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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWho was given the task of feeding and clothing war refugees in the South, as well as finding work and negotiating pay and hours for employment?National Grange of the Order of Patrons of HusbandryOrder of Freedmen's SovereigntyFreedmen’s BureauBureau of Reconstruction Labor
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhich term is used when a president lets a session of Congress expire without signing a piece of legislation?regular vetomoratus est vetopocket vetolegislative veto
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhich group would not be allowed to vote or hold elective office under the provisions of the Wade-Davis Bill?Confederate sympathizersplantation ownersAfrican Americansformer Confederate officials
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the name of the group of laws passed by Southern state legislatures that severely limited the rights of African Americans?slave reprisalssegregation lawssteering codesblack codes
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is NOT one of the main goals of the Radical Republicans?They wanted to develop a new system to replace enslaved labor.They wanted to prevent the Confederate leaders from returning to power after the war.They wanted the Republican Party to become powerful in the South.They wanted the federal government to help African Americans achieve political equality by guaranteeing them the right to vote in the South.
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhich piece of legislation granted citizenship to all persons born in the United States except Native Americans?Civil Rights Act of 1866Freedmen’s Bureau ActThe Command of the Army ActTenure of Office Act
- 7. Multiple ChoiceShortly after taking office, President Johnson proclaimed that each former Confederate state had to call a constitutional convention to revoke its ordinance of secession and ratify the...Military Reconstruction Act.Thirteenth Amendment.Fifteenth Amendment.Tenure of Office Act.
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhich is the best description of the Tenure of Office Act?It required all orders from the president to go through the headquarters of the general of the army.It is a government appointment that can be terminated only for a specific cause or under extraordinary circumstances.It required the Senate to approve the removal of any government official whose appointment had required the Senate’s approval.It restored legislative positions to all who held public office before Confederate secession.
- 9. Multiple ChoiceThe House of Representatives brought impeachment proceedings against Andrew Johnson because they felt he...did not want to reconcile with the South.had the intention of keeping African Americans in conditions similar to slavery.broke the law by enacting legislation to develop a new system to replace enslaved labor.broke the law by refusing to uphold the Tenure of Office Act and tried to undermine the Reconstruction program.
- 10. Multiple ChoiceThe South would not be able to maintain its agricultural output until it developed a new system to replace...plantations.cotton with another cash crop.enslaved labor.cotton gins.
- 11. Multiple ChoiceBecause of the many political gains made by formerly enslaved men, what did many white Southerners claimed ruled the South?the Ku Klux Klan"Economic Politics""Black Republicanism""Scalawag Socialism"
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhat general name was give to the three acts passed by Congress to combat the violence in the South?Activist ActsEnforcement ActsSuffrage ActsFederal Marshal Acts
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following words is best defined as money gained illegally through politics?scalawagbriberycarpetbagginggraft
- 14. Multiple ChoiceNortherners moved to the South and were elected or appointed to positions in the state governments were condescendingly called...carpetbaggers.slouches.Yankees.scalawags.
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the derogatory nickname of white Southerners who worked with the Republicans and supported Reconstruction?carpetbaggerspodunksscalawagsmuckrakers
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhose goal was to drive out carpetbaggers and regain control of the South for the Democratic Party through intimidation?the Scalawagsthe Ku Klux Klanthe Radical Republicansthe Graft Agents
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following was NOT held or housed in church buildings in the early African American communities?social eventsschoolspolitical gatheringsmunicipal court trials
- 18. Multiple ChoiceDuring the 1870s, Reconstruction governments in the South built a
comprehensive...hospital system.public school system.transportation system.welfare system. - 19. Multiple ChoiceMany scalawags who did not want the wealthy planters to regain power were owners of...general stores.textile mills.herds of livestock.small farms.
- 20. Multiple ChoiceBy late 1870, all of the former Confederate states had rejoined the Union under the...Tenure of Office Act.Military Reconstruction Plan.Civil Rights Act.Wade-Davis Bill.
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following groups paid rent for the land they farmed?sharecropperstenant farmershomesteadershired hands
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following was a influential newspaper publisher who was nominated by the Liberal Republicans to prevent President Grant's renomination in 1872?Correct AnswerRutherford B. HayesOrville E. BabcockSamuel TildenHorace Greeley
- 23. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following was a noteworthy distinction of sharecroppers?They payed rent for the land they farmed.They became settlers of newly-opened western lands.They were paid laborers, especially on a farm or ranch in the west.They paid a portion of their crops to cover their rent and farming costs.
- 24. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following terms describes the practice of merchants taking a farmer’s crops to cover the debts a farmer may owe?crop lienscrop rotatingshare cropbargain cropping
- 25. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following terms describes the practice where an employer compels a worker to pay off a debt with work?debt peonagecrop liensapprenticeshipsharecropping
- 26. Multiple ChoiceThe outcome of the election that made Rutherford B. Hayes president is known as...the Panic of 1873.the Presidential Concession of 1876.the Compromise of 1877.the Whiskey Ring of 1875.
- 27. Multiple ChoiceTaxes placed by the Republican-dominated Congress on alcohol and tobacco were nicknamed...sharecropper's taxes.the Whiskey Ring taxes.bond taxes.sin taxes.
- 28. Multiple ChoiceWhen the powerful banking firm of Jay Cooke and Company was forced to declare bankruptcy, the nation’s financial community felt a wave of fear called the...Scandal of 1877.Compromise of 1877.Panic of 1873.Scandal of 1873.
- 29. Multiple ChoiceReconstruction ended when...federal troops were removed from the South.industrialization began in the South.President Hayes was elected.President Hayes submitted a plan for the “New South.”
- 30. Multiple ChoiceMany Southern leaders realized the South could never return to the pre-Civil War agricultural economy dominated by the planter elite. Instead, these Southerners wanted a/an _____?_____ with a strong industrial economy."Financial Revival"“New South”"Industrial Rejuvenation""Southern Revolution"
- 31. Multiple ChoiceIn the correct order, who are the 17th, 18th, and 19th presidents of the United States?Lincoln, A. Johnson, and GrantA. Johnson, Hayes and GrantA. Johnson, Grant and HayesGrant, Hayes, and Arthur
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