth-century South

After the Civil War, which territory became the first to allow women to vote?

Why did Radical Republicans believe that Andrew Johnson would support their agenda? Why was Johnson ultimately unable to lend his support to the Civil Rights Act of 1866 or to the Fourteenth Amendment?

What was ironic about the election of Andrew Johnson?

During Reconstruction, what new southern class arose due to the building of new railroads?

Because of land redistribution, the vast majority of rural freedmen and freedwomen prospered during Reconstruction.

The bloodiest act of violence during Reconstruction took place in ________ in 1873, where armed whites killed hundreds of former slaves, including fifty militia members who had surrendered.

During Reconstruction, those like Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucy Stone who supported a woman's right to vote

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