HIST121 CHAP15

In consequence of the Bargain of 1877, President Rutherford B. Hayes p.472- ordered all federal purchase orders for military uniforms to be purchased at bargain or discount prices. ordered federal troops to be withdrawn from the South. ordered federal troops to return to their barracks. ordered that future bargains, such as those promoted by the corrupt politicians involved in the Whiskey Ring, be outlawed.

ordered federal troops to return to their barracks.

The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

prohibited federal and state governments from denying any citizen the vote because of race.;

Which of the following was not a central thrust of the Reconstruction amendments to the Constitution? P448 redistribution of the former slaveowners' land among the freed slaves; equal citizenship for blacks and whites; the right to vote, regardless of race; empowerment of the federal government to protect citizens' rights;

redistribution of the former slaveowners' land among the freed slaves

Which was NOT a principal task of the Freedmen's Bureau (1865-1870)? P.447 establish schools secure equal treatment before the courts for former slaves support black churches and businesses provide aid to the poor and aged

support black churches and businesses

The "Redeemers" saved the South from the corrupt ways of Reconstruction politics and redeemed the South for fair and equal treatment for all Americans. p.471-472

False

The Ku Klux Klan sought to uphold the American ideal of equality and justice for all. p.467-

False

Under Radical Reconstruction, blacks held most of the South's top elected positions. p464 True False

False

Which of the following was not a major effect of Reconstruction (at its height) on southern society? 462-466 It saw the federal government take a direct role in the relations between black and white southerners. It saw the spread of schools and churches across the South, built by and for African-Americans. It inspired a mass exodus of southern blacks to lands that had never known slavery. It helped restrain southern whites from exploiting the labor of former slaves.

It inspired a mass exodus of southern blacks to lands that had never known slavery.

The phrase "forty acres and a mule" derived from p.442 Lincoln's "10% Plan." the Wade-Davis Bill. Sherman's Field Order 15. the Emancipation Proclamation.

Sherman's Field Order 15.

The House of Representatives approved articles of impeachment against President Andrew Johnson for violation of what law? p.458

The Tenure of Office Act(1867)

Which was not true of Liberal Republicans in the post-Civil War era? p469-470 They nominated Horace Greeley for president. They formed their own political party. They believed the growth of federal power needed to be expanded. They were less committed to equal rights for blacks than the Radical Republicans had been.

They believed the growth of federal power needed to be expanded.

After emancipation, many freedwomen elected to withdraw from work in the fields and focus their energies at home.p443 True False

True

Among the important accomplishments of Reconstruction state governments was the establishment of the South's first state-supported public schools. p.465

True

Charles Sumner and Thaddeus Stevens argued that planters' land should be confiscated and redistributed among former slaves. True False

True

During Reconstruction, a number of state governments initiated civil rights legislation that made it illegal for railroads, hotels, and other institutions to discriminate on the basis of race. p465 True False

True

In the Slaughterhouse Cases (1873), the Supreme Court ruled that the Fourteenth Amendment had not altered traditional federalism. p.470

True

Which of the following was not a major cause of the decline of Reconstruction? p.466-473 the use of fraud and terror to prevent blacks from voting or running for office a deepening mutual respect between black and white southerners, making Reconstruction seem no longer necessary a growing perception among northerners that southern blacks were unfit for equal citizenship a growing weariness in the North with the sectional issue and the burdens of enforcing Reconstruction

a deepening mutual respect between black and white southerners, making Reconstruction seem no longer necessary

Following the Civil War, white and black farmers in the South faced: p.449 extremely high cotton prices. rapidly rising cotton prices. a steady decrease in cotton prices. a leveling off of cotton prices to prewar levels.

a steady decrease in cotton prices.

Sharecropping: p449

allowed a black family to rent part of a plantation, with the crop divided between worker and owner at the end of the year.

Due to the presence of Reconstruction governments across the South, the region became a vibrant and successful hub of dynamic and expansive economic growth, allowing many African-Americans to escape from poverty. p.465-

False

Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, leading figures in the women's rights movement, were strong supporters of the Fifteenth Amendment. p.462

False

The Ku Klux Klan was founded in 1866 as a social club in Tennessee and served, in effect, as the military arm of the Democratic Party. p.467-468

True

The period of Radical Reconstruction began in March 1867, with Congress's adoption of the Reconstruction Act over the president's veto, and ended in 1877. p.458

True