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In 1865, what major challenges faced the nation? How did the various plans for reconstructing the nation attempt to address those challenges?

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Question 2

Why would the legacy of Reconstruction matter throughout the twentieth century?

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Question 3

Tenant farming increased significantly in the South in the two decades following Reconstruction.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The last federal troops were withdrawn from the South by President _________.

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Question 5

The most ambitious goal of the Radical Republicans was to reform landownership in the South.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Booker T.Washington argued that blacks should concentrate on self-improvement before political rights.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

President Johnson vetoed both the Freedmen's Bureau and the Civil Rights Act of 1866.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Congressional Reconstruction might have been more effective if

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A)  the federal government had not involved itself with redistributing income.
B)  the federal government had not passed the Enforcement Acts.
C)  Radical Republicans had not put Jefferson Davis on trial for treason.
D)  the Freedmen's Bureau had been ended sooner.
E)  the federal government had better enforced the laws designed to assist blacks.F) B) and C)
G) B) and E)

Question 9

In his 1895 "Atlanta Compromise" speech, Booker T.Washington

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A)  called for political and civil rights for black Americans.
B)  criticized the federal government for abandoning Southern blacks.
C)  argued that blacks should honor their African forebears.
D)  stated that blacks should give up in seeking equality with whites.
E)  called for tacit acceptance of the emerging system of racial segregation.F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 10

As president, Andrew Johnson

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A)  quickly sided with the Radical Republicans.
B)  proposed delaying the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment.
C)  long delayed in presenting his own plans for Reconstruction.
D)  offered amnesty to Southerners who pledged their loyalty to the United States.
E)  argued the South should be readmitted to the Union without conditions.F) None of the above
G) B) and E)

Question 11

The Black Codes helped President Johnson's plans for Reconstruction.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

"The slave went free; stood a brief moment in the sun; then moved back again toward slavery." Explain this assessment by W.
B.Du Bois of the Reconstruction Era by offering the historical evidence which supports each of the three parts of the quote.Answers will vary.
E.

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Question 13

In the 1860s, Black Codes were

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A)  holdovers from the antebellum era that were repealed by Southern state governments.
B)  passed by Congress to govern former Confederate states.
C)  enacted by the Freedmen's Bureau to give freed blacks voting rights.
D)  vetoed by President Andrew Johnson.
E)  designed to give whites control over freedmen.F) B) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 14

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

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) All of the above
G) None of the above

Question 16

Assess the presidency of Ulysses S.Grant.

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Question 17

The Freedmen's Bureau was confined by law to providing assistance only to former slaves and their families.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The Fifteenth Amendment dealt with the issue of

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A)  slavery.
B)  citizenship.
C)  cruel and unusual punishment.
D)  income tax.
E)  suffrage.F) D) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 19

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) D) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 20

"Scalawags" were Southerners who moved north after the Civil War.

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A) True 
 B)False

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President Johnson vetoed both the Freedmen's Bureau and the Civil Rights Act of 1866.

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Jim Crow laws

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The Black Codes helped President Johnson's plans for Reconstruction.

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