Reconstruction MC

Andrew Johnson was named Lincoln's second-term vice president because A) he championed a strong federal government. B) he would politically attract War Democrats and pro-Union southerners. C) he would appeal to the hard-drinking anti-temperance vote. D) he had been an effective Republican leader for years. E) President Lincoln admired his personal integrity and courage.

B) he would politically attract War Democrats and pro-Union southerners.

Radical Reconstruction state governments A) did little of value. B) passed much desirable legislation and badly needed reforms. C) were more corrupt than Northern state governments. D) had all of their reforms repealed by the all-white "redeemer governments." E) failed to address the issue of education.

B) passed much desirable legislation and badly needed reforms.

The Fourteenth Amendment A) required former Confederate states to pay their war debts. B) prohibited ex-Confederate leaders from holding public office. C) guaranteed freed slaves the right to vote. D) met all the demands of the radical Republicans. E) made women as well as blacks U.S. citizens.

B) prohibited ex-Confederate leaders from holding public office.

Radical congressional Reconstruction of the South finally ended when A) the South accepted the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments. B) the last federal troops were removed in 1877. C) President Johnson was not reelected in 1868. D) the Supreme Court ruled in Ex parte Milligan that military tribunals could not try civilians. E) blacks showed they could defend their rights without federal intervention.

B) the last federal troops were removed in 1877.

The Black Codes provided for all of the following except A) a ban on jury service by blacks. B) voting by blacks C) a bar on blacks from renting land. D) punishment of blacks for idleness E) fines for blacks who jumped labor contracts.

B) voting by blacks

The official charge that the House of Representatives used to impeach President Johnson was his A) highly partisan "swing around the circle" in 1866. B) readmission of Southern states without seriously reconstructing them. C) dismissal of Secretary of War Stanton contrary to the Tenure of Office Act. D) apparent sympathy with the Ku Klux Klan. E) veto of the Freedmen's Bureau bill.

C) dismissal of Secretary of War Stanton contrary to the Tenure of Office Act.

Blacks in the South relied on the Union League to A) help them escape to the North during the Civil War. B) provide them with relief payments until the Freedmen's Bureau was established. C) educate them on their civic duties. D) gain admittance to the Union Army. E) protect them from the Ku Klux Klan.

C) educate them on their civic duties.

In 1867 Secretary of State Seward achieved the Johnson administration's greatest success in foreign relations when he A) commissioned the building of an all-new ironclad navy. B) recognized the independent republic of Hawaii. C) purchased Alaska from Russia. D) acquired the former Dominican Republic as an American territory. E) established friendly relations with the newly independent Dominion of Canada.

C) purchased Alaska from Russia.

The "Exodusters" westward mass migration to Kansas finally faltered when A) homesteading on the Great Plains proved more difficult than expected.. B) the Fifteenth Amendment was passed. C) steamboat captains refused to transport more former slaves across the Mississippi. D) white Kansans passed strict segregation laws.. E) none of the above.

C) steamboat captains refused to transport more former slaves across the Mississippi.

In the 1866 congressional elections, A) President Johnson conducted a highly successful "swing around the circle" campaign tour promoting his policies. B) radicals replaced moderates as the dominant Republican faction in Congress. C) voters endorsed the congressional approach to Reconstruction. D) Republicans lost their majority control of Congress. E) a substantial number of white southern Republicans were elected to Congress.

C) voters endorsed the congressional approach to Reconstruction.

Which politician's death marked the waning of Radical Reconstruction?

Charles Sumner

Which of the following pairs identified with the Radical Republicans?

Charles Sumner; Thaddeus Stevens

Which of the following became critical community institutions for African Americans throughout the South during Reconstruction?

Chruches

Through which of the following practices did southerns avoid giving former slaves the right to vote?

Collecting poll taxes

What even is seen as bringing an end to Reconstruction?

Comprise of 1877, which resulted in President Haynes pulling troops out of the south

Under President Johnson's restoration plan, high-ranking Confederate leaders and wealthy southerners

Conserve as delegates to conventions that were called to consider ratification of the 13th amendment

Those who participated in the creation and implementation of Radical Reconstruction intended to

Create a new south with full equality and without racism

Which of the following statements describes the Freedom's Bureau, which originated in 1865?

Created by congress, it help ex-slaves adjust to freedom and secure their basic civil rights

Even though the Force Acts and the Union Army helped suppress the Ku Klux Klan, the secret organization largely achieved its central goal of A) driving the Union Army out of the South. B) preventing blacks from migrating to the West or North. C) keeping white carpetbaggers from voting. D) Intimidating blacks and undermining them politically. E) destroying the Freedmen's Bureau.

D) Intimidating blacks and undermining them politically.

All of the following were reasons the Senate voted to acquit President Andrew Johnson except A) opposition to abusing the Constitutional system of checks and balances. B) concern about the person who would become President. C) fears of creating a destabilizing period. D) Johnson promised to step down as President. E) Johnson's promise to stop obstructing Republican policies.

D) Johnson promised to step down as President.

The first and only ex-Confederate state to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment in 1866 and thus be immediately readmitted to the Union under congressional Reconstruction was A) Virginia. B) Arkansas. C) Louisiana. D) Tennessee. E) West Virginia.

D) Tennessee.

As a politician, Andrew Johnson developed a reputation as A) a supporter of the planter aristocrats. B) an opponent of slavery. C) an inspiring and calmly eloquent speaker. D) a champion of the poor whites. E) a secret Confederate sympathizer.

D) a champion of the poor whites.

In 1865, Southern A) whites quickly admitted they had been wrong in trying to secede and win Southern independence. B) whites rapidly turned their slaves into paid employees. C) blacks uniformly turned in anger and revenge against their former masters. D) blacks often began traveling to test their freedom, search for family members, and seek economic opportunity. E) blacks looked to the federal government for help.

D) blacks often began traveling to test their freedom, search for family members, and seek economic opportunity.

A primary motive for the formation of the Ku Klux Klan was A) hostility to the growing practice of interracial sex. B) anger at the corruption in Reconstruction legislatures. C) the southern desire to instigate guerrilla warfare against the occupying U.S. Army. D) the sense of brotherhood that a secret society could develop. E) white resentment of the ability and success of black legislators.

E) white resentment of the ability and success of black legislators.

BQ: What was Orwell's first wife's name?

Eileen

The Black Codes, passed by many of the Johnson-approved Southern state governments in late 1865, aimed to

Ensure a stable and subservient labor force under white control.

The radical Reconstruction regimes in the Southern states

Established public education and adopted many needed reforms.

Southern Republican state Reconstruction government pursued which of the following goals?

Expanding the legal or married women

In contrast to Radical Republicans, moderate Republicans generally

Favored states' rights and opposed direct federal involvement in individuals' lives.

The Freedman's Bureau was originally established to provide

Food, clothing, and education for emancipated slaves

Ratified in 1870, the Fifteenth Amendment

Forbids states from denying an citizen the right to vote on the grounds of race, color, and previous condition of a slaves

Which of these statements describes the status of African American women in the Reconstruction- era South?

Freed women valued their new rights to marry legally and their opportunity to create a stable family life

What was the justification for the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson?

(A) He kept a harem of women.

The Black Codes were

(A) restrictive Southern statutes passed to regulate newly freed slaves.

Who were the Exodusters?

(B) A mass migration of blacks from various southern states into Kansas in the late 1870s

Who were the so-called scalawags and carpet-baggers?

(B) Scalawags were pro-Union Southerners who participated in radical Reconstruction; carpet-baggers were Northerners who moved South seeking profit and power.

To secure the gains of the 1866 Civil Rights Bill, Congress sought to pass the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution with all of the following terms EXCEPT

(B) the right to vote.

What was the central difference between radical and moderate Republican notions of Reconstruction?

(C) Moderates wanted to limit federal intervention in the South.

What single outcome of the war had Northern Congressmen wondering who really won?

(C) The end of the Three-Fifths Compromise

The Freedmen's Bureau

(C) was established by Congress to provide food, education, and other social services to freedmen.

Which of the following was NOT a feature of presidential Reconstruction of the Union?

(D) The 50 percent Reconstruction plan

Before becoming president, Andrew Johnson had been a

(D) champion of poor farmers.

The problem with the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution was that it

(D) did not enfranchise women.

White Southerners resisted the increased empowerment of blacks in all of the following ways EXCEPT

(E) enactment of Black Codes and segregation practices.

Slaves responded to emancipation during the war years in all of the following ways EXCEPT that they

(E) married former mistresses.

All of the following were tenets of Reconstruction as adopted by Congress EXCEPT

(E) state-sponsored education and land grants to former slaves.

Lincoln's original plan for Reconstruction in 1863 was that a state could be reintegrated into the Union when

10 percent of its voters took an oath of allegiance to the Union and pledged to abide by emancipation. (10 Percent Plan)

How were President Lincoln's and Johnson's Reconstruction plans similar?

10%

Which constitutional amendment did the Supreme Court use in the 1870s to the 1890s to protect the rights of corporation- even though it had been written to protect individual rights?

14th

Which amendment gave the right to vote to African-American males?

15th

BQ: What year did Orwell's first wife die?

1945

What was the Congressional Reconstruction loyalty oath requirement?

50%

The congressional elections of 1866 resulted in a

A decisive defeat for Johnson and a veto-proof Republican Congress.

The radical Republicans' impeachment of President Andrew Johnson resulted in

A failure to convict and remove Johnson from the presidency by a margin of only one vote.

Granting suffrage to African American males caused

A split in the women's movement

Which of the following was not one of the Reconstruction era constitutional amendments? A) Twelfth B) Thirteenth C) Fourteenth D) Fifteenth E) All of the above were Reconstruction amendments.

A) Twelfth

The white South viewed the Freedmen's Bureau as A) a meddlesome federal agency that threatened to upset white racial dominance. B) an agency acceptable only because it also helped poor whites. C) a valued partner in rebuilding the South. D) more helpful in the North than the South. E) a threat to state social service agencies.

A) a meddlesome federal agency that threatened to upset white racial dominance.

The Fourteenth Amendment guaranteed A) citizenship and civil rights to freed slaves. B) land for former slaves. C) voting rights for former Confederates who had previously served in the U.S. Army. D) freed slaves the right to vote. E) education to former slaves.

A) citizenship and civil rights to freed slaves.

In his 10 percent plan for Reconstruction, President Lincoln promised A) rapid readmission of Southern states into the Union. B) former slaves the right to vote. C) the restoration of the planter aristocracy to political power. D) severe punishment of Southern political and military leaders. E) a plan to allow 10 percent of blacks to vote.

A) rapid readmission of Southern states into the Union.

The controversy surrounding the Wade-Davis Bill and the readmission of the Confederate states to the Union demonstrated A) the deep differences between President Lincoln and Congress. B) the close ties that were developing between President Lincoln and the Democrats. C) President Lincoln's desire for a harsh reconstruction plan. D) that a Congressional majority believed that the South had never legally left the Union. E) the Republicans' fear of re-admitting Confederate leaders to Congress.

A) the deep differences between President Lincoln and Congress.

In the postwar South A) the economy was utterly devastated. B) the emancipation of slaves had surprisingly little economic consequence. C) the much-feared inflation never materialized. D) industry and transportation were damaged, but Southern agriculture continued to flourish. E) poorer whites benefited from the end of plantation slavery.

A) the economy was utterly devastated.

For congressional Republicans, one of the most troubling aspects of the Southern states' quick restoration to the Union was that A) with the black population fully counted, the South would be stronger than ever in national politics. B) pro-Union southern politicians would be weak and inexperienced. C) the majority white South might be represented by black Congressmen. D) a high tariff might be reinstituted. E) slavery might be re-established.

A) with the black population fully counted, the South would be stronger than ever in national politics.

In the 1872 presidential election, the still disorganized Democratic Party

Allied with the reform minded liberal republicans

The Civil Rights Act of 1866

Asserted that all former slaves would receive equal protection under the law

Which one of the following is least related to the other three? A) scalawags B) Ku Klux Klan C) carpetbaggers D) freedmen E) Union League

B) Ku Klux Klan

The greatest achievements of the Freedmen's Bureau were in A) its distribution of land. B) education. C) the provision of food and clothing. D) helping people to find employment. E) all of the above.

B) education.

The main purpose of the Black Codes was to A) guarantee freedom for the blacks. B) ensure a stable and subservient labor supply. C) prevent interracial sex and marriage.. D) prevent blacks from becoming sharecroppers. E) create a system of justice for ex-slaves.

B) ensure a stable and subservient labor supply.

Which president refashioned U.S. Indian policy in the latter half of the nineteenth century?

Grant

Which of the following statements characteristics the women's suffrage movement after the Civil War?

Most suffragist agreed that they should concentrate on securing voting rights for African American man as a means to press for the same rights for all women

In the Reconstruction South, the Klu Klux Klan was

Often indistinguishable from the democratic party

Reconstruction ended in 1877 because

The North lost interest in the cause

Women's-rights leaders opposed the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments because

The amendments granted citizenship and voting rights to black and white men but not to women.

Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?

The civil rights acts of 1866 allowed former enslaves people full access to the courts

According to the Constitution, which branch of government is responsible for readmitting states that have seceded from the Union?

The constitution does not address this question

Which of the following statements describes the election of 1876?

The democratic candidate won the popular vote, but the republican official in three southern states certified republican victories, sending two sets of electoral votes to congress

Which of the events spurred Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act in April 1866?

The eruption of anti- black violence in various parts of the south

Why was the Civil Rights Acts of 1875 significant?

The legislation was the last congressional effort to address civil rights until the 1960s

Why was the election of 1876 significant?

The outcomes was determined by electoral commission established by congress

Why did president Johnson veto the Freedmen's Bureau law and Civil Rights Act in 1866?

These two pieces of legilation posed too great a challenge to his deeply racist views

Many African American sharecroppers became trapped in a vicious cycle of debt after the Civil War mainly because

They could not pay the high prices and interest that whites charged as the price of cotton declined in the 1870s

Why were many congressional leaders unwilling to consider breaking up plantations and distributing plots for independence farms to freed slaves?

They hoped to restore cotton cultivation and the export of American cotton

What was the goal of the Ku Klux Klan under the leadership of former Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest in 1866?

To use an means to damage the republicans government of Tenessee

BQ: Ministry of Love

Torture and brainwashing

Which of the following statements describes the resettlement of former slaves in the South?

Under Johnson's amnesty ex confederate were allowed to recover their land and freed man were force to work for them or leave

A secret organization that functioned as the grassroots wing of Radical Republicanism in the South was called the

Union league

Expecting freedom from slavery near the end of Civil War, most African Americans were eager to

Vote and secure land for economic independence

The Fifteenth Amendment provided for

Voting rights for former slaves.

What did Congress, at least the Moderate Republicans, never seem to quite understand about the challenge of Reconstruction?

the importance of land ownership and economic reform

labor contract Shelby County//the practices described in the excerpt above most directly led to what?

the progressive stripping away of the rights of African Americans

labor contract Shelby County//the excerpt above would best serve as evidence to what?

the social and economic continuities that characterized the antebellum and post civil war south

What did Congress do to try and enforce their Reconstruction policies?

they created 5 military districts led by Union generals

How was Congress, led by the Radical Republicans able to gain complete control of Reconstruction?

they had gained 2/3 vote in both houses of Congress

Why did many Northern white women abandon the freedmen cause during Reconstruction?

they were upset at 15th amendment contained the work "male"

what was the main goal of the KKK?

to drive republicans out of the south

How did the "freedmen" or ex-slaves attempt to secure their freedom?

voted in large numbers, win political office at all levels of govt., established own churches and schools, searched for family members

white southerners had trouble getting jobs because of...

competition from freedmen

The 14th amendment provided for

voting rights for former slaves

Why was it important for the Republican Congress to ensure that freedmen had the right to vote?

wanted to create an electorate (voting populations) that would vote for their candidates, the right thing to do, protect their rights

Susan B Anthony//the excerpt above is best understood in the context of what?

women seeking rights through the passage of the 14th and 15th amendments

Thomas Nast cartoon//the controversy highlighted in the cartoon above was most directly a result of ...

determined southern resistance to northern efforts to change its culture

14th amendment does what?

ensures civil rights of african americans

After emancipation, many blacks traveled in order to

find lost family members or seek new economic opportunities

Most of the northern carpetbaggers were actually

former union soldiers, businessmen, or professionals

15th amendment does what? (specific!!!)

freed blank men the right to vote

What was the primary organization for providing aid to the freedmen?

freedmen's bureau

people get tired/frustrated with reconstruction because...

heavy taxes!!

What is often considered the main failure of Reconstruction?

lack of economic reform; not granting land to freedman

both lincoln and johnson insisted upon...

making southerners agree to follow the 13th amendment

what was the most significant provision of the radicals reconstruction plant that made them stand out?

military occupation (in the south)

Thomas Nast cartoon//which of the following groups was most likely the intended audience

moderate republicans

The right to vote encouraged southern black men to

organize the Union League as a vehicle for political empowerment and self defense

*** laws to...

protect civil rights of african americans

the freedmen's bureau did what?

provided clothing and medical care (all that good stuff)

a major success of reconstruction...

public schools

a major failure of reconstruction...

racist attitudes will continue

Black Codes//which 19th century group would most likely oppose the regulations above

republican party members

as white southerners regained control of the state government they began to...

reverse the reconstruction reforms

What did Southerners label Union allies of the Freedmen?

scalawags and carpetbags

What became the primary source of employment for the freedmen in the South, which kept them in a never ending cycle of debt and poverty?

sharecropping

Susan B Anthony//what was a major consequence of the ideas expressed in the passage above?

short term successes opened up some political opportunities to women that previously had not existed

Black Codes//best understood in the context of

southern resistance to radical republicans efforts to change southern attitudes

How did Johnson contradict himself in the creation of his plan?

stated he would punish confederate leaders, but pardoned them in abundance

money from improving infrastructure came from...

taxes! taxes! taxes!

Which of the following groups composed the largest percentage of registered voters in Alabama and Mississippi in the late 1860s?

Black republicans

Southern whites responded to the end of slavery by enacting

Blacks codes

The root cause of the battle between Congress and President Andrew Johnson was A) Johnson's personal vulgarity and crude style of campaigning. B) the president's former ownership of slaves. C) Johnson's "soft" treatment of the white South.. D) Johnson's "class-based" policies that favored poor whites. E) Johnson's underlying loyalty to the Democratic Party.

C) Johnson's "soft" treatment of the white South..

The fate of the defeated Confederate leaders was that A) most were sentenced to prison for life. B) several were executed for treason. C) after brief jail terms all were pardoned in 1868. D) they were immediately returned to citizenship and full civil rights. E) many went into exile in slaveholding Brazil.

C) after brief jail terms all were pardoned in 1868.

Freedom for Southern blacks at the end of the Civil War A) occurred immediately with the Emancipation Proclamation. B) caused large numbers to migrate to the big cities in the North. C) came haltingly and unevenly in different parts of the conquered Confederacy. D) was achieved without the use of Union soldiers. E) was a source of considerable anxiety.

C) came haltingly and unevenly in different parts of the conquered Confederacy.

Political corruption during Reconstruction was A) primarily the fault of white carpetbaggers and scalawags. B) located in the North. C) common in both North and South. D) present in all Southern states except South Carolina and Louisiana. E) almost entirely conducted by blacks.

C) common in both North and South.

The incident that caused the clash between Congress and President Johnson to explode into the open was A) passage of the Thirteenth Amendment. B) the creation of the sharecropping system. C) the attempt to pass the Fourteenth Amendment. D) the South's regaining control of the Senate. E) Johnson's veto of the bill to extend the Freedmen's Bureau.

E) Johnson's veto of the bill to extend the Freedmen's Bureau.

Reconstruction might have been more successful if A) Andrew Johnson had won reelection in 1868. B) the U.S. army had more quickly suppressed the Ku Klux Klan. C) control of the South had been returned to Southerners much sooner. D) the federal government had not tampered with property rights. E) Thaddeus Stevens's radical program of drastic economic reforms and stronger protection of political rights had been enacted.

E) Thaddeus Stevens's radical program of drastic economic reforms and stronger protection of political rights had been enacted.

In President Andrew Johnson's view, the Freedmen's Bureau was A) a valuable agency. B) acceptable only because it also helped poor whites. C) a tolerable compromise with the radical Congress. D) a potential source of Republican patronage jobs. E) a meddlesome agency that should be killed.

E) a meddlesome agency that should be killed.

President Johnson's plan for Reconstruction A) differed radically from Lincoln's. B) guaranteed former slaves the right to vote. C) required that all former Confederate states ratify the Fourteenth Amendment. D) established literacy tests for voting in the South. E) aimed at swift restoration of the southern states after a few basic conditions were met.

E) aimed at swift restoration of the southern states after a few basic conditions were met.

That the Southern states were "conquered provinces" that had completely left the Union and were therefore at the mercy of Congress for readmission was the view of A) War Democrats. B) the Supreme Court. C) President Lincoln. D) President Johnson. E) congressional Republicans.

E) congressional Republicans.

Both moderate and radical Republicans agreed that A) federal power must be used to bring about a social and economic revolution in the South. B) blacks should be the foundation of the southern Republican Party. C) the federal government must become involved in the individual lives of American citizens. D) Southern states should quickly be readmitted into the Union. E) freed slaves must be granted the right to vote.

E) freed slaves must be granted the right to vote.

Many feminist leaders were especially disappointed with the Fourteenth Amendment because it A) did not free all the slaves. B) failed to give women the right to serve on juries. C) guaranteed male but not female property rights. D) did not define what constituted equal national citizenship. E) specified for the first time in the Constitution that only males could vote.

E) specified for the first time in the Constitution that only males could vote.

At the end of the Civil War, many white Southerners A) reluctantly supported the federal government. B) began planning a new rebellion. C) saw their former slaves in a new light. D) asked for pardons so that they could once again hold political office and vote. E) still believed that their view of secession was correct.

E) still believed that their view of secession was correct.

For blacks, emancipation meant all of the following except A) the ability to search for lost family. B) the right to get married. C) the opportunity to form their own churches. D) the opportunity for an education. E) that large numbers would move north.

E) that large numbers would move north.

To many Northerners, the Black Codes seemed to indicate that A) it would take some time to reconcile the South and the North. B) the transition to black freedom would be difficult. C) the Civil War had been worth the sacrifice. D) presidential Reconstruction was working. E) the arrogant South was acting as if the North had not really won the Civil War.

E) the arrogant South was acting as if the North had not really won the Civil War.

During Reconstruction, African American women assumed new political roles which included all of the following except A) participating in black church life. B) monitoring state constitutional conventions. C) participating in political rallies. D) organizing mass meetings. E) voting.

E) voting.

How did Abraham Lincoln responded to the Wade Davis Bill in 1864?

He did not sign it, he open talk with key congressional representatives to find a compromise solution

Why did Republicans nominate Rutherford B. Hayes for President in 1876?

He had won a reputation for honesty and appeared to be safe from the charges for cooruption

Which of the following was the official reason congress cited for impeaching Andrew Johnson?

He infringed on the powers of congress

Which are the following statements describes Radical Reconstruction?

It aimed to reform the south and increase federal power

Which of the following describe Lincoln's Ten Percent Plan, which he announced in December 1863?

Its specific that a states could return to the union when 10% of its voters took an oath of loyalty to the Union

How was the Wade- Davis Bill of 1864 different from Lincoln's Ten Percent Plan?

Its stipulated that new southern government could be reformed only by those who had not fought against the north in the civil war

Which of the following was the final outcome of the congressional campaigns and election of 1866?

Johnson suffered a humiliating defeat and republican gain a 3 to 1 margin in congress

What group was a large perpetrator of white terror campaigns during Reconstruction?

Ku Klux Klan

Which of the following was Elizabeth Cady Stanton's response to the denial of women's suffrage while freedmen and immigrant men were being enfranchised?

Made a racist attack on an uneducated black man who could vote while educated white women could not

During Reconstruction, why was southern Democrats' dismissal of black politicians as ignorant field hands misguided?

Many had been free artisans and tradesmen

BQ: What was Orwell's second wife's name?

Maria

Which statement describes the sharecropping system that emerged to replace slavery in the South after the Civil War?

Most share croppers believed it was preferable to a wage labor system

The Republication state Reconstruction governments in the South made significant and long- lasting achievements in

Public education

Which of the following statements characterized the congressional impeachment of Andrew Johnson?

Radical republican failed to removed Johnson from office but they damaged his power and authority

Ex- Confederates who sought to return political and economic control of the south to white southerners after the Civil War were known as

Redeemers

What was the name given to politicians who were attempting to restore the South to the way it was under slavery?

Redeemers

What was the outcomes of the 1868 election?

Republican won the presidency and retained their 2/3rd majority in both houses

Which of the following scenarios took place in the federal government immediately after Congress passed the Civil Rights in April 1866?

Republicans introduced an amendment declaring that all person born or naturalized in the US were citizens; 14th

The skeptical public finally accepted Secretary of State William Seward's purchase of Alaska partly because

Russia as the only great power friendly to the Union during the Civil War.

Which of these reforms originates with the Grant Administration?

Securing the rights to vote for all male citizens regardless of race

Besides putting the South under the rule of federal soldiers, the Military Reconstruction Act of 1867 required that

Southern states give blacks the vote as a condition of readmittance to the Union.

Some southerners used the term scalawags to describe

Southerns who supported the process of reconstruction

One critical flaw of southern Reconstruction governments was their

Support of the convict leasing system

What act did Congress attempt to impeach President Johnson under?

Tenure of Office Act

Why was it necessary to add the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitutions following the Civil War?

The Constitution had condoned slavery and allowed states to set up voting requirements

What did Congress require of Southern states before they could be re-admitted to the Union?

accept the reconstruction amendments

what is lincoln's main hope of reconstruction

bind the nation and bring lasting peace

what restricted the rights of former slaves?

black codes