Question 1

The Wyoming territorial government granted suffrage to women because they thought it would attract more female settlers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Hiram Revels and Blanche Bruce were the first two black:

Accepted Answer

A)  members of the U.S. House of Representatives. 
B)  governors. 
C)  mayors of southern towns. 
D)  U.S. senators. 
E)  federal judges. 
A)  members of the U.S. House of Representatives. 
B)  governors. 
C)  mayors of southern towns. 
D)  U.S. senators. 
E)  federal judges.

Question 3

Who referred to the amendments of Reconstruction as a "great Constitutional revolution"?

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A)  Abraham Lincoln. 
B)  Anson Burlingame. 
C)  Mark Twain. 
D)  Carl Schurz. 
E)  Charles Sumner. 
A)  Abraham Lincoln. 
B)  Anson Burlingame. 
C)  Mark Twain. 
D)  Carl Schurz. 
E)  Charles Sumner.

Question 4

For whites,freedom,no matter how defined,was a given,a birthright to be defended.For African-Americans,it was an open-ended process,a transformation of every aspect of their lives and of the society and culture that had sustained slavery in the first place.Defend this statement.

Accepted Answer

The statement highlights the stark contr

Question 5

Do you think the permanent distribution of land to former slaves would have made a difference in the outcome of Reconstruction? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

The permanent distribution of land to fo

Question 6

The election of 1876:

Accepted Answer

A)  was won by Rutherford B. Hayes by a landslide. 
B)  was finally decided by the Supreme Court. 
C)  marked the final stage of Reconstruction, which ended in 1880. 
D)  was tainted by claims of fraud in Florida, South Carolina, and Louisiana. 
E)  was won by Ulysses S. Grant by a narrow count. 
A)  was won by Rutherford B. Hayes by a landslide. 
B)  was finally decided by the Supreme Court. 
C)  marked the final stage of Reconstruction, which ended in 1880. 
D)  was tainted by claims of fraud in Florida, South Carolina, and Louisiana. 
E)  was won by Ulysses S. Grant by a narrow count.

Question 7

What early 1868 action by Andrew Johnson sparked his impeachment by the U.S.House of Representatives?

Accepted Answer

A)  He fired Secretary of State William Seward, an ally of Radical Republicans. 
B)  He vetoed a bill to extend the life of the Freedmen's Bureau. 
C)  He bribed a Republican senator to support his Reconstruction policies. 
D)  He defiantly released a letter showing he had given support to the Confederacy in 1863. 
E)  He allegedly violated the Tenure of Office Act. 
A)  He fired Secretary of State William Seward, an ally of Radical Republicans. 
B)  He vetoed a bill to extend the life of the Freedmen's Bureau. 
C)  He bribed a Republican senator to support his Reconstruction policies. 
D)  He defiantly released a letter showing he had given support to the Confederacy in 1863. 
E)  He allegedly violated the Tenure of Office Act.

Question 8

With the end of slavery in the British Caribbean,more than 100,000 laborers came from where to fill the labor shortage?

Accepted Answer

A)  South Carolina. 
B)  Canada. 
C)  Mexico. 
D)  Australia. 
E)  India. 
A)  South Carolina. 
B)  Canada. 
C)  Mexico. 
D)  Australia. 
E)  India.

Question 9

Howard University is well known as:

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A)  the first medical school to admit women. 
B)  the first black university in Mississippi. 
C)  the oldest university in New England. 
D)  a black university in Washington, D.C. 
E)  the law school where Abraham Lincoln earned his degree. 
A)  the first medical school to admit women. 
B)  the first black university in Mississippi. 
C)  the oldest university in New England. 
D)  a black university in Washington, D.C. 
E)  the law school where Abraham Lincoln earned his degree.

Question 10

White southern Democrats considered scalawags traitors to both their party and their race.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The Fifteenth Amendment:

Accepted Answer

A)  sought to guarantee that one could not be denied suffrage rights based on race. 
B)  made states responsible for determining all voter qualifications. 
C)  granted women the right to vote in federal but not state elections. 
D)  was endorsed by President Andrew Johnson. 
E)  was drafted by Susan B. Anthony. 
A)  sought to guarantee that one could not be denied suffrage rights based on race. 
B)  made states responsible for determining all voter qualifications. 
C)  granted women the right to vote in federal but not state elections. 
D)  was endorsed by President Andrew Johnson. 
E)  was drafted by Susan B. Anthony.

Question 12

During Reconstruction,those like Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucy Stone who supported a woman's right to vote:

Accepted Answer

A)  all endorsed the Fifteenth Amendment even though it did not guarantee female suffrage. 
B)  all opposed the Fifteenth Amendment because it did not guarantee female suffrage. 
C)  found themselves divided over whether or not to support the Fifteenth Amendment. 
D)  strongly supported the Fifteenth Amendment because it did guarantee female suffrage. 
E)  refused to take a position on the Fifteenth Amendment because it did not define citizenship. 
A)  all endorsed the Fifteenth Amendment even though it did not guarantee female suffrage. 
B)  all opposed the Fifteenth Amendment because it did not guarantee female suffrage. 
C)  found themselves divided over whether or not to support the Fifteenth Amendment. 
D)  strongly supported the Fifteenth Amendment because it did guarantee female suffrage. 
E)  refused to take a position on the Fifteenth Amendment because it did not define citizenship.

Question 13

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-feminists

Accepted Answer

Feminists are individuals who advocate f

Question 14

White farmers in the late nineteenth-century South:

Accepted Answer

A)  by and large owned their own land. 
B)  included many sharecroppers involved in the crop-lien system. 
C)  refused to grow cotton because it had been a "slave crop." 
D)  were all enormously prosperous following the end of the Civil War. 
E)  saw their debts decrease as crop prices went up from 1870 to 1900. 
A)  by and large owned their own land. 
B)  included many sharecroppers involved in the crop-lien system. 
C)  refused to grow cotton because it had been a "slave crop." 
D)  were all enormously prosperous following the end of the Civil War. 
E)  saw their debts decrease as crop prices went up from 1870 to 1900.

Question 15

By examining Reconstruction from 1863 to 1877,what conclusion can be drawn?

Accepted Answer

A)  It remade the South economically. 
B)  Equal rights for African-Americans continued to increase after 1877. 
C)  With three different government plans, it was one of the most complex time periods in American history. 
D)  It was a total failure and left no blueprint for the future. 
E)  The United States had become a declining world power in regard to trade. 
A)  It remade the South economically. 
B)  Equal rights for African-Americans continued to increase after 1877. 
C)  With three different government plans, it was one of the most complex time periods in American history. 
D)  It was a total failure and left no blueprint for the future. 
E)  The United States had become a declining world power in regard to trade.

Question 16

While Republicans were in power in the South,they established the region's first state-supported public schools.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Fourteenth Amendment

Accepted Answer

The Fourteenth Amendment to the United S

Question 18

Why was Andrew Johnson acquitted on charges of impeachment?

Accepted Answer

A)  Johnson's lawyers assured moderate Republicans that he would behave for the rest of his term, so several voted to acquit him. 
B)  No one would testify against him. 
C)  Leading Radical Republican Benjamin Wade brilliantly managed the president's defense. 
D)  Ulysses Grant urged Republicans to acquit Johnson because convicting him might hurt Grant's chances in the presidential election. 
E)  Many feared a constitutional crisis because, without a vice president in office, no one knew who would succeed Johnson as president. 
A)  Johnson's lawyers assured moderate Republicans that he would behave for the rest of his term, so several voted to acquit him. 
B)  No one would testify against him. 
C)  Leading Radical Republican Benjamin Wade brilliantly managed the president's defense. 
D)  Ulysses Grant urged Republicans to acquit Johnson because convicting him might hurt Grant's chances in the presidential election. 
E)  Many feared a constitutional crisis because, without a vice president in office, no one knew who would succeed Johnson as president.

Question 19

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Freedmen's Bureau

Accepted Answer

The Freedmen's Bureau, officially known

Question 20

The U.S.Supreme Court's decision in the 1873 case in which Myra Bradwell challenged an Illinois statute excluding women from practicing law:

Accepted Answer

A)  was the first time the Court interpreted the Fourteenth Amendment as establishing gender equality. 
B)  was a severe blow to the idea of "separate spheres" for men and women. 
C)  resulted the following year in congressional passage of the groundbreaking Legal Practice Act. 
D)  demonstrated that, while racial definitions of freedom were changing, gendered ones still existed. 
E)  was praised by Bradwell, who went on to become the first woman on the Illinois Supreme Court. 
A)  was the first time the Court interpreted the Fourteenth Amendment as establishing gender equality. 
B)  was a severe blow to the idea of "separate spheres" for men and women. 
C)  resulted the following year in congressional passage of the groundbreaking Legal Practice Act. 
D)  demonstrated that, while racial definitions of freedom were changing, gendered ones still existed. 
E)  was praised by Bradwell, who went on to become the first woman on the Illinois Supreme Court.

Exam 15: “What Is Freedom?”: Reconstruction,1865-1877

The Wyoming territorial government granted suffrage to women because they thought it would attract more female settlers.

Hiram Revels and Blanche Bruce were the first two black:

Who referred to the amendments of Reconstruction as a "great Constitutional revolution"?

For whites,freedom,no matter how defined,was a given,a birthright to be defended.For African-Americans,it was an open-ended process,a transformation of every aspect of their lives and of the society and culture that had sustained slavery in the first place.Defend this statement.

Do you think the permanent distribution of land to former slaves would have made a difference in the outcome of Reconstruction? Why or why not?

The election of 1876:

What early 1868 action by Andrew Johnson sparked his impeachment by the U.S.House of Representatives?

With the end of slavery in the British Caribbean,more than 100,000 laborers came from where to fill the labor shortage?

Howard University is well known as:

White southern Democrats considered scalawags traitors to both their party and their race.

The Fifteenth Amendment:

During Reconstruction,those like Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucy Stone who supported a woman's right to vote:

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -feminists

White farmers in the late nineteenth-century South:

By examining Reconstruction from 1863 to 1877,what conclusion can be drawn?

While Republicans were in power in the South,they established the region's first state-supported public schools.

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Fourteenth Amendment

Why was Andrew Johnson acquitted on charges of impeachment?

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Freedmen's Bureau

The U.S.Supreme Court's decision in the 1873 case in which Myra Bradwell challenged an Illinois statute excluding women from practicing law:

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