Question 1

The Enforcement Acts

Accepted Answer

A)  drove the Ku Klux Klan out of existence in 1872. 
B)  ended terrorism in the South for the rest of Reconstruction. 
C)  were not really used by President Grant until 1875, when he stepped up efforts to protect polling places. 
D)  were used by state governments to enforce the terms of sharecropping contracts. 
E)  prevented immigration into the former Confederate states. 
A)  drove the Ku Klux Klan out of existence in 1872. 
B)  ended terrorism in the South for the rest of Reconstruction. 
C)  were not really used by President Grant until 1875, when he stepped up efforts to protect polling places. 
D)  were used by state governments to enforce the terms of sharecropping contracts. 
E)  prevented immigration into the former Confederate states.

Question 2

What did Andrew Johnson focus on with his Reconstruction plan?

Accepted Answer

A)  issuing presidential pardons 
B)  building railroads in the South 
C)  securing the individual rights of African-Americans 
D)  creating a biracial government 
E)  limiting immigration 
A)  issuing presidential pardons 
B)  building railroads in the South 
C)  securing the individual rights of African-Americans 
D)  creating a biracial government 
E)  limiting immigration

Question 3

For most former slaves, freedom first and foremost meant

Accepted Answer

A)  voting rights. 
B)  landownership. 
C)  political freedom. 
D)  education. 
E)  immediate relocation to the North. 
A)  voting rights. 
B)  landownership. 
C)  political freedom. 
D)  education. 
E)  immediate relocation to the North.

The Enforcement Acts

What did Andrew Johnson focus on with his Reconstruction plan?

For most former slaves, freedom first and foremost meant

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Securing the Republic, 1790-1815

The Market Revolution, 1800-1840

Democracy in America, 1815-1840

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An Age of Reform, 1820-1840

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Freedoms Boundaries, at Home and Abroad, 1890-1900

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An Affluent Society, 1953-1960

The Sixties, 1960-1968

The Conservative Turn, 1969-1988

From Triumph to Tragedy, 1989-2004

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

The Enforcement Acts

What did Andrew Johnson focus on with his Reconstruction plan?

For most former slaves, freedom first and foremost meant

A New World

Beginnings of English America, 1607-1660

Creating Anglo-America, 1660-1750

Slavery, Freedom, and the Struggle for Empire to 1763

The American Revolution, 1763-1783

The Revolution Within

Founding a Nation, 1783-1791

Securing the Republic, 1790-1815

The Market Revolution, 1800-1840

Democracy in America, 1815-1840

The Peculiar Institution

An Age of Reform, 1820-1840

A House Divided, 1840-1861

A New Birth of Freedom: the Civil War, 1861-1865

Americas Gilded Age, 1870-1890

Freedoms Boundaries, at Home and Abroad, 1890-1900

The Progressive Era, 1900-1916

Safe for Democracy: the United States and World War I, 1916-1920

From Business Culture to Great Depression: The Twenties, 1920-1932

The New Deal, 1932-1940

Fighting for the Four Freedoms: World War II, 1941-1945

The United States and the Cold War, 1945-1953

An Affluent Society, 1953-1960

The Sixties, 1960-1968

The Conservative Turn, 1969-1988

From Triumph to Tragedy, 1989-2004

A Divided Nation

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