Question 1

How did the Reconstruction amendments change the role of government?

Accepted Answer

A)  The presidents who immediately followed Lincoln became even more powerful and active than he had been during the Civil War. 
B)  The state governments became the only entity that could award citizenship. 
C)  It set the stage for the federal government to be the protector of individual freedoms. 
D)  The Supreme Court's role would be diminished. 
E)  The states gained protection from an overbearing national government. 
A)  The presidents who immediately followed Lincoln became even more powerful and active than he had been during the Civil War. 
B)  The state governments became the only entity that could award citizenship. 
C)  It set the stage for the federal government to be the protector of individual freedoms. 
D)  The Supreme Court's role would be diminished. 
E)  The states gained protection from an overbearing national government.

Question 2

Stating that he "lived among men,not among angels," Thaddeus Stevens recognized that the Fourteenth Amendment was not perfect.Explain the strengths and weaknesses of the Fourteenth Amendment.What liberties and freedoms did it extend in the nineteenth century-and to whom? How did it alter the relationship between the federal government and the states?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Stating that he "lived among men,not among...

Question 3

With the beginning of Radical Reconstruction,southern African-Americans in the late 1860s and early 1870s took direct action to remedy long-standing grievances.These actions included:

Accepted Answer

A)  sit-ins that helped to integrate horse-drawn streetcars in southern cities. 
B)  protest marches that desegregated public school systems in all the Upper South states. 
C)  violent attacks to intimidate Democratic voters from participating in politics. 
D)  the creation for the first time of all-black churches. 
E)  a series of lawsuits that resulted in the U.S. Supreme Court's declaring segregation unconstitutional. 
A)  sit-ins that helped to integrate horse-drawn streetcars in southern cities. 
B)  protest marches that desegregated public school systems in all the Upper South states. 
C)  violent attacks to intimidate Democratic voters from participating in politics. 
D)  the creation for the first time of all-black churches. 
E)  a series of lawsuits that resulted in the U.S. Supreme Court's declaring segregation unconstitutional.

Question 4

Economic growth in the South was stronger in rural areas than in urban centers like Atlanta.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

What did the ex-slaves see as key to improving their condition?

Accepted Answer

A)  Getting a steady job. 
B)  Receiving help from white northerners. 
C)  Getting an education. 
D)  Leasing land. 
E)  Receiving free land. 
A)  Getting a steady job. 
B)  Receiving help from white northerners. 
C)  Getting an education. 
D)  Leasing land. 
E)  Receiving free land.

Question 6

How did emancipation affect the structure of the black family?

Accepted Answer

A)  Men and women maintained equality within the household, making black families far more matrilineal than white families. 
B)  Men often remained at home while women went out and labored-a major shift from their roles while in slavery. 
C)  Black women adopted the domestic roles that white women had long had, but retained their duties in the fields and in the workplace. 
D)  The black family became more like the typical white family, with men as the breadwinners and women as the homemakers. 
E)  Emancipation did not lead to any changes in the black family's structure 
A)  Men and women maintained equality within the household, making black families far more matrilineal than white families. 
B)  Men often remained at home while women went out and labored-a major shift from their roles while in slavery. 
C)  Black women adopted the domestic roles that white women had long had, but retained their duties in the fields and in the workplace. 
D)  The black family became more like the typical white family, with men as the breadwinners and women as the homemakers. 
E)  Emancipation did not lead to any changes in the black family's structure

Question 7

The Freedmen's Bureau:

Accepted Answer

A)  was badly administered because director O. O. Howard lacked military experience. 
B)  won much southern white support because it consistently supported the planters in disputes with former slaves. 
C)  made notable achievements in improving African-American education and health care. 
D)  carried out a successful program of distributing land to every former slave family. 
E)  enjoyed the strong support of President Andrew Johnson in its work on behalf of civil rights. 
A)  was badly administered because director O. O. Howard lacked military experience. 
B)  won much southern white support because it consistently supported the planters in disputes with former slaves. 
C)  made notable achievements in improving African-American education and health care. 
D)  carried out a successful program of distributing land to every former slave family. 
E)  enjoyed the strong support of President Andrew Johnson in its work on behalf of civil rights.

Question 8

When analyzing the election of 1876,what conclusion can be drawn?

Accepted Answer

A)  Rutherford Hayes did poorly in the western states. 
B)  The Republican Party did a good job protecting the voting rights of African-Americans in Mississippi. 
C)  A majority of northerners wanted to enforce Reconstruction policies more stringently. 
D)  The Republican Party had increased its support in the South. 
E)  If Tilden had won the electoral votes from Louisiana, Florida, or South Carolina, he would have been elected president. 
A)  Rutherford Hayes did poorly in the western states. 
B)  The Republican Party did a good job protecting the voting rights of African-Americans in Mississippi. 
C)  A majority of northerners wanted to enforce Reconstruction policies more stringently. 
D)  The Republican Party had increased its support in the South. 
E)  If Tilden had won the electoral votes from Louisiana, Florida, or South Carolina, he would have been elected president.

Question 9

For the 1868 Democratic presidential ticket,Horatio Seymour and Francis Blair Jr.had a campaign motto of:

Accepted Answer

A)  Liberty, Equality, and the Southern Way. 
B)  Forgive and Heal. White and Black Men Should Work Together. 
C)  Civil Rights for All. 
D)  This Is a White Man's Country. Let White Men Rule. 
E)  I "See More" Peace and Prosperity Ahead with Real Reconstruction. 
A)  Liberty, Equality, and the Southern Way. 
B)  Forgive and Heal. White and Black Men Should Work Together. 
C)  Civil Rights for All. 
D)  This Is a White Man's Country. Let White Men Rule. 
E)  I "See More" Peace and Prosperity Ahead with Real Reconstruction.

Question 10

The Enforcement Acts,passed by Congress in 1870 and 1871,were designed to:

Accepted Answer

A)  end Reconstruction by allowing state governments to oversee citizenship rights. 
B)  stop the activities of terrorist groups such as the Ku Klux Klan. 
C)  enforce the Emancipation Proclamation in the Confederate states. 
D)  increase the authority of the Freedmen's Bureau. 
E)  eliminate racial discrimination in public spaces such as hotels and theaters. 
A)  end Reconstruction by allowing state governments to oversee citizenship rights. 
B)  stop the activities of terrorist groups such as the Ku Klux Klan. 
C)  enforce the Emancipation Proclamation in the Confederate states. 
D)  increase the authority of the Freedmen's Bureau. 
E)  eliminate racial discrimination in public spaces such as hotels and theaters.

Question 11

In what way was Reconstruction policy a success?

Accepted Answer

A)  It brought suffrage for women. 
B)  It resulted in land being given to former slaves across the South. 
C)  It resulted in fair elections by the late 1870s in the South. 
D)  It established an amendment promising equal protection for all. 
E)  It industrialized the South on the same level as the North. 
A)  It brought suffrage for women. 
B)  It resulted in land being given to former slaves across the South. 
C)  It resulted in fair elections by the late 1870s in the South. 
D)  It established an amendment promising equal protection for all. 
E)  It industrialized the South on the same level as the North.

Question 12

Anything less than ________ would betray the Civil War's meaning,black spokesmen insisted.

Accepted Answer

A)  new southern railroads 
B)  full citizenship 
C)  woman suffrage 
D)  farming jobs 
E)  due process 
A)  new southern railroads 
B)  full citizenship 
C)  woman suffrage 
D)  farming jobs 
E)  due process

Question 13

How did The Agitator,a women's rights journal,go beyond suffrage?

Accepted Answer

A)  It advocated the abolishment of slavery. 
B)  It pushed for citizenship for Chinese men. 
C)  It focused on liberalizing divorce laws. 
D)  It openly discussed employment discrimination. 
E)  It encouraged women to remain single so that they maintained more rights. 
A)  It advocated the abolishment of slavery. 
B)  It pushed for citizenship for Chinese men. 
C)  It focused on liberalizing divorce laws. 
D)  It openly discussed employment discrimination. 
E)  It encouraged women to remain single so that they maintained more rights.

Question 14

Through analyzing the "Sharecropping Contract," what can be determined?

Accepted Answer

A)  The ex-slave was given an agreement that mutually benefited both parties. 
B)  Ex-slaves were not going to be allowed to go to church. 
C)  The ex-slaves were lazy and unwilling to do farm work. 
D)  The contract was a type of economic slavery. 
E)  This farming system gave African-Americans a good standard of living. 
A)  The ex-slave was given an agreement that mutually benefited both parties. 
B)  Ex-slaves were not going to be allowed to go to church. 
C)  The ex-slaves were lazy and unwilling to do farm work. 
D)  The contract was a type of economic slavery. 
E)  This farming system gave African-Americans a good standard of living.

Question 15

The Whiskey Ring scandal took place during the administration of:

Accepted Answer

A)  Abraham Lincoln. 
B)  Andrew Johnson. 
C)  Ulysses Grant. 
D)  Rutherford Hayes. 
E)  Chester Arthur. 
A)  Abraham Lincoln. 
B)  Andrew Johnson. 
C)  Ulysses Grant. 
D)  Rutherford Hayes. 
E)  Chester Arthur.

Question 16

General William T.Sherman's Special Field Order 15:

Accepted Answer

A)  gave freed slaves the right to find family members who had been sold. 
B)  set aside the Sea Islands and forty-acre tracts of land in South Carolina and Georgia for black families. 
C)  gave forty acres and a mule to blacks who wished to move to the unsettled American Southwest. 
D)  gave his men instructions to burn their way through the southern interior to the Atlantic coast. 
E)  established the Freedmen's Bureau to help blacks make the transition from slavery to freedom. 
A)  gave freed slaves the right to find family members who had been sold. 
B)  set aside the Sea Islands and forty-acre tracts of land in South Carolina and Georgia for black families. 
C)  gave forty acres and a mule to blacks who wished to move to the unsettled American Southwest. 
D)  gave his men instructions to burn their way through the southern interior to the Atlantic coast. 
E)  established the Freedmen's Bureau to help blacks make the transition from slavery to freedom.

Question 17

What benefit did Abraham Lincoln see in having Andrew Johnson on his ticket?

Accepted Answer

A)  He was an inspiration to working-class people in poverty. 
B)  As a former slaveholder, he demonstrated that one could live without slaves. 
C)  He was one of many southern senators from a state that seceded who refused to leave the U.S. Senate. 
D)  Lincoln's party hoped to build a Republican base in the South. 
E)  Tennessee was Lincoln's favorite southern state, since he was born there. 
A)  He was an inspiration to working-class people in poverty. 
B)  As a former slaveholder, he demonstrated that one could live without slaves. 
C)  He was one of many southern senators from a state that seceded who refused to leave the U.S. Senate. 
D)  Lincoln's party hoped to build a Republican base in the South. 
E)  Tennessee was Lincoln's favorite southern state, since he was born there.

Question 18

In Mississippi in 1875,white rifle clubs drilled in public and openly assaulted and murdered Republicans.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The 1873 depression strengthened the North's resolve to ensure the success of Reconstruction,since the depression really hurt the South's farmers,highlighting the need for reform in the region.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

During Reconstruction,southern cities:

Accepted Answer

A)  enjoyed newfound prosperity as merchants traded more frequently with the North. 
B)  were as poverty-stricken as rural southern areas. 
C)  benefited from the building of a transcontinental railroad from Washington, D.C., to Los Angeles. 
D)  benefited as rice and tobacco production markedly grew. 
E)  experienced major population losses as blacks trekked north in the Great Migration. 
A)  enjoyed newfound prosperity as merchants traded more frequently with the North. 
B)  were as poverty-stricken as rural southern areas. 
C)  benefited from the building of a transcontinental railroad from Washington, D.C., to Los Angeles. 
D)  benefited as rice and tobacco production markedly grew. 
E)  experienced major population losses as blacks trekked north in the Great Migration.

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

How did the Reconstruction amendments change the role of government?

With the beginning of Radical Reconstruction,southern African-Americans in the late 1860s and early 1870s took direct action to remedy long-standing grievances.These actions included:

Economic growth in the South was stronger in rural areas than in urban centers like Atlanta.

What did the ex-slaves see as key to improving their condition?

How did emancipation affect the structure of the black family?

The Freedmen's Bureau:

When analyzing the election of 1876,what conclusion can be drawn?

For the 1868 Democratic presidential ticket,Horatio Seymour and Francis Blair Jr.had a campaign motto of:

The Enforcement Acts,passed by Congress in 1870 and 1871,were designed to:

In what way was Reconstruction policy a success?

Anything less than ________ would betray the Civil War's meaning,black spokesmen insisted.

How did The Agitator,a women's rights journal,go beyond suffrage?

Through analyzing the "Sharecropping Contract," what can be determined?

The Whiskey Ring scandal took place during the administration of:

General William T.Sherman's Special Field Order 15:

What benefit did Abraham Lincoln see in having Andrew Johnson on his ticket?

In Mississippi in 1875,white rifle clubs drilled in public and openly assaulted and murdered Republicans.

The 1873 depression strengthened the North's resolve to ensure the success of Reconstruction,since the depression really hurt the South's farmers,highlighting the need for reform in the region.

During Reconstruction,southern cities:

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