Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

The answer of Ulysses S.Grant's opponent in the election of...

Question 2

Ulysses S.Grant was guilty of

Accepted Answer

A) standing in the way of congressional Reconstruction. 
B) participation in the "Whiskey Ring." 
C) unwise appointments of public officials. 
D) lying to Congress. 
E) treason. 
A) standing in the way of congressional Reconstruction. 
B) participation in the "Whiskey Ring." 
C) unwise appointments of public officials. 
D) lying to Congress. 
E) treason.

Question 3

Laws passed by southern states that restricted the rights and liberties of former slaves were called ____________________..

Accepted Answer

The answer of Laws passed by southern states that restricted...

Question 4

In the northern Congressional elections of 1866 the ____________________ Party won sweeping victories.

Accepted Answer

The answer of In the northern Congressional elections of 1866...

Question 5

Congressional laws in 1870 and 1871 did all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A) empower the president to send in federal troops to suppress armed resistance to federal law. 
B) declare that any attempt to deprive another person of civil or political rights became a felony. 
C) classify interference with voting rights a federal offense. 
D) authorize martial law to guarantee racial harmony. 
E) give the president the power to suspend the writ of habeas corpus. 
A) empower the president to send in federal troops to suppress armed resistance to federal law. 
B) declare that any attempt to deprive another person of civil or political rights became a felony. 
C) classify interference with voting rights a federal offense. 
D) authorize martial law to guarantee racial harmony. 
E) give the president the power to suspend the writ of habeas corpus.

Question 6

The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution gave states the option of enfranchising black males or losing seats in Congress.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

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.

Accepted Answer

The designation of the postwar era as a

Question 8

During the Reconstruction period

Accepted Answer

A) thousands of ex-Confederate leaders were tried,imprisoned,and executed for war crimes. 
B) each adult freedman was given "forty acres and a mule." 
C) three-fourths of the ex-slaves moved north to take advantage of higher wages there. 
D) the illiteracy rate among southern blacks was reduced significantly. 
E) most of the ex-slaves moved west. 
A) thousands of ex-Confederate leaders were tried,imprisoned,and executed for war crimes. 
B) each adult freedman was given "forty acres and a mule." 
C) three-fourths of the ex-slaves moved north to take advantage of higher wages there. 
D) the illiteracy rate among southern blacks was reduced significantly. 
E) most of the ex-slaves moved west.

Question 9

Examine the election of 1876.Who were the candidates? What were the issues? What were the results?

Accepted Answer

In many ways,there was little choice bet

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

Elizabeth Cady Stant

Question 11

Abraham Lincoln never encouraged freed people to emigrate to all-black countries like Haiti.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

A) Black workers preferred working in gangs as they had done under slavery. 
B) The new system of sharecropping evolved. 
C) Foreign immigrants were brought in to replace slave laborers. 
D) Most ex-slaves purchased land and often employed their former masters. 
E) The economy quickly recovered from the ravages of war. 
A) Black workers preferred working in gangs as they had done under slavery. 
B) The new system of sharecropping evolved. 
C) Foreign immigrants were brought in to replace slave laborers. 
D) Most ex-slaves purchased land and often employed their former masters. 
E) The economy quickly recovered from the ravages of war.

Question 13

Discuss the southern Democrats' attempts to limit opportunities and to control the activities of the freedmen during the Reconstruction period.

Accepted Answer

Beginning in 1865,southern state governm

Question 14

Almost all of the blacks elected to the United States House and Senate during Reconstruction

Accepted Answer

A) were illiterate. 
B) had attended secondary school. 
C) were college graduates. 
D) were Democrats. 
E) had fought for the Confederacy. 
A) were illiterate. 
B) had attended secondary school. 
C) were college graduates. 
D) were Democrats. 
E) had fought for the Confederacy.

Question 15

The Tenure of Office Act

Accepted Answer

A) angered congressmen by limiting their terms to two years. 
B) stated that a president could only hold office while in good standing. 
C) required Senate approval before the president could remove a cabinet member. 
D) was designed to implement the spoils system. 
E) limited the president to two terms in office. 
A) angered congressmen by limiting their terms to two years. 
B) stated that a president could only hold office while in good standing. 
C) required Senate approval before the president could remove a cabinet member. 
D) was designed to implement the spoils system. 
E) limited the president to two terms in office.

Question 16

Without black enfranchisement,Ulysses S.Grant would have had a minority of the popular vote in 1868.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The Reconstruction Act of 1867 divided the South into an occupied territory under military command.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Carpetbaggers were southerners who served Republican Reconstruction governments.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

____________________ was a construction company for the Union Pacific Railroad that gave congressmen stock in return for land grants and loans from the government.

Accepted Answer

Crédit Mob

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 17: Reconstruction, 1863-1877

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

Ulysses S.Grant was guilty of

Laws passed by southern states that restricted the rights and liberties of former slaves were called ____________________..

In the northern Congressional elections of 1866 the ____________________ Party won sweeping victories.

Congressional laws in 1870 and 1871 did all of the following except

The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution gave states the option of enfranchising black males or losing seats in Congress.

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.

During the Reconstruction period

Examine the election of 1876.Who were the candidates? What were the issues? What were the results?

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

Abraham Lincoln never encouraged freed people to emigrate to all-black countries like Haiti.

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

Discuss the southern Democrats' attempts to limit opportunities and to control the activities of the freedmen during the Reconstruction period.

Almost all of the blacks elected to the United States House and Senate during Reconstruction

The Tenure of Office Act

Without black enfranchisement,Ulysses S.Grant would have had a minority of the popular vote in 1868.

The Reconstruction Act of 1867 divided the South into an occupied territory under military command.

Carpetbaggers were southerners who served Republican Reconstruction governments.

____________________ was a construction company for the Union Pacific Railroad that gave congressmen stock in return for land grants and loans from the government.

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

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