McGerr et al., Of The People 5e, Volume 1 Student Resources

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. What did John Dennett find when he visited a Freedmen's Bureau court?

A court determined to subjugate African Americans correct incorrect

An out-of-control scene tinged with violence correct incorrect

A variety of cases focused on labor relations correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. The Banks Plan included all of the following except

putting freedpeople back to work as quickly as possible. correct incorrect

requiring freedpeople to live on separate plantations from former owners. correct incorrect

requiring African Americans to sign year-long contracts, often with former owners. correct incorrect

stopping the flow of African American refugees to Union supply lines. correct incorrect

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. Lincoln's "Ten Per Cent Plan" did all of the following except

gave amnesty to all who swore an oath of loyalty to the Union. correct incorrect

required ten percent of a state's population declare loyalty in order to organize a new state constitution. correct incorrect

required that Confederate states abolish slavery. correct incorrect

required that ten percent of a state's constitutional convention be comprised of Confederate veterans. correct incorrect

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. Special Field Order No. 15

was issued by General Sherman to alleviate African American poverty in the Sea Island region. correct incorrect

guaranteed freedom to all enslaved people who gave food and provisions to Union soldiers. correct incorrect

was the official act of Confederate surrender. correct incorrect

established the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. correct incorrect

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. Among other things, the Freedmen's Bureau

supervised elections in the South. correct incorrect

enforced a strict sharecropping structure throughout the South. correct incorrect

helped distribute confiscated land to loyal refugees and freedpeople and regulated labor contracts between freedpeople and planters. correct incorrect

oversaw implementation of the Civil Rights Act of 1865 and the Fourteenth Amendment. correct incorrect

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. President Johnson's failed attempt at Reconstruction required that Confederate states

abolish slavery via the Thirteenth Amendment, nullify secession ordinances, and repudiate war debts. correct incorrect

accept Lincoln's "Ten Per Cent Plan," as well as extra provisions. correct incorrect

redraw state borders to erase old loyalties. correct incorrect

repudiate their declarations of war and secession and grant limited civil rights to freedpeople. correct incorrect

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. How do the Black Codes reflect the context of the political economy of the post-Civil War era?

They created the biracial structure of American society. correct incorrect

They reinforced the contemporary concept that no state or individual was required to provide land for freedpeople. correct incorrect

They encouraged some freedpeople to anticipate a brighter future because they could be trained for skilled crafts as apprentices. correct incorrect

The labor contracts they required guaranteed that freedpeople would be paid in cash or crops. correct incorrect

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. Johnson vetoed the Civil Rights Act of 1866. His action prompted Congress to propose

the impeachment of the President. correct incorrect

the Civil Rights Act of 1867. correct incorrect

emergency funding for the Freedmen's Bureau. correct incorrect

the Fourteenth Amendment. correct incorrect

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. The Fourteenth Amendment granted

African Americans the right to vote. correct incorrect

citizenship to American males regardless of race. correct incorrect

citizenship to those born in American territories regardless of race. correct incorrect

citizenship to women and African Americans. correct incorrect

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. The 1866–67 shift in the Republican Party from moderate to radical occurred because

moderates realized by 1866 that the President seemed intent on undermining any Reconstruction policy that included civil rights for Blacks. correct incorrect

Johnson undertook an extensive campaign tour in 1866 during which he maligned the reputations of all Republican congresspeople. correct incorrect

Johnson's plan made it possible for prewar southern political leaders to return to their seats in local and national legislatures. correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. The combination of credit available largely through merchants and landowners and increased railroad service

made it easier for the South to diversify its economic base. correct incorrect

pushed small farmers away from subsistence farming and towards cash crops. correct incorrect

made it easier for small farmers to buy modern farm equipment. correct incorrect

helped African Americans become independent farmers. correct incorrect

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. In the Reconstruction South, the Ku Klux Klan

operated as a paramilitary force serving the Democratic party. correct incorrect

was one of many secretive organizations dedicated to white supremacy. correct incorrect

used violence. correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. The issue of Black voting

separated those who saw African Americans' political rights as more important than women's rights. correct incorrect

divided abolitionists and feminists who had long been allies in the emancipation struggle. correct incorrect

divided feminists. correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. Reconstruction finally ended when

electoral violence corrupted the 1876 election. correct incorrect

southerners demanded the removal of federal troops before they would ratify the Fifteenth Amendment. correct incorrect

it was proved that northern congressional representatives were taking bribes for votes. correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. Regarding the election of 1876,

Democrat Samuel J. Tilden won the popular vote. correct incorrect

Republican-controlled Congress chose to interpret voting irregularities in several southern states so that the Republican candidate Rutherford B. Hayes won those electoral votes. correct incorrect

Republican Hayes was elected president of the United States. correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. What happened after "Custer's Last Stand"?

Native American tribes were broken and beaten one by one. correct incorrect

Native Americans gained the upper hand in the war against the government. correct incorrect

Native Americans vanished from North American soil. correct incorrect

Native Americans immediately assimilated into white culture. correct incorrect

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. What did the Dawes Severalty Act do?

Created a federal bureau to provide Native Americans with jobs correct incorrect

Broke up reservation land and distributed it among individual families correct incorrect

Reserved a large portion of the Pacific Northwest for Native American reservations correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. What became the "fashion" in the Grant administration?

Repealing the Fourteenth Amendment correct incorrect

Trust-busting correct incorrect

Corruption correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. Which of the following best describes the economic New South?

The economy diversified and broke cash crops' hold on the economy. correct incorrect

Wage labor brought widespread prosperity to southern African Americans. correct incorrect

It opened the South to northern industries, but cash crops still reigned supreme. correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. How did America's foreign policy change during Reconstruction?

The United States pursued a limited empire that included annexing Cuba. correct incorrect

The United States pursued a comprehensive empire. correct incorrect

The United States became a fully isolationist nation. correct incorrect

Manifest destiny became a tainted concept. correct incorrect

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. The Fifteenth Amendment

gave the right to vote to any American twenty-one years of age or older. correct incorrect

gave the right to vote to all adult African Americans. correct incorrect

prohibited state governments from using literacy tests to prevent undereducated and specifically, Black people, from voting. correct incorrect

forbade states to deny any citizen the right to vote on the grounds of race, ethnicity, or previous status as an enslaved person. correct incorrect

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. The Wade-Davis Bill of 1864 provided that

ten percent of a southern state's adult white males had to swear an oath of allegiance to the Union. correct incorrect

former Confederates could not vote or hold elected office. correct incorrect

a majority of a southern state's adult white males had to swear an oath of allegiance to the Union. correct incorrect

owners' rights to property would be protected. correct incorrect

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. Reconstruction Violence. Which of the following figures would have been most likely to urge Congress to take action to deter such violence?

Andrew Johnson correct incorrect

Thaddeus Stevens correct incorrect

Robert E. Lee correct incorrect

George Custer correct incorrect

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. Immediately following the Civil War, several different labor arrangements were experimented with.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Lincoln's "Ten Per Cent Plan" stipulated that African Americans were guaranteed the right to vote.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Forming legal marriages, establishing Black schools, and owning land were important to freed African Americans. The most important of those freedoms was owning land.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. When President Johnson took office in April 1865, it was not clear whether he or Congress would control Reconstruction.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. President Johnson vetoed the Civil Rights Act of 1866. The Republican Congress overrode Johnson's veto.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. The strongest power in labor contracts that freedpeople had was the shortage of labor in the South.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Map 15-4: The Overland Trail. This map illustrates how manifest destiny continued to be an active force in American life.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect