Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Force Acts

Accepted Answer

The Force Acts, also known as the Enforc

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

A)  the deep differences between President Lincoln and Congress. 
B)  the close ties that were developing between President Lincoln and the Democrats. 
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' fear of re-admitting Confederate leaders to Congress. 
A)  the deep differences between President Lincoln and Congress. 
B)  the close ties that were developing between President Lincoln and the Democrats. 
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' fear of re-admitting Confederate leaders to Congress.

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Reconstruction Act

Accepted Answer

The Reconstruction Act, also known as th

Question 5

For blacks,emancipation meant all of the following except

Accepted Answer

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)  that large numbers would move north. 
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)  that large numbers would move north.

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

A)  That KKK members forced blacks to use separate accommodations from whites. 
B)  That the KKK men kidnapped black women. 
C)  That the KKK rode through towns at night, robbing, whipping, ravishing and killing blacks. 
D)  That the KKK had especially targeted black farmers and land-owners. 
E)  That the KKK dragged black men to testify positively on behalf of whites. 
A)  That KKK members forced blacks to use separate accommodations from whites. 
B)  That the KKK men kidnapped black women. 
C)  That the KKK rode through towns at night, robbing, whipping, ravishing and killing blacks. 
D)  That the KKK had especially targeted black farmers and land-owners. 
E)  That the KKK dragged black men to testify positively on behalf of whites.

Question 7

The Ku Klux Klan could best be described as

Accepted Answer

A)  an attempt 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. 
A)  an attempt 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.

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

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 9

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

Accepted Answer

A)  gave black women but not white 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 
E)  gave equal rights to African American males but not to women. 
A)  gave black women but not white 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 
E)  gave equal rights to African American males but not to women.

Question 10

Freedom for Southern blacks at the end of the Civil War

Accepted Answer

A)  occurred immediately with the Emancipation Proclamation. 
B)  caused large numbers to migrate to the big cities in the North. 
C)  came haltingly and unevenly in different parts of the conquered Confederacy. 
D)  was achieved without the use of Union soldiers. 
E)  was a source of considerable anxiety. 
A)  occurred immediately with the Emancipation Proclamation. 
B)  caused large numbers to migrate to the big cities in the North. 
C)  came haltingly and unevenly in different parts of the conquered Confederacy. 
D)  was achieved without the use of Union soldiers. 
E)  was a source of considerable anxiety.

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

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 12

Reconstruction involved extended controversies over

Accepted Answer

A)  readmission of Southern states into the Union. 
B)  civil and political rights for former slaves. 
C)  the freedom of slaves. 
D)  direction and control of the Reconstruction process. 
E)  treatment of former Confederate leaders. 
A)  readmission of Southern states into the Union. 
B)  civil and political rights for former slaves. 
C)  the freedom of slaves. 
D)  direction and control of the Reconstruction process. 
E)  treatment of former Confederate leaders.

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

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 14

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?

Accepted Answer

President Andrew Johnson's Reconstructio

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Andrew Johnson

Accepted Answer

Andrew Johnson was the 17th President of

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

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 17

Radical congressional Reconstruction of the South finally ended when

Accepted Answer

A)  the South accepted the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments. 
B)  the last federal troops were removed in 1877. 
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 rights without federal intervention. 
A)  the South accepted the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments. 
B)  the last federal troops were removed in 1877. 
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 rights without federal intervention.

Question 18

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?

Accepted Answer

The argument that Reconstruction was a t

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"Seward's Folly"

Accepted Answer

"Seward's Folly" refers to the purchase

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Charles Sumner

Accepted Answer

Charles Sumner (1811–1874) was a promine

Exam 22: The Ordeal of Reconstruction,1865-1877

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Force Acts

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

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Reconstruction Act

For blacks,emancipation meant all of the following except

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

The Ku Klux Klan could best be described as

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

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

Freedom for Southern blacks at the end of the Civil War

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

Reconstruction involved extended controversies over

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

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?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Andrew Johnson

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

Radical congressional Reconstruction of the South finally ended when

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?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"Seward's Folly"

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Charles Sumner

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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

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

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age,1869-1896

Industry Comes of Age,1865-1900

America Moves to the City,1865-1900

The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution,1865-1896

Empire and Expansion,1890-1909

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt,1901-1912

Wilsonian Progressivism at Home and Abroad,1912-1916

The War to End War,1917-1918

American Life in the "Roaring Twenties",1919-1929

The Politics of Boom and Bust,1920-1932

The Great Depression and the New Deal,1933-1939

Franklin D.Roosevelt and the Shadow of War,1933-1941

America in World War II,1941-1945

The Cold War Begins,1945-1952

The Eisenhower Era,1952-1960

The Stormy Sixties,1960-1968

The Stalemated Seventies,1968-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism,1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era,1992-2009

The American People Face a New Century

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