109 Us History Quiz Chapter 15

The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution:

prohibited federal and state governments from denying any citizen the vote because of race. guaranteed freed slaves citizenship. ended slavery and indentured servitude. made the income tax constitutional

Which of the following was not a widespread activity among newly emancipated blacks?

seeking to obtain land of their own learning how to read and write moving about just to get the feel of freedom moving to the North in search of greater freedom and opportunity

Radical Republicans in the Reconstruction era shared the view that:

the Union victory created a golden opportunity to institutionalize the principal of equal rights for all, regardless of race. the government should minimize its involvement in the economy and allow laissez-faire to flourish. sought the repatriation of expatriate fugitives. allied themselves with the president in an effort to bring about ?0Òfreedom and justice for all.?1Ó

Which were central elements in the lives of postemancipation blacks in the twenty years following the end of the Civil War?

the family, the corporations, the university the family, the church, the school the boss, the cabin, the library the boss, the library, the farm

Which of the following was not a major cause of the decline of Reconstruction?

the use of fraud and terror to prevent blacks from voting or running for office a deepening of 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

In the aftermath of the Civil War, the black church was a powerful influence in the South; what two denominations commanded the largest African-American following?

Catholic and Protestant Episcopalian and Presbyterian Baptist and Methodist Lutheran and Church of Chris

Who among the following was not a leader of the Radical Republicans?

Charles Sumner Thaddeus Stevens Andrew Johnson Benjamin Wade

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

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Black Codes denied black Americans the right to testify against whites, serve on juries or in state militias, or vote.

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During Reconstruction, some 2,000 African-Americans held public office, among them fourteen in the United States House of Representatives and two U.S. senators.

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During the 1872 elections, the Liberal Republicans argued that Reconstruction was a failure.

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In consequence of the 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.

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Robert Smalls, a black representative in the United States House of Representatives, was elected to five terms in Congress

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Some 700 blacks sat in state legislatures during Reconstruction

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The Bargain of 1877 marked the formal end to Reconstruction.

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The Black Codes were laws passed by southern Republicans to promote black rights.

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The KKK was founded in 1866 as a social club in Tennessee and served, in effect, as a military arm of the Democratic Party.

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

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

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

The Reconstruction Act The Fourteenth Amendment The Civil Rights Act The Tenure of Office Act

Which was not true of Liberal Republicans in the post-Civil War era?

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.

Sharecropping

allowed a black family to rent part of a plantation, with the crop divided between worker and owner at the end of the year. meant that black families shared their crops with each other, especially in times of hardship or drought. was a method of harvesting crops such that the soil was left intact for next year's planting. was a government-led economic initiative that sought to have people share the wealth in rural towns and in the countryside.

In the summer of 1865, President Andrew Johnson ordered nearly all land in federal hands:

be given to freed blacks. be given to poor blacks and whites. be given to the railroads. be returned to its former owners.

In the five years following the end of the Civil War, former slaves were guaranteed the following in three amendments to the United States Constitution:

forty acres and a mule; education; and equality the right to marry anyone of their choosing; freedom of assembly; land freedom from slavery; recognition as citizens; the vote for adult black men forty acres; education; and equal justice under law

One of the main purposes of the Freedmen's Bureau was to:

induce former slaves to work for free, at least until they had proved their usefulness to potential employers. ensure a fair and viable system of labor relations between former slaves and former slaveholders. encourage whites to work for blacks, as a way to deepen interracial understanding. encourage freedpeople to move out West, where they could make a new start.