Question 1

Why was the 1876 presidential election one of the most unusual in U.S. history?

Accepted Answer

A)  Congress voided the election and ordered a new one because of voting irregularities. 
B)  The election destroyed the Whig Party and paved the way for the Republican Party. 
C)  The victor was decided by a method other than the Electoral College or the House of Representatives. 
D)  General Ulysses S. Grant was elected and became one of the best presidents in history. 
E)  Rutherford Hayes won in large part because his supporters bribed black voters to vote for him. 
A)  Congress voided the election and ordered a new one because of voting irregularities. 
B)  The election destroyed the Whig Party and paved the way for the Republican Party. 
C)  The victor was decided by a method other than the Electoral College or the House of Representatives. 
D)  General Ulysses S. Grant was elected and became one of the best presidents in history. 
E)  Rutherford Hayes won in large part because his supporters bribed black voters to vote for him. C

Question 2

Which one of the following was a result of the impeachment and trial of President Andrew Johnson?

Accepted Answer

A)  A precedent was established against the impeachment of presidents solely on political grounds. 
B)  Johnson emerged triumphant in his battle with the Radicals in Congress. 
C)  The president was convicted, dismissed from office, and replaced by Ulysses S. Grant. 
D)  Republicans and Democrats in Congress at last found a cause around which they all could rally. 
E)  None of these choices 
A)  A precedent was established against the impeachment of presidents solely on political grounds. 
B)  Johnson emerged triumphant in his battle with the Radicals in Congress. 
C)  The president was convicted, dismissed from office, and replaced by Ulysses S. Grant. 
D)  Republicans and Democrats in Congress at last found a cause around which they all could rally. 
E)  None of these choices A

Question 3

What do Howard, Atlanta, and Fisk universities, and Hampton Institute have in common?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were all universities that were established in response to the forced integration of Southern colleges implemented by the Reconstruction Act of 1867. 
B)  They were all predominantly black institutions that were established in the years immediately following the Civil War. 
C)  Established during the years of the Confederacy, they all closed their doors temporarily in the 1870s rather than admit blacks. 
D)  They were the locations of the first four chapters of the Ku Klux Klan. 
E)  They were all founded and named in honor of famous African American generals of the Civil War era. 
A)  They were all universities that were established in response to the forced integration of Southern colleges implemented by the Reconstruction Act of 1867. 
B)  They were all predominantly black institutions that were established in the years immediately following the Civil War. 
C)  Established during the years of the Confederacy, they all closed their doors temporarily in the 1870s rather than admit blacks. 
D)  They were the locations of the first four chapters of the Ku Klux Klan. 
E)  They were all founded and named in honor of famous African American generals of the Civil War era. B

Question 4

The purpose of the Fourteenth Amendment was to

Accepted Answer

A)  abolish slavery. 
B)  protect the citizenship rights of males. 
C)  guarantee the right to vote of men. 
D)  grant itself the power to collect income taxes. 
E)  protect the property rights of freedmen. 
A)  abolish slavery. 
B)  protect the citizenship rights of males. 
C)  guarantee the right to vote of men. 
D)  grant itself the power to collect income taxes. 
E)  protect the property rights of freedmen.

Question 5

What triggered the depression in the mid-1870s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Railroad Strike of 1877 
B)  1876 presidential election 
C)  Panic of 1873 
D)  1875 Stock Market Crash 
E)  1874 Gold Boom 
A)  Railroad Strike of 1877 
B)  1876 presidential election 
C)  Panic of 1873 
D)  1875 Stock Market Crash 
E)  1874 Gold Boom

Question 6

The Ku Klux Klan was established after the Civil War to

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A)  protect the rights of small farmers from Northern land speculators. 
B)  terrorize blacks into submissive behavior and intimidate black voters. 
C)  pressure the North to end the military occupation of the South. 
D)  frighten whites into electing former slaves to public office. 
A)  protect the rights of small farmers from Northern land speculators. 
B)  terrorize blacks into submissive behavior and intimidate black voters. 
C)  pressure the North to end the military occupation of the South. 
D)  frighten whites into electing former slaves to public office.

Question 7

What brought the Radical and moderate Republicans together in an alliance against President Johnson?

Accepted Answer

A)  President Johnson vetoed the Freedmen's Bureau bill and the Civil Rights Act of 1866. 
B)  Moderate Republicans realized that Johnson was delaying readmission of the former Confederate states. 
C)  Many Republicans feared the president's proposal for an agency that would provide relief, rations, and medical care for impoverished southerners. 
D)  President Johnson sent a message to northern Democrats that they could work together to rebuild the South. 
E)  Moderate Republicans feared that the president was going to bolt the Republican party for the Democratic party. 
A)  President Johnson vetoed the Freedmen's Bureau bill and the Civil Rights Act of 1866. 
B)  Moderate Republicans realized that Johnson was delaying readmission of the former Confederate states. 
C)  Many Republicans feared the president's proposal for an agency that would provide relief, rations, and medical care for impoverished southerners. 
D)  President Johnson sent a message to northern Democrats that they could work together to rebuild the South. 
E)  Moderate Republicans feared that the president was going to bolt the Republican party for the Democratic party.

Question 8

What were the two main woman's suffrage organizations in the late 19th century?

Accepted Answer

A)  American Woman Suffrage Association and the National Woman Suffrage Association 
B)  American Women's Party and the National Woman's Party 
C)  Women's Voting Commission and the Vote for Women Committee 
D)  Suffrage Now Club and the Rights for Women Club 
E)  Women's Freedom Party and the Association for Woman's Suffrage 
A)  American Woman Suffrage Association and the National Woman Suffrage Association 
B)  American Women's Party and the National Woman's Party 
C)  Women's Voting Commission and the Vote for Women Committee 
D)  Suffrage Now Club and the Rights for Women Club 
E)  Women's Freedom Party and the Association for Woman's Suffrage

Question 9

Who was normally the main pillar of authority in the southern black community after the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

A)  Local public schoolteacher 
B)  Minister of the black church 
C)  Local justice of the peace 
D)  Head of the county Democratic party 
E)  The carpetbagger 
A)  Local public schoolteacher 
B)  Minister of the black church 
C)  Local justice of the peace 
D)  Head of the county Democratic party 
E)  The carpetbagger

Question 10

Which statement accurately describes southern black education during Reconstruction?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was a national priority. 
B)  It advanced but remained quite limited. 
C)  It made rapid strides toward integration. 
D)  It focused exclusively on the elementary level. 
E)  It declined rapidly. 
A)  It was a national priority. 
B)  It advanced but remained quite limited. 
C)  It made rapid strides toward integration. 
D)  It focused exclusively on the elementary level. 
E)  It declined rapidly.

Question 11

Which of the following was not an accomplishment of the new governments established under congressional Reconstruction?

Accepted Answer

A)  They created public school systems. 
B)  They instituted ambitious programs of public works. 
C)  They confiscated land and redistributed it more equitable. 
D)  They expanded state bureaucracies and increased salaries for state employees. 
E)  They increased state debts and taxes. 
A)  They created public school systems. 
B)  They instituted ambitious programs of public works. 
C)  They confiscated land and redistributed it more equitable. 
D)  They expanded state bureaucracies and increased salaries for state employees. 
E)  They increased state debts and taxes.

Question 12

The term "Grantism" referred to

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A)  the heroism shown by soldiers on the frontier. 
B)  government corruption. 
C)  the ideal appointees to the federal government. 
D)  the failure of the Democratic party to rule effectively in the 1870s. 
E)  alcohol abuse in the White House. 
A)  the heroism shown by soldiers on the frontier. 
B)  government corruption. 
C)  the ideal appointees to the federal government. 
D)  the failure of the Democratic party to rule effectively in the 1870s. 
E)  alcohol abuse in the White House.

Question 13

In the Civil Rights Cases of 1883, the Supreme Court concluded that

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A)  black codes were constitutional. 
B)  segregation was constitutional. 
C)  states, not individuals, were prohibited from discriminating under the 14th Amendment. 
D)  Abraham Lincoln's proclamation ending slavery was unconstitutional. 
E)  citizenship rights of black Americans could not be denied because of the color of their skin. 
A)  black codes were constitutional. 
B)  segregation was constitutional. 
C)  states, not individuals, were prohibited from discriminating under the 14th Amendment. 
D)  Abraham Lincoln's proclamation ending slavery was unconstitutional. 
E)  citizenship rights of black Americans could not be denied because of the color of their skin.

Question 14

In order to convince southern Democrats to accept the election of Rutherford B. Hayes as president, what did Republican backers of Hayes promise?

Accepted Answer

A)  to remove the remaining federal troops from the South. 
B)  to allow Democrats to take over the last of the Republican Reconstruction governments. 
C)  that the federal government help pay off the Confederate war debt. 
D)  to award half of all federal patronage to southern Democrats. 
E)  to provide federal aid for building factories and urban recreation areas throughout the South. 
A)  to remove the remaining federal troops from the South. 
B)  to allow Democrats to take over the last of the Republican Reconstruction governments. 
C)  that the federal government help pay off the Confederate war debt. 
D)  to award half of all federal patronage to southern Democrats. 
E)  to provide federal aid for building factories and urban recreation areas throughout the South.

Question 15

Which constitutional amendment was intended to provide for the protection of black voters?

Accepted Answer

A)  Twelfth Amendment 
B)  Thirteenth Amendment 
C)  Fourteenth Amendment 
D)  Fifteenth Amendment 
E)  Sixteenth Amendment 
A)  Twelfth Amendment 
B)  Thirteenth Amendment 
C)  Fourteenth Amendment 
D)  Fifteenth Amendment 
E)  Sixteenth Amendment

Question 16

Which of the following individuals was considered a Radical Republican?

Accepted Answer

A)  Susan B. Anthony 
B)  Thaddeus Stevens 
C)  Andrew Johnson 
D)  Horatio Seymour 
E)  Lorenzo Thomas 
A)  Susan B. Anthony 
B)  Thaddeus Stevens 
C)  Andrew Johnson 
D)  Horatio Seymour 
E)  Lorenzo Thomas

Question 17

The scalawags were

Accepted Answer

A)  former slaveholders who opposed the reconstruction governments. 
B)  advocates of black rights and black suffrage in the reconstructed southern states. 
C)  sharecroppers who constituted the rank-and-file of the new Ku Klux Klan 
D)  black southerners who opposed the Republican program of national banking and high protective tariffs. 
E)  white southerners who supported the Republicans. 
A)  former slaveholders who opposed the reconstruction governments. 
B)  advocates of black rights and black suffrage in the reconstructed southern states. 
C)  sharecroppers who constituted the rank-and-file of the new Ku Klux Klan 
D)  black southerners who opposed the Republican program of national banking and high protective tariffs. 
E)  white southerners who supported the Republicans.

Question 18

The Freedmen's Bureau was designed to

Accepted Answer

A)  aid former slaves and war refugees adjust to life after the Civil War. 
B)  insure the election of former slaves to public office. 
C)  re-enslave free blacks. 
D)  help former Southern soldiers rebuild their farms. 
E)  make Americans accept the Civil War's outcome. 
A)  aid former slaves and war refugees adjust to life after the Civil War. 
B)  insure the election of former slaves to public office. 
C)  re-enslave free blacks. 
D)  help former Southern soldiers rebuild their farms. 
E)  make Americans accept the Civil War's outcome.

Question 19

Which of the following was not one of the effects of emancipation on the black family in the years after the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

A)  The majority became single-parent families as men left their wives and set out to seek their fortunes. 
B)  Many blacks legalized marriages that had been formed under slavery. 
C)  Black men often asserted themselves as heads of households. 
D)  Black women withdrew from the work force to care for homes and family. 
E)  Many blacks migrated from the countryside to towns and cities. 
A)  The majority became single-parent families as men left their wives and set out to seek their fortunes. 
B)  Many blacks legalized marriages that had been formed under slavery. 
C)  Black men often asserted themselves as heads of households. 
D)  Black women withdrew from the work force to care for homes and family. 
E)  Many blacks migrated from the countryside to towns and cities.

Question 20

In the Slaughterhouse cases of 1873 the Supreme Court proclaimed that

Accepted Answer

A)  where civil courts were functioning, civilians could not be tried by military courts or commissions. 
B)  Congress had the power to ensure each state a republican form of government. 
C)  the Fourteenth Amendment only protected the basic rights of national citizenship, not rights that fell to citizens by virtue of their state citizenship. 
D)  the Fifteenth Amendment did not confer the right of suffrage upon anyone. 
E)  congressional Reconstruction governments were unconstitutional because they had been forced upon the south. 
A)  where civil courts were functioning, civilians could not be tried by military courts or commissions. 
B)  Congress had the power to ensure each state a republican form of government. 
C)  the Fourteenth Amendment only protected the basic rights of national citizenship, not rights that fell to citizens by virtue of their state citizenship. 
D)  the Fifteenth Amendment did not confer the right of suffrage upon anyone. 
E)  congressional Reconstruction governments were unconstitutional because they had been forced upon the south.

Why was the 1876 presidential election one of the most unusual in U.S. history?

Which one of the following was a result of the impeachment and trial of President Andrew Johnson?

What do Howard, Atlanta, and Fisk universities, and Hampton Institute have in common?

The purpose of the Fourteenth Amendment was to

What triggered the depression in the mid-1870s?

The Ku Klux Klan was established after the Civil War to

What brought the Radical and moderate Republicans together in an alliance against President Johnson?

What were the two main woman's suffrage organizations in the late 19th century?

Who was normally the main pillar of authority in the southern black community after the Civil War?

Which statement accurately describes southern black education during Reconstruction?

Which of the following was not an accomplishment of the new governments established under congressional Reconstruction?

The term "Grantism" referred to

In the Civil Rights Cases of 1883, the Supreme Court concluded that

In order to convince southern Democrats to accept the election of Rutherford B. Hayes as president, what did Republican backers of Hayes promise?

Which constitutional amendment was intended to provide for the protection of black voters?

Which of the following individuals was considered a Radical Republican?

The scalawags were

The Freedmen's Bureau was designed to

Which of the following was not one of the effects of emancipation on the black family in the years after the Civil War?

In the Slaughterhouse cases of 1873 the Supreme Court proclaimed that

Native Peoples of America, to 1500

The Rise of the Atlantic World, 1400-1625

The Emergence of Colonial Societies, 1625-1700

The Bonds of Empire, 1660-1750

Roads to Revolution, 1750-1776

Securing Independence, Defining Nationhood, 1776-1788

Launching the New Republic, 1788-1800

America at War and Peace, 1801-1824

The Transformation of American Society, 1815-1840

Democratic Politics, Religious Revival, and Reform, 1824-1840

Technology, Culture, and Everyday Life, 1840-1860

The Old South and Slavery, 1830-1860

Immigration, Expansion, and Sectional Conflict, 1840-1848

From Compromise to Secession, 1850-1861

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Exam 16: The Crises of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Why was the 1876 presidential election one of the most unusual in U.S. history?

Which one of the following was a result of the impeachment and trial of President Andrew Johnson?

What do Howard, Atlanta, and Fisk universities, and Hampton Institute have in common?

The purpose of the Fourteenth Amendment was to

What triggered the depression in the mid-1870s?

The Ku Klux Klan was established after the Civil War to

What brought the Radical and moderate Republicans together in an alliance against President Johnson?

What were the two main woman's suffrage organizations in the late 19th century?

Who was normally the main pillar of authority in the southern black community after the Civil War?

Which statement accurately describes southern black education during Reconstruction?

Which of the following was not an accomplishment of the new governments established under congressional Reconstruction?

The term "Grantism" referred to

In the Civil Rights Cases of 1883, the Supreme Court concluded that

In order to convince southern Democrats to accept the election of Rutherford B. Hayes as president, what did Republican backers of Hayes promise?

Which constitutional amendment was intended to provide for the protection of black voters?

Which of the following individuals was considered a Radical Republican?

The scalawags were

The Freedmen's Bureau was designed to

Which of the following was not one of the effects of emancipation on the black family in the years after the Civil War?

In the Slaughterhouse cases of 1873 the Supreme Court proclaimed that

Native Peoples of America, to 1500

The Rise of the Atlantic World, 1400-1625

The Emergence of Colonial Societies, 1625-1700

The Bonds of Empire, 1660-1750

Roads to Revolution, 1750-1776

Securing Independence, Defining Nationhood, 1776-1788

Launching the New Republic, 1788-1800

America at War and Peace, 1801-1824

The Transformation of American Society, 1815-1840

Democratic Politics, Religious Revival, and Reform, 1824-1840

Technology, Culture, and Everyday Life, 1840-1860

The Old South and Slavery, 1830-1860

Immigration, Expansion, and Sectional Conflict, 1840-1848

From Compromise to Secession, 1850-1861

Crucible of Freedom: Civil War, 1861-1865

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