Question 1

Which of the following was true of Andrew Johnson?

Accepted Answer

A)   Although from Tennessee, he remained in the Senate after his state seceded from the Union.
B)   He was one of the founders of the Republican Party.
C)   Although he disagreed with the Radicals on many issues, he supported the concept of an activist federal government.
D)   He favored civil rights for African Americans, but did not believe that they should have the right to vote. A

Question 2

Andrew Johnson's initial plan for Reconstruction:

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A)   Demonstrated an unforgiving hatred of all Southerners
B)   Protected the political rights of freed slaves in the South
C)   Attempted, at least temporarily, to deny power to wealthy Southern planters
D)   Failed to require the Southern states to draft new constitutions C

Question 3

In some cases, white conservatives in the South attempted to defeat Congress's Reconstruction plans by ___________.

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A)   actively and openly calling for secession
B)   bribing federal poll watchers
C)   defying laws designed to redistribute land throughout the South
D)   boycotting the polls D

Question 4

Analyze the origins, purpose, and tactics of the Ku Klux Klan and its effect on the nation's politics and African Americans.

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Question 5

The 1868 indictment handed down by the House Judiciary Committee against President Johnson concentrated on his

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A)   violation of the Tenure of Office Act.
B)   attempts to limit the powers of military commanders in the South.
C)   effort to prevent enforcement of the Military Reconstruction Act of 1867.
D)   attempts to repeal the Fourteenth Amendment.

Question 6

What was the belief of Thaddeus Stevens and other congressional Republicans who criticized Lincoln's approach to Reconstruction?

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A)   The South's plantation elite erred in establishing the Confederacy, but the Union itself was never broken and endured through the Civil War.
B)   The Reconstruction process outlined in the Constitution should be closely followed.
C)   The president has sole responsibility for Reconstruction.
D)   The Confederate states, by seceding and making war against the United States, lost their status as states and should now be treated as conquered territories.

Question 7

Discuss the various means by which conservatives attempted to regain control of the southern state governments, and assess the effectiveness of their efforts.

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Question 8

Discuss the aspirations and goals of African-American southerners as they entered upon life after slavery, and explain the ways in which they attempted to achieve their goals. To what extent were they successful? Why?

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Question 9

Explain the conflict between the executive and legislative branches of government over Reconstruction, and discuss the consequences of this conflict.

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Question 10

Discuss the response of former enslaved Americans to freedom.

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Question 11

In the 1868 presidential campaign, Ulysses Grant, running as a Republican, _____________________.

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A)   endorsed African-American suffrage in the South but not in the North
B)   fully supported the principles of the Radical Republicans
C)   urged Congress to pass antilynching legislation
D)   denounced the Ku Klux Klan as a terrorist organization

Question 12

Soon after proposing his initial plan for Reconstruction, President Johnson surprisingly helped subvert his own plan by ____________________.

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A)   withdrawing the Union Army from the South
B)   granting pardons to many wealthy Southerners
C)   establishing martial law throughout the South
D)   dissolving the newly elected state constitutional conventions

Question 13

Which of the following is true of the Ku Klux Klan?

Accepted Answer

A)   It was not originally a violent organization.
B)   It was not connected to party politics.
C)   Congress paid little attention to its actions.
D)   It normalized the use of terrorism in politics.

Question 14

Passed by Congress in the face of President Johnson's veto, the Civil Rights Act of 1866:

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A)   Forced state courts in the South to practice equality by placing them under the watchful eye of the federal judiciary
B)   Guaranteed equality of economic opportunity by barring discrimination in employment on the basis of race
C)   Was the first attempt by Congress to desegregate educational facilities in the South
D)   Guaranteed the right to vote to all adult males with the equivalent of a third-grade education

Question 15

Which section of the Fourteenth Amendment had the longest-lasting legal impact?

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A)   The section which guaranteed the war debt of the United States
B)   The section which conferred citizenship on freedmen and prohibited states from abridging of their constitutional rights
C)   The section which withheld political power from prominent Confederates
D)   The section which penalized states that did not allow African Americans to vote

Question 16

The Reconstruction era is generally divided into two phases, the presidential phase lasting from 1865 to 1867 and the congressional phase stretching from 1867 to 1876. Citing specific programs and policies, indicate how the two phases differed.

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Question 17

Freed slaves, after the Civil War, __________________.

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A)   fought hard to establish racially integrated public schools
B)   showed a great desire for education as the means of escaping the ignorance of slavery
C)   concentrated solely on providing primary school education for their children
D)   disappointed Northern reformers with their apparent lack of interest in education

Question 18

The refusal of most of the former Confederate states to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment in 1866:

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A)   Caused most Northerners to support the Radicals' demand that more economic opportunity be extended to freedmen
B)   Caused a thorough restructuring of Southern society
C)   Led to general land reform in the South
D)   Forced congressional Republicans to abolish the "Johnson governments" in the South, form new governments, and extend the vote to freedmen

Question 19

African Americans who won public office during Reconstruction _____________.

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A)   mostly came from the prewar educated African-American elite
B)   were mostly self-educated individuals who rose from slavery
C)   came from the North
D)   were illiterate and uneducated

Question 20

In 1869, the Fifteenth Amendment:

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A)   Stipulated that states could not deny the right to vote on the basis of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
B)   Guaranteed African Americans equal protection under the law.
C)   Extended the right to vote to women and blacks.
D)   Was immediately ratified by all Northern states.

Exam 14: Reconstruction: an Unfinished Revolution, 1865-1877