Question 1

-In this poster from the Atlanta Exposition of 1895, what do the items in "Liberty's" cornucopia represent?

Accepted Answer

A)   goods imported from Northern factories
B)   the bounties of slave labor and sharecropping
C)   the destruction and lingering controversies of the Civil War
D)   traditional Southern products like cotton and sugar and newer products like steel and iron

Question 2

-What was the illustrator's motivation for publishing this political cartoon, which addressed President Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction policy?

Accepted Answer

A)   He was praising Johnson for quickly readmitting the reconstructed Southern states.
B)   He was sympathizing with Johnson for having to deal with the Radical Republicans.
C)   He was condemning Johnson for his lenient position on pardoning former Confederates.
D)   He was admiring Johnson for carrying on Abraham Lincoln's Reconstruction policy.

Question 3

-This brief biography of the African American poet Phillis Wheatley, which was published by the Boston Tract Society, was mainly done to .

Accepted Answer

A)   instill pride in African American students by focusing on black achievements
B)   teach both white and black students about prominent African Americans
C)   show Southern black children that slavery was beneficial
D)   demonstrate that women also played an important role in history

Question 4

Which statement best describes the outcome of the Compromise of 1877?

Accepted Answer

A)   The Democrats ultimately lost because of Samuel J. Tilden's unpopularity.
B)   The Republicans exchanged the presidency for railroad monopolies.
C)   The South gave up the presidency in exchange for more regional autonomy.
D)   Northern apathy resulted in the victory of a Southern Democrat.

Question 5

Why did Republicans in Congress want a slower system of Reconstruction than what President Johnson had proposed?

Accepted Answer

A)   This would give the Republican Party in the South time to build its strength.
B)   This would reduce the amount of civil liberties that freedmen had initially received.
C)   This would give the Southern economy the opportunity to refurbish its cotton industry.
D)   This would allow Southern Democrats the chance to control their state governments.

Question 6

-How does this 1890 photograph of the unveiling of Robert E. Lee's memorial in Richmond reflect the ideal of the Lost Cause?

Accepted Answer

A)   It preserved the obligation of keeping the memory of Confederate glory alive.
B)   It reminded Southerners to atone for their responsibility in starting the Civil War.
C)   It set forth the vision for healing relations with the North.
D)   It presented the South as the aggressors of a bloody chapter in our nation's history.

Question 7

The concern raised by African American Republican George M. Arnold when he stated that "it seems to me that we are drifting, drifting back under the leadership of the slaveholders. Our former masters are fast taking the reins of government," was basically the result of .

Accepted Answer

A)   the rising power of the Ku Klux Klan and other white terrorist groups
B)   Grant's Amnesty Act, which made most Confederate leaders eligible to vote and hold office
C)   the implementation of the sharecropping system
D)   the work of the Freedmen's Bureau

Question 8

What was President Johnson's fate after he vetoed the Reconstruction Acts?

Accepted Answer

A)   He was removed as president after impeachment by the House and conviction by the Senate.
B)   He was impeached in the House, but the Senate failed to convict him by one vote.
C)   He was reelected to a second term in 1868.
D)   He resigned the presidency.

Question 9

-What do Harper's Weekly cartoonist Thomas Nast's 1865 cartoon And Not This Man? and his 1874 cartoon Colored Rule in a Reconstructed (?)  State reveal about his attitudes toward Reconstruction during the span of its existence?

Accepted Answer

A)   Nast's images changed from portraying blacks as racist caricatures to noble individuals during the Reconstruction era.
B)   Nast's initial racist attitudes toward blacks were altered as he saw them become agents of their own liberty during Reconstruction.
C)   Nast's impression of this time period transformed from a progressive view to a reactionary one as he grew disillusioned with Reconstruction's failures.
D)   Nast was a strong supporter of black suffrage and believed that African Americans in the South had earned the right to govern themselves after the end of Reconstruction.

Question 10

-What do the political cartoon "Tis But A Change of Banners" and the song sheet "The White Man's Banner" imply about the political tactics that Democratic presidential nominee Horatio Seymour used in the 1868 presidential election?

Accepted Answer

A)   Seymour suggested that the rights of African Americans were in danger unless the Democrats won.
B)   Seymour supported the integration of blacks and whites in all parts of the nation.
C)   Seymour used racist messages to show how black suffrage threatened white Americans.
D)   Seymour supported an expansion of voting rights for larger numbers of African Americans.

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Which statement best describes the outcome of the Compromise of 1877?

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-What was the illustrator's motivation for publishing this political cartoon, which addressed President Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction policy?

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-This brief biography of the African American poet Phillis Wheatley, which was published by the Boston Tract Society, was mainly done to .

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The concern raised by African American Republican George M. Arnold when he stated that "it seems to me that we are drifting, drifting back under the leadership of the slaveholders. Our former masters are fast taking the reins of government," was basically the result of .

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-How does this 1890 photograph of the unveiling of Robert E. Lee's memorial in Richmond reflect the ideal of the Lost Cause?

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-What do the political cartoon "Tis But A Change of Banners" and the song sheet "The White Man's Banner" imply about the political tactics that Democratic presidential nominee Horatio Seymour used in the 1868 presidential election?

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-What do Harper's Weekly cartoonist Thomas Nast's 1865 cartoon And Not This Man? and his 1874 cartoon Colored Rule in a Reconstructed (?) State reveal about his attitudes toward Reconstruction during the span of its existence?

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What was President Johnson's fate after he vetoed the Reconstruction Acts?

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Why did Republicans in Congress want a slower system of Reconstruction than what President Johnson had proposed?

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-In this poster from the Atlanta Exposition of 1895, what do the items in "Liberty's" cornucopia represent?

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Which statement best describes the outcome of the Compromise of 1877?

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-What was the illustrator's motivation for publishing this political cartoon, which addressed President Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction policy?

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-This brief biography of the African American poet Phillis Wheatley, which was published by the Boston Tract Society, was mainly done to .

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The concern raised by African American Republican George M. Arnold when he stated that "it seems to me that we are drifting, drifting back under the leadership of the slaveholders. Our former masters are fast taking the reins of government," was basically the result of .

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-How does this 1890 photograph of the unveiling of Robert E. Lee's memorial in Richmond reflect the ideal of the Lost Cause?

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-What do the political cartoon "Tis But A Change of Banners" and the song sheet "The White Man's Banner" imply about the political tactics that Democratic presidential nominee Horatio Seymour used in the 1868 presidential election?

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-What do Harper's Weekly cartoonist Thomas Nast's 1865 cartoon And Not This Man? and his 1874 cartoon Colored Rule in a Reconstructed (?) State reveal about his attitudes toward Reconstruction during the span of its existence?

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What was President Johnson's fate after he vetoed the Reconstruction Acts?

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-In this poster from the Atlanta Exposition of 1895, what do the items in "Liberty's" cornucopia represent?

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