Question 1

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 2

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

Accepted Answer

Elizabeth Cady Stant

Question 3

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Accepted Answer

Sharecropping is a system of agriculture

Question 4

In regard to civil rights,the Fourteenth Amendment

Accepted Answer

A) greatly expanded the federal government's powers and limited the authority of state governments. 
B) extended citizenship to Native Americans (Indians). 
C) reduced constitutional protection of minority rights. 
D) limited the power of the federal government and expanded the authority of state governments. 
E) gave blacks the right to vote. 
A) greatly expanded the federal government's powers and limited the authority of state governments. 
B) extended citizenship to Native Americans (Indians). 
C) reduced constitutional protection of minority rights. 
D) limited the power of the federal government and expanded the authority of state governments. 
E) gave blacks the right to vote.

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Which of the following is not true of black political activity during Reconstruction?

Accepted Answer

A) Most black voters were illiterate ex-slaves. 
B) More than 50 percent of high state and federal offices were held by blacks. 
C) Prominent black leaders were educated and most had been free prior to the Civil War. 
D) A majority of black voters were members of the Republican Party. 
E) Blacks served in both the US House of Representatives and the Senate. 
A) Most black voters were illiterate ex-slaves. 
B) More than 50 percent of high state and federal offices were held by blacks. 
C) Prominent black leaders were educated and most had been free prior to the Civil War. 
D) A majority of black voters were members of the Republican Party. 
E) Blacks served in both the US House of Representatives and the Senate.

Question 7

The main purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau was to

Accepted Answer

A) oversee relations between former masters and slaves. 
B) implement the process of land redistribution. 
C) deny access to legal redress for white southerners. 
D) punish former slave holders. 
E) get the Fourteenth Amendment passed. 
A) oversee relations between former masters and slaves. 
B) implement the process of land redistribution. 
C) deny access to legal redress for white southerners. 
D) punish former slave holders. 
E) get the Fourteenth Amendment passed.

Question 8

Under the U.S.Constitution,impeachment by the House removes an official from office.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Moderate Republicans believed that black men should participate to some degree in the reconstruction process.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The ____________________ was a terrorist organization that attacked blacks and set out to destroy the Republican Party in the South.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The ____________________ was a terrorist organization that...

Question 11

Compromise of 1877

Accepted Answer

The Compromise of 1877, also known as th

Question 12

Which of the following is true of Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial?

Accepted Answer

A) The Senate sat as a court to try Johnson on charges drawn up by the House. 
B) All the Republican senators voted for conviction. 
C) A three-fourths majority in both Houses was required to remove Johnson from office. 
D) The vote against him was unanimous. 
E) Johnson voluntarily resigned before he could be removed. 
A) The Senate sat as a court to try Johnson on charges drawn up by the House. 
B) All the Republican senators voted for conviction. 
C) A three-fourths majority in both Houses was required to remove Johnson from office. 
D) The vote against him was unanimous. 
E) Johnson voluntarily resigned before he could be removed.

Question 13

Some black farmers were able to buy small plots of land.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Freed slaves expected ____________________ acres of land.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Freed slaves expected ____________________ acres of land....

Question 16

The term "bayonet rule" refers to

Accepted Answer

A) the use of threats and intimidation to prevent blacks from voting. 
B) a requirement that all U.S.Army officers carry a bayonet while on guard duty. 
C) the use of federal troops to support Republican state governments and black rights in the South. 
D) civil rights leaders' call for mass arrests of Ku Klux Klan members. 
E) the methods used by white southerners to regain control of their state governments. 
A) the use of threats and intimidation to prevent blacks from voting. 
B) a requirement that all U.S.Army officers carry a bayonet while on guard duty. 
C) the use of federal troops to support Republican state governments and black rights in the South. 
D) civil rights leaders' call for mass arrests of Ku Klux Klan members. 
E) the methods used by white southerners to regain control of their state governments.

Question 17

Under the Johnson Reconstruction Plan,no ex-Confederate state gave blacks the right to vote.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Johnson created the ____________________ Party.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Johnson created the ____________________ Party....

Question 19

The primary purpose of the Ku Klux Klan was to

Accepted Answer

A) prevent blacks from voting. 
B) revive slavery. 
C) kill blacks. 
D) destroy the Republican Party. 
E) force the withdrawal of federal troop from the South. 
A) prevent blacks from voting. 
B) revive slavery. 
C) kill blacks. 
D) destroy the Republican Party. 
E) force the withdrawal of federal troop from the South.

Question 20

The purpose of the "black codes" was to

Accepted Answer

A) restricte emigration of freedmen to the North. 
B) provide political and social opportunities unknown under slavery. 
C) reduce freedmen to a condition close to slavery. 
D) encourage black  migration to the North. 
E) prevente blacks from migrating to the West. 
A) restricte emigration of freedmen to the North. 
B) provide political and social opportunities unknown under slavery. 
C) reduce freedmen to a condition close to slavery. 
D) encourage black  migration to the North. 
E) prevente blacks from migrating to the West.

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

Women suffrage leaders who opposed the Fifteenth Amendment were and .

sharecropping

In regard to civil rights,the Fourteenth Amendment

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

Which of the following is not true of black political activity during Reconstruction?

The main purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau was to

Under the U.S.Constitution,impeachment by the House removes an official from office.

Moderate Republicans believed that black men should participate to some degree in the reconstruction process.

The ____________________ was a terrorist organization that attacked blacks and set out to destroy the Republican Party in the South.

Compromise of 1877

Which of the following is true of Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial?

Some black farmers were able to buy small plots of land.

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

Freed slaves expected ____________________ acres of land.

The term "bayonet rule" refers to

Under the Johnson Reconstruction Plan,no ex-Confederate state gave blacks the right to vote.

Johnson created the ____________________ Party.

The primary purpose of the Ku Klux Klan was to

The purpose of the "black codes" was to

A Transformed Nation: The West and the New South, 1865-1900

The Rise of Corporate America, 1865-1914

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Progressivism, 1900-1917

Becoming a World Power, 1898-1917

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The Great Depression and the New Deal 1929-1939

America During the Second World War 1939-1945

The Age of Containment 1946-1953

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America During a Divisive War 1963-1974

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Exam 1: Reconstruction, 1863-1877

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

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

sharecropping

In regard to civil rights,the Fourteenth Amendment

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

Which of the following is not true of black political activity during Reconstruction?

The main purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau was to

Under the U.S.Constitution,impeachment by the House removes an official from office.

Moderate Republicans believed that black men should participate to some degree in the reconstruction process.

The ____________________ was a terrorist organization that attacked blacks and set out to destroy the Republican Party in the South.

Compromise of 1877

Which of the following is true of Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial?

Some black farmers were able to buy small plots of land.

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

Freed slaves expected ____________________ acres of land.

The term "bayonet rule" refers to

Under the Johnson Reconstruction Plan,no ex-Confederate state gave blacks the right to vote.

Johnson created the ____________________ Party.

The primary purpose of the Ku Klux Klan was to

The purpose of the "black codes" was to

A Transformed Nation: The West and the New South, 1865-1900

The Rise of Corporate America, 1865-1914

Cities, peoples, cultures, 1890-1920

Progressivism, 1900-1917

Becoming a World Power, 1898-1917

War and Society, 1914-1920

The 1920s

The Great Depression and the New Deal 1929-1939

America During the Second World War 1939-1945

The Age of Containment 1946-1953

America at Midcentury 1953-1963

America During a Divisive War 1963-1974

Uncertain Times 1974-1992

Economic, social, and Cultural Change in the Late 20th Century

A Time of Hope and Fear 1993-2014

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Women suffrage leaders who opposed the Fifteenth Amendment were and .