These questions are used as quizzes. These questions are also 1/3 of the questions for the objective part of the Exam that ends Unit 2, with the other 2/3rds coming from the two other quizzes in this Unit.
These questions are from Chapters 15 and 16. There is additional material in the Quick Reference to the Civil War and Reconstruction, a resource in your course. The Quick Reference also shows you the order of events visually. Why? Nothing can cause something if it happens after it.
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Following the Union victories in 1963 and 1964
and the vote in 1864, a. Stated that it was his duty as president to
“hold, occupy, and possess” federal property in the South b. Stated that the nation must act“[w]ith malice
toward none; with charity for all” c. Stated that the citizens needed to “bind up
the nation’s wounds” and “cherish a just and lasting peace” d. both a and b e. both b and c |
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In his Proclamation of Amnesty and
Reconstruction, a. exclude Confederate government leaders from
his amnesty offer b. promise a full pardon and return of all
property other than slaves to all southerners who took the oath of allegiance c. provide for African American participation in
the new governments d. exclude Confederate military officers from his
offer of amnesty |
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In 1863 two battles occurred that moved the a.
b. Carolinas ( c.
d.
e.
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In 1863 two battles occurred that moved the a. b. Carolinas ( c. d. e. |
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This engagement brought the war to the civilian population
in the South and divided the South into small portions, with the victory also
uniting the Republican Party behind a. b. Carolinas ( c.
d.
e.
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The surrender of Robert E. Lee's worn-down forces
occurred here. The surrender took place before a. b. Carolinas ( c. d. e. |
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All of the following are amendments to the
Constitution that occur in the post-Civil War era except: a. 13th amendment feeing slaves in the
rebellious territories b. 13th amendment ending slavery c. 14th amendment forbidding the states
from denying “due process” to citizens and declaring citizenship to be anyone
born in the d. 15th amendment granting the right
to vote to former slaves (who were male) e. both a and c |
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The reconstruction plans of Presidents
Lincoln and Johnson were committed to a. punishment of the South for provoking
the Civil War b. racial equality for the freedmen c. sharing with Congress the decisions in
establishing Reconstruction policies d. readmission of the southern states to
the e. making sure that southerners who had
fought in the war would have no political power |
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Which of the following is not
descriptive of Reconstruction period in the South? a. The Freedman’s Bureau and black
northerners came South to help educate former slaves, and ambitious southern
blacks presented themselves as natural leaders of the race. b. White southerners sneered at white
northern "carpetbaggers" who supported the Republican cause. c. White southern Republicans were called
"scalawags" and were ostracized by other white southerners. d. African Americans were the clear
majority in most southern legislatures elected under Reconstruction. e. Black southerners formed their own churches instead of continuing to worship with whites. Tip about History: Why did
the black southerners form their own churches? Before the defeat of the
South, black southerners had been forced to worship in white churches. The whites feared another Nat Turner so the
whites forced the blacks to worship where the whites could observe them.. If
you need help on Nat Turner, try your textbook. If you need additional help,
just ask. |
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This measure, ratified in 1865, meant that slavery
was no longer legal in the a. Emancipation Proclamation b. 13th Amendment c. 14th Amendment d. 15th Amendment |
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Among the South’s actions after its defeat in the
Civil War was the passage of laws to control blacks. The laws, under the
guise of vagrancy and apprenticeship control, forced blacks to work for
private individuals to pay off fines for public offenses such as vagrancy and
forbade blacks owning land or working other than as field or domestic labor.
The action was: a. Black codes
b. Slave codes
c. Ku Klux Klan
d. Race riots in cities such as New Orleans Tip about History: Be careful. Do not remember this as permanent. This
action will be stopped by the North in future events. |
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Among the South's actions after its defeat
in the Civil War was this organization whose intent was white supremacy and
that used violence against freedmen: a. Black codes b. Slave codes c. Ku Klux Klan d. Race riots in cities such as |
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This method was the Radical Republicans' way to
help the blacks and later was one of the methods to deal with the South's
actions, such as passage of black codes. It provided food relief to poor blacks
(and whites), established schools, provided legal help, and helped some
blacks find work or land: a. Freedmen's Bureau b. Impeachment
c. 13th Amendment
d. 14th Amendment
e. 15th Amendment |
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What former Democrat from a. Jefferson Davis b. U. S. Grant c. Rutherford B. Hayes d. Andrew Johnson e. Abraham Lincoln |
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This method was the Radical Republicans' way to deal
with a President they saw as an impediment to their reconstruction plans. The
preliminary step was their passage of the Tenure of Office Act, which was
designed to limit Presidential authority and which the President violated
(making it possible to implement this method): a. Freedmen's Bureau b. Impeachment c. 13th Amendment d. 14th Amendment e. 15th Amendment |
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This measure, ratified in 1868, was a
response to the new state legislatures in the South passing black codes. The
measure defined citizenship as being born in the a. Emancipation Proclamation b. 13th Amendment c. 14th Amendment d. 15th Amendment Tip on Taking Quizzes: In this and
the next, notice the things that the North starts to do after the fall mid-term elections of 1866. |
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Which of the following statements was/were
true of the Fifteenth Amendment? a. It stated that federal and state
governments could not abridge the right of a citizen to vote on account of
race, color, or previous condition of servitude. (In other words, voting
could not be denied to ex-slaves.) b. It assured African Americans the right
to hold office and ended voting restrictions. c. Susan B. Anthony supported the
amendment because it also provided for women's right to vote. d. Abolitionists such as William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass condemned the amendment. |
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The result of President Andrew Johnson’s
impeachment was that a. he was convicted and removed from
office. b. he was acquitted (by one vote) by the
Senate and so remained in office. c. the Senate voted to remove Secretary
Stanton and allow the president to remain. d. none of the listed items |
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Among the South's actions after its defeat
in the Civil War was the creation of this organization whose intent was white
supremacy and that used violence against freedmen, with it becoming more
secretive after the government crackdown in the early 1870s. a. Black codes b. Slave codes c. Ku Klux Klan d. Race riots in cities such as New
Orleans Tip:
This is when it was reborn. (It will come back again after
1900.) |
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After 1860, the two main parties were the Republicans
and Democrats, but in 1872 a third party developed. The Liberal Republican
Party: a. Could not tolerate the corruption in
national government that was developing and advocated such changes as ending
the protective tariff as a corrupt influence and beginning Civil Service
reform to stop the giving away of government jobs to party supporters (but
actual passage of Civil Service legislation to reform the "spoils
system" will require the assassination of a President) b. Included Republicans such as Schuyler
Colfax, Grant’s first vice president; Orville E. Babcock, Grant's private
secretary; and William E. Belknap, Grant's secretary of war and the person in
charge of sale of Indian trading posts c. Was supported with contributions from
the Credit Mobilier construction company Tip on Content: Liberal at that time refers to two
concepts: §
Reform
(stopping corruption and its causes) §
Free
trade (having no protective tariffs) – if you do understand tariffs (whether
revenue or protective), then you need to ask me for help. Tip on Figuring Things Out: Using
the index can help you prove what answers are possible and what are
impossible. 1.
If
you look up Liberal Republican in the index, you will see three things: §
What
Liberal Republicans advocated §
Who
considered themselves Liberal Republicans §
How
traditional Republicans—such as Grant—were threatened by the Liberal
Republicans §
Compare
those names to the ones listed in answer b. 2.
If
you compare the names listed in answer b, you should be able to tell whether Grant
and some of the other individuals listed would be members of the Liberal
Republican Party. 3. If you look up Credit Mobilier in answer c in the index and you compare it to what the Liberal Republicans wanted, you should be able to tell whether that construction company would give money to the Liberal Republicans. |
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This Republican candidate in 1876 had
fewer votes than the Democratic candidate, and there were disputes over
electoral ballots in four states. In return for the Democrats accepting his
victory in the Compromise of 1877, he and Republican Party ended
Reconstruction: a. Jefferson Davis b. U. S. Grant
c. Rutherford B. Hayes d. Andrew Johnson e. Abraham Lincoln |
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This event included charges of election
fraud, the candidate with the most popular votes not getting
elected, and the Republicans ending Reconstruction in the South in return for
Democrat agreement to the election of Rutherford B. Hayes, the Republican
Presidential candidate: a. Compromise of 1820 b. Compromise of 1850 c. Compromise of 1867 d. Compromise of 1877 |
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The period following the Civil War until the
Compromise of 1877 is called: a. Gilded Age b. Populist Era c. Progressive Era d. Reconstruction e. Restoration Tip: This ends the questions specific to
Reconstruction and begins general questions about the period. |
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The period following Reconstruction to about 1900
was called not a golden age (the highest period of a civilization),
but a gilded (a thin overlay of gold over cheap material) age. The
person who coined the term the Gilded Age was: a. Ulysses S. Grant b. Horace Greeley c. Thomas Nast
d. Mark Twain
e. “Boss” |
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In an age of immigrants, the ability to
draw pictures to reveal complex issues was crucial to the free press serving
its Constitutional role. The person associated with political cartoons,
including those revealing corruption, was: a. Ulysses S. Grant b. Horace Greeley c. Thomas Nast d. Mark Twain e. “Boss” |
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Among the scandals in the 1870s was: a. Crédit Mobilier scandal b. Tweed Ring c. Salary grab d. Attempted corner the gold market e. All of the listed items Tip: If you do not know why the railroads would be
involved in scandals, ask. |
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This was among the Republican measures that set the
direction for the party and for the post-Civil War era. It provided public
land to subsidize private business in building a major internal
improvement: a. Homestead Act
b. Financial centralization (National Bank
and the Greenback) c. Land grant program
d. Protective tariff e. Transcontinental railroad on a Northern
route Tip: Notice this and three other questions. This
repeating of a list of the same answers with different questions is the best
I have yet seen to help students notice that there was a set of
interconnected things (laws, events, and so on) that occurred. Tip about History: You’ll find these five, including the land
grant program to establish A&M colleges, covered in your Quick Reference
to the Civil War and Reconstruction—available in your course. Ask if you do
not already know about protective and revenue tariffs and the basics of
monetary policy, including what kinds of people these policies: §
Helped §
Hurt |
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This was among the Republican measures that set
the direction for the party and for the post-Civil War era. It provided 160 acres
of public land in return for 5 years on the land: a. Homestead Act
b. Financial centralization (National Bank
and the Greenback) c. Land grant program d. Protective tariff e. Transcontinental railroad on a Northern
route |
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In the increasingly difficult era facing
farmers, farmers demanded the formation of state railroad commissions. The
response was: a. the establishment of commissions in a
few states b. the establishment of commissions in all
states containing railroads c. the establishment of a federal
commission by the United States Congress d. passage of a currency bill that
Congress hoped would pacify the farmers |
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Among the consequences of the transcontinental
railroad and the subsequent railroad expansion was: a. The nation had to face what to do with Native
Americans in the once isolated West, with the solution being herding them on
reservations. b. The railroad made it easier to kill the
buffalo and to ship hides east to meet the market caused by a fashion trend
for buffalo robes¾a trend that
left the Indians without the source of their shelter, clothing, and food. c. Excessive speculation in railroad
building was the main cause of the Panic of 1873, a panic having consequences
on workers as well as railroad builders. d. Midwestern farmers were dependent on
the railroad to get their crops to market and vulnerable to prices set by the
railroad at a time when the railroads had overbuilt and were trying to create
monopolies to maintain their prior profit level. e. All of the listed items |
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Which of the following did not
occur during the turbulent 1870s? a. Marchers picketed, demanding "Work
or Bread." b. Laborers went on strike in c. Farmers destroyed their crops to
protest the unbearably low prices. d. Farmers flocked to the Grange to focus
their protests. |
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This was among the Republican measures
that set the direction for the party and for the post-Civil War era. The
Republicans set up a national system (as the nation had had two times
previously) to control currency and eventually, by taxing them out of
existence, to end the state bank notes. They also created a national
currency, initially backed only by the Union battle record but later by
specie: a. Homestead Act
b. Financial centralization (National Bank
and the Greenback) c. Land grant program d. Protective tariff e. Transcontinental railroad on a Northern
route |
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This was among the Republican measures
that set the direction for the party and for the post-Civil War era. Its intent
was to protect manufacturing interests from foreign competition: a. Homestead Act
b. Financial centralization (National Bank
and the Greenback) c. Land grant program d. Protective tariff e. Transcontinental railroad on a Northern
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These
questions are in some cases based on questions in the test database for
American Passages.
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