AMH Chapter 17 Quiz

In 1865, southern blacks defined "freedom" as independence from white control. acquiring the legal rights to live as did whites. land reform. All of the above

All of the above

Northern white Republicans who relocated to the south during reconstruction were called: Scalawags Redeemers Black Republicans Carpetbaggers

Carpetbaggers

Even thought the House's impeachment charges were nominally based on specific "high crimes and misdemeanors," Andrew Johnson was actually convicted by the Senate and removed from the presidency for petty political reasons. True or False

False

The Tenure of Office Act and the Command of the Army Act were passed by Congress to prevent southern states from sending former Confederates to Congress or from having them control the state militia companies. True or False

False

By the late 1890s, a significantly smaller portion of southern blacks was allowed to vote than in the late 1860s. True or False

True

In the period from the end of Reconstruction into the twentieth century, the Democratic Party was the political party of the vast majority of southern whites. True or False

True

The Wade-Davis Bill sought to make it more difficult than Lincoln desired for those states which had left the Union to return. True or False

True

Ulysses S. Grant's election as president was largely a result of his being governor of New York during the postwar economic boom. a triumphant commanding general of the Union army. the popular administrator of the Freedmen's Bureau. a flamboyant cavalry officer in the western Indian wars. incorruptible.

a triumphant commanding general of the Union army.

The growing conflict between President Johnson and the Radical Republicans was manifested in all of the following actions EXCEPT: he vetoed the the bill extending the life of the Freedman's Bureau he vetoed a civil rights bill designed to overturn the more flagrant provisions of the black codes in 1865 when southern representatives to Congress appeared in Washington, a majority in Congress voted to exclude them he convinced his home state Tennessee to refuse to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment

he convinced his home state Tennessee to refuse to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment

The first Reconstruction Act contained all of the following provisions EXCEPT barred former Confederates from registering to vote and holding office required the first state legislatures to meet under the new constitution drafted by their state conventions to ratify the Fourteenth Aamendment required military officials to register black adult males to vote required ratification of the new state constitutions by only a majority of those voting rather than those who were registerd

required ratification of the new state constitutions by only a majority of those voting rather than those who were registerd

The elections of 1876 saw the Supreme Court decide the presidential election. a Democrat become president for the first time since the Civil War. the candidate with the most popular votes fail to get elected. Ulysses Grant make an unsuccessful bid for an unprecedented third term. the governor of New York become president.

the candidate with the most popular votes fail to get elected.

President Abraham Lincoln's "ten percent" plan for the South referred to the area of land in each state that should be reserved for former slaves. the ratio of federal to state money to be spent in rebuilding the southern economy. the ratio of federal troops to freed slaves in each Southern state. the percentage of freed slaves who must be given the vote before setting up a state government. the number of white voters required to take loyalty oaths before setting up a state government.

the number of white voters required to take loyalty oaths before setting up a state government.

Which of the following became essential institutions in the black community in the south during Reconstruction? black church and Freedman's Bureau offices Freedman's Bureau and Freedman's Courthouse the schoolhouse and the black church Republican Party offices and Freedman's Courthouse

the schoolhouse and the black church

The "Black Codes" were a set of regulations established by the Congress to protect the rights of the former slaves to own property and to find employment. the U.S. Supreme Court to enforce the provisions of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. the northern states to prevent a massive influx of former slaves from entering their states and seeking homes and jobs. the southern states to promote white supremacy and to control the economic and social activities of the freed men. the southern states to ameliorate radical Reconstruction Acts.

the southern states to promote white supremacy and to control the economic and social activities of the freed men.

Black sharecropping represented a continuation of the pre-Civil War gang-labor system. differed sharply from the tenant system. usually led to economic independence. was a very common occupation of former slaves. involved close white supervision which recalled the days of slavery.

was a very common occupation of former slaves.