Question 1

In his 10 percent plan for Reconstruction, President Lincoln promised

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A)  rapid, straightforward, and readily achievablereadmission of Southern states into the Union. 
B)  former slaves the right to vote. 
C)  the restoration of the planter aristocracy to political power. 
D)  severe punishment of Southern political and military leaders. 
E)  a plan that could not possibly lead to congressional fears of the reenslavement of Southern blacks. 
A)  rapid, straightforward, and readily achievablereadmission of Southern states into the Union. 
B)  former slaves the right to vote. 
C)  the restoration of the planter aristocracy to political power. 
D)  severe punishment of Southern political and military leaders. 
E)  a plan that could not possibly lead to congressional fears of the reenslavement of Southern blacks.

Question 2

Even though the Force Acts and the Union Army helped suppress the Ku Klux Klan, the secret organization largely achieved its central goal of

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A)  driving the Union Army out of the South. 
B)  preventing blacks from migrating to the West or North. 
C)  keeping white carpetbaggers from voting. 
D)  intimidating blacks and undermining them politically. 
E)  destroying the Freedmen's Bureau. 
A)  driving the Union Army out of the South. 
B)  preventing blacks from migrating to the West or North. 
C)  keeping white carpetbaggers from voting. 
D)  intimidating blacks and undermining them politically. 
E)  destroying the Freedmen's Bureau.

Question 3

Radical Republicans have been both credited with having high ideals and accused of crass partisanship as motives for their Reconstruction policies.Which argument do you find more persuasive? Why?

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The argument that Radical Republicans ha

Question 4

In the 1866 congressional elections

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A)  President Johnson conducted a highly successful "swing around the circle" campaign tour promoting his policies. 
B)  radicals replaced moderates as the dominant Republican faction in Congress. 
C)  voters endorsed the Republicancongressional approach to Reconstruction. 
D)  Republicans lost their majority control of Congress. 
E)  a substantial number of white southern Republicans were elected to Congress. 
A)  President Johnson conducted a highly successful "swing around the circle" campaign tour promoting his policies. 
B)  radicals replaced moderates as the dominant Republican faction in Congress. 
C)  voters endorsed the Republicancongressional approach to Reconstruction. 
D)  Republicans lost their majority control of Congress. 
E)  a substantial number of white southern Republicans were elected to Congress.

Question 5

The last of the Reconstruction era amendments to pass was the

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A)  Eighteenth 
B)  Thirteenth. 
C)  Fourteenth. 
D)  Fifteenth. 
E)  None of these choices are correct. 
A)  Eighteenth 
B)  Thirteenth. 
C)  Fourteenth. 
D)  Fifteenth. 
E)  None of these choices are correct.

Question 6

The root cause of the battle between Congress and President Andrew Johnson was

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A)  Johnson's personal vulgarity and crude style of campaigning. 
B)  the president's former ownership of slaves. 
C)  Johnson's "soft" conciliatory treatment of the white South clashed with the congressional emphasis of promoting black freedom and racial equality in the South by many Republicans in Congress. 
D)  Johnson's "class-based" policies that favored poor whites over the white planter and manufacturing classes. 
E)  Johnson's underlying loyalty to the Democratic party. 
A)  Johnson's personal vulgarity and crude style of campaigning. 
B)  the president's former ownership of slaves. 
C)  Johnson's "soft" conciliatory treatment of the white South clashed with the congressional emphasis of promoting black freedom and racial equality in the South by many Republicans in Congress. 
D)  Johnson's "class-based" policies that favored poor whites over the white planter and manufacturing classes. 
E)  Johnson's underlying loyalty to the Democratic party.

Question 7

Both moderate and radical Republicans agreed that

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A)  federal military and political power must be used to bring about a social and economic revolution in the South. 
B)  blacks should be the foundation of the Southern Republican party. 
C)  freed slaves must be granted the right to vote. 
D)  Southern states should quickly be readmitted into the Union. 
E)  None of these choices are correct. 
A)  federal military and political power must be used to bring about a social and economic revolution in the South. 
B)  blacks should be the foundation of the Southern Republican party. 
C)  freed slaves must be granted the right to vote. 
D)  Southern states should quickly be readmitted into the Union. 
E)  None of these choices are correct.

Question 8

It has been wryly observed that "the North won the Civil War, but the South won Reconstruction." Interpret this statement and assess its truth.

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The statement "the North won the Civil W

Question 9

Radical Republican leaders in Congress included

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A)  Congressman Thaddeus Stevens of Pennsylvania. 
B)  Senator Benjamin Wade of Ohio. 
C)  Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts. 
D)  Senator Alexander Stephens of Georgia. 
E)  Senator Hiram Revels of Mississippi. 
A)  Congressman Thaddeus Stevens of Pennsylvania. 
B)  Senator Benjamin Wade of Ohio. 
C)  Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts. 
D)  Senator Alexander Stephens of Georgia. 
E)  Senator Hiram Revels of Mississippi.

Question 10

All of the following were reasons the Senate voted to acquit President Andrew Johnson except

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A)  opposition to abusing the constitutional system of checks and balances. 
B)  concern about the high-tariff, soft-money, and pro-labor views of radical Republican Benjamin Wade who would become president if President Johnson were convicted by the Senate. 
C)  fears of creating a politically destabilizing and uncertain period of time in the nation. 
D)  President Johnson promised to obstructsome of the Republican policies in return for remaining in office. 
E)  President Johnson promised not to run for president in 1868 if acquitted. 
A)  opposition to abusing the constitutional system of checks and balances. 
B)  concern about the high-tariff, soft-money, and pro-labor views of radical Republican Benjamin Wade who would become president if President Johnson were convicted by the Senate. 
C)  fears of creating a politically destabilizing and uncertain period of time in the nation. 
D)  President Johnson promised to obstructsome of the Republican policies in return for remaining in office. 
E)  President Johnson promised not to run for president in 1868 if acquitted.

Question 11

Which of the following was not among the functions provided by the black Union League?

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A)  Educating blacks in their civic duties 
B)  Campaigning for Republican candidates 
C)  Helping blacks migrate from the South to the North 
D)  Building black churches and schools 
E)  Recruiting militias to protect black communities from white retaliation. 
A)  Educating blacks in their civic duties 
B)  Campaigning for Republican candidates 
C)  Helping blacks migrate from the South to the North 
D)  Building black churches and schools 
E)  Recruiting militias to protect black communities from white retaliation.

Question 12

Why was President Johnson impeached? Why didn't the Senate convict him of "high crimes and misdemeanors"? Would Johnson's conviction have permanently altered the balance of power between Congress and the President?

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President Johnson was impeached by the H

Question 13

The political controversy surrounding the Wade-Davis Bill and the readmission of the Confederate states to the Union demonstrated

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A)  the deep differences between President Lincoln and Congress concerning the political conditions and terms of Reconstruction. 
B)  the close ties that were developing between President Lincoln and the Democrats over Reconstruction issues. 
C)  President Lincoln's desire for a harsh Reconstruction plan. 
D)  that a Congressional majority believed that the South had never legally left the Union. 
E)  the Republicans' division about whether readmitting the Confederate states to the Union was wise, regardless of the stringent readmission conditions specified in the Wade-Davis legislation. 
A)  the deep differences between President Lincoln and Congress concerning the political conditions and terms of Reconstruction. 
B)  the close ties that were developing between President Lincoln and the Democrats over Reconstruction issues. 
C)  President Lincoln's desire for a harsh Reconstruction plan. 
D)  that a Congressional majority believed that the South had never legally left the Union. 
E)  the Republicans' division about whether readmitting the Confederate states to the Union was wise, regardless of the stringent readmission conditions specified in the Wade-Davis legislation.

Question 14

Andrew Johnson had been put on Lincoln's ticket as vice president in his second term

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A)  because Lincoln's first vice president, Hannibal Hamlin, had displayed southern sympathies. 
B)  to appeal to War Democrats and pro-Union southerners. 
C)  as a safe choice in case Lincoln died in office. 
D)  as a poor white who balanced Lincoln's aristocratic background. 
E)  to appeal to Union soldiers and radical Republicans. 
A)  because Lincoln's first vice president, Hannibal Hamlin, had displayed southern sympathies. 
B)  to appeal to War Democrats and pro-Union southerners. 
C)  as a safe choice in case Lincoln died in office. 
D)  as a poor white who balanced Lincoln's aristocratic background. 
E)  to appeal to Union soldiers and radical Republicans.

Question 15

The goals of the Ku Klux Klan included all of the following except

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A)  "keep blacks in their place"; that is, subservient to whites. 
B)  prevent blacks from voting. 
C)  keep white "carpetbaggers" from voting. 
D)  support the Force Acts of 1870 and 1871. 
E)  end radical Reconstruction. 
A)  "keep blacks in their place"; that is, subservient to whites. 
B)  prevent blacks from voting. 
C)  keep white "carpetbaggers" from voting. 
D)  support the Force Acts of 1870 and 1871. 
E)  end radical Reconstruction.

Question 16

Which of these is not a true statement about women's rights activists during the Civil War and Reconstruction eras?

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A)  Female activists saw the struggle for black freedom and women's rights as one in the same. 
B)  During the war, many women's rights leaders worked for black emancipation first and foremost. 
C)  The Woman's Loyal League collected 400,000 signatures supporting a constitutional amendment ending slavery. 
D)  Women's rights activists campaigned in support of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments. 
E)  Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony sought to have the word "sex" added to the Fifteenth Amendment. 
A)  Female activists saw the struggle for black freedom and women's rights as one in the same. 
B)  During the war, many women's rights leaders worked for black emancipation first and foremost. 
C)  The Woman's Loyal League collected 400,000 signatures supporting a constitutional amendment ending slavery. 
D)  Women's rights activists campaigned in support of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments. 
E)  Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony sought to have the word "sex" added to the Fifteenth Amendment.

Question 17

The incident that caused the clash between Congress and President Johnson to explode into the open in February 1866 was

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A)  passage of the Pacific Railroad Act. 
B)  the creation of the sharecropping system. 
C)  the attempt to pass the Fourteenth Amendment. 
D)  the South's regaining control of the Senate. 
E)  Johnson's veto of the bill to extend the Freedmen's Bureau. 
A)  passage of the Pacific Railroad Act. 
B)  the creation of the sharecropping system. 
C)  the attempt to pass the Fourteenth Amendment. 
D)  the South's regaining control of the Senate. 
E)  Johnson's veto of the bill to extend the Freedmen's Bureau.

Question 18

Among the legacies of the Reconstruction effort were

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A)  a national commitment to civil rights for all races in America. 
B)  establishment of economic and political guarantees for southern blacks. 
C)  a long-term eclipse of Republican party strength in southern states. 
D)  a drastic redistribution of wealth and radical economic reforms in the South. 
E)  a sense of resentment and grievance among white southerners. 
A)  a national commitment to civil rights for all races in America. 
B)  establishment of economic and political guarantees for southern blacks. 
C)  a long-term eclipse of Republican party strength in southern states. 
D)  a drastic redistribution of wealth and radical economic reforms in the South. 
E)  a sense of resentment and grievance among white southerners.

Question 19

Compare and contrast Lincoln's, Johnson's, and Congress's plans for Reconstruction.Cite what was included and what was omitted.Which program do you think was the best plan for the nation and the best plan for blacks in the South? Defend your choices.

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Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction, known

Question 20

A primary motive for the formation of the Ku Klux Klan was

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A)  hostility to the growing practice of interracial sexual relations and marriage. 
B)  anger at the corruption in Reconstruction legislatures. 
C)  the southern desire to instigate guerrilla warfare against the occupying U.S. Army. 
D)  political disenfranchisement experienced by poor whites in the South. 
E)  white resistance in the South to constitutional and federal legislative attempts to empower blacks politically and challenge white supremacy. 
A)  hostility to the growing practice of interracial sexual relations and marriage. 
B)  anger at the corruption in Reconstruction legislatures. 
C)  the southern desire to instigate guerrilla warfare against the occupying U.S. Army. 
D)  political disenfranchisement experienced by poor whites in the South. 
E)  white resistance in the South to constitutional and federal legislative attempts to empower blacks politically and challenge white supremacy.

Exam 22: The Ordeal of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

In his 10 percent plan for Reconstruction, President Lincoln promised

Even though the Force Acts and the Union Army helped suppress the Ku Klux Klan, the secret organization largely achieved its central goal of

Radical Republicans have been both credited with having high ideals and accused of crass partisanship as motives for their Reconstruction policies.Which argument do you find more persuasive? Why?

In the 1866 congressional elections

The last of the Reconstruction era amendments to pass was the

The root cause of the battle between Congress and President Andrew Johnson was

Both moderate and radical Republicans agreed that

It has been wryly observed that "the North won the Civil War, but the South won Reconstruction." Interpret this statement and assess its truth.

Radical Republican leaders in Congress included

All of the following were reasons the Senate voted to acquit President Andrew Johnson except

Which of the following was not among the functions provided by the black Union League?

Why was President Johnson impeached? Why didn't the Senate convict him of "high crimes and misdemeanors"? Would Johnson's conviction have permanently altered the balance of power between Congress and the President?

The political controversy surrounding the Wade-Davis Bill and the readmission of the Confederate states to the Union demonstrated

Andrew Johnson had been put on Lincoln's ticket as vice president in his second term

The goals of the Ku Klux Klan included all of the following except

Which of these is not a true statement about women's rights activists during the Civil War and Reconstruction eras?

The incident that caused the clash between Congress and President Johnson to explode into the open in February 1866 was

Among the legacies of the Reconstruction effort were

Compare and contrast Lincoln's, Johnson's, and Congress's plans for Reconstruction.Cite what was included and what was omitted.Which program do you think was the best plan for the nation and the best plan for blacks in the South? Defend your choices.

A primary motive for the formation of the Ku Klux Klan was

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