Question 1

The incident that caused the clash between Congress and President Johnson to explode into the open in February 1866 was

Accepted Answer

A) passage of the Pacific Railroad Act. 
B) the creation of the sharecropping system. 
C) the attempt to pass the Fourteenth Amendment. 
D) the South's regaining control of the Senate. 
E) Johnson's veto of the bill to extend the Freedmen's Bureau. 
A) passage of the Pacific Railroad Act. 
B) the creation of the sharecropping system. 
C) the attempt to pass the Fourteenth Amendment. 
D) the South's regaining control of the Senate. 
E) Johnson's veto of the bill to extend the Freedmen's Bureau.

Question 2

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-Congressional Reconstruction hoped to provide and enforce basic rights and protection for the former slaves in the South through the

Accepted Answer

A) Military Reconstruction Act. 
B) Fifteenth Amendment 
C) Freedmen's Bureau Act. 
D) Fourteenth Amendment. 
E) Force Acts. 
A) Military Reconstruction Act. 
B) Fifteenth Amendment 
C) Freedmen's Bureau Act. 
D) Fourteenth Amendment. 
E) Force Acts.

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​Pacific Railroad Act

Accepted Answer

The Pacific Railroad Act, signed into la

Question 4

For Southern blacks, emancipation following the Civil War meant all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A) the ability to search for lost family. 
B) the right to get married. 
C) the opportunity to form their own churches. 
D) the opportunity for an education. 
E) maintenance in the status quo ante of the social behavior and personal relations between white Southerners and freed blacks. 
A) the ability to search for lost family. 
B) the right to get married. 
C) the opportunity to form their own churches. 
D) the opportunity for an education. 
E) maintenance in the status quo ante of the social behavior and personal relations between white Southerners and freed blacks.

Question 5

Both moderate and radical Republicans agreed that

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A) federal military and political power must be used to bring about a social and economic revolution in the South. 
B) blacks should be the foundation of the Southern Republican party. 
C) freed slaves must be granted the right to vote. 
D) Southern states should quickly be readmitted into the Union. 
E) None of these choices are correct. 
A) federal military and political power must be used to bring about a social and economic revolution in the South. 
B) blacks should be the foundation of the Southern Republican party. 
C) freed slaves must be granted the right to vote. 
D) Southern states should quickly be readmitted into the Union. 
E) None of these choices are correct.

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Civil Rights Bill

Accepted Answer

The Civil Rights Bill, more formally kno

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"radical" regimes

Accepted Answer

"Radical" regimes refer to governments o

Question 8

The goals of the Ku Klux Klan included all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A) "keep blacks in their place"; that is, subservient to whites. 
B) prevent blacks from voting. 
C) keep white "carpetbaggers" from voting. 
D) support the Force Acts of 1870 and 1871. 
E) end radical Reconstruction. 
A) "keep blacks in their place"; that is, subservient to whites. 
B) prevent blacks from voting. 
C) keep white "carpetbaggers" from voting. 
D) support the Force Acts of 1870 and 1871. 
E) end radical Reconstruction.

Question 9

The Ku Klux Klan could best be described as

Accepted Answer

A) an open political organization seeking to revive the Confederacy. 
B) the military arm of the southern Democratic party. 
C) a civic reform and service organization. 
D) a movement for openly protesting northern oppression. 
E) a secret terrorist organization seeking to subjugate and terrorize blacks in the South through violent means. 
A) an open political organization seeking to revive the Confederacy. 
B) the military arm of the southern Democratic party. 
C) a civic reform and service organization. 
D) a movement for openly protesting northern oppression. 
E) a secret terrorist organization seeking to subjugate and terrorize blacks in the South through violent means.

Question 10

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-Most radical Reconstruction regimes in the South

Accepted Answer

A) expanded the legal property rights of women. 
B) established public-school systems. 
C) were controlled by freed slaves. 
D) were troubled by graft and corruption. 
E) refused to permit southern whites to hold office. 
A) expanded the legal property rights of women. 
B) established public-school systems. 
C) were controlled by freed slaves. 
D) were troubled by graft and corruption. 
E) refused to permit southern whites to hold office.

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

Scalawags were white Southerners who sup

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-radical Republicans

Accepted Answer

Radical Republicans were a faction withi

Question 13

Even though the Force Acts and the Union Army helped suppress the Ku Klux Klan, the secret organization largely achieved its central goal of

Accepted Answer

A) driving the Union Army out of the South. 
B) preventing blacks from migrating to the West or North. 
C) keeping white carpetbaggers from voting. 
D) intimidating blacks and undermining them politically. 
E) destroying the Freedmen's Bureau. 
A) driving the Union Army out of the South. 
B) preventing blacks from migrating to the West or North. 
C) keeping white carpetbaggers from voting. 
D) intimidating blacks and undermining them politically. 
E) destroying the Freedmen's Bureau.

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Tenure of Office Act

Accepted Answer

The Tenure of Office Act was a United St

Question 15

The Fourteenth Amendment

Accepted Answer

A) failed to confer any civil rights, including citizenship on the freedmen. 
B) prohibited from federal and state office those former Confederates who as federal officeholders had once sworn to uphold the U.S.Constitution. 
C) guaranteed the freedmen the right to vote. 
D) met all the political demands of the radical Republicans. 
E) conferred a broad array of civil rights, including voting rights, on white women. 
A) failed to confer any civil rights, including citizenship on the freedmen. 
B) prohibited from federal and state office those former Confederates who as federal officeholders had once sworn to uphold the U.S.Constitution. 
C) guaranteed the freedmen the right to vote. 
D) met all the political demands of the radical Republicans. 
E) conferred a broad array of civil rights, including voting rights, on white women.

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​Union League

Accepted Answer

The Union League was a group of organiza

Question 17

Why was President Johnson impeached? Why didn't the Senate convict him of "high crimes and misdemeanors"? Would Johnson's conviction have permanently altered the balance of power between Congress and the President?

Accepted Answer

President Johnson was impeached by the H

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Thaddeus Stevens

Accepted Answer

Thaddeus Stevens (1792-1868) was a promi

Question 19

The Freedmen's Bureau was established to do all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A) act as a kind of welfare agency. 
B) provide food, clothing, and medical care to slave refugees. 
C) settle former slaves with forty-acre tracts confiscated from Confederates. 
D) relocate blacks West or force them into labor contracts with former masters. 
E) provide education that would help close the gap between blacks and whites. 
A) act as a kind of welfare agency. 
B) provide food, clothing, and medical care to slave refugees. 
C) settle former slaves with forty-acre tracts confiscated from Confederates. 
D) relocate blacks West or force them into labor contracts with former masters. 
E) provide education that would help close the gap between blacks and whites.

Question 20

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-Reconstruction involved extended controversies over

Accepted Answer

A) readmission of Southern states into the Union. 
B) civil and political rights for former slaves. 
C) defining the political and economic scope and meaning of "freedom" for slaves. 
D) political direction and control of the Reconstruction process between President Johnson and the Republican Congress. 
E) treatment of former Confederate leaders. 
A) readmission of Southern states into the Union. 
B) civil and political rights for former slaves. 
C) defining the political and economic scope and meaning of "freedom" for slaves. 
D) political direction and control of the Reconstruction process between President Johnson and the Republican Congress. 
E) treatment of former Confederate leaders.

Exam 22: The Ordeal of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

The incident that caused the clash between Congress and President Johnson to explode into the open in February 1866 was

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -Congressional Reconstruction hoped to provide and enforce basic rights and protection for the former slaves in the South through the

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​Pacific Railroad Act

For Southern blacks, emancipation following the Civil War meant all of the following except

Both moderate and radical Republicans agreed that

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Civil Rights Bill

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"radical" regimes

The goals of the Ku Klux Klan included all of the following except

The Ku Klux Klan could best be described as

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -Most radical Reconstruction regimes in the South

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -radical Republicans

Even though the Force Acts and the Union Army helped suppress the Ku Klux Klan, the secret organization largely achieved its central goal of

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Tenure of Office Act

The Fourteenth Amendment

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​Union League

Why was President Johnson impeached? Why didn't the Senate convict him of "high crimes and misdemeanors"? Would Johnson's conviction have permanently altered the balance of power between Congress and the President?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Thaddeus Stevens

The Freedmen's Bureau was established to do all of the following except

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -Reconstruction involved extended controversies over

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