Question 1

In the 1870s, who claimed to have saved the white South from the corruption of northern and black officials?

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A)   Republicans.
B)   Carpetbaggers.
C)   Redeemers.
D)   Scalawags. C

Question 2

How did emancipation affect the structure of the black family?

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A)   Men and women maintained equality within the household, making black families far more matrilineal than white families.
B)   Men often remained at home while women went out and labored-a major shift from their roles while in slavery.
C)   Black women adopted the domestic roles that white women had long had, but retained their duties in the fields and in the workplace.
D)   The black family became more like the typical white family, with men as the breadwinners and women as the homemakers.

Question 3

How did The Agitator, a women's rights journal, go beyond suffrage?

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A)   It advocated the abolishment of slavery.
B)   It pushed for citizenship for Chinese men.
C)   It focused on liberalizing divorce laws.
D)   It openly discussed employment discrimination.

Question 4

What benefit did Abraham Lincoln see in having Andrew Johnson on his ticket?

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A)   He was an inspiration to working-class people in poverty.
B)   As a former slaveholder, he demonstrated that one could live without slaves.
C)   He was one of many southern senators from a state that seceded who refused to leave the U.S. Senate.
D)   Lincoln's party hoped to build a Republican base in the South.

Question 5

Ku Klux Klan Cartoon (1874) 
Thomas Nast
 
-Many of the conditions implied in the cartoon were resolved during the

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A)   mass migration of blacks out of the South during the world wars.
B)   Harlem Renaissance.
C)   civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s.
D)   industrialization of the South in the post-World War II era.

Question 6

The Enforcement Acts, passed by Congress in 1870 and 1871, were designed to:

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A)   end Reconstruction by allowing state governments to oversee citizenship rights.
B)   stop the activities of terrorist groups such as the Ku Klux Klan.
C)   enforce the Emancipation Proclamation in the Confederate states.
D)   increase the authority of the Freedmen's Bureau.

Question 7

Petition of Committee on Behalf of the Freedmen to Andrew Johnson
Edisto Island, S.C. (October 28, 1865) 
We the freedmen Of Edisto Island South Carolina have learned . . . of the possibility of government restoring These lands to the former owners. . . . Here is where secession was born and Nurtured Here is were we have toiled nearly all Our lives as slaves and were treated like dumb Driven cattle . . . Shall not we who Are freedman and have been always true to this Union have the same rights as are enjoyed by Others? . . . are not our rights as A free people and good citizens of these United States To be considered before the rights of those who were Found in rebellion against this good and just Government (and now being conquered)  come (as they Seem)  with penitent hearts and beg forgiveness For past offences and also ask if their lands Cannot be restored to them are these rebellious Spirits to be reinstated in their possessions And we who have been abused and oppressed For many long years not to be allowed the Privilege of purchasing land But be subject To the will of these large Land owners?
We the freedmen of this Island and of the State of South Carolina-Do therefore petition to you as the President of these United States, that some provisions be made by which Every colored man can purchase land. and Hold it as his own. . . . with the privilege of purchasing A Homestead-A Homestead right here in the Heart of South Carolina.
In behalf of the Freedmen Committee
Henry Bram
Ishmael Moultrie
Yates Sampson
-From the perspective of the freedmen, what is the connection between freedom and land ownership?

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A)   Owning land and being able to secure the fruits of your own labor are key to being free.
B)   Being free means owning property for yourself.
C)   There is no argument to be made that owning land and freedom are connected.
D)   The right to make contracts and the right to vote are what freedom is about.

Question 8

How did Reconstruction leave an enduring legacy?

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A)   In the twentieth century, former slaves became the majority owners of big plantations.
B)   As time moved into the twentieth century, a higher percentage of African-Americans voted than whites.
C)   By 1900 in the South, whites focused on creating harmony between the races.
D)   The nation's first African-American colleges were established.

Question 9

Explain how the expansion of the railroads impacted politics and the economy in the United States between the period 1844 to 1877.

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Question 10

For most former slaves, freedom first and foremost meant:

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A)   railroading building.
B)   jobs.
C)   land ownership.
D)   voting.

Question 11

After the Civil War, which territory became the first to allow women to vote?

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A)   Wyoming.
B)   Nebraska.
C)   Colorado.
D)   Utah.

Question 12

Which denominations had the largest followings among blacks after the Civil War?

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A)   Anglican and Catholic.
B)   Congregational and Presbyterian.
C)   Methodist and Baptist.
D)   Lutheran and Methodist.

Question 13

The Prostrate State depicts:

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A)   an ailing slave who is unable to live long enough to see emancipation.
B)   South Carolina under allegedly corrupt Negro rule during Reconstruction.
C)   an economically weak South unable to contribute to the national economy.
D)   a terrorized black community during the reign of the Ku Klux Klan. B

Question 14

Why was Andrew Johnson acquitted on charges of impeachment?

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A)   Johnson's lawyers assured moderate Republicans that he would behave for the rest of his term, so several voted to acquit him.
B)   No one would testify against him.
C)   Leading Radical Republican Benjamin Wade brilliantly managed the president's defense.
D)   Ulysses Grant urged Republicans to acquit Johnson because convicting him might hurt Grant's chances in the presidential election.

Question 15

How did the Civil War affect planter families?

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A)   For the first time, some of them had to do physical labor.
B)   They lost their slaves but were otherwise unaffected.
C)   Few lost loved ones because they were able to avoid military service.
D)   They endured immediate problems, but their economic revival was quick. A

Question 16

With the end of slavery in the British Caribbean, more than 100,000 laborers came from where to fill the labor shortage?

Accepted Answer

A)   India.
B)   Canada.
C)   Mexico.
D)   Australia.

Question 17

Why specifically did Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction plan fail?

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A)   The South remained poor.
B)   Black southerners were apathetic to equal rights.
C)   Prominent ex-Confederates and pre-Civil War elite came into power.
D)   Blacks refused to work with white politicians in the South.

Question 18

Southern Republicans during Reconstruction:

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A)   excluded former Confederates from their ranks.
B)   established the South's first state-supported schools.
C)   redistributed most former plantation lands to freedmen and poor whites.
D)   helped elect African-American governors in four states.

Question 19

By examining Reconstruction from 1863 to 1877, what conclusion can be drawn?

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A)   It remade the South economically.
B)   Equal rights for African-Americans continued to increase after 1877.
C)   With three different government plans, it was one of the most complex time periods in American history.
D)   It was a total failure and left no blueprint for the future.

Question 20

The bloodiest act of violence during Reconstruction took place in ________ in 1873, where armed whites killed hundreds of former slaves, including fifty militia members who had surrendered.

Accepted Answer

A)   York County, South Carolina,
B)   Marietta, Georgia,
C)   Lynchburg, Virginia,
D)   Colfax, Louisiana,

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