WHS AP US History Ch 15

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. insisted that the Confederacy had no legal right to exist.

The story of 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. involved a larger conspiracy to kill other members of the administration.

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. was aimed at reducing white repression of blacks in the South.

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 less hours than the white labor force.

B. significantly fewer hours than had been the case during slavery.

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. was designed to limit President Andrew Johnson's authority.

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. entered the White House with no political experience.

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. promoted Southern industry and railroad development.

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. the candidate with the most popular votes fail to get elected.

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. required new state governments in the South to give voting rights to black males.

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. was a very common occupation of former slaves.

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. both independence from white control, and land reform. E. All these answers are correct.

E. All these answers are correct.

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. All these answers are correct.

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. the federal government had better enforced the laws designed to assist blacks.

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

E. the number of white voters required to take loyalty oaths before setting up a state government.

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. Southern white Republicans.

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

A. distributed food to millions of Southern blacks

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 white farmers. E. saw interest rates rise as high as 20 or 30 percent.

A. encouraged the planting of cash crops

During Reconstruction, the Southern school system A. eventually reached forty 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. eventually reached forty percent of all black children.

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. involved complaints by the United States against England.

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. All these answers are correct.

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. called for tacit acceptance of the emerging system of racial segregation.

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. decreased for whites and blacks.

In the 1860s, 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. designed to give whites control over freedmen.

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 live under the tenant system.

E. saw the great majority of farmers live under the tenant system.

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. underrepresented the total number of blacks living in the South.

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. was the nation's worst economic depression to that time.