Question 1

The Alabama claims

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A)  saw the United States refuse to pay Alabama for losses incurred during the Civil War.
B)  involved complaints by the United States against England.
C)  ended an experiment in black landownership.
D)  marked a renewed effort in asserting the rights of states over federal authority.
E)  were found by the Supreme Court to invalidate Radical Reconstruction.F) A) and B)
G) All of the above

Question 2

In what ways did Reconstruction succeed? In what ways did it fail? What has been its legacy?

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Question 3

As president, Rutherford B.Hayes

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A)  refused to make political compromises with Democrats.
B)  promised to serve only one term.
C)  helped to unify Republicans and Democrats.
D)  called for a modest expansion of Reconstruction programs.
E)  promised to take the South back from the "Redeemers."F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

Question 4

The "redeemed" governments of the South

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A)  saw an end to occupation by federal troops.
B)  suppressed the activities of white supremacists.
C)  saw the Republican Party win control of Southern state governments.
D)  All the answers are correct.
E)  None of the answers are correct.F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 5

In 1865, Southern blacks defined "freedom" as

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A)  independence from white control.
B)  acquiring the legal rights to live as did whites.
C)  land reform.
D)  All the answers are correct.
E)  None of the answers are correct.F) C) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 6

In the 1890s, voting percentages in the South

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A)  increased for blacks only.
B)  increased for whites only.
C)  declined for blacks only.
D)  increased for whites and declined for blacks.
E)  decreased for whites and blacks.F) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 7

After the Civil War was over, African Americans responded by separating themselves from white institutions.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

During Reconstruction, Southern African-American officeholders

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A)  filled as many as five seats in the United States Senate.
B)  were excluded from state constitutional conventions.
C)  did not serve in the federal Congress or Senate.
D)  rarely engaged in illegal political activities.
E)  underrepresented the total number of blacks living in the South.F) A) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 9

Why has the presidency of Andrew Johnson generally been considered a failure by historians?

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The presidency of Andrew Johnson, who se...

Question 10

Grant played a leadership role among the "Liberal Republicans."

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The "New South creed" was expounded by whites, not blacks.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

As Republicans planned for Reconstruction,

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A)  Conservatives sought many conditions to readmit the former Confederate states.
B)  Radicals sought a range of punishments for white Southerners.
C)  President Lincoln suggested that no conditions be put on the former Confederate states.
D)  no thought had been given to the task until the war had ended.
E)  Moderates believed the South should be readmitted without any concessions on black rights.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 13

In 1896 the Supreme Court declared that "separate but equal" in matters of race relations was constitutional in the case of __________ v._____________.

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The answer of In 1896 the Supreme Court declared that...

Question 14

State expenditures by Southern governments during Reconstruction were large, but only in comparison with the meager state budgets of the pre-Civil War years.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

President Abraham Lincoln's "ten percent" plan for the South referred to

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A)  the area of land in each state that should be reserved for former slaves.
B)  the ratio of federal to state money to be spent in rebuilding the Southern economy.
C)  the ratio of federal troops to freed slaves in each Southern state.
D)  the percentage of freed slaves who must be given the vote before setting up a state government.
E)  the number of white voters required to take loyalty oaths before setting up a state government.F) None of the above
G) A) and E)

Question 16

The Supreme Court generally struck down civil rights laws and upheld black voting rights in the late nineteenth century.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Ida
B.Wells was a black journalist who was most concerned about stopping the practice of ______________ in the late nineteenth-century South.

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The answer of Ida
B.Wells was a black journalist who was...

Question 18

Many of the so-called scalawags were former Southern ___________.

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The answer of Many of the so-called scalawags were former...

Question 19

Leaders of the Confederacy were found to have aided John Wilkes Booth to carry out the plan to assassinate President Lincoln.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

In 1868, President Andrew Johnson was impeached because he

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A)  violated the Tenure of Office Act.
B)  offered political opposition to Radical Republicans.
C)  dismissed Edwin Stanton from office.
D)  All the answers are correct.
E)  None of the answers are correct.F) C) and E)
G) D) and E)

Exam 15: Reconstruction and the New South

The "redeemed" governments of the South

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The Supreme Court generally struck down civil rights laws and upheld black voting rights in the late nineteenth century.

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In 1865, Southern blacks defined "freedom" as

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During Reconstruction, Southern African-American officeholders

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Leaders of the Confederacy were found to have aided John Wilkes Booth to carry out the plan to assassinate President Lincoln.

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President Abraham Lincoln's "ten percent" plan for the South referred to

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Many of the so-called scalawags were former Southern ___________.

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In what ways did Reconstruction succeed? In what ways did it fail? What has been its legacy?

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Why has the presidency of Andrew Johnson generally been considered a failure by historians?

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Ida B.Wells was a black journalist who was most concerned about stopping the practice of ______________ in the late nineteenth-century South.

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Grant played a leadership role among the "Liberal Republicans."

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The "New South creed" was expounded by whites, not blacks.

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In the 1890s, voting percentages in the South

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As Republicans planned for Reconstruction,

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State expenditures by Southern governments during Reconstruction were large, but only in comparison with the meager state budgets of the pre-Civil War years.

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After the Civil War was over, African Americans responded by separating themselves from white institutions.

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