Question 1

With the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment,all people born in the United States were automatically citizens.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which denominations had the largest followings among blacks after the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

A)  Anglican and Catholic. 
B)  Congregational and Presbyterian. 
C)  Methodist and Baptist. 
D)  Lutheran and Methodist. 
E)  Episcopal and Baptist. 
A)  Anglican and Catholic. 
B)  Congregational and Presbyterian. 
C)  Methodist and Baptist. 
D)  Lutheran and Methodist. 
E)  Episcopal and Baptist.

Question 3

MATCHING
Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Edwin 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 4

Howard University is well known as:

Accepted Answer

A)  the first medical school to admit women. 
B)  the first black university in Mississippi. 
C)  the oldest university in New England. 
D)  a black university in Washington,D.C. 
E)  the law school where Abraham Lincoln earned his degree. 
A)  the first medical school to admit women. 
B)  the first black university in Mississippi. 
C)  the oldest university in New England. 
D)  a black university in Washington,D.C. 
E)  the law school where Abraham Lincoln earned his degree.

Question 5

How did Reconstruction leave an enduring legacy?

Accepted Answer

A)  In the twentieth century,former slaves became the majority owners of big plantations. 
B)  As time moved into the twentieth century,a higher percentage of African-Americans voted than whites. 
C)  By 1900 in the South,whites focused on creating harmony between the races. 
D)  The nation's first African-American colleges were established. 
E)  Within fifty years of Reconstruction,a majority of African-American families owned land. 
A)  In the twentieth century,former slaves became the majority owners of big plantations. 
B)  As time moved into the twentieth century,a higher percentage of African-Americans voted than whites. 
C)  By 1900 in the South,whites focused on creating harmony between the races. 
D)  The nation's first African-American colleges were established. 
E)  Within fifty years of Reconstruction,a majority of African-American families owned land.

Question 6

Thaddeus Stevens's most cherished aim was to confiscate the land of disloyal planters and divide it among former slaves and northern migrants to the South.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The idea that change comes slowly can be evidenced by what event during Reconstruction?

Accepted Answer

A)  After the Civil War,most slaves had to wait a long time to escape their masters. 
B)  Women were excluded from the suffrage amendment. 
C)  African-Americans were denied membership in churches. 
D)  African-Americans did not get elected to political offices. 
E)  African-Americans had no interest in having their own businesses. 
A)  After the Civil War,most slaves had to wait a long time to escape their masters. 
B)  Women were excluded from the suffrage amendment. 
C)  African-Americans were denied membership in churches. 
D)  African-Americans did not get elected to political offices. 
E)  African-Americans had no interest in having their own businesses.

Question 8

When analyzing the election of 1876,what conclusion can be drawn?

Accepted Answer

A)  Rutherford Hayes did poorly in the western states. 
B)  The Republican Party did a good job protecting the voting rights of African-Americans in Mississippi. 
C)  A majority of northerners wanted to enforce Reconstruction policies more stringently. 
D)  The Republican Party had increased its support in the South. 
E)  If Tilden had won the electoral votes from Louisiana,Florida,or South Carolina,he would have been elected president. 
A)  Rutherford Hayes did poorly in the western states. 
B)  The Republican Party did a good job protecting the voting rights of African-Americans in Mississippi. 
C)  A majority of northerners wanted to enforce Reconstruction policies more stringently. 
D)  The Republican Party had increased its support in the South. 
E)  If Tilden had won the electoral votes from Louisiana,Florida,or South Carolina,he would have been elected president.

Question 9

Black ministers during the Reconstruction played a major role in politics,holding some 250 public offices.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

"Waving the bloody shirt" referred to:

Accepted Answer

A)  a powerful symbol of Ku Klux Klan violence against African-Americans. 
B)  a Democratic campaign prop that reminded voters that Republicans had been responsible for the Civil War. 
C)  a Republican attempt to associate Democrats with secession and treason. 
D)  a sign of surrender that southern whites used to signify their loss of power. 
E)  Andrew Johnson's use of Abraham Lincoln's death for political purposes. 
A)  a powerful symbol of Ku Klux Klan violence against African-Americans. 
B)  a Democratic campaign prop that reminded voters that Republicans had been responsible for the Civil War. 
C)  a Republican attempt to associate Democrats with secession and treason. 
D)  a sign of surrender that southern whites used to signify their loss of power. 
E)  Andrew Johnson's use of Abraham Lincoln's death for political purposes.

Question 11

Because of land redistribution,the vast majority of rural freedmen and freedwomen prospered during Reconstruction.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Black officeholders during Reconstruction:

Accepted Answer

A)  were extremely rare. 
B)  were entirely carpetbaggers and scalawags. 
C)  helped ensure a degree of fairness in treatment of African-American citizens. 
D)  were limited to local offices. 
E)  demonstrated that whites had lost all of their political power in the South. 
A)  were extremely rare. 
B)  were entirely carpetbaggers and scalawags. 
C)  helped ensure a degree of fairness in treatment of African-American citizens. 
D)  were limited to local offices. 
E)  demonstrated that whites had lost all of their political power in the South.

Question 13

How did emancipation affect the structure of the black family?

Accepted Answer

A)  Men and women maintained equality within the household,making black families far more matrilineal than white families. 
B)  Men often remained at home while women went out and labored-a major shift from their roles while in slavery. 
C)  Black women adopted the domestic roles that white women had long had,but retained their duties in the fields and in the workplace. 
D)  The black family became more like the typical white family,with men as the breadwinners and women as the homemakers. 
E)  Emancipation did not lead to any changes in the black family's structure 
A)  Men and women maintained equality within the household,making black families far more matrilineal than white families. 
B)  Men often remained at home while women went out and labored-a major shift from their roles while in slavery. 
C)  Black women adopted the domestic roles that white women had long had,but retained their duties in the fields and in the workplace. 
D)  The black family became more like the typical white family,with men as the breadwinners and women as the homemakers. 
E)  Emancipation did not lead to any changes in the black family's structure

Question 14

What did freedom mean for the ex-slaves? Be sure to address economic opportunities,gender roles,religious independence,and family security.

Accepted Answer

For the ex-slaves, freedom meant a new o

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

Black officeholders refer to individuals

Question 16

In Mississippi in 1875,white rifle clubs drilled in public and openly assaulted and murdered Republicans.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

During Reconstruction,those like Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucy Stone who supported a woman's right to vote:

Accepted Answer

A)  all endorsed the Fifteenth Amendment even though it did not guarantee female suffrage. 
B)  all opposed the Fifteenth Amendment because it did not guarantee female suffrage. 
C)  found themselves divided over whether or not to support the Fifteenth Amendment. 
D)  strongly supported the Fifteenth Amendment because it did guarantee female suffrage. 
E)  refused to take a position on the Fifteenth Amendment because it did not define citizenship. 
A)  all endorsed the Fifteenth Amendment even though it did not guarantee female suffrage. 
B)  all opposed the Fifteenth Amendment because it did not guarantee female suffrage. 
C)  found themselves divided over whether or not to support the Fifteenth Amendment. 
D)  strongly supported the Fifteenth Amendment because it did guarantee female suffrage. 
E)  refused to take a position on the Fifteenth Amendment because it did not define citizenship.

Question 18

During Reconstruction,southern cities:

Accepted Answer

A)  enjoyed newfound prosperity as merchants traded more frequently with the North. 
B)  were as poverty-stricken as rural southern areas. 
C)  benefited from the building of a transcontinental railroad from Washington,D.C.,to Los Angeles. 
D)  benefited as rice and tobacco production markedly grew. 
E)  experienced major population losses as blacks trekked north in the Great Migration. 
A)  enjoyed newfound prosperity as merchants traded more frequently with the North. 
B)  were as poverty-stricken as rural southern areas. 
C)  benefited from the building of a transcontinental railroad from Washington,D.C.,to Los Angeles. 
D)  benefited as rice and tobacco production markedly grew. 
E)  experienced major population losses as blacks trekked north in the Great Migration.

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

The answer of Identify and give the historical significance of...

Question 20

The Bargain of 1877:

Accepted Answer

A)  allowed Samuel Tilden to become president. 
B)  led to the appointment of a southerner as postmaster general. 
C)  marked a compromise between Radical and Liberal Republicans. 
D)  called for the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment. 
E)  was made by Grant to prevent his impeachment over the Whiskey Ring. 
A)  allowed Samuel Tilden to become president. 
B)  led to the appointment of a southerner as postmaster general. 
C)  marked a compromise between Radical and Liberal Republicans. 
D)  called for the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment. 
E)  was made by Grant to prevent his impeachment over the Whiskey Ring.

With the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment,all people born in the United States were automatically citizens.

Which denominations had the largest followings among blacks after the Civil War?

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

Howard University is well known as:

How did Reconstruction leave an enduring legacy?

Thaddeus Stevens's most cherished aim was to confiscate the land of disloyal planters and divide it among former slaves and northern migrants to the South.

The idea that change comes slowly can be evidenced by what event during Reconstruction?

When analyzing the election of 1876,what conclusion can be drawn?

Black ministers during the Reconstruction played a major role in politics,holding some 250 public offices.

"Waving the bloody shirt" referred to:

Because of land redistribution,the vast majority of rural freedmen and freedwomen prospered during Reconstruction.

Black officeholders during Reconstruction:

How did emancipation affect the structure of the black family?

What did freedom mean for the ex-slaves? Be sure to address economic opportunities,gender roles,religious independence,and family security.

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

In Mississippi in 1875,white rifle clubs drilled in public and openly assaulted and murdered Republicans.

During Reconstruction,those like Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucy Stone who supported a woman's right to vote:

During Reconstruction,southern cities:

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

The Bargain of 1877:

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

With the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment,all people born in the United States were automatically citizens.

Which denominations had the largest followings among blacks after the Civil War?

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

Howard University is well known as:

How did Reconstruction leave an enduring legacy?

Thaddeus Stevens's most cherished aim was to confiscate the land of disloyal planters and divide it among former slaves and northern migrants to the South.

The idea that change comes slowly can be evidenced by what event during Reconstruction?

When analyzing the election of 1876,what conclusion can be drawn?

Black ministers during the Reconstruction played a major role in politics,holding some 250 public offices.

"Waving the bloody shirt" referred to:

Because of land redistribution,the vast majority of rural freedmen and freedwomen prospered during Reconstruction.

Black officeholders during Reconstruction:

How did emancipation affect the structure of the black family?

What did freedom mean for the ex-slaves? Be sure to address economic opportunities,gender roles,religious independence,and family security.

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

In Mississippi in 1875,white rifle clubs drilled in public and openly assaulted and murdered Republicans.

During Reconstruction,those like Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucy Stone who supported a woman's right to vote:

During Reconstruction,southern cities:

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

The Bargain of 1877:

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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