Exam #1

How many slaves were freed following the civil war?

4 million

During the 19th century women began to move into the labor force. For example in 1860 __________ percent of women were in the workforce. By 1900 that number grew to _______ percent.

4.5, 35

Ulysses S. Grant depended on this group for his presidential victory in 1868

African Americans

Who became president after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated?

Andrew Johnson

Which political party was the average black citizen most likely to vote for during reconstruction?

As a republican

The new south passed laws during reconstruction with the purpose of restricting freedom of blacks and refusal to give blacks rights as citizens. The laws were modified from those of the old south, changing the word slave to the word "negro". What were these laws called?

Black codes

Northerners who settled in the south during reconstruction were called?

Carpetbaggers

What famous book did Alexis de Tocqueville publish in 1835?

Democracy in America

Who was the author of the utopian romance looking backward

Edward Bellamy

Abraham Lincoln lived long enough to see his vision of Reconstruction carried out in the U.S.

False

Abraham Lincoln was born in Springfield, Illinois.

False

Abraham Lincoln's early reconstruction policy proposal encouraged freed people to leave the united states and immigrate to Europe or South Africa.

False

Haymarket square was the site of a pitched battle between strikers at the Carnegie Steel plant and pinkerton detectives

False

Lincoln died on the night of April 14th, 1865.

False

Lincoln graduated from law school in illinois and practiced in Springfield.

False

In 1864, Lincoln faced a tough reelection battle against ______ , the Democratic nominee.

George McClellan

What was Johnson's reaction to the civil rights act of 1866?

He immediately vetoed the law saying it discriminated against white people

_________ was the presidential candidate nominated by both liberal republicans and the democratic party in the election of 1872

Horace Greeley

After reconstruction, what laws were passed with the purpose of reducing freedoms and opportunities for African Americans?

Jim Crow laws

Which of the following did not occur as education reform during reconstruction?

Johnson attempted to integrate all southern schools with equal white/black enrollment

The ________ declared that the voters of each territory, rather than the federal government had the right to decide whether the territory should be slave or free.

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Which union was hurt irrevocably by the Haymarket square protest?

Knights of labor

Which of the following is true about lincoln's and johnson's views of reconstruction?

Lincoln wanted quick and easy reunion and reconciliation, while Johnson believed the south never had the right to secede in the first place

Which state was the first to reorganize under president Lincoln's policy for reconstruction?

Louisiana

Which of the following was not a policy of the radical republican's 1867 reconstruction act?

Ratification of the 15th amendment, allowing the freedom of the vote, was mandatory.

The appomattox court house gave witness to which historic event?

Robert E. Lee's surrender to Ulysses S. Grant

Which of the following was not shared in the system of sharecropping?

Slaves to help grow the crop

Andrew Carnegie created a monopoly in the __________ industry

Steel

Arguing against higher education for women, what did Medical school professor Edward Clarke assert in 1873?

That intelligent work damaged a woman's reproductive organs

What event turned the tide of the war in the Union's favor?

The North's victories at Vicksburg and Gettysburg

Which of the following is true about black politicians during the reconstruction era?

They helped lead to the allowance of black juries and a decrease in discrimination

By the time Lincoln was inaugurated as president in March 1861, seven southern states had seceded from the Union and formed the Confederate states of America.

True

Jefferson Davis, president of the confederacy, had more military and political experience than his rival, president Abraham Lincoln.

True

Lincoln was assassinated after Robert E. Lee surrendered his forces to Ulysses S. Grant.

True

The Emancipation Proclamation, which took effect in January 1, 1863, did not free all the slaves in the U.S.

True

The term "GIlded Age" was coined by Mark Twain

True

After a Union victory at Vicksburg, MS, Lincoln named __________ the supreme commander of the union forces.

Ulysses S. Grant

The winner of the 1896 presidential election was

William McKinley

Which of the following was not a part of the compromise of 1877

appointment of a southern vice president

The strike at the Homestead plant in Pennsylvania is famous for the

armed resistance by striking steel workers

After Lincoln's young son Willie died of typhoid fever in 1862, Mary Lincoln

attempted to communicate with her dead son while still serving as first lady.

Which of the following reasons are why reconstruction ended?

caused high costs and taxes, white southerners could not accept African Americans exercising basic civil rights

During which listed period was democracy most prevalent for the entirety of the American population?

during reconstruction

The wade-davis bill granted the franchise to black americans

false

Under the U.S. constitution, impeachment by the house removes an official from office.

false

Abraham Lincoln fired general George McClellan becuase

he was hesitant to go to war and pursue Robert E. Lee

The impeachment of Andrew Johnson was

in retaliation for his opposition to congressional reconstruction

The main purpose of the freedmen's bureau was to

oversee relations between former masters and slaves

The most important agent of economic growth in the U.S. during this period of American history was

railroads

The "black codes"

reduced freedmen to a condition close to slavery

Which of the following was created created in the decades following the civil war?

symphonies, public libraries, museums, and oprea companies

In Tocqueville's America

the majority of white males owned property, very few americans lived in cities, most americans lived on farms, and people worked for themselves

Andrew Johnson removed Edwin M. Stanton from office because he supported congressional reconstruction policy

true

Ulysses S. Grant was guilty of?

unwise appointments of public officials

The theory of "survival of the fittest" provided logical support for

wage labor, the gap between the rich and the poor, social inequality, and capitalism

Radical republicans objected to Lincoln's initial plan because it

was too lenient and restored the political rights of white men who had fought against the Union

The nations time zones

were initially created by a consortium of railroads