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Chapter 22: The Ordeal of Reconstruction, 1865-1877 1. The South was economically devastated by the Civil War. A. True B. False 2. Military defeat in the Civil War brought white Southerners to accept the reality of Northern political domination. A. True B. False 3. The newly freed slaves often used their liberty to travel or seek lost loved ones. A. True B. False 4. The focus of black community life after emancipation became the black church. A. True B. False 5. A. True B. False 6. Southerners at first feared Andrew Johnson because he had
been one of the few elite planters who backed A. True B. False 7. The cause of black education was greatly advanced by white Northern female teachers who came South after the Civil War. A. True B. False 8. The enactment of the Black Codes in the south strengthened those who supported a moderate approach to Reconstruction. A. True B. False 9. Congressional Republicans demanded that the Southern
states ratify the Fourteenth Amendment in order to be readmitted to the A. True B. False 10. Radical Republicans succeeded in their goal of redistributing land to the former slaves. A. True B. False 11. During
Reconstruction, blacks controlled most of the Southern state legislatures. A. True B. False 12. The Republican
Reconstruction legislature enacted educational and other reforms in Southern
state government. A. True B. False 13. The Ku Klux Klan
largely failed in its goal of intimidating blacks and preventing them from
voting. A. True B. False 14. Johnson's
impeachment was essentially an act of political vindictiveness by radical
Republicans. A. True B. False 15. The moderate
Republican plan for Reconstruction might have succeeded if the Ku Klux Klan had
been suppressed. A. True B. False 16. After
emancipation, many blacks traveled in order to A. return to Africa or the B. seek a better life in Northern cities. C. find lost family members or seek new economic opportunities. D. track down and
punish cruel overseers. 17. The Freedmen's
Bureau was originally established to provide A. land and supplies for black farmers. B. labor registration. C.
food, clothes, and education for emancipated slaves. D.
political training in citizenship for black voters. 18. A. it repealed its
original secession act and took its soldiers out of the Confederate Army B. 10 percent of its voters took an oath of allegiance to the C. it formally
adopted a plan guaranteeing black political and economic rights. D. it ratified the
Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution. 19. The Black Codes
passed by many of the Southern state governments in 1865 aimed to A. provide economic assistance to get former slaves started as
sharecroppers. B. ensure a stable and subservient labor force under white
control. C. permit blacks to vote if they met certain
educational or economic standards. D. gradually force blacks to leave the South. 20. The
congressional elections of 1866 resulted in A.
a victory for Johnson and his pro-Southern Reconstruction plan. B.
a further political stalemate between the Republicans in Congress and Johnson. C.
a decisive defeat for Johnson and a veto-proof Republican Congress. D. a gain for Northern Democrats and their moderate
compromise plan for Reconstruction. 21. In contrast to radical Republicans, moderate Republicans generally A. favored states' rights and opposed direct
federal involvement in individuals' lives. B. favored the use of federal power to alter the Southern economic system. C. favored emancipation but opposed the Fourteenth Amendment. D. favored returning
the Southern states to the 22. Besides putting the South under the rule of federal soldiers, the Military Reconstruction Act of 1867 required that A. Southern states give blacks the vote as a
condition of readmittance to the B. blacks and carpetbaggers be given control of Southern legislatures. C. former slaves be given land and education at federal expense. D. former Confederate officials and military officers be tried for treason. 23. The Fourteenth amendment provided for A. an end to slavery. B. permanent disfranchisement of all Confederate officials. C. full citizenship and
civil rights for former slaves. D. voting rights for women. 24. The Fifteenth Amendment provided for A.
readmitting Southern states to the B. full citizenship and civil rights for former slaves. C. voting rights for former
slaves. D. voting rights for women. 25. Women's-rights leaders opposed the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments because A. they objected to racial integration in the women's movement. B. the amendments granted
citizenship and voting rights to black and white men but not to women. C. they favored passage of the Equal Rights Amendment first. D. most of them were Democrats who would be hurt by the amendments. 26. The right to vote encouraged southern black men to A. form a third political party as an alternative to the Democrats and Republicans. B. seek an apology and reparations for slavery. C. organize the Union
League as a vehicle for political empowerment and self-defense. D. organize large-scale migrations out of the South to the West. 27. The radical Reconstruction regimes in the Southern states A. took away white Southerners' civil rights and voting rights. B. consisted almost entirely of blacks. C. included white Northerners, white
Southerners, and blacks. D. eliminated the public education systems in most Southern states. 28. Most of the Northern "carpetbaggers" were actually A. former Union soldiers,
businessmen, or professionals. B. undercover agents of the federal government. C. former Southern Whigs and Unionists who had opposed the Confederacy. D. Northern teachers and missionaries who wanted to aid the freedmen. 29. The radical Republicans' impeachment of President Andrew Johnson resulted in A. Johnson's acceptance of the radicals' Reconstruction plan. B. a failure to convict and
remove Johnson by a margin of only one vote. C. Johnson's conviction on the charge of violating the Tenure of Office Act. D. Johnson's resignation and appointment of Ulysses Grant as his successor. 30. The skeptical
public finally accepted Seward's purchase of A. there were rumors
of extensive oil deposits in the territory. B. it was considered strategically vital to American defense. C. it would provide a new frontier safety valve after the settling of the West. D. |
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