Question 1

The Fifteenth Amendment:

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A)   sought to guarantee that one could not be denied suffrage rights based on race.
B)   made states responsible for determining all voter qualifications.
C)   granted women the right to vote in federal but not state elections.
D)   was endorsed by President Andrew Johnson.E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 2

The Bargain of 1877:

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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) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 3

Hiram Revels and Blanche Bruce were the first two black:

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A)   members of the U.S. House of Representatives.
B)   governors.
C)   mayors of southern towns.
D)   U.S. senators.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 4

The crop-lien system:

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A)   kept many sharecroppers in a state of constant debt and poverty.
B)   became better as farm prices increased in the 1870s.
C)   enabled yeoman farmers to continue to function under the same system as before the Civil War.
D)   annoyed bankers and merchants who resented how it made them dependent on farmers.E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 5

The Reconstruction amendments toppled the ideals of what Supreme Court decision?

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A)   Gibbons v. Ogden.
B)   Dred Scott v. Stanford.
C)   Fletcher v. Peck.
D)   Marbury v. Madison.E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 6

After the Civil War, many ex-slaves traveled throughout the South. What was the reality for these ex-slaves?

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A)   Many took up crime because of a lack of jobs.
B)   Some of the drifters organized into terrorists, seeking revenge against their former slave-owners.
C)   Many slaves were moving around in search of family members who had been sold.
D)   Large revivals of African-Americans, who had recently converted to Christianity, took place in the countryside.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 7

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

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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) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 8

How can Andrew Johnson be compared to Abraham Lincoln?

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A)   Both men faced impeachment charges.
B)   When making decisions, Johnson was more stubborn and less willing to compromise than Lincoln.
C)   Both men were excellent farmers.
D)   Lincoln reached out to the South while Johnson emphasized punishing it.E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 9

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

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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) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 10

Sharecropping:

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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)   was preferred by African-Americans to gang labor (because they were less subject to supervision) .E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 11

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

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

Question 12

Petition of Committee on Behalf of the Freedmen to Andrew Johnson
Edisto Island, S.C. (October 28, 1865) 
We the freedmen Of Edisto Island South Carolina have learned . . . of the possibility of government restoring These lands to the former owners. . . . Here is where secession was born and Nurtured Here is were we have toiled nearly all Our lives as slaves and were treated like dumb Driven cattle . . . Shall not we who Are freedman and have been always true to this Union have the same rights as are enjoyed by Others? . . . are not our rights as A free people and good citizens of these United States To be considered before the rights of those who were Found in rebellion against this good and just Government (and now being conquered)  come (as they Seem)  with penitent hearts and beg forgiveness For past offences and also ask if their lands Cannot be restored to them are these rebellious Spirits to be reinstated in their possessions And we who have been abused and oppressed For many long years not to be allowed the Privilege of purchasing land But be subject To the will of these large Land owners?
We the freedmen of this Island and of the State of South Carolina-Do therefore petition to you as the President of these United States, that some provisions be made by which Every colored man can purchase land. and Hold it as his own. . . . with the privilege of purchasing A Homestead-A Homestead right here in the Heart of South Carolina.
In behalf of the Freedmen Committee
Henry Bram
Ishmael Moultrie
Yates Sampson
-Under the circumstances described in the passage above, southern agriculture throughout the Reconstruction years saw

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A)   the reinstitution of the plantation system.
B)   freedmen becoming prosperous as a result of owning the land they farmed.
C)   mass migration of former slaves out of the South.
D)   a subsistence style of agriculture in which freedmen worked on land that they could not own.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 13

During Reconstruction, southern cities:

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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) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 14

What did Andrew Johnson do with the land of plantation owners seized during the Civil War?

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A)   He ordered it dispersed among the ex-slaves.
B)   He returned it to the original owners.
C)   The federal government retained control of most of the land.
D)   He suggested that communes be started so that all southerners had access to the land.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 15

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

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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) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 16

Which of the following best describes the black response to the ending of the Civil War and the coming of freedom?

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A)   Sensing the continued hatred of whites toward them, most blacks wished to move back to Africa.
B)   Most blacks stayed with their old masters because they were not familiar with any other opportunities.
C)   Blacks adopted different ways of testing their freedom, including moving about, seeking kin, and rejecting older forms of deferential behavior.
D)   Desiring better wages, most blacks moved to the northern cities to seek factory work.E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 17

Who referred to the amendments of Reconstruction as a "great Constitutional revolution"?

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A)   Abraham Lincoln.
B)   Anson Burlingame.
C)   Mark Twain.
D)   Carl Schurz.E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 18

Ku Klux Klan Cartoon (1874) 
Thomas Nast
 
-What acts by Congress were intended to prevent this repressive social and political order?

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A)   establishment of the Freedmen's Bureau
B)   constitutional amendments granting civil rights and suffrage rights to former slaves
C)   free land for homesteaders
D)   banking laws that established a standard currencyE) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 19

Anything less than ________ would betray the Civil War's meaning, black spokesmen insisted.

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A)   new southern railroads
B)   full citizenship
C)   woman suffrage
D)   farming jobsE) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 20

What did Andrew Johnson focus on with his Reconstruction plan?

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

Exam 15: What Is Freedom: Reconstruction, 1865-1877

How can Andrew Johnson be compared to Abraham Lincoln?

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Ku Klux Klan Cartoon (1874) Thomas Nast -What acts by Congress were intended to prevent this repressive social and political order?

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

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What did Andrew Johnson focus on with his Reconstruction plan?

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

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The Bargain of 1877:

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Anything less than ________ would betray the Civil War's meaning, black spokesmen insisted.

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

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During Reconstruction, southern cities:

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Which of the following best describes the black response to the ending of the Civil War and the coming of freedom?

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The Fifteenth Amendment:

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After the Civil War, many ex-slaves traveled throughout the South. What was the reality for these ex-slaves?

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Who referred to the amendments of Reconstruction as a "great Constitutional revolution"?

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

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Hiram Revels and Blanche Bruce were the first two black:

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What did Andrew Johnson do with the land of plantation owners seized during the Civil War?

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The crop-lien system:

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The Reconstruction amendments toppled the ideals of what Supreme Court decision?

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Sharecropping:

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Exam 15: What Is Freedom: Reconstruction, 1865-1877

How can Andrew Johnson be compared to Abraham Lincoln?

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Ku Klux Klan Cartoon (1874) Thomas Nast -What acts by Congress were intended to prevent this repressive social and political order?

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

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What did Andrew Johnson focus on with his Reconstruction plan?

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

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The Bargain of 1877:

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Anything less than ________ would betray the Civil War's meaning, black spokesmen insisted.

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

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Which of the following best describes the black response to the ending of the Civil War and the coming of freedom?

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The Fifteenth Amendment:

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After the Civil War, many ex-slaves traveled throughout the South. What was the reality for these ex-slaves?

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Who referred to the amendments of Reconstruction as a "great Constitutional revolution"?

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

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Hiram Revels and Blanche Bruce were the first two black:

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What did Andrew Johnson do with the land of plantation owners seized during the Civil War?

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Sharecropping:

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