History Chapter 15 Quiz
Which statement accurately describes the Civil Rights Bill of 1866?
Congress defined the rights of American citizens without regard to race
Redeemers were REPUBLICANS who took control in the South during the 1870s
False
In what way could Reconstruction policy be considered a success?
It established an amendment promising equal protection for all
Which of the following describes the Freedmen's Bureau?
It made notable achievements in improving African-American education and health care
What was the purpose of the Fifthteenth Amendment?
It sought to guarantee that one could not be denied suffrage rights based on race
How can Andrew Johnson be compared to Abraham Lincoln?
Johnson was more stubborn and less willing to compromise than Lincoln when making decisions
How did emancipation affect the structure of the black family?
The black family became more like the typical white family, with men as the breadwinners and women as the homemakers
Which of the following is true of a typical sharecropping contract?
The contract often resulted in an imposed type of economic slavery
Which statement accurately describes the crop-lien system or sharecropping system?
The system kept many sharecroppers in a state of constant debt and poverty
Which of the following best describes the Radical Republicans who came to power in 1866?
They fully embraced the expanded powers of the federal government born during the Civil War
Carpetbaggers were northern-born Republicans in the South during Reconstruction
True
The Compromise of 1877 effectively ended Reconstruction
True
Most of those termed "scalawags" during Reconstruction had been
non-slaveholding white farmers from the southern upcountry prior to the Civil War
What was the purpose of the southern Black Codes imposed immediately after the Civil War ended?
to allow the arrest of freedmen who failed to sign yearly labor contracts on vagrancy charges
What was the purpose of the Fourteenth Amendment?
to specifically define who would be guaranteed equal treatment under the Constitution