Exam 17: Reconstruction, 1863-1877

The Republican governor of Mississippi who asked Grant to send troops to control whites' violent intimidation of black voters in that state during the election of 1875 was ____________________.

The purpose of the "black codes" was to

The Democratic Party policy of intimidating black voters to keep them away from the polls was called ____________________.

The main purpose of the Ku Klux Klan during Reconstruction was to

Discuss efforts by southerners -- including the southern Democrats' -- to limit opportunities for and to control the activities of freedmen during the Reconstruction period.

After the election of 1876 the Reconstruction Republican governments collapsed in the last two southern states, ____________________ and ____________________.

Compare and contrast the Lincoln Reconstruction plan with the Wade-Davis Bill.

Women suffrage leaders who opposed the Fifteenth Amendment were ____________________ and ____________________.

The Wade-Davis bill proposed lenient loyalty requirements for Southern whites.

Examine the attempt to impeach President Andrew Johnson. Explore the various reasons that Congress wanted to impeach him (both implied and expressed) and the reasons for their ultimate success or failure.

____ was the presidential candidate nominated by both the Liberal Republicans and the Democratic Party in the election of 1872.

The "Southern Question" was the most intractable issue during Grant's two administrations.

The chief target of civil service reform was the spoils system.

Which of the following is characteristic of the post-Civil War southern labor system?

Explore the Compromise of 1877. Explain the participants in the agreement, the goals of each group, and the details of the final compromise.

Why is the period from 1863 to 1877 called the "Reconstruction" era? Describe the conditions that existed in the post-Civil War South that necessitated a reconstruction process.

The Reconstruction Acts of 1867 embodied a true revolution.

Ulysses S. Grant was guilty of

Scalawags were

Ulysses S. Grant's opponent in the election of 1868 was ____________________.