Chapter 11: Reconstruction Test
In the years after the Civil War, most freedmen ended up working as? in domestic(maids, butlers, cooks) and service jobs. as factory workers in the south as sharecroppers As farmers on land they owned
as sharecroppers
The Reconstruction policies of the Radical Republicans were probably motivated by? hopes for Republican power in the South. a humanitarian concern for the former slaves. bitterness over having to fight the costly war.
bitterness over having to fight the costly war.
To impeach a president means to be placed in jail be re-installed in office remove him from office bring him up on charges stop him from running for office again
bring him up on charges
The main goal of the former slaves who took advantage of the Freedman's Bureau was to punish their former masters close gap between black & white move west to start a new life return to Africa
close gap between black & white
The "grandfather clause"? determined whether or not an ex-slave was a freedman. denied black Americans the right to vote in the South. required federal troops to supervise voting in Southern elections. resulted in the election of Rutherford B. Hayes in 1876.
denied black Americans the right to vote in the South.
The Tenure of Office Act declared that the president needed the consent of the Senate in order to dismiss high government officials hire new government officials veto a bill send federal troops to protect voters
dismiss high government officials
The purpose of the Freedman's Bureau was to? get radical Republicans in positions of power in the South. work against the Black Codes. provide 40 acres and a mule for each slave gain the vote for the freed slave. educate the former slaves, thus aiding their adjustment to freedom
educate the former slaves, thus aiding their adjustment to freedom
The Thirteenth Amendment established? end of slavery the right to vote for the ex-slaves women's right to vote the two-term presidency
end of slavery
The North interpreted Black Codes as? evidence that the South sought to keep freemen in an economically dependent and legally inferior status. dangerous experiment by the South that could lead to social equality for blacks in the North. evidence that the South, by granting limited rights such as allowing jury service, was slowly accommodating to an improved status for former slaves a realistic solution by the South to the problems created by sudden emancipation.
evidence that the South sought to keep freemen in an economically dependent and legally inferior status.
Reconstruction came to an end following the withdrawal of federal troops at the start of Grant's first term in office b after a Democratic candidate was elected president as soon as the 13th Amendment was passed
following the withdrawal of federal troops
All of the following were possible targets of the KKK except scalawags former plantation owners carpetbaggers freedmen
former plantation owners
Poor whites who could not read were allowed to vote because of the grandfather clause force acts civil rights act poll tax literacy test
grandfather clause
In order to end military reconstruction in their states, southern legislatures were required to ratify the 14th Amendment and write new constitutions that gave freed slaves ownership of 40 acres of land denounced the Confederacy guaranteed former slaves the right to vote freed all slaves
guaranteed former slaves the right to vote
The outcome of the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson would win many people over to his cause for a fast easy reunification he survived impeachment and as a result would see a rise in his power over Congress he was removed from office he survived impeachment and would be ineffective for the rest of his term in office
he survived impeachment and would be ineffective for the rest of his term in office
The goal of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution were to ease the burden of reconstruction on white southerners. keep black Americans as slaves end reconstruction help black Americans achieve equal rights
help black Americans achieve equal rights
The black codes developed by southern states were designed to keep freed slaves subordinate to whites help former slaves receive an education required freed slaves to vote for southern candidates help former slaves obtain farmland
keep freed slaves subordinate to whites
Carpetbaggers were northern Republicans who moved to the South became Democrats and worked against the war in the North were poor tenant farmers voted to impeach Pres. Johnson
moved to the South
The job of Reconstruction was finally finished once the troops were pulled from the South not until the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s with Military Reconstruction with the passage of the Reconstruction amendments to the Constitution
once the troops were pulled from the South
Southern state governments tried to weaken the governments reconstruction plan by refusing to hire African American workers convening constitutional conventions refusing to pay the war debt passing the black codes
passing the black codes
The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution was important because it? prohibited any state from denying an American citizen the right to vote based on race/ethnic background, color, or having previously been a slave provided for the former slaves to become citizens and with equal protection udner the law prohibited slavery within the United States. prohibited any state from denying women the right to vote.
provided for the former slaves to become citizens and with equal protection udner the law
After the Civil War, a group of Republicans called the Radicals wanted to help southern Democrats take control of the government stop black Americans from voting punish the South help southern whites keep their land
punish the South
In 1867, Secretary of State Seward accomplished an enduring success in foreign relations for the Johnson administration when he? commissioned the building of an all-new ironclad navy. recognized the independent republic of Hawaii purchased Alaska from Russia obtained aid for Cuba
purchased Alaska from Russia
During reconstruction, the President and Congress disagreed over abolishing slavery allowing southern cities to rebuild readmitting southern states back into the Union allowing women to vote
readmitting southern states back into the Union
Reconstruction ended in 1877 when removed all of the federal troops from the South passage of the Black Codes passage of the 13th amendment passage of the Military Reconstruction Act
removed all of the federal troops from the South
At the end of the war the freedmen were all of the following except skilled uneducated owned no property had no money nice try Nepolitan the freedmen were all of the above
skilled
During Reconstruction, a major economic development in the South was the rise of large-scale commercial farming emergence of the cotton economy decline of the textile industry spread of sharecropping creation of large commercial and banking centers
spread of sharecropping
The image most strongly supports the argument that Reconstruction (insert image) led to the unfair punishment of White Southerners by the North involved unconstitutional abuses of government power encouraged large-scale rebellions by former slaves temporarily altered race relations in the South
temporarily altered race relations in the South
At the end of the Civil War and through the process of Reconstruction, most white southerners felt that is was wrong that they had broken away from the Union thought that the southern leaders should be punished for getting them involved in the war. that is was right that they broke away from the Union did not really care and wanted to get on with life
that is was right that they broke away from the Union
Dividing the South into military districts was part of Pres. Johnson's plan the plan of the Freedman's Bureau to provide for the former slaves the final plan for reconstruction the southern plan for reconstruction
the final plan for reconstruction
What two issues lay at the heart of Reconstruction? which party would gain the power, and how the government could regulate the economy. whether the federal or state government was ultimately sovereign, and whether Africa-Americans or Native Americans were the most oppressed minority group. rebuilding the North's shattered economy and restoring the South's shattered society the future of political and economic power for freed slaves, and the future of North-South economic and political relations
the future of political and economic power for freed slaves, and the future of North-South economic and political relations
Seward's Folly refers to the purchase of Alaska the Wade-Davis Bill Seward's working with Congress to trap Johnson into violating the Tenure of Office Act Military Reconstruction
the purchase of Alaska
The purpose of the 15th Amendment to the Constitution was to give male black Americans a free public education citizenship in the state which the lived as well as the nation the right to vote the right to be free from slavery
the right to vote
Sharecroppers rarely got ahead because they rarely got out of debt they managed their money very poorly the southern climate did not favor farming they had few farming skills
they rarely got out of debt
The most important goal for the freed African Americans was owning land gaining an education travel to find family taking part in politics revenge against former masters
travel to find family
The main reason Pres Johnson was impeached was because he denied southern senators and representatives their seat in Congress violated the Civil Rights Act of 1866 sent troops into the south violated the Tenure of Office Act
violated the Tenure of Office Act
Under President Andrew Johnson, presidential Reconstruction? was viewed as too soft on the south and Congress would take over control of the process agreed to the views of Congressional leaders. would implement a harsher program on the South than Lincoln had called for. made it possible for former high-ranking Confederates to assume positions of power in the reconstructed southern governments
was viewed as too soft on the south and Congress would take over control of the process
Which of the following best describes the defeat of the Ku Klux Klan? Justice Department used the Force Acts to put an end to Klan activity public outcry against Klan activities forced the Klan to disband. the Justice Department, prosecuting under the Civil Rights Act of 1866, threw most of the Klan leaders in jail, thus breaking the back of the movement. militias formed by the Radical regimes in the southern states chased the Klan from the cities and its membership then quickly declined.
Justice Department used the Force Acts to put an end to Klan activity
During Reconstruction, which of following was a change that took place in the South? Many African Americans found manufacturing employment. Many White Southerners supported African Americans' rights. African Americans favored the Democratic Party. African Americans were able to exercise political rights.
African Americans were able to exercise political rights.
At the end of the Civil War the nation faced four major questions - which of the following was not one of them How would the south be re-built? How would the former slaves fare(get by)? Who would direct the process of Reconstruction? How would the Northern states be re-admitted to the Union? trick question all were problems facing the nation at the end of the war
How would the Northern states be re-admitted to the Union?
What impact did southern resistance to Johnson's plan have on the US government? It drove a wedge between Congress and the Supreme Court. It increased the power of the Radical Republicans in Congress It increased the power of the President It weakened the Senate
It increased the power of the Radical Republicans in Congress
How did the Ku Klux Klan affect the South during reconstruction It reversed reconstruction in the South It helped to speed up reconstruction in the South It strengthened the African Americans fight for civil rights It enabled the Radical Republicans to gain power in the South.
It reversed reconstruction in the South
The black codes were most alarming to Northern Republicans all whites Southern Democrats former slave owners
Northern Republicans
"It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address, November 1863After 1863, which of the following most fulfilled the "new birth of freedom" that the excerpt refers to? The compromise that resolved the election of 1876 Supreme Court rulings such as Plessy v. Ferguson(separate but equally was allowed) Establishment of the Ku Klux Klan and similar organizations Ratification of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments
Ratification of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments
All of the following were passed by Congress to weaken southern resistance to reconstruction except the Tenure of Office Act Military Reconstruction Act of 1867 14th Amendment Force Acts
Tenure of Office Act
"The question is simply this: can a negro whose ancestors were imported into this country and sold as slaves become a member of the political community formed and brought into existence by the Constitution of the United States, and as such become entitled to all the rights, and privileges, and immunities, guaranteed by that instrument to the citizen, one of which rights is the privilege of suing in a court of the United States in the cases specified in the Constitution? . . . It is the judgment of this court that it appears . . . that the plaintiff in error is not a citizen . . . in the sense in which that word is used in the Constitution."United States Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, Dred Scott v. Sandford, 1857. Which of the following invalidated the decision in the excerpt? The 14th Amedment The 13th Amendment The 15th Amendment
The 14th Amedment
