Ch15 Flashcards

1
Q

What was the significance of the Military Reconstruction Act?

A

It required new state constitutions and established military districts in the South

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2
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How did emancipation impact the South?

A

It left southern agriculture in disarray

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3
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Which of the following was a task of the Freedmen’s Bureau?

A

Providing formerly enslaved African Americans with education opportunities

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4
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What was a legacy of Republican state government in the South after 1877

A

The construction of railroads, roads, and bridges

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5
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Which of the following happened after the end of Reconstruction?

A

Black civil rights crumbled as white rule solidified

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6
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How did President Johnson violate the Tenure of Office Act?

A

He tried to remove a cabinet member without the approval of the Senate

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7
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Who advocates in the 1860s and 1870s for “soft money”, or paper currency?

A

Farmers and debtors

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8
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The primary objective of the Ku Klux Klan was

A

Oppressing black and white Republicans

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9
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Which politicians was named president of the U.S. in exchange for removing federal troops from the South in 1877?

A

Rutherford B. Hayes

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10
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Who were the Scalawags?

A

Southern white people who opposed secession

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11
Q

What was the result of the 14th Amendment?

A

It guaranteed citizenship to frreedmen and immigrant children born in the U.S.

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12
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How did “redeemer” Conservative Democrats achieve power in the South during the 1870s

A

They used race issues to excite the White electorate and threaten Black voters

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13
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The “black codes” entered by southern legislatures

A

Were part of an effort to restore white supremacy

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14
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What is the legacy of reconstruction

A

The passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments

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15
Q

Which of the following is true of the 15th Amendment?

A

It protected the right of Americans to vote regardless of race or color

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16
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Why did the Radical-led Congress pass the Civil Rights Act of 1866

A

It was a response to the black codes and the neo-slavery system created by southern legislature

17
Q

What was the substance of Henrietta Wood’s legal complaint in 1870

A

She was illegally sold as a slave and now demanded $20k in back wages

18
Q

Which 2 western states refused to ratify the 15th Amendment because of the Chinese issue

A

California and Oregon

19
Q

Why did many freed black people prefer sharecropping over working wages during the reconstruction?

A

Sharecropping freed black farmers from day to day white supervision of their lives

20
Q

Who was the first Native American appointed as commissioner of Native affairs in 1869

A

Ely Parker