Question 1

Even after the military fall of the South,Lincoln continued to insist that the Confederate government had no legal right to exist.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which of the following statements about the end of Reconstruction is accurate?

Accepted Answer

A)  Given the context within which Americans of the 1860s and 1870s were working, it is surprising that Reconstruction did so little. 
B)  A lack of respect for private property and free enterprise prevented any real assault on economic privilege in the South. 
C)  The president and his party proved uninterested in supporting even modest acceptance of African American rights. 
D)  The president and his party had hoped to build up a "new Democratic" organization in the South. 
E)  Many white Southern leaders sympathized with Republican economic policies in the South but could not publicly support them. 
A)  Given the context within which Americans of the 1860s and 1870s were working, it is surprising that Reconstruction did so little. 
B)  A lack of respect for private property and free enterprise prevented any real assault on economic privilege in the South. 
C)  The president and his party proved uninterested in supporting even modest acceptance of African American rights. 
D)  The president and his party had hoped to build up a "new Democratic" organization in the South. 
E)  Many white Southern leaders sympathized with Republican economic policies in the South but could not publicly support them.

Question 3

An end to Reconstruction was achieved by the ________ of 1877.

Accepted Answer

The answer of An end to Reconstruction was achieved by...

Question 4

President Johnson vetoed both the Freedmen's Bureau and the Civil Rights Act of 1866.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The Grant administration achieved its greatest successes in foreign affairs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

In 1867,congressional plans for Reconstruction

Accepted Answer

A)  were rejected by every former Confederate state. 
B)  replaced federal military commanders in the South with civilian leaders. 
C)  granted forty acres of land to every adult male former slave. 
D)  required new state governments in the South to give voting rights to black males. 
E)  required that state legislatures ratify the Thirteenth Amendment. 
A)  were rejected by every former Confederate state. 
B)  replaced federal military commanders in the South with civilian leaders. 
C)  granted forty acres of land to every adult male former slave. 
D)  required new state governments in the South to give voting rights to black males. 
E)  required that state legislatures ratify the Thirteenth Amendment.

Question 7

Reconstruction was neither a vicious tyranny,as white Southerners charged,nor a thoroughgoing reform,as many Northerners claimed.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

In most parts of the South,the "Redeemer" government constituted a genuinely new ruling class.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The Freedmen's Bureau was a civilian agency under the control of the State Department.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Assess the presidency of Ulysses S.Grant.

Accepted Answer

Ulysses S. Grant's presidency is often e

Question 11

In what ways did Reconstruction succeed? In what ways did it fail? What has been its legacy?

Accepted Answer

The Reconstruction era in the United Sta

Question 12

"The slave went free; stood a brief moment in the sun; then moved back again toward slavery." Explain this assessment by W.E.B.Du Bois of the Reconstruction era by offering the historical evidence that supports each of the three parts of the quote.

Accepted Answer

W.E.B. Du Bois' assessment of the Recons

Question 13

Describe "Jim Crow."

Accepted Answer

Jim Crow refers to the system of racial

Question 14

Black sharecropping

Accepted Answer

A)  represented a continuation of the pre-Civil War gang-labor system. 
B)  differed sharply from the tenant system. 
C)  usually led to economic independence. 
D)  was a very common occupation of former slaves. 
E)  involved close white supervision, which recalled the days of slavery. 
A)  represented a continuation of the pre-Civil War gang-labor system. 
B)  differed sharply from the tenant system. 
C)  usually led to economic independence. 
D)  was a very common occupation of former slaves. 
E)  involved close white supervision, which recalled the days of slavery.

Question 15

In the final days of the Civil War,President Abraham Lincoln

Accepted Answer

A)  insisted that the Confederacy had no legal right to exist. 
B)  argued it best to readmit the Confederate states to the Union without condition. 
C)  called on the Confederacy to negotiate a peace treaty with the United States. 
D)  met with Jefferson Davis in Richmond, Virginia. 
E)  declared that the Confederate government must repudiate its constitution. 
A)  insisted that the Confederacy had no legal right to exist. 
B)  argued it best to readmit the Confederate states to the Union without condition. 
C)  called on the Confederacy to negotiate a peace treaty with the United States. 
D)  met with Jefferson Davis in Richmond, Virginia. 
E)  declared that the Confederate government must repudiate its constitution.

Question 16

The Wade-Davis Bill sought to make it more difficult than Lincoln desired for those states which had left the Union to return.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

General Oliver O.Howard ran the ________,an agency that established schools and helped provide basic services for former slaves following the Civil War.

Accepted Answer

The answer of General Oliver O.Howard ran the ________,an agency...

Question 18

Grandfather laws established that

Accepted Answer

A)  African Americans could only vote if they could prove that they had been in the United States for at least two generations. 
B)  only African Americans above age fifty could vote. 
C)  certain levels of property holdings could exempt a potential voter from a literacy test. 
D)  men could vote if they met certain property qualifications. 
E)  men who could not meet the literacy and property qualifications could vote if their ancestors had voted before Reconstruction began. 
A)  African Americans could only vote if they could prove that they had been in the United States for at least two generations. 
B)  only African Americans above age fifty could vote. 
C)  certain levels of property holdings could exempt a potential voter from a literacy test. 
D)  men could vote if they met certain property qualifications. 
E)  men who could not meet the literacy and property qualifications could vote if their ancestors had voted before Reconstruction began.

Question 19

After Reconstruction,political power under southern "Redeemers"

Accepted Answer

A)  was very often restricted and conservative. 
B)  typically relied on raising taxes for its funding. 
C)  increased state services for the poor. 
D)  ignored the interests of industrialists. 
E)  helped consolidate the "Solid South" for the Republican Party. 
A)  was very often restricted and conservative. 
B)  typically relied on raising taxes for its funding. 
C)  increased state services for the poor. 
D)  ignored the interests of industrialists. 
E)  helped consolidate the "Solid South" for the Republican Party.

Question 20

At the end of the Civil War,the number of slaves that emerged from bondage was

Accepted Answer

A)  about 800,000. 
B)  about 1 million. 
C)  about 2.5 million. 
D)  almost 4 million. 
E)  almost 6 million. 
A)  about 800,000. 
B)  about 1 million. 
C)  about 2.5 million. 
D)  almost 4 million. 
E)  almost 6 million.

Exam 15: Reconstruction and the New South

Even after the military fall of the South,Lincoln continued to insist that the Confederate government had no legal right to exist.

Which of the following statements about the end of Reconstruction is accurate?

An end to Reconstruction was achieved by the ________ of 1877.

President Johnson vetoed both the Freedmen's Bureau and the Civil Rights Act of 1866.

The Grant administration achieved its greatest successes in foreign affairs.

In 1867,congressional plans for Reconstruction

Reconstruction was neither a vicious tyranny,as white Southerners charged,nor a thoroughgoing reform,as many Northerners claimed.

In most parts of the South,the "Redeemer" government constituted a genuinely new ruling class.

The Freedmen's Bureau was a civilian agency under the control of the State Department.

Assess the presidency of Ulysses S.Grant.

In what ways did Reconstruction succeed? In what ways did it fail? What has been its legacy?

"The slave went free; stood a brief moment in the sun; then moved back again toward slavery." Explain this assessment by W.E.B.Du Bois of the Reconstruction era by offering the historical evidence that supports each of the three parts of the quote.

Describe "Jim Crow."

Black sharecropping

In the final days of the Civil War,President Abraham Lincoln

The Wade-Davis Bill sought to make it more difficult than Lincoln desired for those states which had left the Union to return.

General Oliver O.Howard ran the ________,an agency that established schools and helped provide basic services for former slaves following the Civil War.

Grandfather laws established that

After Reconstruction,political power under southern "Redeemers"

At the end of the Civil War,the number of slaves that emerged from bondage was

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