Question 1

For Southern blacks, emancipation following the Civil War meant all of the following except

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A)  the ability to search for lost family. 
B)  the right to get married. 
C)  the opportunity to form their own churches. 
D)  the opportunity for an education. 
E)  maintenance in the status quo anteof the social behavior and personal relations between white Southerners and freed blacks. 
A)  the ability to search for lost family. 
B)  the right to get married. 
C)  the opportunity to form their own churches. 
D)  the opportunity for an education. 
E)  maintenance in the status quo anteof the social behavior and personal relations between white Southerners and freed blacks.

Question 2

Congressional Reconstruction hoped to provide and enforce basic rights and protection for the former slaves in the South through the

Accepted Answer

A)  Military Reconstruction Act. 
B)  Fifteenth Amendment 
C)  Freedmen's Bureau Act. 
D)  Fourteenth Amendment. 
E)  Force Acts. 
A)  Military Reconstruction Act. 
B)  Fifteenth Amendment 
C)  Freedmen's Bureau Act. 
D)  Fourteenth Amendment. 
E)  Force Acts.

Question 3

The Ku Klux Klan could best be described as

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A)  an open political organization seeking to revive the Confederacy. 
B)  the military arm of the southern Democratic party. 
C)  a civic reform and service organization. 
D)  a movement for openly protesting northern oppression. 
E)  a secret terrorist organization seeking to subjugate and terrorize blacks in the South through violent means. 
A)  an open political organization seeking to revive the Confederacy. 
B)  the military arm of the southern Democratic party. 
C)  a civic reform and service organization. 
D)  a movement for openly protesting northern oppression. 
E)  a secret terrorist organization seeking to subjugate and terrorize blacks in the South through violent means.

Question 4

All of the following reveal the various ways southern blacks responded to the prospect of emancipation except

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A)  some slaves remained loyal to plantation masters and resisted the liberating Union armies. 
B)  some slaves insisted that whites address them as "Mr." or "Mrs." 
C)  some slaves beat former masters with the same whips formerly used on them. 
D)  some slaves claimed sections of plantation land as their own. 
E)  some slaves were suspicious about whether masters were really freeing them. 
A)  some slaves remained loyal to plantation masters and resisted the liberating Union armies. 
B)  some slaves insisted that whites address them as "Mr." or "Mrs." 
C)  some slaves beat former masters with the same whips formerly used on them. 
D)  some slaves claimed sections of plantation land as their own. 
E)  some slaves were suspicious about whether masters were really freeing them.

Question 5

There are several examples in American history of rapid reconciliation with the defeated foe.Why didn't the South receive this sympathetic treatment in Reconstruction? Who or what do you fault for the harshness of Southern Reconstruction? Why?

Accepted Answer

The lack of sympathetic treatment toward

Question 6

The Exodusters' westward mass migration finally faltered when

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A)  homesteading on the Great Plains proved more difficult than expected. 
B)  a massive, extended drought covered the Great Plains in in the late 1870s. 
C)  steamboat captains refused to transport more former slaves across the Mississippi. 
D)  white Kansans passed strict segregation laws. 
E)  the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the Constitution were finally ratified. 
A)  homesteading on the Great Plains proved more difficult than expected. 
B)  a massive, extended drought covered the Great Plains in in the late 1870s. 
C)  steamboat captains refused to transport more former slaves across the Mississippi. 
D)  white Kansans passed strict segregation laws. 
E)  the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the Constitution were finally ratified.

Question 7

Radical congressional Reconstruction of the South finally ended when

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A)  the South accepted the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments. 
B)  the last federal troops were removed in 1877 and a "solid" Democratic South became politically institutionalized. 
C)  President Johnson was not reelected in 1868. 
D)  the Supreme Court ruled in Ex parte Milligan that military tribunals could not try civilians. 
E)  blacks showed they could defend their civil rights adequately in state courts and legislatures without federal congressional and military intervention. 
A)  the South accepted the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments. 
B)  the last federal troops were removed in 1877 and a "solid" Democratic South became politically institutionalized. 
C)  President Johnson was not reelected in 1868. 
D)  the Supreme Court ruled in Ex parte Milligan that military tribunals could not try civilians. 
E)  blacks showed they could defend their civil rights adequately in state courts and legislatures without federal congressional and military intervention.

Question 8

Johnson was narrowly acquitted on the impeachment charges ultimately because

Accepted Answer

A)  Secretary of War Edwin Stanton aided Johnson's defense by spying on congressional prosecutors. 
B)  radical Republicans recognized that Johnson's successor would be worse. 
C)  many people favored destabilizing the federal government. 
D)  sufficient numbers of Republican senators recognized that the impeachment charges were legally dubious and politically charged and voted "not guilty." 
E)  Johnson promised to reverse his Reconstruction policies and adopt all of the radical Republicans' positions. 
A)  Secretary of War Edwin Stanton aided Johnson's defense by spying on congressional prosecutors. 
B)  radical Republicans recognized that Johnson's successor would be worse. 
C)  many people favored destabilizing the federal government. 
D)  sufficient numbers of Republican senators recognized that the impeachment charges were legally dubious and politically charged and voted "not guilty." 
E)  Johnson promised to reverse his Reconstruction policies and adopt all of the radical Republicans' positions.

Question 9

Many feminist leaders were deeply disappointed with the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments because they

Accepted Answer

A)  gave white women but not black women the right to vote. 
B)  failed to give women the right to serve on juries. 
C)  contained restrictions on ex-Confederates but not on male supremacists. 
D)  failed to define what constituted equal national citizenship. 
E)  gave national citizenship rights and voting rights to African American males but not to white or black women. 
A)  gave white women but not black women the right to vote. 
B)  failed to give women the right to serve on juries. 
C)  contained restrictions on ex-Confederates but not on male supremacists. 
D)  failed to define what constituted equal national citizenship. 
E)  gave national citizenship rights and voting rights to African American males but not to white or black women.

Question 10

The official charge that the House of Representatives used to impeach President Johnson was his

Accepted Answer

A)  veto of the Reconstruction Act of 1867. 
B)  readmission of Southern states without seriously reconstructing them. 
C)  dismissal of Secretary of War Stanton contrary to the Tenure of Office Act. 
D)  apparent sympathy with the Ku Klux Klan. 
E)  veto of the Freedmen's Bureau bill. 
A)  veto of the Reconstruction Act of 1867. 
B)  readmission of Southern states without seriously reconstructing them. 
C)  dismissal of Secretary of War Stanton contrary to the Tenure of Office Act. 
D)  apparent sympathy with the Ku Klux Klan. 
E)  veto of the Freedmen's Bureau bill.

Question 11

In 1865, following the conclusion of the Civil War,

Accepted Answer

A)  Southern whites quickly admitted they had been wrong in trying to secede and win Southern independence. 
B)  Southern whites rapidly turned their slaves into fairly paid, free labor employees. 
C)  Southern blacks uniformly turned in anger and revenge against their former masters. 
D)  Southern blacks often began traveling to test their freedom, search for family members, and seek economic opportunity. 
E)  Southern blacks looked to the federal government for help. 
A)  Southern whites quickly admitted they had been wrong in trying to secede and win Southern independence. 
B)  Southern whites rapidly turned their slaves into fairly paid, free labor employees. 
C)  Southern blacks uniformly turned in anger and revenge against their former masters. 
D)  Southern blacks often began traveling to test their freedom, search for family members, and seek economic opportunity. 
E)  Southern blacks looked to the federal government for help.

Question 12

Why did women fail to win the right to vote, despite the enactment of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments? What were the short-term and long-term political implications of this disappointing political defeat suffered by advocates of women's rights during the Reconstruction era?

Accepted Answer

Women failed to win the right to vote de

For Southern blacks, emancipation following the Civil War meant all of the following except

Congressional Reconstruction hoped to provide and enforce basic rights and protection for the former slaves in the South through the

The Ku Klux Klan could best be described as

All of the following reveal the various ways southern blacks responded to the prospect of emancipation except

There are several examples in American history of rapid reconciliation with the defeated foe.Why didn't the South receive this sympathetic treatment in Reconstruction? Who or what do you fault for the harshness of Southern Reconstruction? Why?

The Exodusters' westward mass migration finally faltered when

Radical congressional Reconstruction of the South finally ended when

Johnson was narrowly acquitted on the impeachment charges ultimately because

Many feminist leaders were deeply disappointed with the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments because they

The official charge that the House of Representatives used to impeach President Johnson was his

In 1865, following the conclusion of the Civil War,

Why did women fail to win the right to vote, despite the enactment of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments? What were the short-term and long-term political implications of this disappointing political defeat suffered by advocates of women's rights during the Reconstruction era?

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The Planting of English America, 1500-1733

Settling the Northern Colonies, 1619-1700

American Life in the Seventeenth Century, 1607-1692

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution, 1700-1775

The Duel for North America, 1608-1763

The Road to Revolution, 1763-1775

America Secedes from the Empire, 1775-1783

The Confederation and the Constitution, 1776-1790

Launching the New Ship of State, 1789-1800

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic, 1800-1812

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism, 1812-1824

The Rise of a Mass Democracy, 1824-1840

Forging the National Economy, 1790-1860

The Ferment of Reform and Culture, 1790-1860

The South and the Slavery Controversy, 1793-1860

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy, 1841-1848

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Drifting Toward Disunion, 1854-1861

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Exam 22: The Ordeal of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

For Southern blacks, emancipation following the Civil War meant all of the following except

Congressional Reconstruction hoped to provide and enforce basic rights and protection for the former slaves in the South through the

The Ku Klux Klan could best be described as

All of the following reveal the various ways southern blacks responded to the prospect of emancipation except

There are several examples in American history of rapid reconciliation with the defeated foe.Why didn't the South receive this sympathetic treatment in Reconstruction? Who or what do you fault for the harshness of Southern Reconstruction? Why?

The Exodusters' westward mass migration finally faltered when

Radical congressional Reconstruction of the South finally ended when

Johnson was narrowly acquitted on the impeachment charges ultimately because

Many feminist leaders were deeply disappointed with the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments because they

The official charge that the House of Representatives used to impeach President Johnson was his

In 1865, following the conclusion of the Civil War,

Why did women fail to win the right to vote, despite the enactment of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments? What were the short-term and long-term political implications of this disappointing political defeat suffered by advocates of women's rights during the Reconstruction era?

New World Beginnings, 33,000 B.C.E.-1769 C.E.

The Planting of English America, 1500-1733

Settling the Northern Colonies, 1619-1700

American Life in the Seventeenth Century, 1607-1692

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution, 1700-1775

The Duel for North America, 1608-1763

The Road to Revolution, 1763-1775

America Secedes from the Empire, 1775-1783

The Confederation and the Constitution, 1776-1790

Launching the New Ship of State, 1789-1800

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic, 1800-1812

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism, 1812-1824

The Rise of a Mass Democracy, 1824-1840

Forging the National Economy, 1790-1860

The Ferment of Reform and Culture, 1790-1860

The South and the Slavery Controversy, 1793-1860

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy, 1841-1848

Renewing the Sectional Struggle, 1848-1854

Drifting Toward Disunion, 1854-1861

Girding for War: The North and the South, 1861-1865

The Furnace of Civil War, 1861-1865

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