Chapter 15 Self-Quiz 1

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. Which of the following refers to Reconstruction?

Each state was required to emancipate the slaves within its borders before it could be considered for readmission to the Union correct incorrect

Reconstruction was an organized process correct incorrect

Congress and the president agreed on the aims of Reconstruction correct incorrect

Freedmen and women were consulted about the process and goals of Reconstruction correct incorrect

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. The Banks Plan was a series of labor regulations that

put freedmen back to work as quickly as possible correct incorrect

required African Americans to sign year-long contracts, often with former masters correct incorrect

was intended to stop the flow of African American refugees to Union supply lines correct incorrect

All of the above 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

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

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

for the protection of owners' rights to property correct incorrect

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. Two institutions that became central to the southern black community during Reconstruction were

the Union Army; the Confederate Army correct incorrect

the Union Army; the Freedmen's Bureau correct incorrect

Churches; the Union Army correct incorrect

Churches; schools correct incorrect

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. The Freedmen's Bureau

supervised renting land to former slaves correct incorrect

distributed the money that Congress appropriated to help former slaves purchase land, livestock, and tools correct incorrect

distributed confiscated land to "loyal refugees and freedmen." correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. Andrew Johnson

was originally a Jacksonian Democrat correct incorrect

hated the "bloated, corrupt aristocracy" of the Northeast correct incorrect

hated southern planters correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. The Black Codes restricted the civil rights of freed people because

it was illegal to teach freed people to read and write correct incorrect

these laws exposed them to subjective vagrancy laws correct incorrect

freed slaves were not allowed to take oaths of loyalty correct incorrect

African Americans who had fought for the Union or who were sympathetic to the Union could be punished by law correct incorrect

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. The Civil Rights Act of 1866

barely passed the Congress correct incorrect

was the first time that the federal government intervened in the states to guarantee due process and basic civil rights correct incorrect

was forced on the northern states correct incorrect

was enthusiastically supported by Johnson correct incorrect

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. The Fifteenth Amendment

gave the right to vote to any American 21 years of age or older correct incorrect

gave the vote to all adult African Americans correct incorrect

prohibited state governments from using literacy tests to prevent blacks from voting correct incorrect

forbade states to deny any citizen the right to vote on the grounds of race, color, or previous status as a slave correct incorrect

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. What was radical about Congressional Reconstruction?

The belief that right of southern blacks to vote should be not be prohibited correct incorrect

Political power had to be put in the hands of all male freedmen correct incorrect

Johnson's move to urge southern states to reject the Fourteenth Amendment correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. One advantage of sharecropping was that

it allowed freed people to work as families and organize their labor themselves correct incorrect

sharecroppers earned cash wage supplements in addition to their shares correct incorrect

sharecroppers never had to answer to a master correct incorrect

food and supplies were provided by the landowner correct incorrect

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. The Ku Klux Klan was initially successful because

the nation as a whole supported the Klan's activities correct incorrect

political rivalry between Democrats and Republicans in 1867 had weakened the government's ability to prevent its activity correct incorrect

Confederate soldiers refused to accept that the war had ended correct incorrect

the organization accepted women and children from its inception, providing it with a large and covert operational base correct incorrect

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. Elizabeth Cady Stanton argued that

feminists had to understand that in 1865, the political needs of African Americans were more critical than the political needs of American women correct incorrect

women were too emotionally feeble to withstand the demands of political decision making correct incorrect

only educated whites should be allowed to vote correct incorrect

the best way to solve the issue was to permit suffrage based on intelligence and restrict it based on illiteracy correct incorrect

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. Reconstruction came to an end because of

events in the North and the South correct incorrect

a nationwide outbreak of political corruption that made voters angry correct incorrect

northern Liberals abandoning the Republican Party correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. Regarding the election of 1876,

Democrat Samuel Tilden clearly won the electoral vote correct incorrect

Republican-controlled Congress chose to interpret voting irregularities in several southern states so that Tilden won those contested electoral votes correct incorrect

Tilden was elected president of the United States correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. Establishing civil and political rights for freed men and women following the Civil War was eventually settled by amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. The Thirteenth Amendment guarantees African American men the right to vote.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. The strongest power in labor contracts that freedmen and women had was the shortage of labor in the South.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a prominent women's rights advocate in the nineteenth century.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. The election of 1876 was without controversy.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect