Question 1

Why was Andrew Johnson acquitted on charges of impeachment?

Accepted Answer

A)  Johnson's lawyers assured moderate Republicans that he would behave for the rest of his term,so several voted to acquit him. 
B)  No one would testify against him. 
C)  Leading Radical Republican Benjamin Wade brilliantly managed the president's defense. 
D)  Ulysses Grant urged Republicans to acquit Johnson because convicting him might hurt Grant's chances in the presidential election. 
E)  Many feared a constitutional crisis because,without a vice president in office,no one knew who would succeed Johnson as president. 
A)  Johnson's lawyers assured moderate Republicans that he would behave for the rest of his term,so several voted to acquit him. 
B)  No one would testify against him. 
C)  Leading Radical Republican Benjamin Wade brilliantly managed the president's defense. 
D)  Ulysses Grant urged Republicans to acquit Johnson because convicting him might hurt Grant's chances in the presidential election. 
E)  Many feared a constitutional crisis because,without a vice president in office,no one knew who would succeed Johnson as president.

Question 2

The U.S.Supreme Court's decision in the 1873 case in which Myra Bradwell challenged an Illinois statute excluding women from practicing law:

Accepted Answer

A)  was the first time the Court interpreted the Fourteenth Amendment as establishing gender equality. 
B)  was a severe blow to the idea of "separate spheres" for men and women. 
C)  resulted the following year in congressional passage of the groundbreaking Legal Practice Act. 
D)  demonstrated that,while racial definitions of freedom were changing,gendered ones still existed. 
E)  was praised by Bradwell,who went on to become the first woman on the Illinois Supreme Court. 
A)  was the first time the Court interpreted the Fourteenth Amendment as establishing gender equality. 
B)  was a severe blow to the idea of "separate spheres" for men and women. 
C)  resulted the following year in congressional passage of the groundbreaking Legal Practice Act. 
D)  demonstrated that,while racial definitions of freedom were changing,gendered ones still existed. 
E)  was praised by Bradwell,who went on to become the first woman on the Illinois Supreme Court.

Question 3

Why did Radical Republicans believe that Andrew Johnson would support their agenda? Why was Johnson ultimately unable to lend his support to the Civil Rights Act of 1866 or to the Fourteenth Amendment?

Accepted Answer

The Radical Republicans believed that An

Question 4

According to the petition from the freedmen to President Andrew Johnson,how was the planter class endangering freedom?

Accepted Answer

A)  They tried to ban African-Americans from voting. 
B)  They tried to limit economic opportunity. 
C)  They tried to curb African-American migrations. 
D)  They wanted to prevent African-American marriages. 
E)  They hoped to jail African-American leaders. 
A)  They tried to ban African-Americans from voting. 
B)  They tried to limit economic opportunity. 
C)  They tried to curb African-American migrations. 
D)  They wanted to prevent African-American marriages. 
E)  They hoped to jail African-American leaders.

Question 5

What did the ex-slaves see as key to improving their condition?

Accepted Answer

A)  Getting a steady job. 
B)  Receiving help from white northerners. 
C)  Getting an education. 
D)  Leasing land. 
E)  Receiving free land. 
A)  Getting a steady job. 
B)  Receiving help from white northerners. 
C)  Getting an education. 
D)  Leasing land. 
E)  Receiving free land.

Question 6

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

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 7

MATCHING
Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Horace Greeley

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 8

Radical Republicans:

Accepted Answer

A)  tended to come from the border states that had seen most of the vicious fighting during the Civil War. 
B)  wanted legitimate democracy in the South,with power to be shared by planters and freed slaves. 
C)  fought Andrew Johnson from the day he entered the White House. 
D)  fully embraced the expanded powers of the federal government born during the Civil War. 
E)  agreed on the need to end slavery but disagreed with one another over whether the freed slaves were entitled to civil rights. 
A)  tended to come from the border states that had seen most of the vicious fighting during the Civil War. 
B)  wanted legitimate democracy in the South,with power to be shared by planters and freed slaves. 
C)  fought Andrew Johnson from the day he entered the White House. 
D)  fully embraced the expanded powers of the federal government born during the Civil War. 
E)  agreed on the need to end slavery but disagreed with one another over whether the freed slaves were entitled to civil rights.

Question 9

White southern Democrats considered scalawags traitors to both their party and their race.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The Fourteenth Amendment:

Accepted Answer

A)  passed despite the opposition of Charles Sumner. 
B)  specifically defined suffrage as one of the civil rights to which freedpeople were entitled. 
C)  represented a compromise between the moderate and conservative positions on race. 
D)  marked the most important change in the U.S.Constitution since the Bill of Rights. 
E)  placed into the U.S.Constitution an essential holding of the Dred Scott decision. 
A)  passed despite the opposition of Charles Sumner. 
B)  specifically defined suffrage as one of the civil rights to which freedpeople were entitled. 
C)  represented a compromise between the moderate and conservative positions on race. 
D)  marked the most important change in the U.S.Constitution since the Bill of Rights. 
E)  placed into the U.S.Constitution an essential holding of the Dred Scott decision.

Question 11

James Pike's The Prostrate State was in support of the black Republican governments in the South during Reconstruction.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Why did Mark Twain call Anson Burlingame "a citizen of the world"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Burlingame had dual citizenship. 
B)  Burlingame organized a trade conference. 
C)  Burlingame promoted Asian arts and the culture of the Pacific Ocean. 
D)  Burlingame turned his back on his U.S.citizenship. 
E)  Burlingame looked beyond a narrow view of citizenship. 
A)  Burlingame had dual citizenship. 
B)  Burlingame organized a trade conference. 
C)  Burlingame promoted Asian arts and the culture of the Pacific Ocean. 
D)  Burlingame turned his back on his U.S.citizenship. 
E)  Burlingame looked beyond a narrow view of citizenship.

Question 13

What made the Burlingame Treaty unique?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was actually a declaration of war against China. 
B)  It recognized the sovereignty of China. 
C)  It declared all of East Asia's ports to be America's sphere of influence. 
D)  It gave Great Britain Hong Kong. 
E)  It ended the Opium Wars. 
A)  It was actually a declaration of war against China. 
B)  It recognized the sovereignty of China. 
C)  It declared all of East Asia's ports to be America's sphere of influence. 
D)  It gave Great Britain Hong Kong. 
E)  It ended the Opium Wars.

Question 14

MATCHING
Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Rutherford B.Hayes

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

After the Civil War,which territory became the first to allow women to vote?

Accepted Answer

A)  Washington. 
B)  Nebraska. 
C)  Colorado. 
D)  Utah. 
E)  Wyoming. 
A)  Washington. 
B)  Nebraska. 
C)  Colorado. 
D)  Utah. 
E)  Wyoming.

Question 16

Was Reconstruction a success or a failure? Or was it something in between? In your response,consider land policy,key legislation during Presidential and Radical Reconstruction,southern politics,racial and political violence,and northern "fatigue" with Reconstruction.Be sure to make clear what you mean by success and failure.

Accepted Answer

Reconstruction was a complex and multifa

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

Feminists are individuals who advocate f

Question 18

Reconstruction witnessed profound changes in the lives of southerners,black and white,rich and poor.Explain the various ways that the lives of these groups changed.Were the changes for the better or worse?

Accepted Answer

Reconstruction, which took place in the

Question 19

In March 1867,Congress began Radical Reconstruction by adopting the ________,which created new state governments and provided for black male suffrage in the South.

Accepted Answer

A)  Fourteenth Amendment 
B)  Fifteenth Amendment 
C)  Civil Rights Act of 1867 
D)  Sumner-Stevens Act 
E)  Reconstruction Act 
A)  Fourteenth Amendment 
B)  Fifteenth Amendment 
C)  Civil Rights Act of 1867 
D)  Sumner-Stevens Act 
E)  Reconstruction Act

Question 20

The Whiskey Ring scandal took place during the administration of:

Accepted Answer

A)  Abraham Lincoln. 
B)  Andrew Johnson. 
C)  Ulysses Grant. 
D)  Rutherford Hayes. 
E)  Chester Arthur. 
A)  Abraham Lincoln. 
B)  Andrew Johnson. 
C)  Ulysses Grant. 
D)  Rutherford Hayes. 
E)  Chester Arthur.

Why was Andrew Johnson acquitted on charges of impeachment?

The U.S.Supreme Court's decision in the 1873 case in which Myra Bradwell challenged an Illinois statute excluding women from practicing law:

Why did Radical Republicans believe that Andrew Johnson would support their agenda? Why was Johnson ultimately unable to lend his support to the Civil Rights Act of 1866 or to the Fourteenth Amendment?

According to the petition from the freedmen to President Andrew Johnson,how was the planter class endangering freedom?

What did the ex-slaves see as key to improving their condition?

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

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Horace Greeley

Radical Republicans:

White southern Democrats considered scalawags traitors to both their party and their race.

The Fourteenth Amendment:

James Pike's The Prostrate State was in support of the black Republican governments in the South during Reconstruction.

Why did Mark Twain call Anson Burlingame "a citizen of the world"?

What made the Burlingame Treaty unique?

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Rutherford B.Hayes

After the Civil War,which territory became the first to allow women to vote?

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

Reconstruction witnessed profound changes in the lives of southerners,black and white,rich and poor.Explain the various ways that the lives of these groups changed.Were the changes for the better or worse?

In March 1867,Congress began Radical Reconstruction by adopting the ________,which created new state governments and provided for black male suffrage in the South.

The Whiskey Ring scandal took place during the administration of:

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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Why was Andrew Johnson acquitted on charges of impeachment?

The U.S.Supreme Court's decision in the 1873 case in which Myra Bradwell challenged an Illinois statute excluding women from practicing law:

Why did Radical Republicans believe that Andrew Johnson would support their agenda? Why was Johnson ultimately unable to lend his support to the Civil Rights Act of 1866 or to the Fourteenth Amendment?

According to the petition from the freedmen to President Andrew Johnson,how was the planter class endangering freedom?

What did the ex-slaves see as key to improving their condition?

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

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Horace Greeley

Radical Republicans:

White southern Democrats considered scalawags traitors to both their party and their race.

The Fourteenth Amendment:

James Pike's The Prostrate State was in support of the black Republican governments in the South during Reconstruction.

Why did Mark Twain call Anson Burlingame "a citizen of the world"?

What made the Burlingame Treaty unique?

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Rutherford B.Hayes

After the Civil War,which territory became the first to allow women to vote?

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

Reconstruction witnessed profound changes in the lives of southerners,black and white,rich and poor.Explain the various ways that the lives of these groups changed.Were the changes for the better or worse?

In March 1867,Congress began Radical Reconstruction by adopting the ________,which created new state governments and provided for black male suffrage in the South.

The Whiskey Ring scandal took place during the administration of:

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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