Question 1

The 1873 depression strengthened the North's resolve to ensure the success of Reconstruction, since the depression really hurt the South's farmers, highlighting the need for reform in the region.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

After the Civil War, many ex-slaves traveled throughout the South. What was the reality for these ex-slaves?

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A)   Many took up crime because of a lack of jobs.
B)   Some of the drifters organized into terrorists, seeking revenge against their former slaveowners.
C)   The recently freed slaves were looking for their former owners.
D)   Large revivals of African-Americans, who had recently converted to Christianity, took place in the countryside.
E)   Many slaves were moving around in search of family members who had been sold.

Question 3

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Redeemers

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A)  restrictions placed on freed blacks in the South
B)  scandal in the Grant administration
C)  origin of "forty acres and a mule"
D)  northern-born Republicans in the South during Reconstruction
E)  ended ReconstructionF) government agency that helped blacks in the SouthG) black school in Washington, D.c.H) public official charged with wrongdoingI) southern-born white RepublicanJ) targeted the Ku Klux KlanK) Democrats who took control in the South during the 1870sL) terrorist organization

Question 4

According to the petition from the freedmen to President Andrew Johnson, how was the planter class endangering freedom?

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A)   They tried to ban African-Americans from voting.
B)   They tried to limit economic opportunity.
C)   They tried to curb African-American migrations.
D)   They wanted to prevent African-American marriages.
E)   They hoped to jail African-American leaders.

Question 5

The southern Black Codes:

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A)   allowed the arrest on vagrancy charges of former slaves who failed to sign yearly labor contracts.
B)   allowed former slaves to testify in court against whites and to serve on juries.
C)   were some of the first laws adopted as part of Radical Reconstruction in 1867.
D)   were denounced by President Johnson and declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
E)   pleased northerners because they saw that the rule of law was returning to the South.

Question 6

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Ulysses S. Grant

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A)  second black U.S. senator
B)  proposed the Civil Rights Bill of 1866
C)  Presidential Reconstruction
D)  Liberal Republican's presidential candidate
E)  Freedmen's BureauF) Radical Republican congressman from PennsylvaniaG) Whiskey RingH) ended ReconstructionI) feministJ) Radical Republican senator from MassachusettsK) first black U.S. senatorL) secretary of war

Question 7

In what way was Reconstruction policy a success?

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A)   It brought suffrage for women.
B)   It resulted in land being given to former slaves across the South.
C)   It resulted in fair elections by the late 1870s in the South.
D)   It established an amendment promising equal protection for all.
E)   It industrialized the South on the same level as the North.

Question 8

For whites, freedom, no matter how defined, was a given, a birthright to be defended. For African-Americans, it was an open-ended process, a transformation of every aspect of their lives and of the society and culture that had sustained slavery in the first place. Defend this statement.

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Question 9

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Fifteenth Amendment

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The Fifteenth Amendment to the United St...

Question 10

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Hiram Revels

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A)  second black U.S. senator
B)  proposed the Civil Rights Bill of 1866
C)  Presidential Reconstruction
D)  Liberal Republican's presidential candidate
E)  Freedmen's BureauF) Radical Republican congressman from PennsylvaniaG) Whiskey RingH) ended ReconstructionI) feministJ) Radical Republican senator from MassachusettsK) first black U.S. senatorL) secretary of war

Question 11

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Radical Republicans

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Question 12

Why did Radical Republicans believe that Andrew Johnson would support their agenda? Why was Johnson ultimately unable to lend his support to the Civil Rights Act of 1866 or to the Fourteenth Amendment?

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The Radical Republicans believed that An...

Question 13

The Fifteenth Amendment ensured the right to vote no matter a person's race or gender.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-carpetbaggers

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A)  restrictions placed on freed blacks in the South
B)  scandal in the Grant administration
C)  origin of "forty acres and a mule"
D)  northern-born Republicans in the South during Reconstruction
E)  ended ReconstructionF) government agency that helped blacks in the SouthG) black school in Washington, D.c.H) public official charged with wrongdoingI) southern-born white RepublicanJ) targeted the Ku Klux KlanK) Democrats who took control in the South during the 1870sL) terrorist organization

Question 15

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Rutherford B. Hayes

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A)  second black U.S. senator
B)  proposed the Civil Rights Bill of 1866
C)  Presidential Reconstruction
D)  Liberal Republican's presidential candidate
E)  Freedmen's BureauF) Radical Republican congressman from PennsylvaniaG) Whiskey RingH) ended ReconstructionI) feministJ) Radical Republican senator from MassachusettsK) first black U.S. senatorL) secretary of war

Question 16

When the Union was restored by 1870, the southern states had Democratic majorities.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

What early 1868 action by Andrew Johnson sparked his impeachment by the U.S. House of Representatives?

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A)   He fired Secretary of State William Seward, an ally of Radical Republicans.
B)   He vetoed a bill to extend the life of the Freedmen's Bureau.
C)   He bribed a Republican senator to support his Reconstruction policies.
D)   He defiantly released a letter showing he had given support to the Confederacy in 1863.
E)   He allegedly violated the Tenure of Office Act.

Question 18

White southern Democrats considered scalawags traitors to both their party and their race.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

By the end of Reconstruction, the South had as much industry as the North.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Thaddeus Stevens's most cherished aim was to confiscate the land of disloyal planters and divide it among former slaves and northern migrants to the South.

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 15: What Is Freedom: Reconstruction, 1865-1877

The southern Black Codes:

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Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Redeemers

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By the end of Reconstruction, the South had as much industry as the North.

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Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Hiram Revels

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After the Civil War, many ex-slaves traveled throughout the South. What was the reality for these ex-slaves?

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Why did Radical Republicans believe that Andrew Johnson would support their agenda? Why was Johnson ultimately unable to lend his support to the Civil Rights Act of 1866 or to the Fourteenth Amendment?

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In what way was Reconstruction policy a success?

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Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Radical Republicans

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What early 1868 action by Andrew Johnson sparked his impeachment by the U.S. House of Representatives?

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Thaddeus Stevens's most cherished aim was to confiscate the land of disloyal planters and divide it among former slaves and northern migrants to the South.

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For whites, freedom, no matter how defined, was a given, a birthright to be defended. For African-Americans, it was an open-ended process, a transformation of every aspect of their lives and of the society and culture that had sustained slavery in the first place. Defend this statement.

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The Fifteenth Amendment ensured the right to vote no matter a person's race or gender.

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According to the petition from the freedmen to President Andrew Johnson, how was the planter class endangering freedom?

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Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Rutherford B. Hayes

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White southern Democrats considered scalawags traitors to both their party and their race.

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Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Fifteenth Amendment

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The 1873 depression strengthened the North's resolve to ensure the success of Reconstruction, since the depression really hurt the South's farmers, highlighting the need for reform in the region.

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Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Ulysses S. Grant

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When the Union was restored by 1870, the southern states had Democratic majorities.

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Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -carpetbaggers

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