Question 1

The Civil Rights Act of 1866 became the first major law in American history to be passed over a presidential veto.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Hiram Revels and Blanche Bruce were the first two black:

Accepted Answer

A)  members of the U.S.House of Representatives. 
B)  governors. 
C)  mayors of southern towns. 
D)  U.S.senators. 
E)  federal judges. 
A)  members of the U.S.House of Representatives. 
B)  governors. 
C)  mayors of southern towns. 
D)  U.S.senators. 
E)  federal judges.

Question 3

Despite the Fourteenth Amendment,which group was still being denied United States citizenship?

Accepted Answer

A)  Asians. 
B)  Africans. 
C)  African-Americans. 
D)  Russian Jews. 
E)  Irish Catholics. 
A)  Asians. 
B)  Africans. 
C)  African-Americans. 
D)  Russian Jews. 
E)  Irish Catholics.

Question 4

MATCHING
Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Andrew Johnson

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 5

The U.S.Supreme Court ruled in the Slaughterhouse Cases that:

Accepted Answer

A)  most rights of citizens were under the control of state governments rather than the federal government. 
B)  states could not interfere with vigorous federal enforcement of a broad array of civil rights guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment. 
C)  the federal government had sole authority under the Commerce Clause to regulate the meatpacking industry. 
D)  voting rights of African-Americans under the Fifteenth Amendment could not be abridged or denied by any state. 
E)  Reconstruction had progressed too far and was now officially ended. 
A)  most rights of citizens were under the control of state governments rather than the federal government. 
B)  states could not interfere with vigorous federal enforcement of a broad array of civil rights guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment. 
C)  the federal government had sole authority under the Commerce Clause to regulate the meatpacking industry. 
D)  voting rights of African-Americans under the Fifteenth Amendment could not be abridged or denied by any state. 
E)  Reconstruction had progressed too far and was now officially ended.

Question 6

Unlike Susan B.Anthony,Lucy Stone favored the Fifteenth Amendment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Do you think the permanent distribution of land to former slaves would have made a difference in the outcome of Reconstruction? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

The permanent distribution of land to fo

Question 8

The 1873 depression strengthened the North's resolve to ensure the success of Reconstruction,since the depression really hurt the South's farmers,highlighting the need for reform in the region.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The most ambitious,but least successful,of the Radical Republicans' aims was:

Accepted Answer

A)  land reform. 
B)  black suffrage. 
C)  federal protection of civil rights. 
D)  public education. 
E)  reunification of the Union. 
A)  land reform. 
B)  black suffrage. 
C)  federal protection of civil rights. 
D)  public education. 
E)  reunification of the Union.

Question 10

What faults did the Republicans see with Presidential Reconstruction? How did they propose to rectify those deficiencies? Be sure to distinguish moderate Republicans from Radical Republicans in your answer.

Accepted Answer

The Republicans had several faults with

Question 11

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

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 12

The southern Black Codes:

Accepted Answer

A)  allowed the arrest on vagrancy charges of former slaves who failed to sign yearly labor contracts. 
B)  allowed former slaves to testify in court against whites and to serve on juries. 
C)  were some of the first laws adopted as part of Radical Reconstruction in 1867. 
D)  were denounced by President Johnson and declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. 
E)  pleased northerners because they saw that the rule of law was returning to the South. 
A)  allowed the arrest on vagrancy charges of former slaves who failed to sign yearly labor contracts. 
B)  allowed former slaves to testify in court against whites and to serve on juries. 
C)  were some of the first laws adopted as part of Radical Reconstruction in 1867. 
D)  were denounced by President Johnson and declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. 
E)  pleased northerners because they saw that the rule of law was returning to the South.

Question 13

The Senate,following the House's impeachment vote,removed Andrew Johnson from office.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Sharecropping:

Accepted Answer

A)  meant that African-Americans were paid their share daily for doing specific tasks. 
B)  was a compromise between African-Americans' desire for discipline and planters' desire to learn to do physical labor. 
C)  was most popular in the old rice-plantation areas of South Carolina and Georgia. 
D)  became more popular because of rising farm prices that brought increased prosperity. 
E)  was preferred by African-Americans to gang labor (because they were less subject to supervision). 
A)  meant that African-Americans were paid their share daily for doing specific tasks. 
B)  was a compromise between African-Americans' desire for discipline and planters' desire to learn to do physical labor. 
C)  was most popular in the old rice-plantation areas of South Carolina and Georgia. 
D)  became more popular because of rising farm prices that brought increased prosperity. 
E)  was preferred by African-Americans to gang labor (because they were less subject to supervision).

Question 15

In the 1870s,who claimed to have saved the white South from the corruption of northern and black officials?

Accepted Answer

A)  Republicans. 
B)  Carpetbaggers. 
C)  Redeemers. 
D)  Scalawags. 
E)  Ulysses Grant. 
A)  Republicans. 
B)  Carpetbaggers. 
C)  Redeemers. 
D)  Scalawags. 
E)  Ulysses Grant.

Question 16

How did Frederick Douglass see the post-Civil War South?

Accepted Answer

A)  He was satisfied that slavery had ended and was ready to take a break. 
B)  He worked tirelessly to prevent slavery from being reinstituted. 
C)  He encouraged African-Americans to leave the South and go to Canada. 
D)  He saw the government land policies as sufficient. 
E)  Douglass wanted to ensure that the ideals of the Declaration of Independence became a reality for black men,too. 
A)  He was satisfied that slavery had ended and was ready to take a break. 
B)  He worked tirelessly to prevent slavery from being reinstituted. 
C)  He encouraged African-Americans to leave the South and go to Canada. 
D)  He saw the government land policies as sufficient. 
E)  Douglass wanted to ensure that the ideals of the Declaration of Independence became a reality for black men,too.

Question 17

Most of those termed "scalawags" during Reconstruction had been:

Accepted Answer

A)  owners of large southern plantations before the Civil War. 
B)  non-slaveholding white farmers from the southern upcountry prior to the Civil War. 
C)  enslaved African-Americans before emancipation. 
D)  Union soldiers during the war,but then they decided to stay in the South. 
E)  Confederate officers and Confederate government officials during the Civil War. 
A)  owners of large southern plantations before the Civil War. 
B)  non-slaveholding white farmers from the southern upcountry prior to the Civil War. 
C)  enslaved African-Americans before emancipation. 
D)  Union soldiers during the war,but then they decided to stay in the South. 
E)  Confederate officers and Confederate government officials during the Civil War.

Question 18

When Congress sent Andrew Johnson the Civil Rights Bill of 1866,he:

Accepted Answer

A)  signed it,creating an irreparable breach between himself and the Republicans. 
B)  argued that it discriminated against whites. 
C)  contended that it gave too much authority to the states. 
D)  won widespread public approval for his response. 
E)  suggested that it did not go far enough to secure racial equality. 
A)  signed it,creating an irreparable breach between himself and the Republicans. 
B)  argued that it discriminated against whites. 
C)  contended that it gave too much authority to the states. 
D)  won widespread public approval for his response. 
E)  suggested that it did not go far enough to secure racial equality.

Question 19

How did the Reconstruction amendments change the role of government?

Accepted Answer

A)  The presidents who immediately followed Lincoln became even more powerful and active than he had been during the Civil War. 
B)  The state governments became the only entity that could award citizenship. 
C)  It set the stage for the federal government to be the protector of individual freedoms. 
D)  The Supreme Court's role would be diminished. 
E)  The states gained protection from an overbearing national government. 
A)  The presidents who immediately followed Lincoln became even more powerful and active than he had been during the Civil War. 
B)  The state governments became the only entity that could award citizenship. 
C)  It set the stage for the federal government to be the protector of individual freedoms. 
D)  The Supreme Court's role would be diminished. 
E)  The states gained protection from an overbearing national government.

Question 20

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

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

The Civil Rights Act of 1866 became the first major law in American history to be passed over a presidential veto.

Hiram Revels and Blanche Bruce were the first two black:

Despite the Fourteenth Amendment,which group was still being denied United States citizenship?

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Andrew Johnson

The U.S.Supreme Court ruled in the Slaughterhouse Cases that:

Unlike Susan B.Anthony,Lucy Stone favored the Fifteenth Amendment.

Do you think the permanent distribution of land to former slaves would have made a difference in the outcome of Reconstruction? Why or why not?

The 1873 depression strengthened the North's resolve to ensure the success of Reconstruction,since the depression really hurt the South's farmers,highlighting the need for reform in the region.

The most ambitious,but least successful,of the Radical Republicans' aims was:

What faults did the Republicans see with Presidential Reconstruction? How did they propose to rectify those deficiencies? Be sure to distinguish moderate Republicans from Radical Republicans in your answer.

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

The southern Black Codes:

The Senate,following the House's impeachment vote,removed Andrew Johnson from office.

Sharecropping:

In the 1870s,who claimed to have saved the white South from the corruption of northern and black officials?

How did Frederick Douglass see the post-Civil War South?

Most of those termed "scalawags" during Reconstruction had been:

When Congress sent Andrew Johnson the Civil Rights Bill of 1866,he:

How did the Reconstruction amendments change the role of government?

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

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

The Civil Rights Act of 1866 became the first major law in American history to be passed over a presidential veto.

Hiram Revels and Blanche Bruce were the first two black:

Despite the Fourteenth Amendment,which group was still being denied United States citizenship?

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Andrew Johnson

The U.S.Supreme Court ruled in the Slaughterhouse Cases that:

Unlike Susan B.Anthony,Lucy Stone favored the Fifteenth Amendment.

Do you think the permanent distribution of land to former slaves would have made a difference in the outcome of Reconstruction? Why or why not?

The 1873 depression strengthened the North's resolve to ensure the success of Reconstruction,since the depression really hurt the South's farmers,highlighting the need for reform in the region.

The most ambitious,but least successful,of the Radical Republicans' aims was:

What faults did the Republicans see with Presidential Reconstruction? How did they propose to rectify those deficiencies? Be sure to distinguish moderate Republicans from Radical Republicans in your answer.

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

The southern Black Codes:

The Senate,following the House's impeachment vote,removed Andrew Johnson from office.

Sharecropping:

In the 1870s,who claimed to have saved the white South from the corruption of northern and black officials?

How did Frederick Douglass see the post-Civil War South?

Most of those termed "scalawags" during Reconstruction had been:

When Congress sent Andrew Johnson the Civil Rights Bill of 1866,he:

How did the Reconstruction amendments change the role of government?

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

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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