Question 1

Segregation of the races in the late nineteenth-century South resulted in declining violence against blacks.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

African Americans were able to work in all types of industry in the South.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

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 less hours than the white labor force.F) A) and C)
G) B) and E)

Question 5

The Wade-Davis Bill

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A)   essentially followed President Lincoln's Reconstruction plans.
B)   was criticized by Conservative Republicans for being too mild.
C)   sought to bring about the disenfranchisement of leading Confederates.
D)   denied reentry into the Union by former Confederate states for 10 years.
E)   quickly became the law of the land.F) C) and D)
G) B) and C) C

Question 6

The Tenure of Office Act

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A)   gave the Senate the power to appoint members of the president's cabinet.
B)   was designed to limit President Andrew Johnson's authority.
C)   was roundly condemned by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.
D)   was both designed to limit President Andrew Johnson's authority and roundly condemned by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.
E)   None of these answers is correct.F) A) and B)
G) B) and C)

Question 7

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) A) and C)
G) B) and E)

Question 8

The Supreme Court struck down restrictive voting laws,such as literacy tests,and upheld black voting rights in the late nineteenth century.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Without the support of black voters in 1868,Ulysses S.Grant would have had only a minority of the popular vote.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Describe and compare the status of Southern African Americans in 1861 with their status in 1876.

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Question 11

By the end of Reconstruction,

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A)   most Southern black women did field work.
B)   most Southern black women played a role in the family that was very different from that of white women.
C)   roughly half of all black women were working for wages.
D)   most black women did not hold a job.
E)   black women still could not marry with any legal standing.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 12

President Johnson was impeached,but not convicted.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

As president,RutherfordB.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) B) and D) B

Question 14

Among other ideas,Booker T.Washington

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A)   rejected the ideology of the "New South creed."
B)   favored industrial over classical education.
C)   called on the federal government to offer job training for blacks.
D)   proposed an exodus of blacks from the South to the West.
E)   argued that blacks spent too much time trying to impress the white middle class.F) None of the above
G) A) and B) B

Question 15

As a result of the Supreme Court's ruling in Ex parte Milligan,some Radical Republicans

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A)   reduced the number of justices on the Court.
B)   established military tribunals in additional Southern states.
C)   proposed abolishing the Court.
D)   tempered many of their Reconstruction plans.
E)   ended military tribunals in favor of civil courts.F) All of the above
G) B) and C)

Question 16

Jim Crow laws

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A)   imposed a system of state-supported segregation.
B)   attacked the problem of lynching.
C)   led immediately to a dramatic black exodus from the South.
D)   challenged white Redeemer rule in the South.
E)   did not apply to public parks, beaches, or picnic areas.F) C) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 17

During the Johnson administration,the United States acquired

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A)   Alaska.
B)   Hawaii.
C)   Guam.
D)   the Virgin Islands.
E)   Puerto Rico.F) All of the above
G) D) and E)

Question 18

Why did the elections of 1866 empower Radical Republicans?

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Question 19

What was "new" and what was "old" in the "New South"?

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Question 20

The Fourteenth Amendment

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A)   ended slavery throughout the United States.
B)   gave voting rights to all male Americans.
C)   gave citizenship rights to all people born in the United States.
D)   was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
E)   was written in such a way as to appease the woman's suffrage movement.F) A) and B)
G) All of the above

Exam 15: Reconstruction and the New South

Segregation of the races in the late nineteenth-century South resulted in declining violence against blacks.

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African Americans were able to work in all types of industry in the South.

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

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During Reconstruction,the black labor force worked

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The Wade-Davis Bill

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The Tenure of Office Act

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During Reconstruction,most "carpetbaggers" were

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The Supreme Court struck down restrictive voting laws,such as literacy tests,and upheld black voting rights in the late nineteenth century.

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Without the support of black voters in 1868,Ulysses S.Grant would have had only a minority of the popular vote.

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Describe and compare the status of Southern African Americans in 1861 with their status in 1876.

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By the end of Reconstruction,

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President Johnson was impeached,but not convicted.

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As president,RutherfordB.Hayes

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Among other ideas,Booker T.Washington

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As a result of the Supreme Court's ruling in Ex parte Milligan,some Radical Republicans

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Jim Crow laws

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Why did the elections of 1866 empower Radical Republicans?

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What was "new" and what was "old" in the "New South"?

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