These questions are used as quizzes. These questions are also 1/3 of the questions for the objective part of the Exam that ends the Unit, with the other 2/3rds coming from the two other quizzes in this Unit.
These questions are from Chapters 15 and 16 with additional material in the Quick Reference to the Civil War and Reconstruction, a resource in your course.
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Following the Union victories in
1863 and 1864 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 New Orleans |
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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 above |
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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 above 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 above |
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Grant's "peace
policy" toward Native Americans relied most heavily on a. introducing them to
Christianity. b. teaching them to be
farmers. c. herding them onto
reservations. d. providing government
assistance for their living needs. e. leaving them to their own
devices. Tip: The textbook does not list the term peace policy in the index with
the 4th edition paperback. Look up Grant. In the entries for Grant, you will see Native Americans and. Use the pages listed there. Background from U.S. History I: ·
Native American tribes were tribal and communal.
They owned land as a tribe, not individuals. See Chapter 1, heading “The
Struggle for Jamestown.” Look for the content around the “legal concept of
vacuum domicilium” for how differently the English
and the Native Americans interpreted ownership and community. · For how much of the Native American lands were lost before the Civil War, see Chapter 9 and Map 9.2 Lands Ceded by Native Americans. It shows the lands lost in the North and in the South (including the Cherokees) and how they are being forced to the West. · For the reservations (areas set aside for tribes forced to move to the Great Plains) in 1875 and by 1900, see the map in your course for Part I. |
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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 route |
These
questions are in some cases based on questions in the test database for
American Passages.
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