Question 1

All of the following are true statements about the Black Codes except

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A)  blacks were forced to work under labor contracts for little money for one year. 
B)  blacks who fled their employers could be dragged back to work by a paid "Negro-catcher." 
C)  they restricted the conditions under which blacks could legally marry. 
D)  blacks who fled could be made to forfeit back wages or hired out to pay their fines. 
E)  they were designed to reproduce the master-slave relationship after slavery was abolished. 
A)  blacks were forced to work under labor contracts for little money for one year. 
B)  blacks who fled their employers could be dragged back to work by a paid "Negro-catcher." 
C)  they restricted the conditions under which blacks could legally marry. 
D)  blacks who fled could be made to forfeit back wages or hired out to pay their fines. 
E)  they were designed to reproduce the master-slave relationship after slavery was abolished. C

Question 2

During Reconstruction, African American women in the South assumed new political roles, which included all of the following except

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A)  participating in black church life. 
B)  monitoring state constitutional conventions. 
C)  participating in political rallies. 
D)  organizing mass meetings. 
E)  voting in state and local elections. 
A)  participating in black church life. 
B)  monitoring state constitutional conventions. 
C)  participating in political rallies. 
D)  organizing mass meetings. 
E)  voting in state and local elections. E

Question 3

The Fourteenth Amendment guaranteed

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A)  citizenship and civil rights to freed slaves. 
B)  land for former slaves. 
C)  voting rights for former Confederates who had previously served in the U.S. Army. 
D)  freed slaves the right to vote. 
E)  education to former slaves. 
A)  citizenship and civil rights to freed slaves. 
B)  land for former slaves. 
C)  voting rights for former Confederates who had previously served in the U.S. Army. 
D)  freed slaves the right to vote. 
E)  education to former slaves. A

Question 4

The greatest achievements of the Freedmen's Bureau were in

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A)  providing "forty acres and a mule" to freed blacks. 
B)  educating former slaves. 
C)  the provision of food and clothing. 
D)  helping people to find employment at fair wages and decent working conditions in the South. 
E)  securing black civil rights, preventing lynchings, and ensuring voting rights. 
A)  providing "forty acres and a mule" to freed blacks. 
B)  educating former slaves. 
C)  the provision of food and clothing. 
D)  helping people to find employment at fair wages and decent working conditions in the South. 
E)  securing black civil rights, preventing lynchings, and ensuring voting rights.

Question 5

Feminist leaders such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B.Antony campaigned against Fourteenth Amendment

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A)  despite having worked wholeheartedly for the cause of emancipation. 
B)  because a citizen's right to vote was defined constitutionally as being limited to male citizens. 
C)  despite being urged by their former ally, Frederick Douglass, to support the Fourteenth Amendment in order to enshrine black civil rights into the Constitution. 
D)  because equal national citizenship was defined in the Constitution as limited to males. 
E)  All of these choices are correct. 
A)  despite having worked wholeheartedly for the cause of emancipation. 
B)  because a citizen's right to vote was defined constitutionally as being limited to male citizens. 
C)  despite being urged by their former ally, Frederick Douglass, to support the Fourteenth Amendment in order to enshrine black civil rights into the Constitution. 
D)  because equal national citizenship was defined in the Constitution as limited to males. 
E)  All of these choices are correct.

Question 6

The first and only ex-Confederate state to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment in 1866 and thus be immediately readmitted to the Union under congressional Reconstruction was

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A)  Virginia. 
B)  Georgia. 
C)  North Carolina. 
D)  Tennessee. 
E)  West Virginia. 
A)  Virginia. 
B)  Georgia. 
C)  North Carolina. 
D)  Tennessee. 
E)  West Virginia.

Question 7

Assess the achievements and shortcomings of "radical" regimes in the South.What did they do that is worth admiring and worth condemning? What else might they have done to better achieve their goals? What political, economic, and extra-legal obstacles did these "radical" regimes in the South encounter in achieving their goals?

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The achievements and shortcomings of "ra

Question 8

The Black Codes provided for all of the following except

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A)  a ban on jury service by blacks. 
B)  a restriction against black migration from the South. 
C)  a bar on blacks from renting land. 
D)  punishment of blacks for idleness. 
E)  fines for blacks who jumped labor contracts. 
A)  a ban on jury service by blacks. 
B)  a restriction against black migration from the South. 
C)  a bar on blacks from renting land. 
D)  punishment of blacks for idleness. 
E)  fines for blacks who jumped labor contracts.

Question 9

How did freed slaves respond to Reconstruction? How did freedom affect the economic, social, and political life of former slaves? In what ways was their freedom still incomplete?

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Freed slaves responded to Reconstruction

Question 10

____ believed that the Southern states had completely left the Union and were therefore, "conquered provinces" that had to seek readmission on whatever economic and political terms Congress demanded.

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A)  War Democrats 
B)  The Supreme Court 
C)  President Lincoln 
D)  President Johnson 
E)  Congressional radical Republicans 
A)  War Democrats 
B)  The Supreme Court 
C)  President Lincoln 
D)  President Johnson 
E)  Congressional radical Republicans

Question 11

Congress objected to the readmission of Southern states to the Union under Johnson's plan because

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A)  the states had adopted Black Codes that limited the civil rights of freed slaves. 
B)  the states had been readmitted without consultation with Congress. 
C)  many former Confederates were elected to high political office in those states. 
D)  it feared that the restored South would be stronger than ever in national politics. 
E)  they feared that the South would just secede again if it didn't get its way. 
A)  the states had adopted Black Codes that limited the civil rights of freed slaves. 
B)  the states had been readmitted without consultation with Congress. 
C)  many former Confederates were elected to high political office in those states. 
D)  it feared that the restored South would be stronger than ever in national politics. 
E)  they feared that the South would just secede again if it didn't get its way.

Question 12

The Fourteenth Amendment

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A)  failed to confer any civil rights, including citizenship on the freedmen. 
B)  prohibited from federal and state office those former Confederates who as federal officeholders had once sworn to uphold the U.S. Constitution. 
C)  guaranteed the freedmen the right to vote. 
D)  met all the political demands of the radical Republicans. 
E)  conferred a broad array of civil rights, including voting rights, on white women. 
A)  failed to confer any civil rights, including citizenship on the freedmen. 
B)  prohibited from federal and state office those former Confederates who as federal officeholders had once sworn to uphold the U.S. Constitution. 
C)  guaranteed the freedmen the right to vote. 
D)  met all the political demands of the radical Republicans. 
E)  conferred a broad array of civil rights, including voting rights, on white women.

Question 13

The Freedmen's Bureau was established to do all of the following except

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A)  act as a kind of welfare agency. 
B)  provide food, clothing, and medical care to slave refugees. 
C)  settle former slaves with forty-acre tracts confiscated from Confederates. 
D)  relocate blacks West or force them into labor contracts with former masters. 
E)  provide education that would help close the gap between blacks and whites. 
A)  act as a kind of welfare agency. 
B)  provide food, clothing, and medical care to slave refugees. 
C)  settle former slaves with forty-acre tracts confiscated from Confederates. 
D)  relocate blacks West or force them into labor contracts with former masters. 
E)  provide education that would help close the gap between blacks and whites.

Question 14

Johnson's veto of the Civil Rights Bill of 1866 prompted Congress to seek passage of

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A)  the Thirteenth Amendment. 
B)  an extension of the Freedmen's Bureau. 
C)  an act to overturn the Black Codes. 
D)  the Fourteenth Amendment. 
E)  articles of impeachment against Johnson. 
A)  the Thirteenth Amendment. 
B)  an extension of the Freedmen's Bureau. 
C)  an act to overturn the Black Codes. 
D)  the Fourteenth Amendment. 
E)  articles of impeachment against Johnson.

Question 15

Most radical Reconstruction regimes in the South

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A)  expanded the legal property rights of women. 
B)  established public-school systems. 
C)  were controlled by freed slaves. 
D)  were troubled by graft and corruption. 
E)  refused to permit southern whites to hold office. 
A)  expanded the legal property rights of women. 
B)  established public-school systems. 
C)  were controlled by freed slaves. 
D)  were troubled by graft and corruption. 
E)  refused to permit southern whites to hold office.

Question 16

What were the key elements of President Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction policies that stirred objections from congressional Republicans? Why did congressional leaders so strongly object to those policies?

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President Andrew Johnson's Reconstructio

Question 17

Some historians have argued that Reconstruction was a total failure, while others have seen it as laying the foundation for future American progress in race relations and civil rights.What arguments can be made for each position? Which is more persuasive?

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The argument that Reconstruction was a t

Question 18

The text authors claim that the midterm elections of 1866 were "more crucial than some presidential elections." Do you agree? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

I agree with the text authors' claim tha

Question 19

As part of their Reconstruction plan, radical Republicans originally expected to

Accepted Answer

A)  secure civil rights for freed slaves. 
B)  punish the planter aristocracy. 
C)  restructure Southern society. 
D)  have President Johnson on their side. 
E)  use federal power to aid blacks. 
A)  secure civil rights for freed slaves. 
B)  punish the planter aristocracy. 
C)  restructure Southern society. 
D)  have President Johnson on their side. 
E)  use federal power to aid blacks.

Question 20

A group of Kentucky blacks provided what description of the KKK in an 1871 letter to Congress?

Accepted Answer

A)  The KKK members forced blacks to use separate accommodations from whites. 
B)  The KKK dragged black men to testify positively on behalf of whites. 
C)  The KKK rode through towns at night, robbing, whipping, ravishing and killing blacks. 
D)  The KKK had especially targeted black farmers and land-owners. 
E)  None of these choices are correct. 
A)  The KKK members forced blacks to use separate accommodations from whites. 
B)  The KKK dragged black men to testify positively on behalf of whites. 
C)  The KKK rode through towns at night, robbing, whipping, ravishing and killing blacks. 
D)  The KKK had especially targeted black farmers and land-owners. 
E)  None of these choices are correct.

Exam 22: The Ordeal of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

All of the following are true statements about the Black Codes except

During Reconstruction, African American women in the South assumed new political roles, which included all of the following except

The Fourteenth Amendment guaranteed

The greatest achievements of the Freedmen's Bureau were in

Feminist leaders such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B.Antony campaigned against Fourteenth Amendment

The first and only ex-Confederate state to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment in 1866 and thus be immediately readmitted to the Union under congressional Reconstruction was

The Black Codes provided for all of the following except

How did freed slaves respond to Reconstruction? How did freedom affect the economic, social, and political life of former slaves? In what ways was their freedom still incomplete?

____ believed that the Southern states had completely left the Union and were therefore, "conquered provinces" that had to seek readmission on whatever economic and political terms Congress demanded.

Congress objected to the readmission of Southern states to the Union under Johnson's plan because

The Fourteenth Amendment

The Freedmen's Bureau was established to do all of the following except

Johnson's veto of the Civil Rights Bill of 1866 prompted Congress to seek passage of

Most radical Reconstruction regimes in the South

What were the key elements of President Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction policies that stirred objections from congressional Republicans? Why did congressional leaders so strongly object to those policies?

Some historians have argued that Reconstruction was a total failure, while others have seen it as laying the foundation for future American progress in race relations and civil rights.What arguments can be made for each position? Which is more persuasive?

The text authors claim that the midterm elections of 1866 were "more crucial than some presidential elections." Do you agree? Why or why not?

As part of their Reconstruction plan, radical Republicans originally expected to

A group of Kentucky blacks provided what description of the KKK in an 1871 letter to Congress?

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