Abraham Lincoln's plan of reconstruction required:A) the abolition of slavery with compensation.B) 50 percent of the adult white males to take the loyalty oath.C) 10 percent of the adult white males to take the loyalty oath.D) blacks be given the right to vote.
C) 10 percent of the adult white males to take the loyalty oath.
Under the new president Andrew Johnson, presidential reconstruction:A) never was implemented because Congress passed its own program before Johnson's could go into effect.B) made it possible for former high-ranking Confederates to assume positions of power in the reconstructed southern governments.C) would implement a harsh program in the South.D) adhered substantially to the views of Congressional leaders.
B) made it possible for former high-ranking Confederates to assume positions of power in the reconstructed southern governments.
In May 1868:A) Andrew Johnson resigned from the presidency rather than face certain impeachment and removal.B) Andrew Johnson became the first president to be removed from office.C) the Senate failed by one vote to convict Andrew Johnson of the impeachment charges filed against him.D) the House of Representatives refused to approve articles of impeachment.
C) the Senate failed by one vote to convict Andrew Johnson of the impeachment charges filed against him.
The African-Americans elected to political offices during Reconstruction:A) were more conservative than the majority of the black populationB) briefly dominated all of the state governments of the former Confederacy.C) tended to be poor, uneducated, and unqualified to hold elective offices.D) overwhelmingly advocated land reform as crucial to true freedom.
A) were more conservative than the majority of the black population
The most important institutions for African-Americans as they tried to establish their own independent family and community life were:A) the schools and the churches.B) the black-controlled state legislatures and the land reform program.C) the Freedmen's Bureau and the Supreme Court.D) the sharecropping system and the black codes.
A) the schools and the churches.
In the years after the Civil War, most freedpeople ended up working:A) as itinerant day laborers in domestic and service jobs.B) as farmers under a sharecropping systemC) as wage laborers in the new textile mills.D) as farmers on land they owned.
B) as farmers under a sharecropping system
The Freedmen's Bureau courts:A) were the most effective means of protecting black economic rights.B) were declared unconstitutional by the federal courts.C) consistently sided with the freedmen.D) consistently sided with the planters.
A) were the most effective means of protecting black economic rights.
The Fifteenth Amendment:A) prohibited denying the right to vote on grounds of race.B) forbid literacy tests or property requirements for voting.C) enacted women's suffrage.D) imposed black suffrage only in the South.
A) prohibited denying the right to vote on grounds of race.
The Civil Rights Act of 1875:A) contained provisions for social equality that were later declared unconstitutional.B) was vetoed by President Ulysses Grant and never went into effect.C) never passed Congress despite pressure from President Grant.D) eliminated social segregation in the North and in the South.
A) contained provisions for social equality that were later declared unconstitutional.
The primary purpose of the Ku Klux Klan was to:A) keep former slaves from finding jobs.B) help Republican candidates win elections in Southern states.C) destroy the Republican party in the South.D) force all African-Americans to leave the South.
C) destroy the Republican party in the South.
The Compromise of 1877:A) provided for a recount of votes in the former Confederate states.B) marked the end of Reconstruction.C) gave the presidency to Tilden.D) underscored Republican resolve to continue Reconstruction.
B) marked the end of Reconstruction.
Reconstruction ended:A) without any positive results for African-Americans or the nation.B) as a success because northern blacks had gained social equality.C) in failure because of deep-seated racism in the United States.D) despite strong northern sentiments to continue Radical policies.
C) in failure because of deep-seated racism in the United States.