Question 1

The Fourteenth Amendment

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A)  failed to confer any civil rights, including citizenship on the freedmen. 
B)  prohibited from federal and state office those former Confederates who as federal officeholders had once sworn to uphold the U.S. Constitution. 
C)  guaranteed the freedmen the right to vote. 
D)  met all the political demands of the radical Republicans. 
E)  conferred a broad array of civil rights, including voting rights, on white women. 
A)  failed to confer any civil rights, including citizenship on the freedmen. 
B)  prohibited from federal and state office those former Confederates who as federal officeholders had once sworn to uphold the U.S. Constitution. 
C)  guaranteed the freedmen the right to vote. 
D)  met all the political demands of the radical Republicans. 
E)  conferred a broad array of civil rights, including voting rights, on white women.

Question 2

Feminist leaders such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Antony campaigned against Fourteenth Amendment

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A)  despite having worked wholeheartedly for the cause of emancipation. 
B)  because a citizen's right to vote was defined constitutionally as being limited to male citizens. 
C)  despite being urged by their former ally, Frederick Douglass, to support the Fourteenth Amendment in order to enshrine black civil rights into the Constitution. 
D)  because equal national citizenship was defined in the Constitution as limited to males. 
E)  All of these choices are correct. 
A)  despite having worked wholeheartedly for the cause of emancipation. 
B)  because a citizen's right to vote was defined constitutionally as being limited to male citizens. 
C)  despite being urged by their former ally, Frederick Douglass, to support the Fourteenth Amendment in order to enshrine black civil rights into the Constitution. 
D)  because equal national citizenship was defined in the Constitution as limited to males. 
E)  All of these choices are correct.

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​Woman's Loyal League

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The Woman's Loyal National League, also

Question 4

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

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Sharecropping is a system of agriculture

Question 5

As part of their Reconstruction plan, radical Republicans originally expected to

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A)  secure civil rights for freed slaves. 
B)  punish the planter aristocracy. 
C)  restructure Southern society. 
D)  have President Johnson on their side. 
E)  use federal power to aid blacks. 
A)  secure civil rights for freed slaves. 
B)  punish the planter aristocracy. 
C)  restructure Southern society. 
D)  have President Johnson on their side. 
E)  use federal power to aid blacks.

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​Union League

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The Union League was a group of organiza

Question 7

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 8

Most radical Reconstruction regimes in the South

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A)  expanded the legal property rights of women. 
B)  established public-school systems. 
C)  were controlled by freed slaves. 
D)  were troubled by graft and corruption. 
E)  refused to permit southern whites to hold office. 
A)  expanded the legal property rights of women. 
B)  established public-school systems. 
C)  were controlled by freed slaves. 
D)  were troubled by graft and corruption. 
E)  refused to permit southern whites to hold office.

Question 9

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?

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The argument that Reconstruction was a t

Question 10

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?

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President Andrew Johnson's Reconstructio

Question 11

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

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The Fourteenth Amendment to the United S

Question 12

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

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The Redeemers were a political coalition

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Ku Klux Klan

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The Ku Klux Klan, often abbreviated as t

Question 14

The Fourteenth Amendment is commonly referred to as one of the most important additions to the Constitution. Why is this the case? What was necessary for the protections of political and voting rights in the Fourteenth Amendment to become a reality in the South?
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The Fourteenth Amendment is considered o

Question 15

In 1865, following the conclusion of the Civil War,

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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 16

President Johnson's plan for Reconstruction

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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)  abolished literacy tests for voting in the South. 
E)  aimed at swift restoration of the Southern states after a few moderate political conditions were met by the Southern states. 
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)  abolished literacy tests for voting in the South. 
E)  aimed at swift restoration of the Southern states after a few moderate political conditions were met by the Southern states.

Question 17

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

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A)  The KKK members forced blacks to use separate accommodations from whites. 
B)  The KKK dragged black men to testify positively on behalf of whites. 
C)  The KKK rode through towns at night, robbing, whipping, ravishing and killing blacks. 
D)  The KKK had especially targeted black farmers and land-owners. 
E)  None of these choices are correct. 
A)  The KKK members forced blacks to use separate accommodations from whites. 
B)  The KKK dragged black men to testify positively on behalf of whites. 
C)  The KKK rode through towns at night, robbing, whipping, ravishing and killing blacks. 
D)  The KKK had especially targeted black farmers and land-owners. 
E)  None of these choices are correct.

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-10 percent Reconstructionplan

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The 10 Percent Reconstruction Plan, also

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Wade-Davis Bill

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The Wade-Davis Bill was a piece of legis

Question 20

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

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Charles Sumner (1811–1874) was a promine

The Fourteenth Amendment

Feminist leaders such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Antony campaigned against Fourteenth Amendment

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Woman's Loyal League

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

As part of their Reconstruction plan, radical Republicans originally expected to

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

Most radical Reconstruction regimes in the South

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?

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: -Fourteenth Amendment

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Ku Klux Klan

The Fourteenth Amendment is commonly referred to as one of the most important additions to the Constitution. Why is this the case? What was necessary for the protections of political and voting rights in the Fourteenth Amendment to become a reality in the South?

In 1865, following the conclusion of the Civil War,

President Johnson's plan for Reconstruction

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -10 percent Reconstructionplan

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Wade-Davis Bill

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

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 in Peace and War, 1913-1920

American Life in the “Roaring Twenties” 1920–1929

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

American Zenith 1952-1963

The Stormy Sixties 1963-1973

Challenges to the Postwar Order 1973-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism 1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era, 1992-2000

The American People Face a New Century, 2001-2014

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Exam 1: The Ordeal of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

The Fourteenth Amendment

Feminist leaders such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Antony campaigned against Fourteenth Amendment

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​Woman's Loyal League

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

As part of their Reconstruction plan, radical Republicans originally expected to

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​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?

Most radical Reconstruction regimes in the South

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?

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: -Fourteenth Amendment

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Ku Klux Klan

The Fourteenth Amendment is commonly referred to as one of the most important additions to the Constitution. Why is this the case? What was necessary for the protections of political and voting rights in the Fourteenth Amendment to become a reality in the South? ​

In 1865, following the conclusion of the Civil War,

President Johnson's plan for Reconstruction

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -10 percent Reconstructionplan

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Wade-Davis Bill

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

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 in Peace and War, 1913-1920

American Life in the “Roaring Twenties” 1920–1929

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

American Zenith 1952-1963

The Stormy Sixties 1963-1973

Challenges to the Postwar Order 1973-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism 1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era, 1992-2000

The American People Face a New Century, 2001-2014

Filters

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Woman's Loyal League

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Union League

The Fourteenth Amendment is commonly referred to as one of the most important additions to the Constitution. Why is this the case? What was necessary for the protections of political and voting rights in the Fourteenth Amendment to become a reality in the South?