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- 1. Multiple Choice
What event marked the end of northern commitment to Reconstruction?
the passage of the Enforcement Acts
the election of Ulysses S. Grant
the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson
the Compromise of 1877
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was a feature of Johnson's Restoration Plan?
A majority of voters in Confederate states were required to take an oath of allegiance.
Confederate governments were required to renounce the Fourteenth Amendment.
Southern states were encouraged to give voting rights to a select group of African Americans.
All former slave owners were barred from voting or holding office.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements accurately describes Ulysses S. Grant as president?
He was dedicated to ending Reconstruction.
He was ensnared in perpetual conflict with Congress.
He faced scandal in his administration and an economic depression.
He aligned with the goals of the Radical Republicans
- 4. Multiple Choice
Radical Republican governments lasted
throughout the South until the Compromise of 1877
longest in the Lower South.
only approximately a year in all Southern states.
longest in Mississippi, Florida, and Georgia
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements accurately describes black political influence during Reconstruction?
A freedman was elected governor of Mississippi.
African Americans were elected to both state and federal legislatures
Freedmen achieved a majority in several state legislatures.
All African Americans lacked voting rights.
- 6. Multiple Choice
African Americans became members of the Baptist denomination in large numbers after the Civil War.
True
False
- 7. Multiple Choice
The North and the South experienced similar economic hardships following the end of the Civil War.
True
False
- 8. Multiple Choice
Andrew Johnson was acquitted by one vote in the Senate's impeachment process.
True
False
- 9. Multiple Choice
The African Americans' role in Reconstruction involved all of the following EXCEPT
serving as state senators under Congressional Reconstruction
supporting the integration of southern public schools.
organizing freedmen's conventions to counter all-white conventions
establishing independent black churches.
- 10. Multiple Choice
Lincoln argued that as secession was an illegal act, the former Confederate states had never left the union.
True
False
- 11. Multiple Choice
The uncovering of a string of political scandals led to Ulysses S. Grant's removal from office.
True
False
- 12. Multiple Choice
The Radical Republicans argued that control of the southern states was
up to the states themselves.
a matter of presidential prerogative.
an issue for Congress to deal with, not the president.
not an issue since they had not really left the Union.
- 13. Multiple Choice
Advocates of hard money usually included
farmers
businessmen
people who were in debt
Democratic congressmen
- 14. Multiple Choice
The Grant administration relied on military threats and occasionally force to control the Native American population.
True
False
- 15. Multiple Choice
The Radical Republicans included all of the following EXCEPT
Benjamin Wade
Thaddeus Stevens
Charles Sumner
Horatio Seymour
- 16. Multiple Choice
As a result of the Compromise of 1877, the Democrats regained the presidency.
True
False
- 17. Multiple Choice
The Constitution granted citizenship to freedman and immigrant children and guaranteed all persons "the equal protection of the laws" as a result of
the Thirteenth Amendment
the Fourteenth Amendment
the Fifteenth Amendment
he Compromise of 1877
- 18. Multiple Choice
One of the main goals of Military Reconstruction was to ensure that voting rights were granted to African American men.
True
False
- 19. Multiple Choice
The Civil Rights Act of 1866 guaranteed African Americans in all states the right to vote.
True
False
- 20. Multiple Choice
The rise of the Ku Klux Klan marked a violent turn in Southern white resistance to Reconstruction.
True
False
- 21. Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements accurately describes the economic situation of many former slaves following the Civil War?
They tended to be employed in southern factories in low-paying positions
They tended to have their own land but had limited success establishing profitable farms
They often worked as sharecroppers on white-owned plantations
They were dependent on federal welfare payments as their main source of income
- 22. Multiple Choice
Which of the following resulted from the Congressional Reconstruction plan?
the Military Reconstruction Act
the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson
the enactment of the Fourteenth Amendment
the construction of the transcontinental railroad
- 23. Multiple Choice
The financial panic of 1873 was a factor in the North's declining commitment to Reconstruction.
True
False
- 24. Multiple Choice
Andrew Johnson alienated many members of Congress when he vetoed the Civil Rights Act of 1866
True
False
- 25. Multiple Choice
The Freedmen's Bureau was the first federal experiment in providing aid directly to individuals.
True
False
- 26. Multiple Choice
The Wade-Davis Bill reflected the reconstruction ideas of
southerners
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Radical Republicans
- 27. Multiple Choice
The Tenure of Office Act was intended to control the actions of President Andrew Johnson.
True
False
- 28. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is true of the aftermath of the Civil War in the former Confederate states?
Approximately half of the southern males had died in the war.
The value of plantations skyrocketed due to inflation.
Cotton and sugar crops quickly rebounded under the ownership of carpetbaggers.
Most of the largest southern cities were severely damaged.
- 29. Multiple Choice
The "black codes" were laws passed by the Radical Reconstruction governments to give equal rights to former slaves.
True
False
- 30. Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements accurately describes carpetbaggers and scalawags in general?
They tended to belong to the Ku Klux Klan
They lost the right to vote under Radical Reconstruction.
They were northerners who moved south and supported the Republican party.
They failed to achieve any financial success or political power.
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