Question 1

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A)   holdovers from the antebellum era that were repealed by Southern state governments.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) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 2

In 1896 the Supreme Court declared that "separate but equal" in matters of race relations was constitutional,in the case of ________.

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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

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 5

The "redeemed" governments of the South

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A)   were so named when Democrats took back control of the government.
B)   suppressed the activities of white supremacists.
C)   saw the Republican Party win control of Southern state governments.
D)   saw an end to occupation by federal troops, and suppressed the activities of white supremacists.
E)   All these answers are correct.F) None of the above
G) A) and C)

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

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Many of the so-called scalawags were former Southern ________.

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Question 9

Lincoln wanted ex-Confederate states admitted to the Union when ________ percent of a state's white voters took a loyalty oath.

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Question 10

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

In the South,the crop-lien system along with the burdensome credit system

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A)   encouraged the planting of cash crops.
B)   nearly disappeared during Reconstruction.
C)   led to crop diversification.
D)   was generally imposed on blacks, but not white farmers.
E)   saw interest rates rise as high as 20 or 30 percent.F) D) and E)
G) C) and E)

Question 12

In 1865,Southern whites defined "freedom" as

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A)   the right to use federal assistance to recover from the Civil War.
B)   controlling their future without Northern interference.
C)   the right of Southern states to remain outside of the Union.
D)   the removal of freed blacks from their states.
E)   monetary compensation for lost slaves.F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 13

The last ________ were withdrawn from the South by President Hayes.

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Question 14

The Panic of 1873

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A)   began after the Southern crop-lien system collapsed.
B)   saw Republicans call on Grant to go off the gold standard.
C)   saw President Grant favor putting more paper currency into circulation.
D)   began after revelations of corruption in the Grant administration.
E)   was the nation's worst economic depression to that time.F) B) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 15

The most numerous Republicans in the South were the black freedmen.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

"Seward's Folly" refers to a financial scandal involving Grant's secretary of state,William Seward.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Radical Republicans favored a reconstruction process that would readmit the former Confederate states to the Union with fairly few restrictions.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

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

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Question 19

During Reconstruction,Southern African American officeholders

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A)   filled as many as five seats in the United States Senate.
B)   were excluded from state constitutional conventions.
C)   did not serve in the federal Congress or Senate.
D)   rarely engaged in illegal political activities.
E)   underrepresented the total number of blacks living in the South.F) A) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 20

In 1865,Southern blacks defined "freedom" as

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A)   an end to slavery.
B)   an end to slavery and the acquisition of legal rights and opportunities that would allow them to live as did whites.
C)   the ability to return to their ancestral homelands.
D)   immediate representation in the U.S. Congress.
E)   All these answers are correct.F) A) and D)
G) None of the above

Exam 15: Reconstruction and the New South

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The last ________ were withdrawn from the South by President Hayes.

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Lincoln wanted ex-Confederate states admitted to the Union when ________ percent of a state's white voters took a loyalty oath.

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"Seward's Folly" refers to a financial scandal involving Grant's secretary of state,William Seward.

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

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In the 1860s,Black Codes were

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

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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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Many of the so-called scalawags were former Southern ________.

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

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The Panic of 1873

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In 1865,Southern whites defined "freedom" as

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The most numerous Republicans in the South were the black freedmen.

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Radical Republicans favored a reconstruction process that would readmit the former Confederate states to the Union with fairly few restrictions.

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During Reconstruction,Southern African American officeholders

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