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which amendment banned slavery and indentured servitude

13th amendment

At the end of the Civil War, the number of slaves that emerged from bondage was

4million

. 23. During Reconstruction, the Southern school system A. eventually reached 40 percent of all black children. B. did not allow blacks to be teachers. C. initially were not segregated. D. only offered primary instruction. E. barely reached any children of former slaves.

a

. All of the following were involved in scandals during the Grant administration EXCEPT A. President Ulysses Grant. B. Secretary of War William Belknap. C. Vice President Schuyler Colfax. D. Treasury Secretary Benjamin Bristow. E. None of these answers is correct; all were involved in scandals.

a

. In the South, during the last quarter of the nineteenth century A. the South's share of national manufacturing doubled. B. the South became more dependent on agriculture than ever. C. per capita income fell sharply. D. most industrial growth came from coal mining. E. average income reached 80 percent of that in the North.

a

. In the final days of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln A. insisted that the Confederacy had no legal right to exist. B. argued it best to readmit the Confederate states to the Union without condition. C. called on the Confederacy to negotiate a peace treaty with the United States. D. met with Jefferson Davis in Richmond, Virginia. E. declared that the Confederate government must repudiate its constitution

a

After Reconstruction, political power under Southern "Redeemers" A. was very often restricted and conservative. B. typically relied on raising taxes for its funding. C. increased state services for the poor. D. ignored the interests of industrialists. E. helped consolidate the "Solid South" for the Republican Party.

a

Congressional passage of the Enforcement Acts in 1870-1871 A. was aimed at reducing white repression of blacks in the South. B. was designed to support the Black Codes. C. was vetoed by President Ulysses Grant. D. gave legal protection to the Ku Klux Klan. E. allowed white Southerners to maintain a police state.

a

During Reconstruction, the term scalawags referred to A. Southern white Republicans. B. free black Southerners. C. Southerners who moved north. D. white Southerners who still embraced their former affiliation with the Confederacy. E. Northerners who moved south.

a

During the Johnson administration, the United States acquired A. Alaska. B. Hawaii. C. Guam. D. the Virgin Islands. E. Puerto Rico

a

In the South, the crop-lien system A. encouraged the planting of cash crops. B. nearly disappeared during Reconstruction. C. led to crop diversification. D. was generally imposed on blacks, but not on white farmers. E. saw interest rates rise as high as 20 or 30 percent.

a

Jim Crow laws A. imposed a system of state-supported segregation. B. attacked the problem of lynching. C. led immediately to a dramatic black exodus from the South. D. challenged white redeemer rule in the South. E. did not apply to public parks, beaches, or picnic areas.

a

The Freedmen's Bureau A. distributed food to millions of former slaves. B. pushed for voting rights for former male slaves. C. gave forty acres of land and a mule to millions of former slaves. D. was created to operate for only five years. E. created millions of federal public works jobs for former slaves.

a

The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln A. involved a larger conspiracy to kill other members of the administration. B. saw John Wilkes Booth convicted of the murder of the president. C. brought a Radical Republican to the presidency. D. was intended to bring Andrew Johnson into the presidency. E. had been planned at the highest levels of the Confederate government.

a

The most effective weapon used by Southern whites to undermine Reconstruction was A. economic pressure. B. preventing blacks from voting. C. intimidation. D. political action. E. boycott

a

. During Reconstruction, the black labor force worked A. approximately the same number of hours as during slavery. B. significantly fewer hours than had been the case during slavery. C. more hours than had been the case during slavery. D. significantly more hours than the white labor force. E. significantly fewer hours than the white labor force.

b

. In 1865, southern whites defined "freedom" as A. the right to use federal assistance to recover from the Civil War. B. controlling their future without northern interference. C. the right of southern states to remain outside of the Union. D. the removal of freed blacks from their states. E. monetary compensation for lost slaves

b

. The Tenure of Office Act A. gave the Senate the power to appoint members of the president's cabinet. B. was designed to limit President Andrew Johnson's authority. C. was roundly condemned by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. D. was both designed to limit President Andrew Johnson's authority and roundly condemned by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. E. None of these answers is correct.

b

Among his ideas, Booker T. Washington A. rejected the ideology of the "New South creed." B. favored industrial over classical education. C. called on the federal government to offer job training for blacks. D. proposed an exodus of blacks from the South to the West. E. argued that blacks spent too much time trying to impress the white middle class.

b

As Republicans planned for Reconstruction, A. Conservatives sought many conditions to readmit the former Confederate states. B. Radicals sought a range of punishments for white southerners. C. President Lincoln suggested that no conditions be put on the former Confederate states. D. no thought had been given to the task until the war had ended. E. Moderates believed the South should be readmitted without any concessions on black rights

b

As president, Rutherford B. Hayes A. refused to make political compromises with Democrats. B. promised to serve only one term. C. helped to unify Republicans and Democrats. D. called for a modest expansion of Reconstruction programs. E. promised to take the South back from the "Redeemers."

b

During Reconstruction, there was a dramatic improvement in Southern A. transportation. B. education. C. industry. D. banking. E. agriculture.

b

The Alabama claims A. saw the United States refuse to pay Alabama for losses incurred during the Civil War. B. involved complaints by the United States against England. C. ended an experiment in black landownership. D. marked a renewed effort in asserting the rights of states over federal authority. E. were found by the Supreme Court to invalidate Radical Reconstruction

b

12. The Fourteenth Amendment A. ended slavery throughout the United States. B. gave voting rights to all male Americans. C. gave citizenship rights to all people born in the United States. D. was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. E. was written in such a way as to appease the woman's suffrage movement

c

Advocates of the "New South" A. opposed using Northern capital. B. discouraged white women from working outside of the home. C. promoted Southern industry and railroad development. D. challenged the assumptions of white supremacy. E. in fact advocated a return to the plantation system of the antebellum South.

c

After the Civil War, most Southern black women A. did field work. B. played a role in the family that was very different from that of white women. C. engaged in income-producing activities. D. did not hold a job outside the home. E. still could not marry with any legal standing.

c

As a result of the Supreme Court's ruling in Ex parte Milligan, Radical Republicans A. reduced the number of justices on the Court. B. established military tribunals in additional Southern states. C. proposed abolishing the Court. D. tempered many of their Reconstruction plans. E. ended military tribunals in favor of civil courts.

c

In 1868, Ulysses S. Grant A. was nominated by both the Republican and Democratic parties. B. won a huge victory. C. entered the White House with no political experience. D. relied on many of his former military advisors to join his administration. E. ran against Republican Reconstruction policies.

c

The Supreme Court ruled in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) that A. communities could have schools for whites only if there were no schools for blacks. B. the Fourteenth Amendment was unconstitutional. C. racial segregation was legal if whites and blacks had equal "accommodations." D. private institutions were exempt from laws against racial discrimination. E. segregation by race in education was inherently unconstitutional.

c

The Wade-Davis Bill A. essentially followed President Lincoln's Reconstruction plans. B. was criticized by Conservative Republicans for being too mild. C. called for the disenfranchisement of leading Confederates. D. denied reentry into the Union by former Confederate states for ten years. E. quickly became the law of the land.

c

The elections of 1876 saw A. the Supreme Court decide the presidential election. B. a Democrat become president for the first time since the Civil War. C. the candidate with the most popular votes fail to get elected. D. Ulysses Grant make an unsuccessful bid for an unprecedented third term. E. the governor of New York become president.

c

. As president, Andrew Johnson A. quickly sided with the Radical Republicans. B. proposed delaying the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment. C. long delayed in presenting his own plans for Reconstruction. D. offered amnesty to Southerners who pledged their loyalty to the United States. E. argued the South should be readmitted to the Union without conditions.

d

After the Civil War, most poor rural Southerners relied on credit from A. local banks. B. the federal government. C. Northern financial institutions. D. country stores. E. state governments.

d

At the end of the Civil War, the number of slaves in the United States was A. about 800,000. B. about one million. C. about two and a half million. D. about three and a half million E. almost six million

d

Black sharecropping A. represented a continuation of the pre-Civil War gang-labor system. B. differed sharply from the tenant system. C. usually led to economic independence. D. was a very common occupation of former slaves. E. involved close white supervision, which recalled the days of slavery.

d

During Reconstruction, most "carpetbaggers" were A. white Southerners who moved to the North. B. freedmen who moved out of the South. C. former confederates who moved to the West. D. Northern white veterans who moved to the South. E. Northern politicians who took offices in Southern states.

d

In 1867, congressional plans for Reconstruction A. were rejected by every former Confederate state. B. replaced federal military commanders in the South with civilian leaders. C. granted forty acres of land to every adult male former slave. D. required new state governments in the South to give voting rights to black males. E. required that state legislatures ratify the Thirteenth Amendment.

d

In the 1890s, the black journalist Ida B. Wells devoted her writing to attacking A. the legality of segregation. B. restrictions on black education. C. the loss of black voting rights. D. the crime of lynching. E. the arguments of Booker T. Washington

d

. In 1865, southern blacks defined "freedom" as A. independence from white control. B. acquiring the legal rights to live as did whites. C. land reform. D. independence from white control, and land reform. E. All these answers are correct

e

. In 1868, President Andrew Johnson was impeached because he A. violated the Tenure of Office Act. B. offered political opposition to Radical Republicans. C. dismissed Edwin Stanton from office. D. both violated the Tenure of Office Act and dismissed Edwin Stanton from office. E. All these answers are correct.

e

. In the 1860s, the Black Codes were A. holdovers from the antebellum era that were repealed by Southern state governments. B. passed by Congress to govern former Confederate states. C. enacted by the Freedmen's Bureau to give freed blacks voting rights. D. vetoed by President Andrew Johnson. E. designed to give whites control over freedmen

e

At the conclusion of President Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial, A. a majority of Senators voted to acquit. B. Johnson resigned from office just prior to the vote. C. every Senate Republican voted to convict. D. Johnson was convicted and then pardoned by the Senate. E. Johnson was spared conviction by one vote.

e

Congressional Reconstruction might have been more effective if A. the federal government had not involved itself with redistributing income. B. the federal government had not passed the Enforcement Acts. C. Radical Republicans had not put Jefferson Davis on trial for treason. D. the Freedmen's Bureau had been ended sooner. E. the federal government had better enforced the laws designed to assist blacks.

e

During Reconstruction, Southern African American officeholders A. filled as many as five seats in the United States Senate. B. were excluded from state constitutional conventions. C. did not serve in the federal Congress or Senate. D. rarely engaged in illegal political activities. E. underrepresented the total number of blacks living in the South.

e

During Reconstruction, per capita income for Southerners A. rose for blacks. B. rose for whites. C. declined for whites. D. rose for blacks and whites. E. rose for blacks and declined for whites.

e

During Reconstruction, regarding land ownership in the South, A. the Freedman's Bureau distributed millions of acres of land to freedmen. B. most plantations abandoned during the Civil War remained vacant. C. ownership by both whites and blacks increased. D. the federal government vigorously acted to confiscate land owned by former Confederates. E. ownership by whites declined, while ownership by blacks increased

e

During the last quarter of the nineteenth century, Southern agriculture A. saw a significant diversification of its crops. B. saw a decline in absentee ownership of farmland. C. regained the profitability it had prior to the Civil War. D. saw a deceleration of the processes begun in the postwar years. E. saw the great majority of farmers living under the tenant system.

e

In President Abraham Lincoln's plan for the South, "10 percent" referred to the A. area of land in each state that should be reserved for former slaves. B. ratio of federal to state money to be spent in rebuilding the Southern economy. C. ratio of federal troops to freed slaves in each Southern state. D. percentage of freed slaves who must be given the vote before setting up a state government. E. number of white voters required to take loyalty oaths before setting up a state government.

e

In his 1895 "Atlanta Compromise" speech, Booker T. Washington A. called for political and civil rights for black Americans. B. criticized the federal government for abandoning Southern blacks. C. argued that blacks should honor their African forebears. D. stated that blacks should give up in seeking equality with whites. E. called for tacit acceptance of the emerging system of racial segregation.

e

In the 1890s, pressure in the South to restrict black voting rights came from A. poor white farmers. B. wealthy southerners. C. advocates of Jim Crow. D. both poor white farmers and wealthy Southerners. E. All these answers are correct.

e

In the 1890s, voting percentages in the South A. increased for blacks only. B. increased for whites only. C. declined for blacks only. D. increased for whites and declined for blacks. E. decreased for whites and blacks.

e

National support for Reconstruction was undermined by A. the adoption of the Fifteenth Amendment. B. the growing political strength of Democrats. C. the Panic of 1873. D. perceptions of black-and-carpetbag misgovernment in the South. E. All these answers are correct.

e

The Fifteenth Amendment dealt with the issue of A. slavery. B. citizenship. C. cruel and unusual punishment. D. income tax. E. suffrage

e

The Panic of 1873 A. began after the Southern crop-lien system collapsed. B. saw Republicans call on Grant to go off the gold standard. C. saw President Grant favor putting more paper currency into circulation. D. began after revelations of corruption in the Grant administration. E. was the nation's worst economic depression to that time

e


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