Question 1

After the Civil War,most poor rural Southerners relied on credit from

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A)  local banks.
B)  the federal government.
C)  Northern financial institutions.
D)  country stores.
E)  state governments.F) B) and E)
G) D) and E)

Question 2

Why was Andrew Johnson impeached? Did he deserve to be removed from office?

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Question 3

In President Abraham Lincoln's plan for the South,"10 percent" referred to the

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A)  area of land in each state that should be reserved for former slaves.
B)  ratio of federal to state money to be spent in rebuilding the Southern economy.
C)  ratio of federal troops to freed slaves in each Southern state.
D)  percentage of freed slaves who must be given the vote before setting up a state government.
E)  number of white voters required to take loyalty oaths before setting up a state government.F) B) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 4

The elections of 1876 saw

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A)  the Supreme Court decide the presidential election.
B)  a Democrat become president for the first time since the Civil War.
C)  the candidate with the most popular votes fail to get elected.
D)  Ulysses Grant make an unsuccessful bid for an unprecedented third term.
E)  the governor of New York become president.F) C) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 5

How did the assassination of Abraham Lincoln affect Reconstruction?

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Question 6

During Reconstruction,most "carpetbaggers" were

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A)  white Southerners who moved to the North.
B)  freedmen who moved out of the South.
C)  former confederates who moved to the West.
D)  Northern white veterans who moved to the South.
E)  Northern politicians who took offices in Southern states.F) C) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 7

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

During Reconstruction,per capita income for Southerners

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A)  rose for blacks.
B)  rose for whites.
C)  declined for whites.
D)  rose for blacks and whites.
E)  rose for blacks and declined for whites.F) None of the above
G) A) and E)

Question 9

After the Civil War,most Southern black women

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A)  did field work.
B)  played a role in the family that was very different from that of white women.
C)  engaged in income-producing activities.
D)  did not hold a job outside the home.
E)  still could not marry with any legal standing.F) C) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 10

After the Civil War,most black agricultural workers toiled as ________.

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Question 11

During Reconstruction,all adult male former slaves were given the constitutional right to vote and to hold elected office.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

During Reconstruction,black family roles soon came to resemble similar roles within white families.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

What did the Thirteenth,Fourteenth,and Fifteenth Amendments to the U.S.Constitution do? How successful was each in practice?

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The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteent...

Question 14

Congressional passage of the Enforcement Acts in 1870-1871

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A)  was aimed at reducing white repression of blacks in the South.
B)  was designed to support the Black Codes.
C)  was vetoed by President Ulysses Grant.
D)  gave legal protection to the Ku Klux Klan.
E)  allowed white Southerners to maintain a police state.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 15

State laws designed to restore slavery in all but name in the post-Civil War South were called ________.

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Question 16

Even at the end of his life,Lincoln continued to insist that the Confederate government had no legal right to exist.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

During Reconstruction,the black labor force worked

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A)  approximately the same number of hours as during slavery.
B)  significantly fewer hours than had been the case during slavery.
C)  more hours than had been the case during slavery.
D)  significantly more hours than the white labor force.
E)  significantly fewer hours than the white labor force.F) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 18

The Panic of 1873 was the worst the country had faced to that point in its history.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Democrats restored to power in the South were called "________."

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The answer of Democrats restored to power in the South...

Question 20

In most parts of the South,the "Redeemer" government constituted a genuinely new ruling class.

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A) True 
 B)False

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