Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Alexander Stephens

Accepted Answer

Alexander Stephens (1812–1883) was an Am

Question 2

In President Andrew Johnson's view, the Freedmen's Bureau was

Accepted Answer

A) a flawed but necessary agency. 
B) acceptable only because it also helped poor whites. 
C) a tolerable compromise with the radical Congress. 
D) a potential source of Republican patronage jobs. 
E) a meddlesome federal agency in the South that should be killed. 
A) a flawed but necessary agency. 
B) acceptable only because it also helped poor whites. 
C) a tolerable compromise with the radical Congress. 
D) a potential source of Republican patronage jobs. 
E) a meddlesome federal agency in the South that should be killed.

Question 3

​Why did women fail to win the right to vote, despite the enactment of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments? What were the short-term and long-term political implications of this disappointing political defeat suffered by advocates of women's rights during the Reconstruction era?

Accepted Answer

Women failed to win the right to vote de

Question 4

A primary motive for the formation of the Ku Klux Klan was

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A) hostility to the growing practice of interracial sexual relations and marriage. 
B) anger at the corruption in Reconstruction legislatures. 
C) the southern desire to instigate guerrilla warfare against the occupying U.S.Army. 
D) political disenfranchisement experienced by poor whites in the South. 
E) white resistance in the South to constitutional and federal legislative attempts to empower blacks politically and challenge white supremacy. 
A) hostility to the growing practice of interracial sexual relations and marriage. 
B) anger at the corruption in Reconstruction legislatures. 
C) the southern desire to instigate guerrilla warfare against the occupying U.S.Army. 
D) political disenfranchisement experienced by poor whites in the South. 
E) white resistance in the South to constitutional and federal legislative attempts to empower blacks politically and challenge white supremacy.

Question 5

Many feminist leaders were deeply disappointed with the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments because they

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A) gave white women but not black women the right to vote. 
B) failed to give women the right to serve on juries. 
C) contained restrictions on ex-Confederates but not on male supremacists. 
D) failed to define what constituted equal national citizenship. 
E) gave national citizenship rights and voting rights to African American males but not to white or black women. 
A) gave white women but not black women the right to vote. 
B) failed to give women the right to serve on juries. 
C) contained restrictions on ex-Confederates but not on male supremacists. 
D) failed to define what constituted equal national citizenship. 
E) gave national citizenship rights and voting rights to African American males but not to white or black women.

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Fifteenth Amendment

Accepted Answer

The Fifteenth Amendment to the United St

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Andrew Johnson

Accepted Answer

Andrew Johnson was the 17th President of

Question 8

For congressional Republicans, one of the most troubling aspects of the Southern states' quick restoration to the Union was that

Accepted Answer

A) with the black population fully counted, the South would be stronger than ever in national politics and Democrats could possibly regain control of Congress in the near future. 
B) President Johnson would likely be defeated in the 1868 presidential election. 
C) the majority white South might be represented by black Congressmen. 
D) a high tariff might be reinstituted. 
E) None of these choices are correct. 
A) with the black population fully counted, the South would be stronger than ever in national politics and Democrats could possibly regain control of Congress in the near future. 
B) President Johnson would likely be defeated in the 1868 presidential election. 
C) the majority white South might be represented by black Congressmen. 
D) a high tariff might be reinstituted. 
E) None of these choices are correct.

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Ku Klux Klan

Accepted Answer

The Ku Klux Klan, often abbreviated as t

Question 10

Some historians have argued that Reconstruction was a total failure, while others have seen it as laying the foundation for future American progress in race relations and civil rights. What arguments can be made for each position? Which is more persuasive?

Accepted Answer

The argument that Reconstruction was a t

Question 11

How did freed slaves respond to Reconstruction? How did freedom affect the economic, social, and political life of former slaves? In what ways was their freedom still incomplete?

Accepted Answer

Freed slaves responded to Reconstruction

Question 12

The political controversy surrounding the Wade-Davis Bill and the readmission of the Confederate states to the Union demonstrated

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A) the deep differences between President Lincoln and Congress concerning the political conditions and terms of Reconstruction. 
B) the close ties that were developing between President Lincoln and the Democrats over Reconstruction issues. 
C) President Lincoln's desire for a harsh Reconstruction plan. 
D) that a Congressional majority believed that the South had never legally left the Union. 
E) the Republicans' division about whether readmitting the Confederate states to the Union was wise, regardless of the stringent readmission conditions specified in the Wade-Davis legislation. 
A) the deep differences between President Lincoln and Congress concerning the political conditions and terms of Reconstruction. 
B) the close ties that were developing between President Lincoln and the Democrats over Reconstruction issues. 
C) President Lincoln's desire for a harsh Reconstruction plan. 
D) that a Congressional majority believed that the South had never legally left the Union. 
E) the Republicans' division about whether readmitting the Confederate states to the Union was wise, regardless of the stringent readmission conditions specified in the Wade-Davis legislation.

Question 13

There are several examples in American history of rapid reconciliation with the defeated foe. Why didn't the South receive this sympathetic treatment in Reconstruction? Who or what do you fault for the harshness of Southern Reconstruction? Why?

Accepted Answer

The lack of sympathetic treatment toward

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​Edwin M. Stanton

Accepted Answer

Edwin M. Stanton (1814-1869) was an Amer

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Fourteenth Amendment

Accepted Answer

The Fourteenth Amendment to the United S

Question 16

Political corruption during Reconstruction was

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A) primarily the fault of white carpetbaggers and scalawags. 
B) located in the North. 
C) common in both North and South. 
D) present in all Southern states except South Carolina and Louisiana. 
E) almost entirely conducted by blacks. 
A) primarily the fault of white carpetbaggers and scalawags. 
B) located in the North. 
C) common in both North and South. 
D) present in all Southern states except South Carolina and Louisiana. 
E) almost entirely conducted by blacks.

Question 17

Compare and contrast Lincoln's, Johnson's, and Congress's plans for Reconstruction. Cite what was included and what was omitted. Which program do you think was the best plan for the nation and the best plan for blacks in the South? Defend your choices.

Accepted Answer

Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction, known

Question 18

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-Congress objected to the readmission of Southern states to the Union under Johnson's plan because

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A) the states had adopted Black Codes that limited the civil rights of freed slaves. 
B) the states had been readmitted without consultation with Congress. 
C) many former Confederates were elected to high political office in those states. 
D) it feared that the restored South would be stronger than ever in national politics. 
E) they feared that the South would just secede again if it didn't get its way. 
A) the states had adopted Black Codes that limited the civil rights of freed slaves. 
B) the states had been readmitted without consultation with Congress. 
C) many former Confederates were elected to high political office in those states. 
D) it feared that the restored South would be stronger than ever in national politics. 
E) they feared that the South would just secede again if it didn't get its way.

Question 19

Johnson's veto of the Civil Rights Bill of 1866 prompted Congress to seek passage of

Accepted Answer

A) the Thirteenth Amendment. 
B) an extension of the Freedmen's Bureau. 
C) an act to overturn the Black Codes. 
D) the Fourteenth Amendment. 
E) articles of impeachment against Johnson. 
A) the Thirteenth Amendment. 
B) an extension of the Freedmen's Bureau. 
C) an act to overturn the Black Codes. 
D) the Fourteenth Amendment. 
E) articles of impeachment against Johnson.

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-sharecropping

Accepted Answer

Sharecropping is a system of agriculture

Exam 22: The Ordeal of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Alexander Stephens

In President Andrew Johnson's view, the Freedmen's Bureau was

​Why did women fail to win the right to vote, despite the enactment of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments? What were the short-term and long-term political implications of this disappointing political defeat suffered by advocates of women's rights during the Reconstruction era?

A primary motive for the formation of the Ku Klux Klan was

Many feminist leaders were deeply disappointed with the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments because they

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Fifteenth Amendment

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Andrew Johnson

For congressional Republicans, one of the most troubling aspects of the Southern states' quick restoration to the Union was that

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Ku Klux Klan

Some historians have argued that Reconstruction was a total failure, while others have seen it as laying the foundation for future American progress in race relations and civil rights. What arguments can be made for each position? Which is more persuasive?

How did freed slaves respond to Reconstruction? How did freedom affect the economic, social, and political life of former slaves? In what ways was their freedom still incomplete?

The political controversy surrounding the Wade-Davis Bill and the readmission of the Confederate states to the Union demonstrated

There are several examples in American history of rapid reconciliation with the defeated foe. Why didn't the South receive this sympathetic treatment in Reconstruction? Who or what do you fault for the harshness of Southern Reconstruction? Why?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​Edwin M. Stanton

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Fourteenth Amendment

Political corruption during Reconstruction was

Compare and contrast Lincoln's, Johnson's, and Congress's plans for Reconstruction. Cite what was included and what was omitted. Which program do you think was the best plan for the nation and the best plan for blacks in the South? Defend your choices.

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -Congress objected to the readmission of Southern states to the Union under Johnson's plan because

Johnson's veto of the Civil Rights Bill of 1866 prompted Congress to seek passage of

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -sharecropping

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Why did women fail to win the right to vote, despite the enactment of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments? What were the short-term and long-term political implications of this disappointing political defeat suffered by advocates of women's rights during the Reconstruction era?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Edwin M. Stanton

Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -Congress objected to the readmission of Southern states to the Union under Johnson's plan because