Question 1

The Fifteenth Amendment:

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A)  sought to guarantee that one could not be denied suffrage rights based on race. 
B)  made states responsible for determining all voter qualifications. 
C)  granted women the right to vote in federal but not state elections. 
D)  was endorsed by President Andrew Johnson. 
E)  was drafted by Susan B.Anthony. 
A)  sought to guarantee that one could not be denied suffrage rights based on race. 
B)  made states responsible for determining all voter qualifications. 
C)  granted women the right to vote in federal but not state elections. 
D)  was endorsed by President Andrew Johnson. 
E)  was drafted by Susan B.Anthony. A

Question 2

Economic growth in the South was stronger in rural areas than in urban centers like Atlanta.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

What did the freedmen request in their "Petition of Committee on Behalf of the Freedmen to Andrew Johnson" in 1865?

Accepted Answer

A)  The right to purchase a homestead. 
B)  An opportunity to attend a black college. 
C)  The purchase of some mules. 
D)  Help reuniting their family that had been sold. 
E)  The right to vote. 
A)  The right to purchase a homestead. 
B)  An opportunity to attend a black college. 
C)  The purchase of some mules. 
D)  Help reuniting their family that had been sold. 
E)  The right to vote. A

Question 4

Which of the following best describes the black response to the ending of the Civil War and the coming of freedom?

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A)  Sensing the continued hatred of whites toward them,most blacks wished to move back to Africa. 
B)  Most blacks stayed with their old masters because they were not familiar with any other opportunities. 
C)  Blacks adopted different ways of testing their freedom,including moving about,seeking kin,and rejecting older forms of deferential behavior. 
D)  Desiring better wages,most blacks moved to the northern cities to seek factory work. 
E)  Most blacks were content working for wages and not owning their own land because they believed that they had not earned the right to just be given land from the government. 
A)  Sensing the continued hatred of whites toward them,most blacks wished to move back to Africa. 
B)  Most blacks stayed with their old masters because they were not familiar with any other opportunities. 
C)  Blacks adopted different ways of testing their freedom,including moving about,seeking kin,and rejecting older forms of deferential behavior. 
D)  Desiring better wages,most blacks moved to the northern cities to seek factory work. 
E)  Most blacks were content working for wages and not owning their own land because they believed that they had not earned the right to just be given land from the government.

Question 5

The bloodiest act of violence during Reconstruction took place in ________ in 1873,where armed whites killed hundreds of former slaves,including fifty militia members who had surrendered.

Accepted Answer

A)  York County,South Carolina, 
B)  Marietta,Georgia, 
C)  Lynchburg,Virginia, 
D)  Colfax,Louisiana, 
E)  Guilford County,North Carolina, 
A)  York County,South Carolina, 
B)  Marietta,Georgia, 
C)  Lynchburg,Virginia, 
D)  Colfax,Louisiana, 
E)  Guilford County,North Carolina,

Question 6

For most former slaves,freedom first and foremost meant:

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A)  railroading building. 
B)  jobs. 
C)  land ownership. 
D)  voting. 
E)  jury duty. 
A)  railroading building. 
B)  jobs. 
C)  land ownership. 
D)  voting. 
E)  jury duty.

Question 7

How can Andrew Johnson be compared to Abraham Lincoln?

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A)  Both men faced impeachment charges. 
B)  The Republicans trusted Lincoln less than they did Johnson. 
C)  Both men were excellent farmers. 
D)  Lincoln reached out to the South while Johnson emphasized punishing it. 
E)  When making decisions,Johnson was more stubborn and less willing to compromise than Lincoln. 
A)  Both men faced impeachment charges. 
B)  The Republicans trusted Lincoln less than they did Johnson. 
C)  Both men were excellent farmers. 
D)  Lincoln reached out to the South while Johnson emphasized punishing it. 
E)  When making decisions,Johnson was more stubborn and less willing to compromise than Lincoln.

Question 8

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Redeemers

Accepted Answer

A) restrictions placed on freed blacks in the South 
B) scandal in the Grant administration 
C) origin of "forty acres and a mule" 
D) northern-born Republicans in the South during Reconstruction 
E) ended Reconstruction
F)government agency that helped blacks in the South
G)black school in Washington,D.C.
H)public official charged with wrongdoing
I)southern-born white Republican
J)targeted the Ku Klux Klan
K)Democrats who took control in the South during the 1870s
L)terrorist organization 
A) restrictions placed on freed blacks in the South 
B) scandal in the Grant administration 
C) origin of "forty acres and a mule" 
D) northern-born Republicans in the South during Reconstruction 
E) ended Reconstruction
F)government agency that helped blacks in the South
G)black school in Washington,D.C.
H)public official charged with wrongdoing
I)southern-born white Republican
J)targeted the Ku Klux Klan
K)Democrats who took control in the South during the 1870s
L)terrorist organization

Question 9

Stating that he "lived among men,not among angels," Thaddeus Stevens recognized that the Fourteenth Amendment was not perfect.Explain the strengths and weaknesses of the Fourteenth Amendment.What liberties and freedoms did it extend in the nineteenth century-and to whom? How did it alter the relationship between the federal government and the states?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Stating that he "lived among men,not among...

Question 10

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Freedmen's Bureau

Accepted Answer

The Freedmen's Bureau, officially known

Question 11

MATCHING
Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Thaddeus Stevens

Accepted Answer

A) second black U.S.senator 
B) proposed the Civil Rights Bill of 1866 
C) Presidential Reconstruction 
D) Liberal Republican's presidential candidate 
E) envoy to China
F)Radical Republican congressman from Pennsylvania
G)Whiskey Ring
H)ended Reconstruction
I)National Woman Suffrage Association
J)Radical Republican senator from Massachusetts
K)first black U.S.senator
L)secretary of war 
A) second black U.S.senator 
B) proposed the Civil Rights Bill of 1866 
C) Presidential Reconstruction 
D) Liberal Republican's presidential candidate 
E) envoy to China
F)Radical Republican congressman from Pennsylvania
G)Whiskey Ring
H)ended Reconstruction
I)National Woman Suffrage Association
J)Radical Republican senator from Massachusetts
K)first black U.S.senator
L)secretary of war

Question 12

The Freedmen's Bureau resembled some government social policies that would be used during the Great Depression.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The Wyoming territorial government granted suffrage to women because they thought it would attract more female settlers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

MATCHING
Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Accepted Answer

A) second black U.S.senator 
B) proposed the Civil Rights Bill of 1866 
C) Presidential Reconstruction 
D) Liberal Republican's presidential candidate 
E) envoy to China
F)Radical Republican congressman from Pennsylvania
G)Whiskey Ring
H)ended Reconstruction
I)National Woman Suffrage Association
J)Radical Republican senator from Massachusetts
K)first black U.S.senator
L)secretary of war 
A) second black U.S.senator 
B) proposed the Civil Rights Bill of 1866 
C) Presidential Reconstruction 
D) Liberal Republican's presidential candidate 
E) envoy to China
F)Radical Republican congressman from Pennsylvania
G)Whiskey Ring
H)ended Reconstruction
I)National Woman Suffrage Association
J)Radical Republican senator from Massachusetts
K)first black U.S.senator
L)secretary of war

Question 15

If a man from Maine came to live in the South as a teacher,what would he most likely be labeled as?

Accepted Answer

A)  A scalawag. 
B)  A teacher. 
C)  A Liberal Republican. 
D)  A carpetbagger. 
E)  An angel of mercy. 
A)  A scalawag. 
B)  A teacher. 
C)  A Liberal Republican. 
D)  A carpetbagger. 
E)  An angel of mercy.

Question 16

Who were the Redeemers,what did they want,and what were their methods? How did the Redeemers feel that their freedom was being threatened by Radical Reconstruction? Conclude your essay with a comment on how you think the federal government should have responded to the Redeemers.

Accepted Answer

The Redeemers were a political coalition

Question 17

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Black Codes

Accepted Answer

A) restrictions placed on freed blacks in the South 
B) scandal in the Grant administration 
C) origin of "forty acres and a mule" 
D) northern-born Republicans in the South during Reconstruction 
E) ended Reconstruction
F)government agency that helped blacks in the South
G)black school in Washington,D.C.
H)public official charged with wrongdoing
I)southern-born white Republican
J)targeted the Ku Klux Klan
K)Democrats who took control in the South during the 1870s
L)terrorist organization 
A) restrictions placed on freed blacks in the South 
B) scandal in the Grant administration 
C) origin of "forty acres and a mule" 
D) northern-born Republicans in the South during Reconstruction 
E) ended Reconstruction
F)government agency that helped blacks in the South
G)black school in Washington,D.C.
H)public official charged with wrongdoing
I)southern-born white Republican
J)targeted the Ku Klux Klan
K)Democrats who took control in the South during the 1870s
L)terrorist organization

Question 18

The crop-lien system:

Accepted Answer

A)  applied only to African-American farmers. 
B)  became better as farm prices increased in the 1870s. 
C)  enabled yeoman farmers to continue to function under the same system as before the Civil War. 
D)  annoyed bankers and merchants who resented how it made them dependent on farmers. 
E)  kept many sharecroppers in a state of constant debt and poverty. 
A)  applied only to African-American farmers. 
B)  became better as farm prices increased in the 1870s. 
C)  enabled yeoman farmers to continue to function under the same system as before the Civil War. 
D)  annoyed bankers and merchants who resented how it made them dependent on farmers. 
E)  kept many sharecroppers in a state of constant debt and poverty.

Question 19

For whites,freedom,no matter how defined,was a given,a birthright to be defended.For African-Americans,it was an open-ended process,a transformation of every aspect of their lives and of the society and culture that had sustained slavery in the first place.Defend this statement.

Accepted Answer

The statement highlights the stark contr

Question 20

Andrew Johnson:

Accepted Answer

A)  simply continued Lincoln's Reconstruction policies. 
B)  agreed with Lincoln that some African-Americans should be allowed suffrage rights. 
C)  won the Democratic presidential nomination in 1868 but narrowly lost the election. 
D)  lacked Lincoln's political skills and keen sense of public opinion. 
E)  displayed a great ability to compromise,very much like Lincoln. 
A)  simply continued Lincoln's Reconstruction policies. 
B)  agreed with Lincoln that some African-Americans should be allowed suffrage rights. 
C)  won the Democratic presidential nomination in 1868 but narrowly lost the election. 
D)  lacked Lincoln's political skills and keen sense of public opinion. 
E)  displayed a great ability to compromise,very much like Lincoln.

The Fifteenth Amendment:

Economic growth in the South was stronger in rural areas than in urban centers like Atlanta.

What did the freedmen request in their "Petition of Committee on Behalf of the Freedmen to Andrew Johnson" in 1865?

Which of the following best describes the black response to the ending of the Civil War and the coming of freedom?

The bloodiest act of violence during Reconstruction took place in ________ in 1873,where armed whites killed hundreds of former slaves,including fifty militia members who had surrendered.

For most former slaves,freedom first and foremost meant:

How can Andrew Johnson be compared to Abraham Lincoln?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Redeemers

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Freedmen's Bureau

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Thaddeus Stevens

The Freedmen's Bureau resembled some government social policies that would be used during the Great Depression.

The Wyoming territorial government granted suffrage to women because they thought it would attract more female settlers.

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Elizabeth Cady Stanton

If a man from Maine came to live in the South as a teacher,what would he most likely be labeled as?

Who were the Redeemers,what did they want,and what were their methods? How did the Redeemers feel that their freedom was being threatened by Radical Reconstruction? Conclude your essay with a comment on how you think the federal government should have responded to the Redeemers.

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Black Codes

The crop-lien system:

For whites,freedom,no matter how defined,was a given,a birthright to be defended.For African-Americans,it was an open-ended process,a transformation of every aspect of their lives and of the society and culture that had sustained slavery in the first place.Defend this statement.

Andrew Johnson:

A New World

Beginnings of English America,1607-1660

Creating Anglo-america,1660-1750

Slavery,freedom,and the Struggle for Empire to 1763

The American Revolution,1763-1783

the Revolution Within

Founding a Nation,1783-1791

Securing the Republic,1790-1815

The Market Revolution,1800-1840

Democracy in America,1815-1840

The Peculiar Institution

An Age of Reform,1820-1840

A House Divided,1840-1861

A New Birth of Freedom: the Civil War,1861-1865

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Exam 15: “what is Freedom?”: Reconstruction,1865-1877

The Fifteenth Amendment:

Economic growth in the South was stronger in rural areas than in urban centers like Atlanta.

What did the freedmen request in their "Petition of Committee on Behalf of the Freedmen to Andrew Johnson" in 1865?

Which of the following best describes the black response to the ending of the Civil War and the coming of freedom?

The bloodiest act of violence during Reconstruction took place in ________ in 1873,where armed whites killed hundreds of former slaves,including fifty militia members who had surrendered.

For most former slaves,freedom first and foremost meant:

How can Andrew Johnson be compared to Abraham Lincoln?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Redeemers

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Freedmen's Bureau

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Thaddeus Stevens

The Freedmen's Bureau resembled some government social policies that would be used during the Great Depression.

The Wyoming territorial government granted suffrage to women because they thought it would attract more female settlers.

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Elizabeth Cady Stanton

If a man from Maine came to live in the South as a teacher,what would he most likely be labeled as?

Who were the Redeemers,what did they want,and what were their methods? How did the Redeemers feel that their freedom was being threatened by Radical Reconstruction? Conclude your essay with a comment on how you think the federal government should have responded to the Redeemers.

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Black Codes

The crop-lien system:

For whites,freedom,no matter how defined,was a given,a birthright to be defended.For African-Americans,it was an open-ended process,a transformation of every aspect of their lives and of the society and culture that had sustained slavery in the first place.Defend this statement.

Andrew Johnson:

A New World

Beginnings of English America,1607-1660

Creating Anglo-america,1660-1750

Slavery,freedom,and the Struggle for Empire to 1763

The American Revolution,1763-1783

the Revolution Within

Founding a Nation,1783-1791

Securing the Republic,1790-1815

The Market Revolution,1800-1840

Democracy in America,1815-1840

The Peculiar Institution

An Age of Reform,1820-1840

A House Divided,1840-1861

A New Birth of Freedom: the Civil War,1861-1865

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