Question 1

After the Civil War,which territory became the first to allow women to vote?

Accepted Answer

A)  Washington. 
B)  Nebraska. 
C)  Colorado. 
D)  Utah. 
E)  Wyoming. 
A)  Washington. 
B)  Nebraska. 
C)  Colorado. 
D)  Utah. 
E)  Wyoming.

Question 2

The most ambitious,but least successful,of the Radical Republicans' aims was:

Accepted Answer

A)  land reform. 
B)  black suffrage. 
C)  federal protection of civil rights. 
D)  public education. 
E)  reunification of the Union. 
A)  land reform. 
B)  black suffrage. 
C)  federal protection of civil rights. 
D)  public education. 
E)  reunification of the Union.

Question 3

The Senate,following the House's impeachment vote,removed Andrew Johnson from office.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

After the Civil War,some ex-slaves walked hundreds of miles in search of family members.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Southern Republicans during Reconstruction:

Accepted Answer

A)  excluded former Confederates from their ranks. 
B)  established the South's first state-supported schools. 
C)  redistributed most former plantation lands to freedmen and poor whites. 
D)  helped elect African-American governors in four states. 
E)  ran the most corrupt governments in American history. 
A)  excluded former Confederates from their ranks. 
B)  established the South's first state-supported schools. 
C)  redistributed most former plantation lands to freedmen and poor whites. 
D)  helped elect African-American governors in four states. 
E)  ran the most corrupt governments in American history.

Question 6

Why did Radical Republicans believe that Andrew Johnson would support their agenda? Why was Johnson ultimately unable to lend his support to the Civil Rights Act of 1866 or to the Fourteenth Amendment?

Accepted Answer

The Radical Republicans believed that An

Question 7

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Black Codes

Accepted Answer

A) restrictions placed on freed blacks in the South 
B) scandal in the Grant administration 
C) origin of "forty acres and a mule" 
D) northern-born Republicans in the South during Reconstruction 
E) ended Reconstruction
F)government agency that helped blacks in the South
G)black school in Washington, D.C.
H)public official charged with wrongdoing
I)southern-born white Republican
J)targeted the Ku Klux Klan
K)Democrats who took control in the South during the 1870s
L)terrorist organization 
A) restrictions placed on freed blacks in the South 
B) scandal in the Grant administration 
C) origin of "forty acres and a mule" 
D) northern-born Republicans in the South during Reconstruction 
E) ended Reconstruction
F)government agency that helped blacks in the South
G)black school in Washington, D.C.
H)public official charged with wrongdoing
I)southern-born white Republican
J)targeted the Ku Klux Klan
K)Democrats who took control in the South during the 1870s
L)terrorist organization

Question 8

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Hiram Revels

Accepted Answer

A) second black U.S.senator 
B) proposed the Civil Rights Bill of 1866 
C) Presidential Reconstruction 
D) Liberal Republican's presidential candidate 
E) envoy to China
F)Radical Republican congressman from Pennsylvania
G)Whiskey Ring
H)ended Reconstruction
I)National Woman Suffrage Association
J)Radical Republican senator from Massachusetts
K)first black U.S.senator
L)secretary of war 
A) second black U.S.senator 
B) proposed the Civil Rights Bill of 1866 
C) Presidential Reconstruction 
D) Liberal Republican's presidential candidate 
E) envoy to China
F)Radical Republican congressman from Pennsylvania
G)Whiskey Ring
H)ended Reconstruction
I)National Woman Suffrage Association
J)Radical Republican senator from Massachusetts
K)first black U.S.senator
L)secretary of war

Question 9

The Reconstruction amendments toppled the ideals of what Supreme Court decision?

Accepted Answer

A)  Gibbons v. Ogden. 
B)  Dred Scott v. Stanford. 
C)  Fletcher v. Peck. 
D)  Marbury v. Madison. 
E)  McCulloch v. Maryland. 
A)  Gibbons v. Ogden. 
B)  Dred Scott v. Stanford. 
C)  Fletcher v. Peck. 
D)  Marbury v. Madison. 
E)  McCulloch v. Maryland.

Question 10

When Congress sent Andrew Johnson the Civil Rights Bill of 1866,he:

Accepted Answer

A)  signed it, creating an irreparable breach between himself and the Republicans. 
B)  argued that it discriminated against whites. 
C)  contended that it gave too much authority to the states. 
D)  won widespread public approval for his response. 
E)  suggested that it did not go far enough to secure racial equality. 
A)  signed it, creating an irreparable breach between himself and the Republicans. 
B)  argued that it discriminated against whites. 
C)  contended that it gave too much authority to the states. 
D)  won widespread public approval for his response. 
E)  suggested that it did not go far enough to secure racial equality.

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

Andrew Johnson was the 17th President of

Question 12

Despite the Fourteenth Amendment,which group was still being denied United States citizenship?

Accepted Answer

A)  Asians. 
B)  Africans. 
C)  African-Americans. 
D)  Russian Jews. 
E)  Irish Catholics. 
A)  Asians. 
B)  Africans. 
C)  African-Americans. 
D)  Russian Jews. 
E)  Irish Catholics.

Question 13

Explain how wartime devastation set in motion a train of events that permanently altered the white yeomanry's independent way of life,leading to what they considered a loss of freedom.

Accepted Answer

During wartime devastation, many white y

Question 14

By the mid-1870s,white farmers were cultivating as much as 80 percent of the region's cotton crop.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

"Waving the bloody shirt" referred to:

Accepted Answer

A)  a powerful symbol of Ku Klux Klan violence against African-Americans. 
B)  a Democratic campaign prop that reminded voters that Republicans had been responsible for the Civil War. 
C)  a Republican attempt to associate Democrats with secession and treason. 
D)  a sign of surrender that southern whites used to signify their loss of power. 
E)  Andrew Johnson's use of Abraham Lincoln's death for political purposes. 
A)  a powerful symbol of Ku Klux Klan violence against African-Americans. 
B)  a Democratic campaign prop that reminded voters that Republicans had been responsible for the Civil War. 
C)  a Republican attempt to associate Democrats with secession and treason. 
D)  a sign of surrender that southern whites used to signify their loss of power. 
E)  Andrew Johnson's use of Abraham Lincoln's death for political purposes.

Question 16

Northern investors were more likely to invest in the West than in the South.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

If a man from Maine came to live in the South as a teacher,what would he most likely be labeled as?

Accepted Answer

A)  A scalawag. 
B)  A teacher. 
C)  A Liberal Republican. 
D)  A carpetbagger. 
E)  An angel of mercy. 
A)  A scalawag. 
B)  A teacher. 
C)  A Liberal Republican. 
D)  A carpetbagger. 
E)  An angel of mercy.

Question 18

Black ministers during the Reconstruction played a major role in politics,holding some 250 public offices.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Accepted Answer

A) second black U.S.senator 
B) proposed the Civil Rights Bill of 1866 
C) Presidential Reconstruction 
D) Liberal Republican's presidential candidate 
E) envoy to China
F)Radical Republican congressman from Pennsylvania
G)Whiskey Ring
H)ended Reconstruction
I)National Woman Suffrage Association
J)Radical Republican senator from Massachusetts
K)first black U.S.senator
L)secretary of war 
A) second black U.S.senator 
B) proposed the Civil Rights Bill of 1866 
C) Presidential Reconstruction 
D) Liberal Republican's presidential candidate 
E) envoy to China
F)Radical Republican congressman from Pennsylvania
G)Whiskey Ring
H)ended Reconstruction
I)National Woman Suffrage Association
J)Radical Republican senator from Massachusetts
K)first black U.S.senator
L)secretary of war

Question 20

Andrew Johnson:

Accepted Answer

A)  simply continued Lincoln's Reconstruction policies. 
B)  agreed with Lincoln that some African-Americans should be allowed suffrage rights. 
C)  won the Democratic presidential nomination in 1868 but narrowly lost the election. 
D)  lacked Lincoln's political skills and keen sense of public opinion. 
E)  displayed a great ability to compromise, very much like Lincoln. 
A)  simply continued Lincoln's Reconstruction policies. 
B)  agreed with Lincoln that some African-Americans should be allowed suffrage rights. 
C)  won the Democratic presidential nomination in 1868 but narrowly lost the election. 
D)  lacked Lincoln's political skills and keen sense of public opinion. 
E)  displayed a great ability to compromise, very much like Lincoln.

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

After the Civil War,which territory became the first to allow women to vote?

The most ambitious,but least successful,of the Radical Republicans' aims was:

The Senate,following the House's impeachment vote,removed Andrew Johnson from office.

After the Civil War,some ex-slaves walked hundreds of miles in search of family members.

Southern Republicans during Reconstruction:

Why did Radical Republicans believe that Andrew Johnson would support their agenda? Why was Johnson ultimately unable to lend his support to the Civil Rights Act of 1866 or to the Fourteenth Amendment?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Black Codes

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Hiram Revels

The Reconstruction amendments toppled the ideals of what Supreme Court decision?

When Congress sent Andrew Johnson the Civil Rights Bill of 1866,he:

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

Despite the Fourteenth Amendment,which group was still being denied United States citizenship?

Explain how wartime devastation set in motion a train of events that permanently altered the white yeomanry's independent way of life,leading to what they considered a loss of freedom.

By the mid-1870s,white farmers were cultivating as much as 80 percent of the region's cotton crop.

"Waving the bloody shirt" referred to:

Northern investors were more likely to invest in the West than in the South.

If a man from Maine came to live in the South as a teacher,what would he most likely be labeled as?

Black ministers during the Reconstruction played a major role in politics,holding some 250 public offices.

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Andrew Johnson:

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