Question 1

During the Grant administration, the United States acquired

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A)  Alaska.
B)  Hawaii.
C)  Guam.
D)  the Virgin Islands.
E)  Puerto Rico.F) None of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 2

All of the following were involved in scandals during the Grant administration EXCEPT

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A)  President Ulysses Grant.
B)  Secretary of War William Belknap.
C)  Vice-President Schuyler Colfax.
D)  Treasury Secretary Benjamin Bristow.
E)  All the answers are correct.F) C) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 3

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 4

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

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Question 5

Booker T.Washington outlined his basic philosophy in an 1895 speech that has come to be called the ____________ Compromise.

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Question 6

The congressional elections of 1866 resulted in a resounding victory for the Republicans.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Describe "Jim Crow."

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Question 8

Compare the conditions of black Americans living in the South in the 1850s with the 1870s.

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In the 1850s, black Americans living in ...

Question 9

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) B) and D)
G) A) and D)

Question 10

At the conclusion of President Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial,

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A)  a majority of Senators voted to acquit.
B)  Johnson resigned from office just prior to the vote.
C)  every Senate Republican voted to convict.
D)  Johnson was convicted and then pardoned by the Senate.
E)  Johnson was spared conviction by one vote.F) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

Question 11

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)  All the answers are correct.
E)  None of the answers are correct.F) C) and D)
G) B) and D)

Question 12

During Reconstruction, in regards to land ownership in the South,

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A)  the Freedman's Bureau distributed millions of acres of land to freedmen.
B)  most plantations abandoned during the Civil War remained vacant.
C)  ownership by both whites and blacks increased.
D)  the federal government vigorously acted to confiscate land owned by former Confederates.
E)  ownership by whites declined while ownership by blacks increased.F) A) and E)
G) D) and E)

Question 13

In the South as a whole, the percentage of black officeholders during Reconstruction was always far lower than the percentage of blacks in the population.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Enemies of President Grant and "Grantism" were called __________ Republicans.

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The answer of Enemies of President Grant and "Grantism" were...

Question 15

Democrats restored to power in the South were called ____________.

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The answer of Democrats restored to power in the South...

Question 16

After the Civil War, most black agricultural workers toiled as ______________.

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The answer of After the Civil War, most black agricultural...

Question 17

Even at the end of his life, Lincoln continued to insist that the Confederate government had no legal right to exist.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

State laws designed to restore slavery in all but name in the post-Civil War South were called ____________.

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Question 19

In 1867, Congressional plans for Reconstruction

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A)  were rejected by every former Confederate state.
B)  replaced federal military commanders in the South with civilian leaders.
C)  granted forty acres of land to every adult male former slave.
D)  required new state governments in the South to give voting rights to black males.
E)  required that state legislatures ratify the Thirteenth Amendment.F) A) and E)
G) D) and E)

Question 20

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

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Exam 15: Reconstruction and the New South

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

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During Reconstruction, in regards to land ownership in the South,

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Democrats restored to power in the South were called ____________.

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

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State laws designed to restore slavery in all but name in the post-Civil War South were called ____________.

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All of the following were involved in scandals during the Grant administration EXCEPT

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Describe "Jim Crow."

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Enemies of President Grant and "Grantism" were called __________ Republicans.

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In 1867, Congressional plans for Reconstruction

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

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The Tenure of Office Act

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At the conclusion of President Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial,

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During the Grant administration, the United States acquired

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Even at the end of his life, Lincoln continued to insist that the Confederate government had no legal right to exist.

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The congressional elections of 1866 resulted in a resounding victory for the Republicans.

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Compare the conditions of black Americans living in the South in the 1850s with the 1870s.

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In 1868, Ulysses S.Grant

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Booker T.Washington outlined his basic philosophy in an 1895 speech that has come to be called the ____________ Compromise.

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