// question: 17152242 name: After the election of 1876 the Reconstruction Republican governments ... ::After the election of 1876 the Reconstruction Republican governments ...::[html]
After the election of 1876 the Reconstruction Republican governments collapsed in the last two southern states, South Carolina and ____________________.
{ =Louisiana#Correct ~North Carolina#Incorrect ~Alabama#Incorrect ~Virginia#Incorrect ~Texas#Incorrect } // question: 17152172 name: Almost all of the blacks elected to the U.S. House and Senate during ... ::Almost all of the blacks elected to the U.S. House and Senate during ...::[html]
Almost all of the blacks elected to the U.S. House and Senate during Reconstruction
{ ~were illiterate.#Incorrect =had attended secondary school.#Correct ~were college graduates.#Incorrect ~were Democrats.#Incorrect ~had fought for the Confederacy.#Incorrect } // question: 17152166 name: Andrew Johnson’s National Union Party included all of the following EXCEPT ::Andrew Johnson’s National Union Party included all of the following EXCEPT::[html]
Andrew Johnson’s National Union Party included all of the following EXCEPT
{ ~border state Unionists.#Incorrect =freedmen.#Correct ~Democrats.#Incorrect ~conservative Republicans.#Incorrect ~white supremacists#Incorrect } // question: 17152147 name: By the mid-1870s, northern Americans had grown increasingly ::By the mid-1870s, northern Americans had grown increasingly::[html]
By the mid-1870s, northern Americans had grown increasingly
{ ~supportive of the government’s efforts to restructure the South.#Incorrect ~convinced that black Americans needed further protection from racist southern governments.#Incorrect =weary of the turmoil of southern politics.#Correct ~weary of the federal government’s failure to restructure the South.#Incorrect ~supportive of black immigration to the North to meet their labor needs and to stop the upheaval in the South.#Incorrect } // question: 17152170 name: Congressional laws in 1870 and 1871 did all of the following EXCEPT ::Congressional laws in 1870 and 1871 did all of the following EXCEPT::[html]
Congressional laws in 1870 and 1871 did all of the following EXCEPT
{ ~empower the president to send in federal troops to suppress armed resistance to federal law.#Incorrect ~declare that any attempt to deprive another person of civil or political rights became a felony.#Incorrect ~classify interference with voting rights a federal offense.#Incorrect =authorize martial law to guarantee racial harmony.#Correct ~give the president the power to suspend the writ of habeas corpus.#Incorrect } // question: 17152216 name: Disputed election returns in the 1876 presidential election came from ... ::Disputed election returns in the 1876 presidential election came from ...::[html]
Disputed election returns in the 1876 presidential election came from Louisiana, South Carolina, and ____________________.
{ ~Georgia#Incorrect ~Mississippi#Incorrect =Florida#Correct ~Virginia#Incorrect ~Texas#Incorrect } // question: 17152238 name: Dissatisfied with Grant’s administration, Liberal Republicans nominated ... ::Dissatisfied with Grant’s administration, Liberal Republicans nominated ...::[html]
Dissatisfied with Grant’s administration, Liberal Republicans nominated _________________ for President in 1872.
{ ~Horatio Alger#Incorrect ~Horatio Seymour#Incorrect ~Samuel Tilden#Incorrect ~Rutherford B. Hayes#Incorrect =Horace Greeley#Correct } // question: 17152234 name: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony ____________________. ::Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony ____________________.::[html]
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony ____________________.
{ ~supported the Fifteenth Amendment.#Incorrect =spoke out against the Fifteenth Amendment.#Correct ~had no opinion about the Fifteenth Amendment.#Incorrect ~went along with the decisions of the 1869 AERA convention.#Incorrect ~believed women’s suffrage should come after black male suffrage.#Incorrect } // question: 17152156 name: Grant is generally considered ::Grant is generally considered::[html]
Grant is generally considered
{ =a failure as president.#Correct ~an unsuccessful general.#Incorrect ~a president with an unblemished record.#Incorrect ~a very active president.#Incorrect ~our smartest president.#Incorrect } // question: 17152231 name: In 1866, black and white abolitionists formed the American Equal Rights ... ::In 1866, black and white abolitionists formed the American Equal Rights ...::[html]
In 1866, black and white abolitionists formed the American Equal Rights Association to work for ____________________.
{ ~equal pay for freedmen#Incorrect =both black and woman suffrage#Correct ~only black suffrage#Incorrect ~only female suffrage#Incorrect ~equal pay for women#Incorrect } // question: 17152233 name: In order for a Southern state to be declared reconstructed and its delegates ... ::In order for a Southern state to be declared reconstructed and its delegates ...::[html]
In order for a Southern state to be declared reconstructed and its delegates seated in Congress, the state had to ratify the ____________________ Amendment.
{ ~Thirteenth#Incorrect =Fourteenth#Correct ~Fifteenth#Incorrect ~Sixteenth#Incorrect ~Seventeenth#Incorrect } // question: 17152176 name: In response to the Hamburg Massacre, President Grant ::In response to the Hamburg Massacre, President Grant::[html]
In response to the Hamburg Massacre, President Grant
{ =sent in federal troops.#Correct ~withdrew troops from the South.#Incorrect ~decided not to run for a third term.#Incorrect ~encouraged the southern states to create their own militia units.#Incorrect ~organized black militia units.#Incorrect } // question: 17152158 name: In the 1870s and 1880s the U.S. Supreme Court ::In the 1870s and 1880s the U.S. Supreme Court::[html]
In the 1870s and 1880s the U.S. Supreme Court
{ ~strengthened the authority of federal officials in prosecuting individuals who violated the civil rights of blacks.#Incorrect ~declared the military occupation of the South unconstitutional.#Incorrect ~banned racial discrimination in public transportation and accommodations.#Incorrect ~ordered the desegregation of public schools in the South.#Incorrect =declared the Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional.#Correct } // question: 17152241 name: In ____________________, South Carolina, a battle between a black militia and... ::In ____________________, South Carolina, a battle between a black militia and...::[html]
In ____________________, South Carolina, a battle between a black militia and the white Red Shirts led to the murder of several militiamen.
{ ~Georgia#Incorrect ~Louisiana#Incorrect ~South Carolina#Incorrect ~Virginia#Incorrect =Hamburg#Correct } // question: 17152236 name: Johnson created the ____________________ Party. ::Johnson created the ____________________ Party.::[html]
Johnson created the ____________________ Party.
{ ~Radical Republican#Incorrect ~Liberal Republican#Incorrect =National Union#Correct ~Dixiecrat#Incorrect ~Allegiance#Incorrect } // question: 17152229 name: Johnson restored political and property rights to most former Confederate ... ::Johnson restored political and property rights to most former Confederate ...::[html]
Johnson restored political and property rights to most former Confederate leaders by granting them ____________________.
{ ~forty acres and a mule#Incorrect =pardons#Correct ~money#Incorrect ~governorships#Incorrect ~the right to vote#Incorrect } // question: 17152169 name: Newly enfranchised freedmen learned about their rights and responsibilities ... ::Newly enfranchised freedmen learned about their rights and responsibilities ...::[html]
Newly enfranchised freedmen learned about their rights and responsibilities as voters
{ ~from former masters.#Incorrect =black churches.#Correct ~from black politicians.#Incorrect ~by reading voting guides.#Incorrect ~from the Republican party.#Incorrect } // question: 17152153 name: Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment did NOT ::Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment did NOT::[html]
Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment did NOT
{ ~define American citizenship.#Incorrect ~prohibit states from abridging “privileges and immunities” of U.S. citizens.#Incorrect ~guarantee equal protection under the law to all American citizens.#Incorrect ~become the cornerstone of the Constitutional definition of civil rights.#Incorrect =affect the voting rights of women.#Correct } // question: 17152225 name: Share wages refers to paying workers with _____________________. ::Share wages refers to paying workers with _____________________.::[html]
Share wages refers to paying workers with _____________________.
{ =a share of the crop#Correct ~railroad stock#Incorrect ~gold#Incorrect ~government bonds#Incorrect ~paper money#Incorrect } // question: 17152143 name: Southern whites regarded “Carpetbaggers” as ::Southern whites regarded “Carpetbaggers” as::[html]
Southern whites regarded “Carpetbaggers” as
{ ~traitors to their home region.#Incorrect ~noble and idealistic “modernizers” to the region’s social structure.#Incorrect =agents of an army of occupation.#Correct ~incorruptible in political affairs.#Incorrect ~supporters of white supremacy.#Incorrect } // question: 17152134 name: The “Black Codes” ::The “Black Codes”::[html]
The “Black Codes”
{ ~were designed to eventually grant freed slaves the rights that white citizens possessed.#Incorrect ~were passed on a federal, rather than a state level.#Incorrect ~were founded on white supremacy, but did not ban racial intermarriage.#Incorrect ~found their most strident support in New York and Massachusetts.#Incorrect =were seen as an attempt to reinstate a quasi-slavery.#Correct } // question: 17152226 name: The 1915 Film ____________________ affirmed racist Reconstruction myths. ::The 1915 Film ____________________ affirmed racist Reconstruction myths.::[html]
The 1915 Film ____________________ affirmed racist Reconstruction myths.
{ ~The Tramp#Incorrect =Birth of a Nation#Correct ~The Cheat#Incorrect ~The Red Widow#Incorrect ~Temptation#Incorrect } // question: 17152230 name: The agency created to oversee relations between former slaves and their ... ::The agency created to oversee relations between former slaves and their ...::[html]
The agency created to oversee relations between former slaves and their former masters during Reconstruction was the ____________________.
{ ~Radical Republican Agency#Incorrect ~Liberal Republican Bureau#Incorrect =Freedman’s Bureau#Correct ~Reconstruction Committee#Incorrect ~Ku Klux Klan#Incorrect } // question: 17152221 name: The agricultural system under which workers farmed land they did not own in ... ::The agricultural system under which workers farmed land they did not own in ...::[html]
The agricultural system under which workers farmed land they did not own in return for part of the crop they produced was called ____________________.
{ ~part-time farming#Incorrect ~agribusiness#Incorrect ~piecemeal farming#Incorrect =sharecropping#Correct ~the co-op system#Incorrect } // question: 17152232 name: The congressional acts that divided the former Confederate states (except ... ::The congressional acts that divided the former Confederate states (except ...::[html]
The congressional acts that divided the former Confederate states (except Tennessee) into five military districts, enfranchised black men, disenfranchised some Confederates, and called for new constitutional conventions were the ______________________________.
{ =Reconstruction Acts of 1867#Correct ~Pendelton Act#Incorrect ~Tenure of Office Act#Incorrect ~Ku Klux Klan Act#Incorrect ~Reform Act of 1869#Incorrect } // question: 17152145 name: The Credit Mobilier Affair ::The Credit Mobilier Affair::[html]
The Credit Mobilier Affair
{ ~reflected poorly on the Grant administration.#Incorrect ~proved that Congress could not be bought.#Incorrect ~was organized by “Boss Tweed” to provide bank kickbacks to Tammany Hall.#Incorrect ~resulted in the resignation of the Governor of Ohio.#Incorrect =was an example of an unsavory political strategy of the railroads.#Correct } // question: 17152217 name: The Democratic Party policy of intimidating black voters to keep them away ... ::The Democratic Party policy of intimidating black voters to keep them away ...::[html]
The Democratic Party policy of intimidating black voters to keep them away from the polls was called ____________________.
{ ~carpetbagging#Incorrect =bulldozing#Correct ~skullduggery#Incorrect ~scalawaging#Incorrect ~ditching#Incorrect } // question: 17152164 name: The dramatic rise in political corruption in the post-Civil War era was ... ::The dramatic rise in political corruption in the post-Civil War era was ...::[html]
The dramatic rise in political corruption in the post-Civil War era was triggered by all of these EXCEPT
{ ~the expansion of government contracts and bureaucracy that created new opportunities for abuse.#Incorrect ~relaxed standards and rules after years of wartime hardship.#Incorrect ~rapid postwar economic growth.#Incorrect ~the emergence of get-rich-quick schemes.#Incorrect =the rise of the Radical Republicans.#Correct } // question: 17152137 name: The election of 1866 revealed ::The election of 1866 revealed::[html]
The election of 1866 revealed
{ ~strong support for Andrew Johnson’s reconstruction plans.#Incorrect ~the emergence of white “backlash” in the South.#Incorrect ~the increasing popularity of the Republican Party among southern whites.#Incorrect ~the increasing popularity of the Democratic Party.#Incorrect =the belief among Republicans that much more needed to be done to reconstruct the South.#Correct } // question: 17152165 name: The Fifteenth Amendment ::The Fifteenth Amendment::[html]
The Fifteenth Amendment
{ ~defined blacks as American citizens.#Incorrect ~granted equal protection of the laws.#Incorrect ~guaranteed the Confederate debt.#Incorrect ~disqualified a significant number of ex-Confederates from holding federal or state office.#Incorrect =increased the number of voters in the United States.#Correct } // question: 17152239 name: The financier whose pyramid schemes collapsed in 1873 and helped touch off an... ::The financier whose pyramid schemes collapsed in 1873 and helped touch off an...::[html]
The financier whose pyramid schemes collapsed in 1873 and helped touch off an economic collapse was ____________________.
{ =Jay Cooke#Correct ~Charles Ponzi#Incorrect ~Ivar Krueger#Incorrect ~“Boss” Tweed#Incorrect ~Thomas Nast#Incorrect } // question: 17152174 name: The first state with a plan to eliminate black voting was which of the ... ::The first state with a plan to eliminate black voting was which of the ...::[html]
The first state with a plan to eliminate black voting was which of the following?
{ =Mississippi#Correct ~Alabama#Incorrect ~Louisiana#Incorrect ~Arkansas#Incorrect ~Texas#Incorrect } // question: 17152163 name: The four southern states remaining under Republican control in 1875 were ... ::The four southern states remaining under Republican control in 1875 were ...::[html]
The four southern states remaining under Republican control in 1875 were Louisiana, Florida, Mississippi, and
{ ~Georgia.#Incorrect ~Alabama.#Incorrect =South Carolina.#Correct ~Virginia.#Incorrect ~Texas.#Incorrect } // question: 17152142 name: The Grant Administration succeeded in which foreign policy area? ::The Grant Administration succeeded in which foreign policy area?::[html]
The Grant Administration succeeded in which foreign policy area?
{ =the settling of claims related to British involvement in the building of the C.S.S. Alabama#Correct ~the annexation of Santo Domingo#Incorrect ~the invasion of Haiti#Incorrect ~the purchase of Cuba from Spain#Incorrect ~the settling of a border dispute with Mexico#Incorrect } // question: 17152139 name: The impeachment of Andrew Johnson was ::The impeachment of Andrew Johnson was::[html]
The impeachment of Andrew Johnson was
{ ~because of crimes and misdemeanors committed while he was president.#Incorrect ~the first time a president was forced to resign.#Incorrect =in retaliation for his opposition to congressional reconstruction.#Correct ~because of his failure to appoint a vice president.#Incorrect ~because of his affair with an office worker.#Incorrect } // question: 17152220 name: The killing of black militiamen in Louisiana in 1873 was known as the ... ::The killing of black militiamen in Louisiana in 1873 was known as the ...::[html]
The killing of black militiamen in Louisiana in 1873 was known as the ____________________.
{ =Colfax Massacre#Correct ~Klansman Strike#Incorrect ~Scalawag Rebellion#Incorrect ~New Orleans crisis#Incorrect ~Carpetbagger Revolt#Incorrect } // question: 17152227 name: The linking of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroad lines occurred ... ::The linking of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroad lines occurred ...::[html]
The linking of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroad lines occurred in ____________________.
{ ~California#Incorrect =Utah Territory#Correct ~Missouri#Incorrect ~Montana#Incorrect ~Texas#Incorrect } // question: 17152168 name: The main issue addressed by the 15th Amendment was ::The main issue addressed by the 15th Amendment was::[html]
The main issue addressed by the 15th Amendment was
{ ~housing.#Incorrect ~lynching.#Incorrect ~segregation.#Incorrect ~civil rights.#Incorrect =voting.#Correct } // question: 17152144 name: The main purpose of the Ku Klux Klan during Reconstruction was to ::The main purpose of the Ku Klux Klan during Reconstruction was to::[html]
The main purpose of the Ku Klux Klan during Reconstruction was to
{ =destroy the Republican Party in the South.#Correct ~deny freedmen equal protection under the law.#Incorrect ~return black Americans to slavery.#Incorrect ~dismantle the Democratic Party.#Incorrect ~take the South out of the Union.#Incorrect } // question: 17152171 name: The majority of southern Republican voters were ::The majority of southern Republican voters were::[html]
The majority of southern Republican voters were
{ ~wealthy planters.#Incorrect ~poor whites.#Incorrect =blacks.#Correct ~women.#Incorrect ~Native Americans.#Incorrect } // question: 17152159 name: The primary purpose of the Ku Klux Klan was to ::The primary purpose of the Ku Klux Klan was to::[html]
The primary purpose of the Ku Klux Klan was to
{ =prevent blacks from voting.#Correct ~revive slavery.#Incorrect ~kill blacks.#Incorrect ~destroy the Republican Party.#Incorrect ~force the withdrawal of federal troop from the South.#Incorrect } // question: 17152222 name: The removal of ____________________ from the post of secretary of war ... ::The removal of ____________________ from the post of secretary of war ...::[html]
The removal of ____________________ from the post of secretary of war triggered the impeachment of Andrew Johnson.
{ ~Archibald Thomas#Incorrect =Edwin M. Stanton#Correct ~Ulysses S. Grant#Incorrect ~George McClellan#Incorrect ~John Schofield#Incorrect } // question: 17152240 name: The Republican governor of Mississippi who asked Grant to send troops to ... ::The Republican governor of Mississippi who asked Grant to send troops to ...::[html]
The Republican governor of Mississippi who asked Grant to send troops to control whites’ violent intimidation of black voters in that state during the election of 1875 was ____________________.
{ ~Jay Cooke#Incorrect =Adelbert Ames#Correct ~Ivar Krueger#Incorrect ~“Boss” Tweed#Incorrect ~Thomas Nast#Incorrect } // question: 17152148 name: The strategy known as the “Mississippi Plan” aimed to do all of the following... ::The strategy known as the “Mississippi Plan” aimed to do all of the following...::[html]
The strategy known as the “Mississippi Plan” aimed to do all of the following EXCEPT
{ ~intimidate black voters.#Incorrect ~force all southern whites to join the Democratic Party.#Incorrect ~end Republican rule in the South.#Incorrect =return confiscated land to former owners.#Correct ~use economic coercion to control election outcomes.#Incorrect } // question: 17152138 name: The Tenure of Office Act ::The Tenure of Office Act::[html]
The Tenure of Office Act
{ ~angered congressmen by limiting their terms to two years.#Incorrect ~stated that a president could only hold office while in good standing.#Incorrect =required Senate approval before the president could remove a cabinet member.#Correct ~was designed to implement the spoils system.#Incorrect ~limited the president to two terms in office.#Incorrect } // question: 17152160 name: The term “bayonet rule” refers to ::The term “bayonet rule” refers to::[html]
The term “bayonet rule” refers to
{ ~the use of threats and intimidation to prevent blacks from voting.#Incorrect ~a requirement that all U.S. Army officers carry a bayonet while on guard duty.#Incorrect =the use of federal troops to support Republican state governments and black rights in the South.#Correct ~civil rights leaders’ call for mass arrests of Ku Klux Klan members.#Incorrect ~the methods used by white southerners to regain control of their state governments.#Incorrect } // question: 17152224 name: The ____________________ Act established the modern structure of the civil ... ::The ____________________ Act established the modern structure of the civil ...::[html]
The ____________________ Act established the modern structure of the civil service.
{ ~Reconstruction#Incorrect =Pendelton#Correct ~Tenure of Office#Incorrect ~Ku Klux Klan#Incorrect ~Reform#Incorrect } // question: 17152228 name: The ____________________ Amendment gave blacks the right to vote. ::The ____________________ Amendment gave blacks the right to vote.::[html]
The ____________________ Amendment gave blacks the right to vote.
{ ~Thirteenth#Incorrect ~Fourteenth#Incorrect =Fifteenth#Correct ~Sixteenth#Incorrect ~Seventeenth#Incorrect } // question: 17152237 name: The ____________________ was a terrorist organization that attacked blacks ... ::The ____________________ was a terrorist organization that attacked blacks ...::[html]
The ____________________ was a terrorist organization that attacked blacks and set out to destroy the Republican Party in the South.
{ =Ku Klux Klan#Correct ~Freedmen’s Bureau#Incorrect ~Scalawag#Incorrect ~Carpetbag#Incorrect ~AERA#Incorrect } // question: 17152223 name: Ulysses S. Grant suffered public criticism for his efforts to acquire ... ::Ulysses S. Grant suffered public criticism for his efforts to acquire ...::[html]
Ulysses S. Grant suffered public criticism for his efforts to acquire ____________________.
{ ~the Phillipines#Incorrect ~the Union Central Railroad#Incorrect =Santo Domingo#Correct ~Alaska#Incorrect ~Puerto Rico#Incorrect } // question: 17152218 name: Ulysses S. Grant’s opponent in the election of 1868 was ____________________.... ::Ulysses S. Grant’s opponent in the election of 1868 was ____________________....::[html]
Ulysses S. Grant’s opponent in the election of 1868 was ____________________.
{ ~Horatio Alger#Incorrect =Horatio Seymour#Correct ~Samuel Tilden#Incorrect ~Rutherford B. Hayes#Incorrect ~Horace Greeley#Incorrect } // question: 17152155 name: Ulysses S. Grant’s presidency is known as an era of ::Ulysses S. Grant’s presidency is known as an era of::[html]
Ulysses S. Grant’s presidency is known as an era of
{ ~honesty and integrity of both state and federal officeholders.#Incorrect ~federal regulation of business interests.#Incorrect ~mutual understanding between North and South, Democrats and Republicans, whites and blacks.#Incorrect ~renewed factional violence.#Incorrect =scandal and corruption at all levels of government.#Correct } // question: 17152141 name: Ulysses S. Grant’s presidential victory in 1868 hinged on the support of ::Ulysses S. Grant’s presidential victory in 1868 hinged on the support of::[html]
Ulysses S. Grant’s presidential victory in 1868 hinged on the support of
{ ~northern Democrats.#Incorrect ~southern Democrats.#Incorrect =African Americans.#Correct ~National Union Party members.#Incorrect ~European immigrants.#Incorrect } // question: 17152173 name: What industry was primarily responsible for the Panic of 1873? ::What industry was primarily responsible for the Panic of 1873?::[html]
What industry was primarily responsible for the Panic of 1873?
{ ~mining#Incorrect =railroad#Correct ~steel#Incorrect ~textile#Incorrect ~cotton#Incorrect } // question: 17152167 name: What is NOT true of the new state constitutions adopted by southern states in... ::What is NOT true of the new state constitutions adopted by southern states in...::[html]
What is NOT true of the new state constitutions adopted by southern states in 1867 and 1868?
{ ~They were among the most progressive in the nation.#Incorrect ~They were passed by delegates who were predominantly Republican.#Incorrect ~They included universal male suffrage.#Incorrect ~They required statewide public schools for both races.#Incorrect =They advocated for the right of women to vote.#Correct } // question: 17152161 name: What signaled the end of Reconstruction? ::What signaled the end of Reconstruction?::[html]
What signaled the end of Reconstruction?
{ =the Compromise of 1877#Correct ~the impeachment of Andrew Johnson#Incorrect ~the Credit Mobilier Affair#Incorrect ~the election of U.S. Grant#Incorrect ~the election of 1876#Incorrect } // question: 17152135 name: What was the main purpose of the Freedmen’s Bureau? ::What was the main purpose of the Freedmen’s Bureau?::[html]
What was the main purpose of the Freedmen’s Bureau?
{ =to oversee relations between former masters and slaves#Correct ~to implement the process of land redistribution#Incorrect ~to deny access to legal redress for white southerners#Incorrect ~to punish former slaveholders#Incorrect ~to ensure passage of the Fourteenth Amendment#Incorrect } // question: 17152136 name: Which is true of the Fourteenth Amendment? ::Which is true of the Fourteenth Amendment?::[html]
Which is true of the Fourteenth Amendment?
{ =It gave all citizens equal protection of the law.#Correct ~It funded the Confederate war debt.#Incorrect ~It refused to create a constitutional definition of citizenship.#Incorrect ~It left the enforcement of the amendment to the states alone.#Incorrect ~It gave freed slaves the right to vote.#Incorrect } // question: 17152175 name: Which of the following is a true statement about the 1875 civil rights law ... ::Which of the following is a true statement about the 1875 civil rights law ...::[html]
Which of the following is a true statement about the 1875 civil rights law that the Supreme Court struck down in its 1883 ruling in Civil Rights cases?
{ ~It banned marriage between blacks and whites.#Incorrect ~It overly restricted voting rights.#Incorrect =Its ban on discrimination on public transportation was overly broad.#Correct ~The congressmen who supported the law were confident it was constitutional and found the court's ruling surprising.#Incorrect ~The law was widely enforced when the ruling came down.#Incorrect } // question: 17152152 name: Which of the following is characteristic of the post-Civil War southern labor... ::Which of the following is characteristic of the post-Civil War southern labor...::[html]
Which of the following is characteristic of the post-Civil War southern labor system?
{ ~Black workers preferred working in gangs as they had done under slavery.#Incorrect =The new system of sharecropping evolved.#Correct ~Foreign immigrants were brought in to replace slave laborers.#Incorrect ~Most ex-slaves purchased land and often employed their former masters.#Incorrect ~The economy quickly recovered from the ravages of war.#Incorrect } // question: 17152154 name: Which of the following is true of Andrew Johnson’s impeachment trial? ::Which of the following is true of Andrew Johnson’s impeachment trial?::[html]
Which of the following is true of Andrew Johnson’s impeachment trial?
{ =The Senate sat as a court to try Johnson on charges drawn up by the House.#Correct ~The trial was rushed through Congress.#Incorrect ~He was convicted.#Incorrect ~His defense counsel was inept.#Incorrect ~Johnson weakened his own defense by refusing to appoint a new secretary of war.#Incorrect } // question: 17152149 name: Which of the following was not a part of the Compromise of 1877? ::Which of the following was not a part of the Compromise of 1877?::[html]
Which of the following was not a part of the Compromise of 1877?
{ ~removal of federal troops from southern states#Incorrect =appointment of a southern vice president#Correct ~federal aid for a southern railroad#Incorrect ~federal appropriations to rebuild war-destroyed levees#Incorrect ~appointment of a southern postmaster general#Incorrect } // question: 17152162 name: Which political group agitated the most for the rights of African Americans ... ::Which political group agitated the most for the rights of African Americans ...::[html]
Which political group agitated the most for the rights of African Americans in the South?
{ =Radical Republicans#Correct ~Victory Party#Incorrect ~Southern Democrats#Incorrect ~Peace Party#Incorrect ~Liberal Republicans#Incorrect } // question: 17152157 name: Which statement is NOT true of black political activity during Reconstruction? ::Which statement is NOT true of black political activity during Reconstruction?::[html]
Which statement is NOT true of black political activity during Reconstruction?
{ ~Most black voters were illiterate ex-slaves.#Incorrect ~At the federal level, black men were elected to both the House of Representatives and the Senate.#Incorrect ~Prominent black leaders were educated and most had been free prior to the Civil War.#Incorrect ~A majority of black voters were members of the Republican Party.#Incorrect =Black voters kept Democrats in power in Georgia.#Correct } // question: 17152140 name: Which statement is true of scandals during the Grant administration? ::Which statement is true of scandals during the Grant administration?::[html]
Which statement is true of scandals during the Grant administration?
{ ~The Credit Mobilier affair almost resulted in Grant’s impeachment.#Incorrect ~They were caused by Grant’s mistrust of his subordinates.#Incorrect =Grant’s secretary of war was impeached and two other cabinet members resigned.#Correct ~The scandals did not reflect American society as a whole.#Incorrect ~They resulted in Grant’s resignation from office in 1870.#Incorrect } // question: 17152219 name: White southerners who joined the Republican Party were called ... ::White southerners who joined the Republican Party were called ...::[html]
White southerners who joined the Republican Party were called ____________________.
{ =scalawags#Correct ~carpetbaggers#Incorrect ~no-counters#Incorrect ~Dixie Democrats#Incorrect ~usurpers#Incorrect } // question: 17152150 name: White, southern-born Republicans were known as ::White, southern-born Republicans were known as::[html]
White, southern-born Republicans were known as
{ ~carpetbaggers.#Incorrect =scalawags.#Correct ~jitneys.#Incorrect ~incorruptibles.#Incorrect ~Lincolnites.#Incorrect } // question: 17152151 name: Who ordered thousands of acres of plantation land in Georgia and South ... ::Who ordered thousands of acres of plantation land in Georgia and South ...::[html]
Who ordered thousands of acres of plantation land in Georgia and South Carolina to be distributed among freed slaves?
{ ~U. S. Grant#Incorrect ~Benjamin Wade#Incorrect =William T. Sherman#Correct ~Andrew Johnson#Incorrect ~Abraham Lincoln#Incorrect } // question: 17152146 name: ____ was the presidential candidate nominated by both the Liberal Republicans... ::____ was the presidential candidate nominated by both the Liberal Republicans...::[html]
____ was the presidential candidate nominated by both the Liberal Republicans and the Democratic Party in the election of 1872.
{ ~Horatio Seymour#Incorrect ~Samuel B. Tilden#Incorrect ~Ulysses S. Grant#Incorrect =Horace Greeley#Correct ~Rutherford Hayes#Incorrect } // question: 17152235 name: ____________________ was a construction company for the Union Pacific ... ::____________________ was a construction company for the Union Pacific ...::[html]
____________________ was a construction company for the Union Pacific Railroad that gave congressmen stock in return for land grants and loans from the government.
{ =Credit Mobilier#Correct ~AERA#Incorrect ~Tammany#Incorrect ~Standard Oil#Incorrect ~The U.S. Chamber of Commerce#Incorrect } // question: 17152197 name: Abolitionist and missionary groups sent teachers into the Union-occupied ... ::Abolitionist and missionary groups sent teachers into the Union-occupied ...::[html]
Abolitionist and missionary groups sent teachers into the Union-occupied South to educate freed slaves during the Civil War.
{TRUE} // question: 17152204 name: Andrew Johnson advised Southern legislatures to accept the Fourteenth Amendment. ::Andrew Johnson advised Southern legislatures to accept the Fourteenth Amendment.::[html]
Andrew Johnson advised Southern legislatures to accept the Fourteenth Amendment.
{FALSE} // question: 17152203 name: Andrew Johnson was impeached as a result of the Credit Mobilier Affair. ::Andrew Johnson was impeached as a result of the Credit Mobilier Affair.::[html]
Andrew Johnson was impeached as a result of the Credit Mobilier Affair.
{FALSE} // question: 17152180 name: Andrew Johnson was openly critical of the southern planter class. ::Andrew Johnson was openly critical of the southern planter class.::[html]
Andrew Johnson was openly critical of the southern planter class.
{TRUE} // question: 17152201 name: Andrew Johnson’s private view of Frederick Douglass was more sympathetic than... ::Andrew Johnson’s private view of Frederick Douglass was more sympathetic than...::[html]
Andrew Johnson’s private view of Frederick Douglass was more sympathetic than he expressed in public.
{FALSE} // question: 17152200 name: Andrew Johnson’s promise to freed people of “40 acres and a mule” met with ... ::Andrew Johnson’s promise to freed people of “40 acres and a mule” met with ...::[html]
Andrew Johnson’s promise to freed people of “40 acres and a mule” met with Congressional resistance in 1866.
{FALSE} // question: 17152185 name: Blacks held a majority of public political offices in several southern states... ::Blacks held a majority of public political offices in several southern states...::[html]
Blacks held a majority of public political offices in several southern states during Reconstruction.
{FALSE} // question: 17152214 name: Blacks held office in many states throughout the South in numbers far ... ::Blacks held office in many states throughout the South in numbers far ...::[html]
Blacks held office in many states throughout the South in numbers far exceeding their proportion of the population.
{FALSE} // question: 17152182 name: Bulldozing in several parts of the South during the presidential election of ... ::Bulldozing in several parts of the South during the presidential election of ...::[html]
Bulldozing in several parts of the South during the presidential election of 1876 hurt Republican candidate Rutherford B. Hayes.
{TRUE} // question: 17152206 name: By September 1867, blacks registered to vote outnumbered whites in the ten ... ::By September 1867, blacks registered to vote outnumbered whites in the ten ...::[html]
By September 1867, blacks registered to vote outnumbered whites in the ten states covered by Reconstruction.
{TRUE} // question: 17152215 name: Carpetbaggers held a disproportionate number of high political offices in ... ::Carpetbaggers held a disproportionate number of high political offices in ...::[html]
Carpetbaggers held a disproportionate number of high political offices in southern state governments during Reconstruction.
{TRUE} // question: 17152209 name: During the 1866 congressional election campaign, Republicans made clear that ... ::During the 1866 congressional election campaign, Republicans made clear that ...::[html]
During the 1866 congressional election campaign, Republicans made clear that any ex-Confederate state that ratified the Fourteenth Amendment would be considered “reconstructed” and that its representatives and senators would be seated in Congress.
{TRUE} // question: 17152178 name: Economic pressure, violence, and social ostracism influenced the Mississippi ... ::Economic pressure, violence, and social ostracism influenced the Mississippi ...::[html]
Economic pressure, violence, and social ostracism influenced the Mississippi state election of 1875.
{TRUE} // question: 17152193 name: In 1862, Abraham Lincoln encouraged freed people to emigrate to all-black ... ::In 1862, Abraham Lincoln encouraged freed people to emigrate to all-black ...::[html]
In 1862, Abraham Lincoln encouraged freed people to emigrate to all-black countries such as Haiti.
{TRUE} // question: 17152207 name: In 1883, the Supreme Court declared a civil rights law passed in 1875 as ... ::In 1883, the Supreme Court declared a civil rights law passed in 1875 as ...::[html]
In 1883, the Supreme Court declared a civil rights law passed in 1875 as unconstitutional.
{TRUE} // question: 17152194 name: Moderate Republicans believed that black men should participate to some ... ::Moderate Republicans believed that black men should participate to some ...::[html]
Moderate Republicans believed that black men should participate to some degree in the reconstruction process.
{TRUE} // question: 17152213 name: Most Southern Republicans were poor, illiterate, and property less; most ... ::Most Southern Republicans were poor, illiterate, and property less; most ...::[html]
Most Southern Republicans were poor, illiterate, and property less; most Northern Republicans represented the most prosperous, educated, and influential elements of society.
{TRUE} // question: 17152199 name: Nearly all freed slaves continued to work for their former owners after the war. ::Nearly all freed slaves continued to work for their former owners after the war.::[html]
Nearly all freed slaves continued to work for their former owners after the war.
{FALSE} // question: 17152192 name: President Grant refused to delegate power and did not trust his subordinates. ::President Grant refused to delegate power and did not trust his subordinates.::[html]
President Grant refused to delegate power and did not trust his subordinates.
{FALSE} // question: 17152196 name: Radical Republicans in Congress had a consistent and firm ally in Andrew ... ::Radical Republicans in Congress had a consistent and firm ally in Andrew ...::[html]
Radical Republicans in Congress had a consistent and firm ally in Andrew Johnson.
{FALSE} // question: 17152183 name: Scalawags were southerners who served Republican Reconstruction governments. ::Scalawags were southerners who served Republican Reconstruction governments.::[html]
Scalawags were southerners who served Republican Reconstruction governments.
{TRUE} // question: 17152189 name: Tennessee was the first ex-Confederate state to ratify the Fourteenth ... ::Tennessee was the first ex-Confederate state to ratify the Fourteenth ...::[html]
Tennessee was the first ex-Confederate state to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment in order to be “readmitted” to the union.
{TRUE} // question: 17152212 name: The “Southern Question” was the most intractable issue during Grant’s two ... ::The “Southern Question” was the most intractable issue during Grant’s two ...::[html]
The “Southern Question” was the most intractable issue during Grant’s two administrations.
{TRUE} // question: 17152211 name: The chief concern of early civil service reformers was the “spoils system.”... ::The chief concern of early civil service reformers was the “spoils system.”...::[html]
The chief concern of early civil service reformers was the “spoils system.”
{TRUE} // question: 17152191 name: The chief target of civil service reform was the “toil system.” ::The chief target of civil service reform was the “toil system.”::[html]
The chief target of civil service reform was the “toil system.”
{FALSE} // question: 17152179 name: The Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution left half of America ... ::The Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution left half of America ...::[html]
The Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution left half of America disenfranchised.
{TRUE} // question: 17152198 name: The Fifteenth Amendment, despite its extension of the franchise, did not give... ::The Fifteenth Amendment, despite its extension of the franchise, did not give...::[html]
The Fifteenth Amendment, despite its extension of the franchise, did not give the right to vote to roughly half of Americans.
{TRUE} // question: 17152188 name: The Fourteenth Amendment forced southern states to enfranchise blacks. ::The Fourteenth Amendment forced southern states to enfranchise blacks.::[html]
The Fourteenth Amendment forced southern states to enfranchise blacks.
{FALSE} // question: 17152202 name: The Fourteenth Amendment provided a Constitutional basis for civil rights. ::The Fourteenth Amendment provided a Constitutional basis for civil rights.::[html]
The Fourteenth Amendment provided a Constitutional basis for civil rights.
{TRUE} // question: 17152184 name: The Ku Klux Klan began as a political party. ::The Ku Klux Klan began as a political party.::[html]
The Ku Klux Klan began as a political party.
{FALSE} // question: 17152208 name: The new southern state constitutions written during the winter and spring of ... ::The new southern state constitutions written during the winter and spring of ...::[html]
The new southern state constitutions written during the winter and spring of 1867–1868 were among the most progressive in the nation.
{TRUE} // question: 17152181 name: The Reconstruction Act of 1867 divided the South into an occupied territory ... ::The Reconstruction Act of 1867 divided the South into an occupied territory ...::[html]
The Reconstruction Act of 1867 divided the South into an occupied territory under military command.
{TRUE} // question: 17152205 name: The Reconstruction Acts of 1867 embodied a true revolution. ::The Reconstruction Acts of 1867 embodied a true revolution.::[html]
The Reconstruction Acts of 1867 embodied a true revolution.
{TRUE} // question: 17152177 name: The U.S. presidential election of 1876 was fair, free, and democratic. ::The U.S. presidential election of 1876 was fair, free, and democratic.::[html]
The U.S. presidential election of 1876 was fair, free, and democratic.
{FALSE} // question: 17152195 name: The Wade-Davis bill proposed lenient loyalty requirements for Southern whites. ::The Wade-Davis bill proposed lenient loyalty requirements for Southern whites.::[html]
The Wade-Davis bill proposed lenient loyalty requirements for Southern whites.
{FALSE} // question: 17152186 name: Under the Johnson Reconstruction Plan, no ex-Confederate state gave blacks ... ::Under the Johnson Reconstruction Plan, no ex-Confederate state gave blacks ...::[html]
Under the Johnson Reconstruction Plan, no ex-Confederate state gave blacks the right to vote.
{TRUE} // question: 17152190 name: Under the U.S. Constitution, impeachment by the House removes an official ... ::Under the U.S. Constitution, impeachment by the House removes an official ...::[html]
Under the U.S. Constitution, impeachment by the House removes an official from office.
{FALSE} // question: 17152187 name: White southerners’ main complaint against the Freedmen’s Bureau was that it ... ::White southerners’ main complaint against the Freedmen’s Bureau was that it ...::[html]
White southerners’ main complaint against the Freedmen’s Bureau was that it was inefficient.
{FALSE} // question: 17152210 name: Without black enfranchisement, Ulysses S. Grant would have had a minority of ... ::Without black enfranchisement, Ulysses S. Grant would have had a minority of ...::[html]
Without black enfranchisement, Ulysses S. Grant would have had a minority of the popular vote in 1868.
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