HY201: Chapter 15
as early as 1863, Lincoln proposed a plan for restoring southern state governments based on _____ percent of the voting population of 1860 taking a loyalty oath to the Union.
10
the state laws that existed between 1865 and 1867 subjecting former slaves to a series of special regulations and restrictions on their freedom were known as ...
Black Codes.
the federal agency designed to assist former slaves in making the economic adjustment to freedom was known as the ...
Freedmen's Bureau.
by the end of Grant's presidency, which of the following was not of the three southern states that remained in republican control?
Georgia
by the late 1870's, the Democrats or so-called "_______________" had taken over southern governments and reimposed the principles of white supremacy.
Redeemers
which southern state was the only southern state to ratify the 14th amendment in 1867?
Tennessee
which of the following is an INCORRECT match?
Wade-Davis Bill -- Embodied presidential reconstruction
the Hayes/Tilden election of 1876 was decided by ...
a bi-partisan Electoral Commission appointed by Congress.
which of the following would NOT be considered a "meaning of freedom" among the former slaves?
all answers were considered a "meaning of freedom" for former slaves.
congressional republicans who objected to Johnson's implementation of reconstruction ...
all of the above.
during the time that Andrew Johnson controlled reconstruction,
all of the above.
Lincoln's plan for reconstruction reflected his intention to bring the rebellious southern states back into the union as a group. T or F?
false
although the KKK was most certainly a domestic terrorist organization, most of its victims were guilty of assaulting white women either physically, sexually, or verbally. T or F?
false
before his assassination, Lincoln made it clear that he would promote African American equality in the South. T or F?
false
feminists actively supported the ratification of the fifteenth amendment because they thought it would help women achieve the vote. T or F?
false
in Lincoln's second inaugural address, he called for "total welfare" to destroy the Confederacy's will to resist. T or F?
false
like Abraham Lincoln, his successor, Andrew Johnson, opposed slavery on moral grounds. T or F?
false
military rule in the south during Reconstruction involved hundreds of thousands of troops so that every town or city with 2,500 citizens became home to at least one regiment of soldiers. T or F?
false
most radical republicans in the north believed that African Americans were the equals of whites. T or F?
false
republican support for the fifteenth amendment was motivated solely by their desire for political gain. T or F?
false
the Radical Republicans in Congress successfully impeached Andrew Johnson and ousted him from office. T or F?
false
the legacy of Reconstruction is a legacy of failure. T or F?
false
most congressional republicans believed ...
former Confederates should not play a role in Reconstruction governments.
the first reconstruction act of 1867 ...
guaranteed the freedmen the right to vote in southern elections while at the same time disfranchising many whites who had supported the constitution.
during Reconstruction, African Americans ...
lived in a divided society.
the legacy of Reconstruction for most African Americans was ...
poverty and discrimination.
in 1869, investors Jay Gould and Jim Fisk worded with President Grant's brother-in-law in an effort to reap profits by ...
purchasing massive quantities of gold on the open market to drive up the pice.
Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction plan ...
returned the South to its prewar system minus the institution of slavery.
which of the following was not a scandal that rocked the Grant administration?
the Enforcement Act scandal
what piece of early Reconstruction legislation required fifty percent of Southern voters to take an oath of loyalty to the Union before the Southern states could regain states?
the Wade-Davis Bill
which of the following cannot be considered a success of the reconstruction?
the establishment of Jim Crow laws which protected African Americans by separating them from white southerners who meant them harm.
one of the greatest accomplishments of the Reconstruction governments in the South was ...
the establishment of public school systems.
which of the following were southern states required to do to re-enter the union under Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction?
they had to acknowledge African American freedom and the abolition of slavery.
Former Union General and President in the 1872 supported a broader extension of amnesty to all former Confederates and their re-enfranchisement. T or F?
true
by assassinating Abraham Lincoln in 1865, John Wilkes Booth unwittingly opened the path for a more punitive approach toward southern reconstruction imposed by the U.S. T or F?
true
the KKK's attacks on southern black men also affected southern white women by re-establishing them as individuals in need of protection. T or F?
true
the main purpose of the Ku Klux Klan in the south was to violently overthrow the republican state governments there. T or F?
true
under Johnson's plan for Reconstruction, the southern states had the potential to re-enter the Union stronger politically than they had been when they seceded. T or F?
true
in Johnson's "Restoration" plan, which group had the most difficult time securing pardons?
wealthy southern planters
which of the following states regarding the overthrow of Radical Reconstruction in the south is not accurate?
white control of most of the land, most of the employment opportunities, & most of the money and credit in the south insured that many African Americans would be forced to support politicians and enactments that did not benefit them.
which of the following groups was NOT part of the southern coalition supporting Radical Reconstruction?
white planters
