Question 1

By the mid-1870s, white farmers were cultivating as much as 80 percent of the region's cotton crop.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

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

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

Question 3

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

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The Black Codes were laws passed by Sout...

Question 4

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Enforcement Acts

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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 ReconstructionF) government agency that helped blacks in the SouthG) black school in Washington, D.c.H) public official charged with wrongdoingI) southern-born white RepublicanJ) targeted the Ku Klux KlanK) Democrats who took control in the South during the 1870sL) terrorist organizationM) F) and K)
N) C) and D)

Question 5

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

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Black officeholders refer to individuals...

Question 6

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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A)  second black U.S. senator
B)  proposed the Civil Rights Bill of 1866
C)  Presidential Reconstruction
D)  Liberal Republican's presidential candidate
E)  Freedmen's BureauF) Radical Republican congressman from PennsylvaniaG) Whiskey RingH) ended ReconstructionI) feministJ) Radical Republican senator from MassachusettsK) first black U.S. senatorL) secretary of warM) F) and G)
N) F) and K)

Question 7

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

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Andrew Johnson was the 17th President of...

Question 8

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

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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.F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 9

What was the northern vision for the Reconstruction-era southern economy?

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A)   Emancipated African-Americans would have the same opportunities for advancement as northern whites.
B)   Reduce northern investments in the South.
C)   Abolish the Freedmen's Bureau.
D)   Use sharecropping as the labor system would.
E)   Make the South's economy surpass the North's.F) C) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 10

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

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The Ku Klux Klan, often abbreviated as t...

Question 11

What did the freedmen request in their "Petition of Committee on Behalf of the Freedmen to Andrew Johnson" in 1865?

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A)   The right to purchase a homestead.
B)   An opportunity to attend a black college.
C)   The purchase of some mules.
D)   Help reuniting their family that had been sold.
E)   The right to vote.F) None of the above
G) A) and D)

Question 12

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Thaddeus Stevens

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A)  second black U.S. senator
B)  proposed the Civil Rights Bill of 1866
C)  Presidential Reconstruction
D)  Liberal Republican's presidential candidate
E)  Freedmen's BureauF) Radical Republican congressman from PennsylvaniaG) Whiskey RingH) ended ReconstructionI) feministJ) Radical Republican senator from MassachusettsK) first black U.S. senatorL) secretary of warM) A) and D)
N) J) and L)

Question 13

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)   The first national parks were established on the seized property.F) C) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 14

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

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The Fourteenth Amendment to the United S...

Question 15

With the beginning of Radical Reconstruction, southern African-Americans in the late 1860s and early 1870s took direct action to remedy long-standing grievances. These actions included:

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A)   mass political meetings, staking their claim to equal citizenship.
B)   protest marches that desegregated public school systems in all the Upper South states.
C)   violent attacks to intimidate Democratic voters from participating in politics.
D)   the creation for the first time of all-black churches.
E)   a series of lawsuits that resulted in the U.S. Supreme Court's declaring segregation unconstitutional.F) All of the above
G) A) and C)

Question 16

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Ku Klux Klan

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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 ReconstructionF) government agency that helped blacks in the SouthG) black school in Washington, D.c.H) public official charged with wrongdoingI) southern-born white RepublicanJ) targeted the Ku Klux KlanK) Democrats who took control in the South during the 1870sL) terrorist organizationM) D) and I)
N) C) and H)

Question 17

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

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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 ReconstructionF) government agency that helped blacks in the SouthG) black school in Washington, D.c.H) public official charged with wrongdoingI) southern-born white RepublicanJ) targeted the Ku Klux KlanK) Democrats who took control in the South during the 1870sL) terrorist organizationM) G) and K)
N) B) and H)

Question 18

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Compromise of 1877

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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 ReconstructionF) government agency that helped blacks in the SouthG) black school in Washington, D.c.H) public official charged with wrongdoingI) southern-born white RepublicanJ) targeted the Ku Klux KlanK) Democrats who took control in the South during the 1870sL) terrorist organizationM) A) and K)
N) G) and I)

Question 19

What did the ex-slaves see as key to improving their condition?

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A)   Getting a steady job.
B)   Receiving help from white northerners.
C)   Getting an education.
D)   Leasing land.
E)   Receiving free land.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 20

During Reconstruction, the role of the church in the black community:

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A)   declined because ex-slaves realized they owed their freedom to fellow human beings, not to God.
B)   changed as African-Americans joined white churches rather than worshipping separately.
C)   declined as other black-run institutions became more central in African-American life.
D)   was central, as African-Americans formed their own churches.
E)   became less important, as northern white churches moved into the South and took in most blacks.F) C) and E)
G) None of the above

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

What did the freedmen request in their "Petition of Committee on Behalf of the Freedmen to Andrew Johnson" in 1865?

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Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Compromise of 1877

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Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Enforcement Acts

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

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During Reconstruction, the role of the church in the black community:

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

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With the beginning of Radical Reconstruction, southern African-Americans in the late 1860s and early 1870s took direct action to remedy long-standing grievances. These actions included:

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

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Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Thaddeus Stevens

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

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Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Ku Klux Klan

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Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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

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

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What did the ex-slaves see as key to improving their condition?

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By the mid-1870s, white farmers were cultivating as much as 80 percent of the region's cotton crop.

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What was the northern vision for the Reconstruction-era southern economy?

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

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

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

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