Intro To African American History Test 3

The Confederates killed __________ black troops in the Fort Pillow Massacre.

300

Battery Wagner guarded the entrance to the __________ Harbor.

Charleston

What did the Fourteenth Amendment accomplish?

It made all people born in the United States citizens.

Which of the following was true of the Union's decision to enlist black soldiers?

It was assumed that they would serve in segregated units.

What was done to help quell the violence that broke out in the South in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War?

Little effort was made to stop the violence.

Which of the following made the implementation of Radical Reconstruction possible?

Republican victories in the 1866 congressional election

Who won the popular vote in the election of 1876?

Samuel Tilden

The outcome of the election of 1876 centered on the resolution of disputed outcomes in Florida, Louisiana, and _________.

South Carolina

Which of the following occurred shortly after Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation?

Tens of thousands of slaves liberated themselves.

What eventually happened to the First South Carolina Volunteers?

They were eventually inducted into the U.S. Army.

Hiram Revels was elected __________ in Mississippi.

U.S. senator

By 1875, white Democrats had regained authority in __________.

Virginia

Where was the Klan most active and violent?

York County, South Carolina

The 1862 Morrill Land-Grant Act provided funds for __________.

agricultural and mechanical colleges

The Militia Act of 1862 __________.

authorized Lincoln to enlist African Americans

In early 1862, Lincoln sought to convince leaders in the border states to accept __________.

compensated emancipation

The overall purpose of the black codes was to __________.

create a racial hierarchy as close to slavery as possible

During Reconstruction, Republicans __________.

created statewide systems of public education

The 1865 southern constitutional conventions __________.

denied black people political and civil rights

Soon after the war, Andrew Johnson __________.

granted amnesty and pardons to most Confederates

After the Civil War, most former slaves __________.

organized their own churches

The Fifteenth Amendment __________.

protected the voting rights of black men

Lincoln was determined to avoid __________.

provoking Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri into leaving the Union

By the mid-1870s, many northern white Republicans had lost interest in __________.

rights for black people

Radical Republicans focused on __________.

securing voting rights for black men

As soon as slavery ended, many ex-slaves __________.

set out to find family members who had been sold

Lincoln believed that ________ was more important than any other war objective.

the preservation of the Union

Under the terms of Special Field Order #15, each black family received 40 acres of land and __________.

the use of an army mule

What was the main purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau?

to help newly freed slaves transition to freedom

What was the intent of General Order 11?

to protect black soldiers from Confederate abuse

The Confederates refused to __________.

treat African Americans as legitimate soldiers

The Enforcement Acts were passed in direct response to __________.

white violence against African Americans and white Republicans

In exchange for Democratic support in the constitutional crisis created by the disputed outcome of the election of 1876, Rutherford B. Hayes ________.

withdrew the last federal troops from the South