Question 1

One of Grant's major problems as president was that he put too much trust in people under him.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The election of 1868

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A)   witnessed a referendum on the reconstruction policy of the Republicans.
B)   saw the re-emergence of a powerful Democratic Party in the North.
C)   brought about the "end of Reconstruction."
D)   witnessed the election of southerners to important congressional positions.
E)   proved that black suffrage made no difference in the outcome of elections.

Question 3

Northern Republicans rejected the southern state governments set up under the Johnson Plan because they

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A)   elected ex-Confederate leaders to political office.
B)   jeopardized Republican control of Congress.
C)   did not offer full citizenship rights to freedmen.
D)   did not control the violence.
E)   all of these choices

Question 4

The financier whose pyramid schemes collapsed in 1873 and helped touch off an economic collapse was ____________________.

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Question 5

Radical Republicans in Congress initially believed that Andrew Johnson would support their program.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The main issue addressed by the 15th Amendment was

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A)   housing.
B)   lynching.
C)   segregation.
D)   civil rights.
E)   voting.

Question 7

The "black codes"

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A)   restricted emigration of freedmen to the North.
B)   provided political and social opportunities unknown under slavery.
C)   reduced freedmen to a condition close to slavery.
D)   were passed by the northern states.
E)   prevented blacks from migrating to the West.

Question 8

Samuel Tilden was probably the real victor in the disputed election of 1876.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution gave states the option of enfranchising black males or losing seats in Congress.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Andrew Johnson advised Southern legislatures to accept the Fourteenth Amendment.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Congressional laws in 1870 and 1871 did all of the following except

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A)   empower the president to send in federal troops to suppress armed resistance to federal law.
B)   declare that any attempt to deprive another person of civil or political rights became a felony.
C)   classify interference with voting rights a federal offense.
D)   authorize martial law to guarantee racial harmony.
E)   give the president the power to suspend the writ of habeas corpus.

Question 12

At the height of Reconstruction, blacks held ____ percent of public offices.

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A)   15-20
B)   25-30
C)   35-40
D)   45-50
E)   90-95

Question 13

____ was the presidential candidate nominated by both the Liberal Republicans and the Democratic Party in the election of 1872.

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A)   Horatio Seymour
B)   Samuel B.Tilden
C)   Ulysses S.Grant
D)   Horace Greeley
E)   Rutherford Hayes

Question 14

The ____________________ was a terrorist organization that attacked blacks and set out to destroy the Republican Party in the South.

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Question 15

Abraham Lincoln never encouraged freed people to emigrate to all-black countries like Haiti.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Which of the following is characteristic of the post-Civil War southern labor system?

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A)   Black workers preferred working in gangs as they had done under slavery.
B)   The new system of sharecropping evolved.
C)   Foreign immigrants were brought in to replace slave laborers.
D)   Most ex-slaves purchased land and often employed their former masters.
E)   The economy quickly recovered from the ravages of war.

Question 17

The 1915 film ____________________ depicted Reconstruction and African Americans in a very negative way.

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Question 18

Examine the election of 1876.Who were the candidates? What were the issues? What were the results?

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In many ways, there was little choice be...

Question 19

The congressional acts that divided the former Confederate states (except Tennessee) into five military districts, enfranchised black men, disenfranchised some Confederates, and called for new constitutional conventions were the ____________________.

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Question 20

Carpetbaggers were southerners who served Republican Reconstruction governments.

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 17: Reconstruction, 1863-1877

Which of the following is characteristic of the post-Civil War southern labor system?

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Andrew Johnson advised Southern legislatures to accept the Fourteenth Amendment.

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The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution gave states the option of enfranchising black males or losing seats in Congress.

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The main issue addressed by the 15th Amendment was

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The 1915 film ____________________ depicted Reconstruction and African Americans in a very negative way.

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The "black codes"

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Carpetbaggers were southerners who served Republican Reconstruction governments.

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The financier whose pyramid schemes collapsed in 1873 and helped touch off an economic collapse was ____________________.

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At the height of Reconstruction, blacks held ____ percent of public offices.

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Samuel Tilden was probably the real victor in the disputed election of 1876.

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The ____________________ was a terrorist organization that attacked blacks and set out to destroy the Republican Party in the South.

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Congressional laws in 1870 and 1871 did all of the following except

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____ was the presidential candidate nominated by both the Liberal Republicans and the Democratic Party in the election of 1872.

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The congressional acts that divided the former Confederate states (except Tennessee) into five military districts, enfranchised black men, disenfranchised some Confederates, and called for new constitutional conventions were the ____________________.

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The election of 1868

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Radical Republicans in Congress initially believed that Andrew Johnson would support their program.

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Examine the election of 1876.Who were the candidates? What were the issues? What were the results?

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Northern Republicans rejected the southern state governments set up under the Johnson Plan because they

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One of Grant's major problems as president was that he put too much trust in people under him.

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Abraham Lincoln never encouraged freed people to emigrate to all-black countries like Haiti.

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