Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

A)  highly partisan "swing around the circle" in 1866. 
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)  highly partisan "swing around the circle" in 1866. 
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 2

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

Accepted Answer

The Redeemers were a political coalition

Question 3

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 4

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Virginia. 
B)  Arkansas. 
C)  Louisiana. 
D)  Tennessee. 
E)  West Virginia. 
A)  Virginia. 
B)  Arkansas. 
C)  Louisiana. 
D)  Tennessee. 
E)  West Virginia.

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

Scalawags were white Southerners who sup

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Ex parte Milligan

Accepted Answer

Ex parte Milligan (1866) is a landmark U

Question 7

Many feminist leaders were especially disappointed with the Fourteenth Amendment because it

Accepted Answer

A)  did not free all the slaves. 
B)  failed to give women the right to serve on juries. 
C)  guaranteed male but not female property rights. 
D)  did not 
E)  specified for the first time in the Constitution that only males could vote. 
A)  did not free all the slaves. 
B)  failed to give women the right to serve on juries. 
C)  guaranteed male but not female property rights. 
D)  did not 
E)  specified for the first time in the Constitution that only males could vote.

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

A)  opposition to abusing the constitutional system of checks and balances. 
B)  concern about the person who would become president. 
C)  fears of creating a destabilizing period. 
D)  Johnson promised to step down as president. 
E)  Johnson's promise to stop obstructing Republican policies. 
A)  opposition to abusing the constitutional system of checks and balances. 
B)  concern about the person who would become president. 
C)  fears of creating a destabilizing period. 
D)  Johnson promised to step down as president. 
E)  Johnson's promise to stop obstructing Republican policies.

Question 9

In President Andrew Johnson's view,the Freedmen's Bureau was

Accepted Answer

A)  a flawed but necessary agency. 
B)  acceptable only because it also helped poor whites. 
C)  a tolerable compromise with the radical Congress. 
D)  a potential source of Republican patronage jobs. 
E)  a meddlesome agency that should be killed. 
A)  a flawed but necessary agency. 
B)  acceptable only because it also helped poor whites. 
C)  a tolerable compromise with the radical Congress. 
D)  a potential source of Republican patronage jobs. 
E)  a meddlesome agency that should be killed.

Question 10

Political corruption during Reconstruction was

Accepted Answer

A)  primarily the fault of white carpetbaggers and scalawags. 
B)  located in the North. 
C)  common in both North and South. 
D)  present in all Southern states except South Carolina and Louisiana. 
E)  almost entirely conducted by blacks. 
A)  primarily the fault of white carpetbaggers and scalawags. 
B)  located in the North. 
C)  common in both North and South. 
D)  present in all Southern states except South Carolina and Louisiana. 
E)  almost entirely conducted by blacks.

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"Exodusters"

Accepted Answer

The "Exodusters" were African Americans

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Johnson's personal vulgarity and crude style of campaigning. 
B)  the president's former ownership of slaves. 
C)  Johnson's "soft" treatment of the white South. 
D)  Johnson's "class-based" policies that favored poor whites. 
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" treatment of the white South. 
D)  Johnson's "class-based" policies that favored poor whites. 
E)  Johnson's underlying loyalty to the Democratic party.

Question 13

To many Northerners,the Black Codes seemed to indicate that

Accepted Answer

A)  it would take some time to reconcile the South and the North. 
B)  the transition to black freedom would be difficult. 
C)  the Civil War had been worth the sacrifice. 
D)  presidential Reconstruction was working. 
E)  the arrogant South was acting as if the North had not really won the Civil War. 
A)  it would take some time to reconcile the South and the North. 
B)  the transition to black freedom would be difficult. 
C)  the Civil War had been worth the sacrifice. 
D)  presidential Reconstruction was working. 
E)  the arrogant South was acting as if the North had not really won the Civil War.

Question 14

President Johnson's plan for Reconstruction

Accepted Answer

A)  differed radically from Lincoln's. 
B)  guaranteed former slaves the right to vote. 
C)  required that all former Confederate states ratify the Fourteenth Amendment. 
D)  established literacy tests for voting in the South. 
E)  aimed at swift restoration of the southern states after a few basic conditions were met. 
A)  differed radically from Lincoln's. 
B)  guaranteed former slaves the right to vote. 
C)  required that all former Confederate states ratify the Fourteenth Amendment. 
D)  established literacy tests for voting in the South. 
E)  aimed at swift restoration of the southern states after a few basic conditions were met.

Question 15

Radical Republican leaders in Congress included

Accepted Answer

A)  Congressman Thaddeus Stevens of Pennsylvania. 
B)  Senator William Seward of New York. 
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 William Seward of New York. 
C)  Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts. 
D)  Senator Alexander Stephens of Georgia. 
E)  Senator Hiram Revels of Mississippi.

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

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 17

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

Question 18

Radical Reconstruction state governments

Accepted Answer

A)  did little of value. 
B)  passed much desirable legislation and badly needed reforms. 
C)  were more corrupt than Northern state governments. 
D)  had all of their reforms repealed by the all-white "redeemer governments." 
E)  failed to address the issue of education. 
A)  did little of value. 
B)  passed much desirable legislation and badly needed reforms. 
C)  were more corrupt than Northern state governments. 
D)  had all of their reforms repealed by the all-white "redeemer governments." 
E)  failed to address the issue of education.

Question 19

Both moderate and radical Republicans agreed that

Accepted Answer

A)  federal 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)  the federal government must become involved in the individual lives of American citizens. 
D)  Southern states should quickly be readmitted into the Union. 
E)  freed slaves must be granted the right to vote. 
A)  federal 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)  the federal government must become involved in the individual lives of American citizens. 
D)  Southern states should quickly be readmitted into the Union. 
E)  freed slaves must be granted the right to vote.

Question 20

The Fourteenth Amendment is commonly referred to as one of the most important additions to the Constitution.Why?

Accepted Answer

The Fourteenth Amendment to the United S

Exam 22: The Ordeal of Reconstruction,1865-1877

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

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

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

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

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Ex parte Milligan

Many feminist leaders were especially disappointed with the Fourteenth Amendment because it

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

In President Andrew Johnson's view,the Freedmen's Bureau was

Political corruption during Reconstruction was

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"Exodusters"

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

To many Northerners,the Black Codes seemed to indicate that

President Johnson's plan for Reconstruction

Radical Republican leaders in Congress included

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

The greatest achievements of the Freedmen's Bureau were in

Radical Reconstruction state governments

Both moderate and radical Republicans agreed that

The Fourteenth Amendment is commonly referred to as one of the most important additions to the Constitution.Why?

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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

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

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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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The Furnace of Civil War,1861-1865

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age,1869-1896

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