Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"Andy Veto"

Accepted Answer

"Andy Veto" refers to the nickname given

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-sharecropper farmers

Accepted Answer

Sharecropper farmers were tenant farmers

Question 3

The Reconstruction Act of 1867

Accepted Answer

A)  stopped short of forcing the former Confederate states to enfranchise ex-slaves. 
B)  divided the South into five military districts under the supervision of northern troops. 
C)  was Johnson's last successful attempt to control the process of reconstructing the South. 
D)  focused on the economic rebuilding of the South. 
E)  was quickly declared unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court in Ex parte Milligan. 
A)  stopped short of forcing the former Confederate states to enfranchise ex-slaves. 
B)  divided the South into five military districts under the supervision of northern troops. 
C)  was Johnson's last successful attempt to control the process of reconstructing the South. 
D)  focused on the economic rebuilding of the South. 
E)  was quickly declared unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court in Ex parte Milligan.

Question 4

What name was given to Northerners who came south during Reconstruction to participate in the region's modernization?

Accepted Answer

A)  Scalawags 
B)  Klansmen 
C)  Carpetbaggers 
D)  Redeemers 
E)  Union Leaguers 
A)  Scalawags 
B)  Klansmen 
C)  Carpetbaggers 
D)  Redeemers 
E)  Union Leaguers

Question 5

Radical Republican leaders in Congress included

Accepted Answer

A)  Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Sumner. 
B)  William Seward and Edwin M. Stanton. 
C)  Charles Sumner and William Seward. 
D)  Alexander Stephens and Thaddeus Stevens. 
E)  Oliver O. Howard and Hiram Revels. 
A)  Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Sumner. 
B)  William Seward and Edwin M. Stanton. 
C)  Charles Sumner and William Seward. 
D)  Alexander Stephens and Thaddeus Stevens. 
E)  Oliver O. Howard and Hiram Revels.

Question 6

In the 1866 congressional elections,the main issue was

Accepted Answer

A)  how many voters approved of the Thirteenth Amendment. 
B)  whether radicals would replace moderates as the dominant faction in Congress. 
C)  whether Reconstruction would proceed with or without the Fourteenth Amendment. 
D)  how much progress ex-slaves had made with their new rights. 
E)  whether the Homestead Act should be repealed. 
A)  how many voters approved of the Thirteenth Amendment. 
B)  whether radicals would replace moderates as the dominant faction in Congress. 
C)  whether Reconstruction would proceed with or without the Fourteenth Amendment. 
D)  how much progress ex-slaves had made with their new rights. 
E)  whether the Homestead Act should be repealed.

Question 7

The greatest achievements of the Freedmen's Bureau were in

Accepted Answer

A)  providing "forty acres and a mule" to freed blacks. 
B)  education. 
C)  provisioning food and clothing to needy blacks. 
D)  helping people to find employment. 
E)  securing black civil rights. 
A)  providing "forty acres and a mule" to freed blacks. 
B)  education. 
C)  provisioning food and clothing to needy blacks. 
D)  helping people to find employment. 
E)  securing black civil rights.

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-General Oliver O.Howard

Accepted Answer

General Oliver Otis Howard was a career

Question 9

The white South viewed the Freedmen's Bureau as

Accepted Answer

A)  a meddlesome federal agency that threatened to upset white racial dominance. 
B)  an agency acceptable only because it also helped poor whites. 
C)  a valued partner in rebuilding the South. 
D)  a political arm of the Republican party. 
E)  a threat to state social service agencies. 
A)  a meddlesome federal agency that threatened to upset white racial dominance. 
B)  an agency acceptable only because it also helped poor whites. 
C)  a valued partner in rebuilding the South. 
D)  a political arm of the Republican party. 
E)  a threat to state social service agencies.

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Pacific Railroad Act

Accepted Answer

The Pacific Railroad Act, signed into la

Question 11

How did freed slaves respond to emancipation? How did ex-slaves' actions and ambitions shape Reconstruction?

Accepted Answer

Freed slaves responded to emancipation i

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Black Codes

Accepted Answer

The Black Codes were laws passed by Sout

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-African Methodist Episcopal (AME)Church

Accepted Answer

The African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Ch

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-William Seward

Accepted Answer

William Henry Seward was an influential

Question 15

One of the central issues in the struggle over how to carry out Reconstruction was

Accepted Answer

A)  the treatment of the traitorous Copperheads. 
B)  how to reward the formerly slaveholding Border States for their loyalty. 
C)  civil and political rights for former slaves. 
D)  how to absorb the ex-slaves into political parties. 
E)  who should pay to rebuild Southern infrastructure, especially the railroads. 
A)  the treatment of the traitorous Copperheads. 
B)  how to reward the formerly slaveholding Border States for their loyalty. 
C)  civil and political rights for former slaves. 
D)  how to absorb the ex-slaves into political parties. 
E)  who should pay to rebuild Southern infrastructure, especially the railroads.

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-scalawags

Accepted Answer

Scalawags were white Southerners who sup

Question 17

For congressional Republicans,the most alarming aspect of the Southern states' swift restoration to the Union was that

Accepted Answer

A)  the South would be stronger than ever in national politics. 
B)  inexperienced Southern politicians would be elected. 
C)  the South might not elect blacks to Congress. 
D)  they would be forced to withdraw the Union Army from the South. 
E)  slavery might be re-established. 
A)  the South would be stronger than ever in national politics. 
B)  inexperienced Southern politicians would be elected. 
C)  the South might not elect blacks to Congress. 
D)  they would be forced to withdraw the Union Army from the South. 
E)  slavery might be re-established.

Question 18

For ex-slaves,the Black Codes

Accepted Answer

A)  drove them to leave the South in huge numbers. 
B)  meant a welcome system of employment. 
C)  provided much needed education. 
D)  represented a new start. 
E)  imposed terrible burdens of mistreatment and poverty. 
A)  drove them to leave the South in huge numbers. 
B)  meant a welcome system of employment. 
C)  provided much needed education. 
D)  represented a new start. 
E)  imposed terrible burdens of mistreatment and poverty.

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"Black Reconstruction"

Accepted Answer

"Black Reconstruction" refers to the per

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Fourteenth Amendment

Accepted Answer

The Fourteenth Amendment to the United S

Exam 22: The Ordeal of Reconstruction,1865-1877

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"Andy Veto"

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -sharecropper farmers

The Reconstruction Act of 1867

What name was given to Northerners who came south during Reconstruction to participate in the region's modernization?

Radical Republican leaders in Congress included

In the 1866 congressional elections,the main issue was

The greatest achievements of the Freedmen's Bureau were in

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -General Oliver O.Howard

The white South viewed the Freedmen's Bureau as

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Pacific Railroad Act

How did freed slaves respond to emancipation? How did ex-slaves' actions and ambitions shape Reconstruction?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Black Codes

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -African Methodist Episcopal (AME)Church

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -William Seward

One of the central issues in the struggle over how to carry out Reconstruction was

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -scalawags

For congressional Republicans,the most alarming aspect of the Southern states' swift restoration to the Union was that

For ex-slaves,the Black Codes

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"Black Reconstruction"

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Fourteenth Amendment

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