Question 1

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 2

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

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Question 3

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) C) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 4

At the end of the Civil War,the number of slaves in the United States was

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A)  about 800,000.
B)  about one million.
C)  about two and a half million.
D)  about three and a half million
E)  almost six million.F) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 5

By the time of his death,Lincoln's sympathies had shifted from essential allegiance to the moderate wing of his party to casting his lot with the Radical Republicans.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

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

Question 7

Among his ideas,Booker T.Washington

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A)  rejected the ideology of the "New South creed."
B)  favored industrial over classical education.
C)  called on the federal government to offer job training for blacks.
D)  proposed an exodus of blacks from the South to the West.
E)  argued that blacks spent too much time trying to impress the white middle class.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 8

In the South,the crop-lien 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 on white farmers.
E)  saw interest rates rise as high as 20 or 30 percent.F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 9

Radical Republicans favored a Reconstruction process that would readmit the former Confederate states to the Union quickly.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln

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A)  involved a larger conspiracy to kill other members of the administration.
B)  saw John Wilkes Booth convicted of the murder of the president.
C)  brought a Radical Republican to the presidency.
D)  was intended to bring Andrew Johnson into the presidency.
E)  had been planned at the highest levels of the Confederate government.F) All of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 11

The "New South creed" was expounded by whites,not blacks.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The Wade-Davis Bill

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A)  essentially followed President Lincoln's Reconstruction plans.
B)  was criticized by Conservative Republicans for being too mild.
C)  called for the disenfranchisement of leading Confederates.
D)  denied reentry into the Union by former Confederate states for ten years.
E)  quickly became the law of the land.F) B) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 13

In the South,during the last quarter of the nineteenth century

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A)  the South's share of national manufacturing doubled.
B)  the South became more dependent on agriculture than ever.
C)  per capita income fell sharply.
D)  most industrial growth came from coal mining.
E)  average income reached 80 percent of that in the North.F) A) and B)
G) D) and E)

Question 14

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

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

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Question 16

The Tenure of Office Act was designed to protect the job of Secretary of War ________.

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Question 17

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Advocates of the "New South"

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A)  opposed using Northern capital.
B)  discouraged white women from working outside of the home.
C)  promoted Southern industry and railroad development.
D)  challenged the assumptions of white supremacy.
E)  in fact advocated a return to the plantation system of the antebellum South.F) All of the above
G) D) and E)

Question 19

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 E)
G) C) and D)

Question 20

After the Civil War was over,African Americans responded by separating themselves from white institutions.

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 15: Reconstruction and the New South

In the South,the crop-lien system

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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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After the Civil War was over,African Americans responded by separating themselves from white institutions.

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Advocates of the "New South"

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

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The Tenure of Office Act was designed to protect the job of Secretary of War ________.

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Radical Republicans favored a Reconstruction process that would readmit the former Confederate states to the Union quickly.

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As president,Andrew Johnson

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Jim Crow laws

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The "New South creed" was expounded by whites,not blacks.

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

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At the end of the Civil War,the number of slaves in the United States was

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In the South,during the last quarter of the nineteenth century

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

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By the time of his death,Lincoln's sympathies had shifted from essential allegiance to the moderate wing of his party to casting his lot with the Radical Republicans.

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Congressional Reconstruction might have been more effective if

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The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln

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The Wade-Davis Bill

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

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Among his ideas,Booker T.Washington

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