Question 1

As sharecroppers,the black labor force in the South worked hours that were just as long as had been the case under slavery.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

At its inception,the Freedmen's Bureau had the authority to operate for only one year.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

How did Lincoln's plan differ from those of the Radical Republicans?

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Question 4

In the 1890s,pressure in the South to restrict black voting rights came from

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A)  poor white farmers.
B)  wealthy southerners.
C)  advocates of Jim Crow.
D)  both poor white farmers and wealthy Southerners.
E)  All these answers are correct.F) A) and D)
G) C) and E)

Question 5

The most effective weapon used by Southern whites to undermine Reconstruction was

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A)  economic pressure.
B)  preventing blacks from voting.
C)  intimidation.
D)  political action.
E)  boycott.F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 6

Virginia,Texas,and Mississippi were among the first states to comply with congressional Reconstruction.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Spokesmen for the New South advocated industrial development for the South,but seldom challenged white supremacy in the process.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

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 E)
G) B) and E)

Question 9

The Grant administration achieved its greatest successes in foreign affairs.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

State expenditures by Southern governments during Reconstruction were large,but only in comparison with the meager state budgets of the pre-Civil War years.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Grant's response to bad economic times was to approve plans to increase the amount of money in circulation.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The Wade-Davis Bill sought to make it more difficult than Lincoln desired for those states which had left the Union to return.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The Freedmen's Bureau was a civilian agency under the control of the State Department.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

President Johnson was impeached but not convicted.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Why did the elections of 1866 empower Radical Republicans?

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Question 16

In 1868,Ulysses S.Grant

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A)  was nominated by both the Republican and Democratic parties.
B)  won a huge victory.
C)  entered the White House with no political experience.
D)  relied on many of his former military advisors to join his administration.
E)  ran against Republican Reconstruction policies.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 17

An end to Reconstruction was achieved by the ________ of 1877.

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Question 18

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

National support for Reconstruction was undermined by

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A)  the adoption of the Fifteenth Amendment.
B)  the growing political strength of Democrats.
C)  the Panic of 1873.
D)  perceptions of black-and-carpetbag misgovernment in the South.
E)  All these answers are correct.F) B) and D)
G) D) and E)

Question 20

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

Exam 15: Reconstruction and the New South

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The Grant administration achieved its greatest successes in foreign affairs.

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President Johnson was impeached but not convicted.

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How did Lincoln's plan differ from those of the Radical Republicans?

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

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As sharecroppers,the black labor force in the South worked hours that were just as long as had been the case under slavery.

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An end to Reconstruction was achieved by the ________ of 1877.

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State expenditures by Southern governments during Reconstruction were large,but only in comparison with the meager state budgets of the pre-Civil War years.

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Spokesmen for the New South advocated industrial development for the South,but seldom challenged white supremacy in the process.

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The most effective weapon used by Southern whites to undermine Reconstruction was

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The Freedmen's Bureau was a civilian agency under the control of the State Department.

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In the 1890s,pressure in the South to restrict black voting rights came from

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At its inception,the Freedmen's Bureau had the authority to operate for only one year.

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Why did the elections of 1866 empower Radical Republicans?

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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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In 1868,Ulysses S.Grant

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Virginia,Texas,and Mississippi were among the first states to comply with congressional Reconstruction.

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The Tenure of Office Act

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The Wade-Davis Bill sought to make it more difficult than Lincoln desired for those states which had left the Union to return.

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