Chapter 22

In President Andrew Johnson's view, the Freedmen's Bureau was A) acceptable only because it also helped poor whites B) a flawed but necessary agency C) a potential source of Republican patronage jobs D) a meddlesome agency that should be killed E) a tolerable compromise with the radical Congress

D

In the postwar South A) the emancipation of slaves had surprisingly little economic consequences B) poorer whites benefited from the end of plantation slavery C) the much-feared inflation never materialized D) the economy and social structure was utterly devastated E) industry and transportation were damaged, but Southern agriculture continued to flourish

D

As a politician, Andrew Johnson developed a reputation as a(n) A) champion of the poor whites B) inspiring and calmly eloquent speaker C) opponent of slavery D) secret Confederate sympathizer E) supporter of the planter aristocrats

A

At the end of the Civil War, many white Southerners A) still believed that their view of secession was correct and their cause was just B) asked for pardons so that they could once again hold political office and vote C) declared themselves citizens of their states but not of the United States D) reluctantly supported the federal government E) were ready to plan a future uprising against the United States

A

In his 10 percent plan for Reconstruction, President Lincoln promised A) rapid readmission of Southern states into the Union B) severe punishment of Southern political and military leaders C) a plan to allow 10 percent of blacks to vote D) former slaves the right to vote E) the restoration of the planter aristocracy to political power

A

The controversy surrounding the Wade-Davis Bill and the readmission of the Confederate states to the Union demonstrated A) the deep differences between President Lincoln and Congress B) the Republicans' fear of re-admitting Confederate leaders to Congress C) the close ties that were developing between President Lincoln and the Democrats D) that a Congressional majority believed that the South had never legally left the Union E) President Lincoln's desire for a harsh reconstruction plan

A

Andrew Johnson had been put on Lincoln's ticket as vice president in his second term A) as a safe choice in case Lincoln died in office B) to appeal to War Democrats and pro-Union southerners C) to appeal to Union soldiers and radical Republicans D) as a poor white who balanced Lincoln's aristocratic background E) because Lincoln's first vice president, Hannibal Hamlin, had displayed southern sympathies

B

For congressional Republicans, one of the most troubling aspects of the Southern states' quick restoration to the Union was that A) pro-Union southern politicians would be weak and inexperienced B) with the black population fully counted, the South would be stronger than ever in national politics C) a high tariff might be reinstituted D) slavery might be re-established E) the majority white South might be represented by black Congressmen

B

In his 10 percent plan for Reconstruction, President Lincoln promised A) the restoration of the planter aristocracy to political power B) rapid readmission of Southern states into the Union C) former slaves the right to vote D) a plan to allow 10 percent of blacks to vote E) severe punishment of Southern political and military leaders

B

The Fourteenth Amendment A) made women as well as blacks U.S. citizens B) prohibited ex-Confederate leaders from holding public office C) required former Confederate states to pay their war debts D) guaranteed freed saves the right to vote E) met all the demands of the radical Republicans

B

The fate of the defeated Confederate leaders was that A) they were immediately returned to citizenship and full civil rights B) after brief jail terms, all were pardoned in 1868 C) many went into exile in slaveholding Brazil D) most were sentenced to prison for life E) several were executed for treason

B

The incident that caused the clash between Congress and President Johnson to explode into the open was A) the South's regaining control of the Senate B) Johnson's veto of the bill to extend the Freedmen's Bureau C) the creation of the sharecropping system D) passage of the Thirteenth Amendment E) the attempt to pass the Fourteenth Amendment

B

Freedom for Southern blacks at the end of the Civil War A) caused large numbers to migrate to the big cities in the North B) was achieved without the use of Union soldiers C) came haltingly and unevenly in different parts of the conquered Confederacy D) was a source of considerable anxiety E) occurred immediately with the Emancipation Proclamation

C

The last of the Reconstruction era amendments to pass was the A) Eighteenth B) Thirteenth C) Fifteenth D) Fourteenth E) Twelfth

C

The white South viewed the Freedmen's Bureau as A) a valued partner in rebuilding the South B) a threat to state social service agencies C) a meddlesome federal agency that threatened to upset white racial dominance D) more helpful in the North than the South E) an agency acceptable only because it also helped poor whites

C

The Fourteenth Amendment guaranteed A) freed slaves the right to vote B) land for former slaves C) voting rights for former Confederates who had previously served in the U.S. Army D) citizenship and civil rights to freed slaves E) education to former slaves

D

The main purpose of the Black Codes was to A) prevent blacks from becoming sharecroppers B) guarantee freedom for the blacks C) create a system of justice for ex-slaves D) ensure a stable and subservient labor supply E) prevent interracial sex and marriage

D

Many feminist leaders were especially disappointed with the Fourteenth Amendment because it A) failed to give women the right to serve on juries B) did not define what constituted equal national citizenship C) did not free all the slaves D) guaranteed male but not female property rights E) specified for the first time in the Constitution that only males could vote

E

The first and only ex-Confederate state to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment in 1866 and thus be immediately readmitted to the Union under congressional Reconstruction was A) West Virginia B) Arkansas C) Louisiana D) Virginia E) Tennessee

E

To many Northerners, the Black Codes seemed to indicate that A) the transition to black freedom would be difficult B) the Civil War had been worth the sacrifice C) it would take some time to reconcile the South and the North D) presidential Reconstruction was working E) the arrogant South was acting as if the North had not really won the Civil War

E