Question 1

Which of the following is not associated with "Grantism"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Jay Gould 
B)  Whiskey ring 
C)  Crédit Mobilier 
D)  Seward's Ice Box 
E)  Fraud, bribery, and political corruption 
A)  Jay Gould 
B)  Whiskey ring 
C)  Crédit Mobilier 
D)  Seward's Ice Box 
E)  Fraud, bribery, and political corruption

Question 2

Which of the following is not true about Radical Republicans such as Thaddeus Stevens?

Accepted Answer

A)  They favored black suffrage and federal support for public schools. 
B)  They hoped to crush the planter aristocracy. 
C)  They wanted to a period of extended military occupation in the south. 
D)  They believed that through intermarriage a true biracial society could be established in the South. 
E)  They believed that the federal government should confiscate Confederate property. 
A)  They favored black suffrage and federal support for public schools. 
B)  They hoped to crush the planter aristocracy. 
C)  They wanted to a period of extended military occupation in the south. 
D)  They believed that through intermarriage a true biracial society could be established in the South. 
E)  They believed that the federal government should confiscate Confederate property.

Question 3

Which statement concerning Republican rule in the former Confederate states is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was permanently established through the new state constitutions approved by Congress. 
B)  In most states lasted until the Democrats were able to recapture the White House in 1884. 
C)  It lasted a maximum of about eight years, but in most states much less. 
D)  It revolutionized southern politics and destroyed the Democratic party. 
E)  It established high standards of ethical behavior. 
A)  It was permanently established through the new state constitutions approved by Congress. 
B)  In most states lasted until the Democrats were able to recapture the White House in 1884. 
C)  It lasted a maximum of about eight years, but in most states much less. 
D)  It revolutionized southern politics and destroyed the Democratic party. 
E)  It established high standards of ethical behavior.

Question 4

Which statement concerning the Wade-Davis bill is not true?

Accepted Answer

A)  It failed to provide for black suffrage. 
B)  It was pocket-vetoed by President Lincoln. 
C)  It provided that each former Confederate state would be ruled by a military governor. 
D)  It was much stricter than Lincoln's 10 percent plan. 
E)  It provided for almost immediate readmission to the Union. 
A)  It failed to provide for black suffrage. 
B)  It was pocket-vetoed by President Lincoln. 
C)  It provided that each former Confederate state would be ruled by a military governor. 
D)  It was much stricter than Lincoln's 10 percent plan. 
E)  It provided for almost immediate readmission to the Union.

Question 5

Which of the following events happened in the three years immediately following the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

A)  President Johnson exiled, imprisoned, or executed many former Confederate leaders. 
B)  Intense and unparalleled political conflicts dominated the national scene. 
C)  Demobilized Confederate soldiers continued armed resistance to federal occupation forces. 
D)  Freedmen took revenge on their former owners and the rest of the southern white community. 
E)  Radical Republicans ordered the execution of all Confederate officials holding a cabinet rank or higher. 
A)  President Johnson exiled, imprisoned, or executed many former Confederate leaders. 
B)  Intense and unparalleled political conflicts dominated the national scene. 
C)  Demobilized Confederate soldiers continued armed resistance to federal occupation forces. 
D)  Freedmen took revenge on their former owners and the rest of the southern white community. 
E)  Radical Republicans ordered the execution of all Confederate officials holding a cabinet rank or higher.

Question 6

"Black codes" were

Accepted Answer

A)  unwritten laws in the South that allowed blacks to only work in agriculture. 
B)  agreements in northern states to keep blacks from moving into certain neighborhoods. 
C)  federal laws that clearly presented the rights that former slaves had. 
D)  guidelines that southern judges followed in making decisions involving black. 
E)  laws passed by southern state legislatures to restrict the freedoms of blacks. 
A)  unwritten laws in the South that allowed blacks to only work in agriculture. 
B)  agreements in northern states to keep blacks from moving into certain neighborhoods. 
C)  federal laws that clearly presented the rights that former slaves had. 
D)  guidelines that southern judges followed in making decisions involving black. 
E)  laws passed by southern state legislatures to restrict the freedoms of blacks.

Question 7

What was the key difference between the Lincoln and Johnson plans for reconstruction?

Accepted Answer

A)  Unlike Lincoln's plan, Johnson's plan barred from political participation any ex-Confederate with taxable property worth $20,000 or more. 
B)  Unlike Lincoln's plan, Johnson's plan excluded freedmen from participating in the new reconstruction governments. 
C)  Unlike Lincoln's plan, Johnson's plan required that southerners take oaths of allegiance to the United States. 
D)  Unlike Lincoln's plan, Johnson's plan was designed to bring the southern states back into the Union as quickly as possible. 
E)  Unlike Lincoln's plan, Johnson's plan prohibited former Confederate military officers from serving in the U.S. military. 
A)  Unlike Lincoln's plan, Johnson's plan barred from political participation any ex-Confederate with taxable property worth $20,000 or more. 
B)  Unlike Lincoln's plan, Johnson's plan excluded freedmen from participating in the new reconstruction governments. 
C)  Unlike Lincoln's plan, Johnson's plan required that southerners take oaths of allegiance to the United States. 
D)  Unlike Lincoln's plan, Johnson's plan was designed to bring the southern states back into the Union as quickly as possible. 
E)  Unlike Lincoln's plan, Johnson's plan prohibited former Confederate military officers from serving in the U.S. military.

Question 8

Under the sharecropping system, poor farmers would

Accepted Answer

A)  rent land from large landowners in exchange for half the crop produced on the land. 
B)  work as wage laborers on the farms of large landowners. 
C)  do handiwork on large farms in exchange food. 
D)  receive a share of the crop from a large farm in an early version of a welfare system. 
E)  pool their land and shared in whatever crops they produced. 
A)  rent land from large landowners in exchange for half the crop produced on the land. 
B)  work as wage laborers on the farms of large landowners. 
C)  do handiwork on large farms in exchange food. 
D)  receive a share of the crop from a large farm in an early version of a welfare system. 
E)  pool their land and shared in whatever crops they produced.

Question 9

President Andrew Johnson was impeached because

Accepted Answer

A)  He refused to dismiss his vice president after he joined the Ku Klux Klan. 
B)  He attempted to fire Secretary of War Edwin Stanton in violation of the Tenure of Office Act. 
C)  He accepted a bribe from the Credit Mobilier Corporation. 
D)  He pardoned several Confederate generals including Robert E. Lee. 
E)  He nominated several black men to his cabinet. 
A)  He refused to dismiss his vice president after he joined the Ku Klux Klan. 
B)  He attempted to fire Secretary of War Edwin Stanton in violation of the Tenure of Office Act. 
C)  He accepted a bribe from the Credit Mobilier Corporation. 
D)  He pardoned several Confederate generals including Robert E. Lee. 
E)  He nominated several black men to his cabinet.

Question 10

By the end of 1865, under President Johnson's reconstruction policies,

Accepted Answer

A)  All southern states had ratified the Thirteenth Amendment and repudiated their Confederate debts. 
B)  Most southern states had passed special industrial codes to help the freedmen become economically independent. 
C)  Former Confederate officials and generals had been elected to serve in Congress. 
D)  Southern states were moving toward rebellion and secession once again. 
E)  The southern states had been divided into a series of military districts. 
A)  All southern states had ratified the Thirteenth Amendment and repudiated their Confederate debts. 
B)  Most southern states had passed special industrial codes to help the freedmen become economically independent. 
C)  Former Confederate officials and generals had been elected to serve in Congress. 
D)  Southern states were moving toward rebellion and secession once again. 
E)  The southern states had been divided into a series of military districts.

Question 11

Which of the following descriptions best fits the carpetbaggers?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were former Union soldiers who hoped to buy land, open factories, build railroads, or enjoy a warmer climate. 
B)  They were Southerners who sought wealth and power, and who carried so few possessions that they could be stuffed into traveling bags made of carpet material. 
C)  They were predominantly poor and ignorant white southerners who sought to profit from Republican rule. 
D)  They were uneducated freedmen who moved to northern cities for better economic opportunity, and who took with them only what they could fit in a traveling bag. 
E)  They were sharecroppers who constituted the rank-and-file of the new Ku Klux Klan. 
A)  They were former Union soldiers who hoped to buy land, open factories, build railroads, or enjoy a warmer climate. 
B)  They were Southerners who sought wealth and power, and who carried so few possessions that they could be stuffed into traveling bags made of carpet material. 
C)  They were predominantly poor and ignorant white southerners who sought to profit from Republican rule. 
D)  They were uneducated freedmen who moved to northern cities for better economic opportunity, and who took with them only what they could fit in a traveling bag. 
E)  They were sharecroppers who constituted the rank-and-file of the new Ku Klux Klan.

Question 12

The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution

Accepted Answer

A)  declared secession illegal. 
B)  abolished slavery. 
C)  guaranteed freedmen the right to vote. 
D)  declared former slaves to be citizens. 
E)  disqualified former Confederate officers from running for office. 
A)  declared secession illegal. 
B)  abolished slavery. 
C)  guaranteed freedmen the right to vote. 
D)  declared former slaves to be citizens. 
E)  disqualified former Confederate officers from running for office.

Question 13

Why did the battle over black suffrage ultimately divide the women's rights movement?

Accepted Answer

A)  A large part of the women's rights movement did not believe that a constitutional amendment was necessary in order to gain the vote. 
B)  Half of the movement advocated focusing on the rights of black women, while the other half emphasized that first priority should be on the rights of black men. 
C)  Some advocates of women's rights refused to support black suffrage without similar guarantees of woman suffrage. 
D)  The women's rights movement had always avoided the debate over slavery, and many now feared being drawn into the new debate over black rights. 
E)  The leaders of the women's rights movement were racists who believed that black suffrage was a mistake. 
A)  A large part of the women's rights movement did not believe that a constitutional amendment was necessary in order to gain the vote. 
B)  Half of the movement advocated focusing on the rights of black women, while the other half emphasized that first priority should be on the rights of black men. 
C)  Some advocates of women's rights refused to support black suffrage without similar guarantees of woman suffrage. 
D)  The women's rights movement had always avoided the debate over slavery, and many now feared being drawn into the new debate over black rights. 
E)  The leaders of the women's rights movement were racists who believed that black suffrage was a mistake.

Question 14

Which statement is not true about Andrew Johnson?

Accepted Answer

A)  He wanted to exclude the planters from political leadership in the South but then undermined his intention by granting so many pardons to this group. 
B)  He cared deeply about obtaining just treatment for the freedmen. 
C)  He was a lifelong Democrat with no interest in building the strength of the Republican party. 
D)  He vetoed all of the congressional reconstruction acts, only to have Congress override his vetoes. 
E)  During the war he had reversed his position on slavery. 
A)  He wanted to exclude the planters from political leadership in the South but then undermined his intention by granting so many pardons to this group. 
B)  He cared deeply about obtaining just treatment for the freedmen. 
C)  He was a lifelong Democrat with no interest in building the strength of the Republican party. 
D)  He vetoed all of the congressional reconstruction acts, only to have Congress override his vetoes. 
E)  During the war he had reversed his position on slavery.

Question 15

According to the Reconstruction Act of 1867, which of the following conditions was the only one that did not have to be met before former Confederate states could be readmitted to the Union?

Accepted Answer

A)  Southern states had to draft new constitutions with the approval by Congress that granted black suffrage. 
B)  Southern states had to the Fourteenth Amendment. 
C)  The Fourteenth Amendment had to be incorporated into the federal Constitution. 
D)  Southern black voters and whites who were not disqualified by the Fourteenth Amendment had to be allowed to elect delegates to state constitutional conventions. 
E)  Southern states had to devise plans to finance veterans' benefits for former Confederate soldiers. 
A)  Southern states had to draft new constitutions with the approval by Congress that granted black suffrage. 
B)  Southern states had to the Fourteenth Amendment. 
C)  The Fourteenth Amendment had to be incorporated into the federal Constitution. 
D)  Southern black voters and whites who were not disqualified by the Fourteenth Amendment had to be allowed to elect delegates to state constitutional conventions. 
E)  Southern states had to devise plans to finance veterans' benefits for former Confederate soldiers.

Question 16

The purpose of the Enforcement Acts was

Accepted Answer

A)  to give federal troops authority to police former Confederate soldiers in the South. 
B)  to curb vigilante violence and protect black voters. 
C)  to enforce restrictions that were placed on blacks. 
D)  insure that the South accepted the outcome of the Civil War. 
E)  to limit the scope of Reconstruction. 
A)  to give federal troops authority to police former Confederate soldiers in the South. 
B)  to curb vigilante violence and protect black voters. 
C)  to enforce restrictions that were placed on blacks. 
D)  insure that the South accepted the outcome of the Civil War. 
E)  to limit the scope of Reconstruction.

Question 17

Which of the following Reconstruction laws is correctly paired with one of its provisions?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Civil Rights Act of 1866: required military commanders to initiate voter enrollment. 
B)  The Reconstruction Act of 1867: invalidated state governments formed under Lincoln and Johnson. 
C)  The Supplementary Freedman's Bureau Act prohibited the president from removing federal officials without consent of the Senate. 
D)  Army Appropriations Act: declared that the U.S. Army would be a fully integrated force. 
E)  Amnesty Act: proclaimed that only Confederate soldiers at or below the rank of private would be entitled to military pensions. 
A)  The Civil Rights Act of 1866: required military commanders to initiate voter enrollment. 
B)  The Reconstruction Act of 1867: invalidated state governments formed under Lincoln and Johnson. 
C)  The Supplementary Freedman's Bureau Act prohibited the president from removing federal officials without consent of the Senate. 
D)  Army Appropriations Act: declared that the U.S. Army would be a fully integrated force. 
E)  Amnesty Act: proclaimed that only Confederate soldiers at or below the rank of private would be entitled to military pensions.

Question 18

Which of the following was not a feature of Lincoln's "10 percent plan"?

Accepted Answer

A)  State governments could be formed when at least 10 percent of those who had voted in 1860 had sworn allegiance to the Union and accepted emancipation. 
B)  Confederate officials needed presidential pardons before they could participate in the new governments. 
C)  Confederate army and naval officers needed presidential pardons before they could participate in the new governments. 
D)  Southern plantations were to be confiscated and divided among the blacks who had formerly worked there as slaves. 
E)  Freedmen were excluded from participation because they had not been voters in 1860. 
A)  State governments could be formed when at least 10 percent of those who had voted in 1860 had sworn allegiance to the Union and accepted emancipation. 
B)  Confederate officials needed presidential pardons before they could participate in the new governments. 
C)  Confederate army and naval officers needed presidential pardons before they could participate in the new governments. 
D)  Southern plantations were to be confiscated and divided among the blacks who had formerly worked there as slaves. 
E)  Freedmen were excluded from participation because they had not been voters in 1860.

Question 19

Which of the following was not one of the reasons why only a small proportion of blacks were able to own farms by the end of Reconstruction?

Accepted Answer

A)  Most blacks lacked the capital to buy the land and equipment. 
B)  White southerners did not want to sell their land to blacks. 
C)  Southern industrialists needed laborers to work in their new urban factories. 
D)  Neither Congress nor the states imposed large-scale land reform. 
E)  Southern planters needed a source of cheap labor to work on their plantations. 
A)  Most blacks lacked the capital to buy the land and equipment. 
B)  White southerners did not want to sell their land to blacks. 
C)  Southern industrialists needed laborers to work in their new urban factories. 
D)  Neither Congress nor the states imposed large-scale land reform. 
E)  Southern planters needed a source of cheap labor to work on their plantations.

Question 20

Which of the following descriptions provides an accurate assessment of the success of Reconstruction?

Accepted Answer

A)  It succeeded in giving blacks equal rights. 
B)  Although making initial progress, it failed to provide lasting improvements for blacks. 
C)  It established southern state governments which were dominated by northerners until the 20th century. 
D)  It ended the practice of segregation in both the North and the South. 
E)  It led to the adoption of legislation that guaranteed the civil rights of all Americans. 
A)  It succeeded in giving blacks equal rights. 
B)  Although making initial progress, it failed to provide lasting improvements for blacks. 
C)  It established southern state governments which were dominated by northerners until the 20th century. 
D)  It ended the practice of segregation in both the North and the South. 
E)  It led to the adoption of legislation that guaranteed the civil rights of all Americans.

Which of the following is not associated with "Grantism"?

Which of the following is not true about Radical Republicans such as Thaddeus Stevens?

Which statement concerning Republican rule in the former Confederate states is true?

Which statement concerning the Wade-Davis bill is not true?

Which of the following events happened in the three years immediately following the Civil War?

"Black codes" were

What was the key difference between the Lincoln and Johnson plans for reconstruction?

Under the sharecropping system, poor farmers would

President Andrew Johnson was impeached because

By the end of 1865, under President Johnson's reconstruction policies,

Which of the following descriptions best fits the carpetbaggers?

The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution

Why did the battle over black suffrage ultimately divide the women's rights movement?

Which statement is not true about Andrew Johnson?

According to the Reconstruction Act of 1867, which of the following conditions was the only one that did not have to be met before former Confederate states could be readmitted to the Union?

The purpose of the Enforcement Acts was

Which of the following Reconstruction laws is correctly paired with one of its provisions?

Which of the following was not a feature of Lincoln's "10 percent plan"?

Which of the following was not one of the reasons why only a small proportion of blacks were able to own farms by the end of Reconstruction?

Which of the following descriptions provides an accurate assessment of the success of Reconstruction?

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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

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Exam 16: The Crises of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Which of the following is not associated with "Grantism"?

Which of the following is not true about Radical Republicans such as Thaddeus Stevens?

Which statement concerning Republican rule in the former Confederate states is true?

Which statement concerning the Wade-Davis bill is not true?

Which of the following events happened in the three years immediately following the Civil War?

"Black codes" were

What was the key difference between the Lincoln and Johnson plans for reconstruction?

Under the sharecropping system, poor farmers would

President Andrew Johnson was impeached because

By the end of 1865, under President Johnson's reconstruction policies,

Which of the following descriptions best fits the carpetbaggers?

The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution

Why did the battle over black suffrage ultimately divide the women's rights movement?

Which statement is not true about Andrew Johnson?

According to the Reconstruction Act of 1867, which of the following conditions was the only one that did not have to be met before former Confederate states could be readmitted to the Union?

The purpose of the Enforcement Acts was

Which of the following Reconstruction laws is correctly paired with one of its provisions?

Which of the following was not a feature of Lincoln's "10 percent plan"?

Which of the following was not one of the reasons why only a small proportion of blacks were able to own farms by the end of Reconstruction?

Which of the following descriptions provides an accurate assessment of the success of Reconstruction?

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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