Question 1

Right after the Civil War,ex-slaves did not care about the right to vote.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

When the Union was restored by 1870,the southern states had Democratic majorities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

What benefit did Abraham Lincoln see in having Andrew Johnson on his ticket?

Accepted Answer

A)  He was an inspiration to working-class people in poverty. 
B)  As a former slaveholder,he demonstrated that one could live without slaves. 
C)  He was one of many southern senators from a state that seceded who refused to leave the U.S.Senate. 
D)  Lincoln's party hoped to build a Republican base in the South. 
E)  Tennessee was Lincoln's favorite southern state,since he was born there. 
A)  He was an inspiration to working-class people in poverty. 
B)  As a former slaveholder,he demonstrated that one could live without slaves. 
C)  He was one of many southern senators from a state that seceded who refused to leave the U.S.Senate. 
D)  Lincoln's party hoped to build a Republican base in the South. 
E)  Tennessee was Lincoln's favorite southern state,since he was born there.

Question 4

The civil rights era of the 1950s and 1960s is sometimes called the:

Accepted Answer

A)  Equality Era. 
B)  Gilded Age. 
C)  Socialist Era. 
D)  Information Age. 
E)  Second Reconstruction. 
A)  Equality Era. 
B)  Gilded Age. 
C)  Socialist Era. 
D)  Information Age. 
E)  Second Reconstruction.

Question 5

How did the Civil War affect planter families?

Accepted Answer

A)  For the first time,some of them had to do physical labor. 
B)  They lost their slaves but were otherwise unaffected. 
C)  Few lost loved ones because they were able to avoid military service. 
D)  They endured immediate problems,but their economic revival was quick. 
E)  Since they defined freedom broadly,they got along well with their ex-slaves. 
A)  For the first time,some of them had to do physical labor. 
B)  They lost their slaves but were otherwise unaffected. 
C)  Few lost loved ones because they were able to avoid military service. 
D)  They endured immediate problems,but their economic revival was quick. 
E)  Since they defined freedom broadly,they got along well with their ex-slaves.

Question 6

Why specifically did Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction plan fail?

Accepted Answer

A)  The South remained poor. 
B)  Black southerners were apathetic to equal rights. 
C)  Prominent ex-Confederates and pre-Civil War elite came into power. 
D)  Blacks refused to work with white politicians in the South. 
E)  From the beginning,no northerners supported his plan. 
A)  The South remained poor. 
B)  Black southerners were apathetic to equal rights. 
C)  Prominent ex-Confederates and pre-Civil War elite came into power. 
D)  Blacks refused to work with white politicians in the South. 
E)  From the beginning,no northerners supported his plan.

Question 7

Through analyzing the "Sharecropping Contract," what can be determined?

Accepted Answer

A)  The ex-slave was given an agreement that mutually benefited both parties. 
B)  Ex-slaves were not going to be allowed to go to church. 
C)  The ex-slaves were lazy and unwilling to do farm work. 
D)  The contract was a type of economic slavery. 
E)  This farming system gave African-Americans a good standard of living. 
A)  The ex-slave was given an agreement that mutually benefited both parties. 
B)  Ex-slaves were not going to be allowed to go to church. 
C)  The ex-slaves were lazy and unwilling to do farm work. 
D)  The contract was a type of economic slavery. 
E)  This farming system gave African-Americans a good standard of living.

Question 8

Opponents of Radical Reconstruction could not accept the idea of former slaves voting,holding office,and enjoying equality before the law.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Howard University

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 10

Black suffrage made little difference in the South,as very few blacks voted or ran for public office during Reconstruction.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

What did Andrew Johnson focus on with his Reconstruction plan?

Accepted Answer

A)  Presidential pardons. 
B)  Building railroads in the South. 
C)  The individual rights of African Americans. 
D)  Creating a biracial government. 
E)  Limiting immigration. 
A)  Presidential pardons. 
B)  Building railroads in the South. 
C)  The individual rights of African Americans. 
D)  Creating a biracial government. 
E)  Limiting immigration.

Question 12

After the Civil War,some ex-slaves walked hundreds of miles in search of family members.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

For the 1868 Democratic presidential ticket,Horatio Seymour and Francis Blair Jr.had a campaign motto of:

Accepted Answer

A)  Liberty,Equality,and the Southern Way. 
B)  Forgive and Heal.White and Black Men Should Work Together. 
C)  Civil Rights for All. 
D)  This Is a White Man's Country.Let White Men Rule. 
E)  I "See More" Peace and Prosperity Ahead with Real Reconstruction. 
A)  Liberty,Equality,and the Southern Way. 
B)  Forgive and Heal.White and Black Men Should Work Together. 
C)  Civil Rights for All. 
D)  This Is a White Man's Country.Let White Men Rule. 
E)  I "See More" Peace and Prosperity Ahead with Real Reconstruction.

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

The Redeemers were a political coalition

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

The Black Codes were laws passed by Sout

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

Andrew Johnson was the 17th President of

Question 17

White farmers in the late nineteenth-century South:

Accepted Answer

A)  by and large owned their own land. 
B)  included many sharecroppers involved in the crop-lien system. 
C)  refused to grow cotton because it had been a "slave crop." 
D)  were all enormously prosperous following the end of the Civil War. 
E)  saw their debts decrease as crop prices went up from 1870 to 1900. 
A)  by and large owned their own land. 
B)  included many sharecroppers involved in the crop-lien system. 
C)  refused to grow cotton because it had been a "slave crop." 
D)  were all enormously prosperous following the end of the Civil War. 
E)  saw their debts decrease as crop prices went up from 1870 to 1900.

Question 18

Southern Republicans during Reconstruction:

Accepted Answer

A)  excluded former Confederates from their ranks. 
B)  established the South's first state-supported schools. 
C)  redistributed most former plantation lands to freedmen and poor whites. 
D)  helped elect African-American governors in four states. 
E)  ran the most corrupt governments in American history. 
A)  excluded former Confederates from their ranks. 
B)  established the South's first state-supported schools. 
C)  redistributed most former plantation lands to freedmen and poor whites. 
D)  helped elect African-American governors in four states. 
E)  ran the most corrupt governments in American history.

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

The Fifteenth Amendment to the United St

Question 20

Compared to rebels in the rest of world history's civil wars,the rebels of the defeated Confederacy were treated very harshly.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Right after the Civil War,ex-slaves did not care about the right to vote.

When the Union was restored by 1870,the southern states had Democratic majorities.

What benefit did Abraham Lincoln see in having Andrew Johnson on his ticket?

The civil rights era of the 1950s and 1960s is sometimes called the:

How did the Civil War affect planter families?

Why specifically did Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction plan fail?

Through analyzing the "Sharecropping Contract," what can be determined?

Opponents of Radical Reconstruction could not accept the idea of former slaves voting,holding office,and enjoying equality before the law.

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Howard University

Black suffrage made little difference in the South,as very few blacks voted or ran for public office during Reconstruction.

What did Andrew Johnson focus on with his Reconstruction plan?

After the Civil War,some ex-slaves walked hundreds of miles in search of family members.

For the 1868 Democratic presidential ticket,Horatio Seymour and Francis Blair Jr.had a campaign motto of:

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

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

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

White farmers in the late nineteenth-century South:

Southern Republicans during Reconstruction:

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

Compared to rebels in the rest of world history's civil wars,the rebels of the defeated Confederacy were treated very harshly.

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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

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

Right after the Civil War,ex-slaves did not care about the right to vote.

When the Union was restored by 1870,the southern states had Democratic majorities.

What benefit did Abraham Lincoln see in having Andrew Johnson on his ticket?

The civil rights era of the 1950s and 1960s is sometimes called the:

How did the Civil War affect planter families?

Why specifically did Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction plan fail?

Through analyzing the "Sharecropping Contract," what can be determined?

Opponents of Radical Reconstruction could not accept the idea of former slaves voting,holding office,and enjoying equality before the law.

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Howard University

Black suffrage made little difference in the South,as very few blacks voted or ran for public office during Reconstruction.

What did Andrew Johnson focus on with his Reconstruction plan?

After the Civil War,some ex-slaves walked hundreds of miles in search of family members.

For the 1868 Democratic presidential ticket,Horatio Seymour and Francis Blair Jr.had a campaign motto of:

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

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

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

White farmers in the late nineteenth-century South:

Southern Republicans during Reconstruction:

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

Compared to rebels in the rest of world history's civil wars,the rebels of the defeated Confederacy were treated very harshly.

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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