APUSH chapter 22-23
one problem with the homestead act was that
160 acres were inadequate for farming on the rain scarce great plains
After he took office Andrew Johnson alienated northern Republicans when he (A) openly broke with Lincoln's reconstruction policies (B) attempted to obstruct the ratification of the thirteenth Amendment (C) permitted former rebels to assume control of southern state governments (D) supported a new federal law that restricted the rights of the freedmen (E) ignored the activities of the Ku Klux Klan.
A
During the era of reconstruction southern whites used the term "scalawag" to identify (A) southern whites who supported Radical Republican rule (B) southern blacks who supported Radical Republican rule (C) Northerners who plundered the treasuries of southern states (D) federal officers who maintained the military occupation of the South (E) Congressmen who enacted Radical Republican legislation
A
For congressional Republicans, one of the most troubling aspects of the Southern states' quick restoration to the Union was that A) with the black population fully counted, the South would be stronger than ever in national politics. B) pro-Union southern politicians would be weak and inexperienced. C) the majority white South might be represented by black Congressmen. D) a high tariff might be reinstituted. E) slavery might be re-established.
A
In his 10 percent plan for Reconstruction, President Lincoln promised A) rapid readmission of Southern states into the Union. B) former slaves the right to vote. C) the restoration of the planter aristocracy to political power. D) severe punishment of Southern political and military leaders. E) a plan to allow 10 percent of blacks to vote.
A
In the late nineteenth century, those political candidates who campaigned by "waving the bloody shirt" were reminding voters A. that the Republicans fought/won the Civil War B. that the Civil War had been caused by the election of a Republican president C. the Republicans had reformed the corrupt radical regimes D. that radical Republicans catered to freed black slaves during reconstruction E. of KKK violence on blacks
A
In the postwar South A) the economy was utterly devastated. B) the emancipation of slaves had surprisingly little economic consequence. C) the much-feared inflation never materialized. D) industry and transportation were damaged, but Southern agriculture continued to flourish. E) poorer whites benefited from the end of plantation slavery.
A
In the years immediately following the Civil War, the South A) became a stronghold of the Republican Party. B) had few African American elected officials. C) refused to meet the requirements for rejoining the Union. D) granted women the right to vote in state elections
A
New York notoriously corrupt Boss Tweed was finally jailed under the pressure of A. New York Times cartoons by Thomas Nast B. Federal income tax evasion charges C. the RICO racketeering act D. NYC's ethnic laws E. testimony by Tweed's partners
A
The Fourteenth Amendment guaranteed A) citizenship and civil rights to freed slaves. B) land for former slaves. C) voting rights for former Confederates who had previously served in the U.S. Army. D) freed slaves the right to vote. E) education to former slaves.
A
The basic purpose of the Dawes Severalty Act (1887) was (A) assimilate the Native Americans into white culture ` (B) preserve tribal Indian government on reservations (C) establish a system of reservations for Native Americans (D) grant citizenship to Native Americans (E) force all the remaining Native Americans to move west.
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 close ties that were developing between President Lincoln and the Democrats. C) President Lincoln's desire for a harsh reconstruction plan. D) that a Congressional majority believed that the South had never legally left the Union. E) the Republicans' fear of re-admitting Confederate leaders to Congress.
A
The white South viewed the Freedmen's Bureau as A) a meddlesome federal agency that threatened to upset white racial dominance. B) an agency acceptable only because it also helped poor whites. C) a valued partner in rebuilding the South. D) more helpful in the North than the South. E) a threat to state social service agencies.
A
Which idea was a part of Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction? A) The southern states had never really left the Union. B) African Americans should be guaranteed social equality. C) Former Confederates should not be compensated for lost property. D) State governments must grant African Americans the right to vote.
A
Which is NOT true of the Military Reconstruction Act of 1867? A) was welcomed by southern states B) it was passed through Congress without the possibility of an effective veto from Johnson, since Congress had a "veto-proof" majority. C) It divided the Confederacy into 5 military districts and sent troops to supervise elections and protections of freedmen. D) In order for southern states to get back into the Union, they had to ratify the 14th amendment and guarantee in their state constittions suffrage for all former adult slaves
A
William M. Tweed of New York City (A) headed a "ring" of politicians that cheated New York City of $100,000,000 through fraudulent city contracts and extortion (B) was an outspoken supporter of fiscal integrity in municipal government (C) pioneered the regulation of tenement house construction and sanitation (D) urged the New York state legislature to adopt the governmental reforms advocated by the Progressives (E) served as Secretary of Interior in President Ulysses Grant's administrations.
A
Andrew Johnson was named Lincoln's second-term vice president because A) he championed a strong federal government. B) he would politically attract War Democrats and pro-Union southerners. C) he would appeal to the hard-drinking anti-temperance vote. D) he had been an effective Republican leader for years. E) President Lincoln admired his personal integrity and courage.
B
In the presidential election of 1868, Ulysses S. Grant A. transformed his personal popularity into a large majority in the popular vote B. owed his victory to the votes of former slaves C. gained his victory by winning the votes of the majority of whites D. demonstrated his political skill E. All of these
B
President Andrew Johnson was (A) impeached by the Supreme Court but not removed from office (B) impeached by the House but not convicted by the Senate (C) impeached by the House but acquitted by the Supreme Court (D) impeached by the House and convicted by the Senate (E) removed from office by Congress for violating the Tenure of Office Act.
B
President Johnson's plan for Reconstruction required A) states to grant African Americans suffrage. B) wealthy planters and Confederate leaders to apply for pardons directly from him. C) southern landholders to break up their plantations. D) state legislatures to submit to federal regulations.
B
Radical Reconstruction state governments A) did little of value. B) passed much desirable legislation and badly needed reforms. C) were more corrupt than Northern state governments. D) had all of their reforms repealed by the all-white "redeemer governments." E) failed to address the issue of education.
B
The Black Codes provided for all of the following except A) a ban on jury service by blacks. B) voting by blacks C) a bar on blacks from renting land. D) punishment of blacks for idleness E) fines for blacks who jumped labor contracts.
B
The Fourteenth Amendment A) required former Confederate states to pay their war debts. B) prohibited ex-Confederate leaders from holding public office. C) guaranteed freed slaves the right to vote. D) met all the demands of the radical Republicans. E) made women as well as blacks U.S. citizens.
B
The greatest achievements of the Freedmen's Bureau were in A) its distribution of land. B) education. C) the provision of food and clothing. D) helping people to find employment. E) all of the above.
B
The main purpose of the Black Codes was to A) guarantee freedom for the blacks. B) ensure a stable and subservient labor supply. C) prevent interracial sex and marriage.. D) prevent blacks from becoming sharecroppers. E) create a system of justice for ex-slaves.
B
Who ran against Grant in 1872 as the Liberal Republican Party candidate? A) Jay Gould B) Horace Greeley C) Charles Sumner D) William Tweed
B
"From the beginning of the settlement of America, the frontier regions have exercised a steady influence toward democracy...American democracy is fundamentally the outcome of the experience of the American people in dealing with the West..." These statements are part of a historical theory known as (A) manifest destiny (B) Jeffersonian democracy (C) the Turner thesis (D) Jacksonian democracy (E) Liberal republicanism
C
How were violators of the Enforcement Act of 1870 punished? A) They lost their right to vote. B) Violators were forced to apologize to the affected parties. C) They were fined at least $500 and imprisoned for a minimum of one month. D) Violators were not punished, which limited the act's effectiveness
C
In 1867 Secretary of State Seward achieved the Johnson administration's greatest success in foreign relations when he A) commissioned the building of an all-new ironclad navy. B) recognized the independent republic of Hawaii. C) purchased Alaska from Russia. D) acquired the former Dominican Republic as an American territory. E) established friendly relations with the newly independent Dominion of Canada.
C
In the 1866 congressional elections, A) President Johnson conducted a highly successful "swing around the circle" campaign tour promoting his policies. B) radicals replaced moderates as the dominant Republican faction in Congress. C) voters endorsed the congressional approach to Reconstruction. D) Republicans lost their majority control of Congress. E) a substantial number of white southern Republicans were elected to Congress.
C
Political corruption during Reconstruction was A) primarily the fault of white carpetbaggers and scalawags. B) located in the North. C) common in both North and South. D) present in all Southern states except South Carolina and Louisiana. E) almost entirely conducted by blacks.
C
The Credit Mobilier scandal involved A. public utility company bribes B. Bureau of Indian Affairs C. railroad reconstruction D. evasion of excise taxes E. manipulating the Wall Street stock marker
C
The black codes were essentially an attempt to A) extend to blacks the same rights that whites enjoyed. B) provide economic equality but restrict social and political equality. C) subordinate blacks to whites and regulate the labor supply. D) extend rights, although limited, to the freedmen.
C
The official charge that the House of Representatives used to impeach President Johnson was his A) highly partisan "swing around the circle" in 1866. B) readmission of Southern states without seriously reconstructing them. C) dismissal of Secretary of War Stanton contrary to the Tenure of Office Act. D) apparent sympathy with the Ku Klux Klan. E) veto of the Freedmen's Bureau bill.
C
The root cause of the battle between Congress and President Andrew Johnson was A) Johnson's personal vulgarity and crude style of campaigning. B) the president's former ownership of slaves. C) Johnson's "soft" treatment of the white South.. D) Johnson's "class-based" policies that favored poor whites. E) Johnson's underlying loyalty to the Democratic Party.
C
What did Johnson require states to do to regain membership in the Union? A) States had to guarantee social and political rights to African Americans. B) Prominent Confederate leaders needed to write to Johnson on behalf of their states. C) Voters had to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment, and state constitutions had to ban slavery. D) Ten percent of a state's voters needed to swear loyalty to the Union.
C
What was the outcome of the impeachment proceedings against President Johnson? A) Secretary of War Edwin Stanton was fired. B) The House voted not to impeach the President. C) The House impeached the President, but the Senate failed to remove him. D) Johnson was removed from office, and Ulysses S. Grant became President.
C
Which of the following concepts are the basic themes in Frederick Jackson Turner's thesis of the significance of the frontier in American History? I. The West acted as a "safety valve" for discontented Easterners II. American democratic institutions were not imported from Europe III Frontier experiences shaped the American national character and democratic institutions IV American democracy owes a great deal to English political institutions V The western frontier was more crucial to American development than the earlier eastern and southern influences (A) I, II, & III only (D) III & IV only (B) I, III, & IV only (E) I, III, IV, and V only (C) I, II, III, & V only C
C
Despite his status as a military hero, General Ulysses Grant proved to be a weak political leader because he A. was personally dishonest and corrupt B. Did not believe in the pronciples of the Republican party C. Was unable to get other to follow his lead D. had no political experience and was a poor judge of character E. lacked political ambition
D
Even though the Force Acts and the Union Army helped suppress the Ku Klux Klan, the secret organization largely achieved its central goal of A) driving the Union Army out of the South. B) preventing blacks from migrating to the West or North. C) keeping white carpetbaggers from voting. D) Intimidating blacks and undermining them politically. E) destroying the Freedmen's Bureau.
D
In 1865, Southern A) whites quickly admitted they had been wrong in trying to secede and win Southern independence. B) whites rapidly turned their slaves into paid employees. C) blacks uniformly turned in anger and revenge against their former masters. D) blacks often began traveling to test their freedom, search for family members, and seek economic opportunity. E) blacks looked to the federal government for help.
D
The Black Codes passed in a number of southern states after the Civil War were intended to (A) close public schools to the children of former slaves (B) promote the return of former slaves to Africa (C) enable Black citizens to vote in federal elections (D) place limits on the socioeconomic opportunities open to Black people (E) further the integration of southern society.
D
The term "Seward's Folly" referred to Secretary of State William Seward's (A) advocacy of a lenient policy toward the defeated Southern states (B) break with the majority radical faction of the Republican party in order to back President Andrew Johnson (C) belief that the Civil War could be avoided and the Union restored by provoking a war with Britain and France (D) negotiation of the purchase of Alaska from Russia (E) ill-fated attempt to gain the presidency in 1860.
D
Which event led the House of Representatives to impeach President Johnson? A) Johnson's veto of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 B) the passage of the Tenure of Office Act C) Johnson's refusal to enforce the Reconstruction Acts D) Johnson's attempt to fire Secretary of War Edwin Stanton
D
A primary motive for the formation of the Ku Klux Klan was A) hostility to the growing practice of interracial sex. B) anger at the corruption in Reconstruction legislatures. C) the southern desire to instigate guerrilla warfare against the occupying U.S. Army. D) the sense of brotherhood that a secret society could develop. E) white resentment of the ability and success of black legislators.
E
Both moderate and radical Republicans agreed that A) federal power must be used to bring about a social and economic revolution in the South. B) blacks should be the foundation of the southern Republican Party. C) the federal government must become involved in the individual lives of American citizens. D) Southern states should quickly be readmitted into the Union. E) freed slaves must be granted the right to vote.
E
For blacks, emancipation meant all of the following except A) the ability to search for lost family. B) the right to get married. C) the opportunity to form their own churches. D) the opportunity for an education. E) that large numbers would move north.
E
In President Andrew Johnson's view, the Freedmen's Bureau was A) a valuable agency. B) acceptable only because it also helped poor whites. C) a tolerable compromise with the radical Congress. D) a potential source of Republican patronage jobs. E) a meddlesome agency that should be killed.
E
In the aftermath of the Civil War A. the population is the US was declined B. Americans retained a strong sense of idealistic sacrifice C. The North developed a strong sense of moral superiority D. concern for racial question took precedence over the economy E. waste, speculation, and corruption afflicted business and government
E
President Johnson's plan for Reconstruction A) differed radically from Lincoln's. B) guaranteed former slaves the right to vote. C) required that all former Confederate states ratify the Fourteenth Amendment. D) established literacy tests for voting in the South. E) aimed at swift restoration of the southern states after a few basic conditions were met.
E
That the Southern states were "conquered provinces" that had completely left the Union and were therefore at the mercy of Congress for readmission was the view of A) War Democrats. B) the Supreme Court. C) President Lincoln. D) President Johnson. E) congressional Republicans.
E
The incident that caused the clash between Congress and President Johnson to explode into the open was A) passage of the Thirteenth Amendment. B) the creation of the sharecropping system. C) the attempt to pass the Fourteenth Amendment. D) the South's regaining control of the Senate. E) Johnson's veto of the bill to extend the Freedmen's Bureau.
E
To many Northerners, the Black Codes seemed to indicate that A) it would take some time to reconcile the South and the North. B) the transition to black freedom would be difficult. C) the Civil War had been worth the sacrifice. D) presidential Reconstruction was working. E) the arrogant South was acting as if the North had not really won the Civil War.
E
bitter conflict between whites and indians intensified
as the mining frontier expanded
the Dawes severality act was designed to promote indian
assimilation
the farmers alliance was especially weakened by
by the exclusion of black farmers
sooners were settlers that jumped the gun to
claim the land of the oklahoma
the mining frontier played a vital role in
detracting population to the west
the populist party arose as the direct successor of the
farmers alliance
the humanitarians who wanted to treat the indians kindly
had little respect for traditional indian culture
the enormous mineral wealth taken from the mining frontier
helped to finance the civil war
in the last decades of the 19th century the volume of agricultural ____ the volume of goods ____ and price of the goods
increased, decreased
the root cause of the american farmers problem of 1880 was
overproduction of agricultural goods
the homestead act assumed that public land would be administered in such a way as to
promote frontier settlement
in post civil war america indians surrendered their lands only when they
recieved solemn promises from the government that they would be left alone and provided with supplies
a major problem by settlers on the great plains in the 1870's was
scarcity of water
the farmers alliance was formed to
take action to break the strangling grip of the railroads
the united states government outlawing the indian sun ghost dance cause
the battle of wounded knee
buffalo were nearly exterminated
through wholesale butchery by whites
the homestead act
was a drastic departure from previous government land policy