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What was Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction called?

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Ten Percent Plan

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What was Congress’s plan to require 50 percent of a state’s white males to take an oath of allegiance to the Union before being re- admitted called?

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Wade-Davis Bill

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What was the Amendment that abolished slavery?

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13th Ammendment

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What was the Amendment that granted citizenship to blacks?

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14th Ammendment

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What was the act that divided the South into military districts until states wrote new constitutions approved by Congress?

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Reconstruction Act of 1867

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What was the act that required the president to get Senate approval to remove certain officials from office?

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Tenure of Office Act

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What was the Amendment that said states could not deny the right to vote based on race?

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15th Ammendment

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What was the act that pardoned most Confederate leaders, allowing them to hold office?

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Amnesty Act of 1872

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Each of the following was true about the situation in the North after the Civil War except that…
A. most farmland had been destroyed by the war
B. immigration continued and led to increased population
C. factories continued production
D. soldiers could return home with little hindrance

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A. most farmland had been destroyed by the war

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Each of the following was true about the situation in the South after the Civil War except that…
A. the labor force was severely disrupted by the slaves being freed
B. cities, farms, and businesses had been destroyed
C. the plantation system continued to prosper
D. state governments needed to be reestablished
E. the South’s paper money was worthless

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C. the plantation system continued to prosper

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Each of the following was true about the duty for former slaves in the South after the Civil War except…
A. They had no money to but land
B. They were each given 50 acres of land by the government
C. Laws limited the type of work they could do
D. They faced violence for seeking social equality

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B. They were each given 50 acres of land by the government

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The period during which Presidents Lincoln and Johnson directed Reconstruction was known as… ? …Reconstruction.
A. Congressional
C. Amnesty
B. Radical
D. Presidential

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D. Presidential

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Each of the following was part of Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction except that…
A. most former Confederates would be pardoned if they swore to support the Constitution
B. a state could reestablish a civilian government as soon as ten percent of those who had voted in 1860 took an oath of allegiance to the Union
C. former slaves had to be given the right to vote
D. a military governor would be appointed in each captured state until it could reestablish a civilian government

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C. former slaves had to be given the right to vote

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Each of the following is a reason Radical Republicans opposed Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction except that…
A. they did not think former Confederates should be allowed to hold office
B. they worried the South would gain more representatives since former slaves would now be counted as full persons
C. they worried that Northern and Southern Democrats would unite and gain control of the federal government
D. they wanted more to be done to secure political and civil rights for blacks
E. they wanted amnesty given to all former Confederates

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E. they wanted amnesty given to all former Confederates

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President Johnson’s plan for Reconstruction included each of the following except that…
A. wealthy former Confederates would have to appeal to him directly for a pardon
B. blacks had to be given the right to vote
C. unpardoned Southerners could not vote or hold office
D. states would be re-admitted once they wrote new constitutions and ratified the 13th Amendment

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B. blacks had to be given the right to vote

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In 1867 Congressional Reconstruction became… ? …Reconstruction when those who wanted to make it more difficult for Southern states to reenter the Union were firmly in control.
A. Presidential
B. Redemption
C. Amnesty
D. Radical

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D. Radical

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Each of the following was true about the Reconstruction Act of 1867 except that…
A. it divided the South into five military districts
B. it required states to ratify the 14th Amendment
C. it abolished the Ku Klux Klan
D. it required states to guarantee adult black males the right to vote

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C. it abolished the Ku Klux Klan

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Why was the Grant presidency often viewed negatively?
A. because of a serious economic downturn
B. because the Civil War was still being fought
C. because slavery was still legal
D. because of the many scandals that took place in his administration

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D. because of the many scandals that took place in his administration

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Each of the following was a success of Grant’s presidency except that…
A. he purchased Alaska
B. he defended the political rights of African Americans
C. he signed legislation to combat the Ku Klux Klan
D. he improved tax collection
E. he took steps to improve treatment of Native Americans

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A. he purchased Alaska

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Each of the following is true about the end of Reconstruction except that…
A. Northerners became more concerned about other issues such as economic prosperity and less concerned about the plight of African Americans
B. the Amnesty Act of 1872 pardoned most former Confederate leaders, restoring their ability to vote and hold office, which resulted in white Southerners regaining control of state governments
C. when federal troops were withdrawn from the South there was no one to enforce the Civil Rights Act and protect blacks from the Ku Klux Klan
D. Reconstruction ended because the civil rights of blacks had been permanently secured

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D. Reconstruction ended because the civil rights of blacks had been permanently secured

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Each of he following was true about sharecroppers except that…
A. they farmed small plots of land owned by the planter and paid a portion of the crop as rent for the land
B. they owned their own land that was given to them by the government
C. they typically had to borrow money for seed and provisions at the beginning of each planting season
D. they rarely showed a profit and were often in a cycle of debt and poverty which was hard to break out of

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B. they owned their own land that was given to them by the government

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The fourteenth amendment did all of the following except…
A. Give each former slave 40 acres of land
B. Grant citizenship and equal protection of state laws to blacks
C. Count all black people, rather than three-fifths of them, to determine a state’s representation in Congress
D. Exclude those who had broken their oath to support the Constitution (by supporting the Confederacy) from holding government office unless pardoned by Congress

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A. Give each former slave 40 acres of land

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True or False:
Because states re-admitted under Johnson’s plan for Reconstruction were electing former Confederates to office and instituting black codes, Congress refused to allow representatives elected from these states to be seated.

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True

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True or False:
President Johnson’s most significant foreign policy achievement was the purchase of Alaska.

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True

25
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The Senate fell one vote short of those needed to convict Johnson in his impeachment trial.

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True

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True or False:
Poll taxes and literacy tests were used to deny blacks the right to vote.

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True

27
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True or False:
The South was called the “Solid South” because for one hundred years after Reconstruction it voted solidly for Republican candidates.

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False

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True or False:
Rutherford B. Hayes won a clear majority of the popular and electoral votes in the election of 1876.

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False

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True or False:
A congressional commission declared Samuel J. Tilden the winner of the disputed electoral votes in the election of 1876.

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False

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True or False:
Although Johnson was not removed from office as a result of his impeachment, his reputation was harmed and the Republicans chose a different candidate for president in 1868.

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True

31
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The period from the end of the Civil War to 1877 was called…

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Reconstruction

32
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Former slaves were called…

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Freedmen

33
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The opponents in Congress to Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction were called… ? …Republicans.

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Radical

34
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A general pardon for a large group of people is…

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Amnesty

35
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Very restrictive state laws that placed African Americans in an inferior position were called…

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Black Codes

36
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The secretary of state who negotiated a treaty to purchase Alaska was…

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William Seward

37
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The agency established to assist former slaves was the…

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Freedmen’s Bureau

38
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Those from the North who moved to the South during Reconstruction were called…

A

Carpetbaggers

39
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A white Southerner who supported Reconstruction was called a…

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Scalawag

40
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The House of Representatives’ power to bring charges against the president is called…

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impeachment

41
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The former Civil War general who won the presidential election of 1868 for the Republicans was…

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Ulysses S. Grant

42
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Southerners who wanted to “save” the South and its culture by overthrowing blacks and other
Republicans who held offices were called…

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Redeemers

43
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A secret organization formed by former Confederate soldiers and determined to keep blacks under white control was the…

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Ku Klux Klan

44
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Towns built by factory owners were called… ? …towns.

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Mill

45
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Identify one accomplishment of the Freedmen’s Bureau.

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Paid Teachers

46
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What was the goal of the “New South” movement?

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For the South to become more industrial or to rival
the North economically

47
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Why was the outcome of the presidential election of 1876 in dispute? How was the dispute resolved, and what was its result as it related to Reconstruction?

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The outcome of the presidential election of 1876 was in dispute because the results of the election in three states were disputed. If either candidate won those electoral votes, he would win the election. To resolve the dispute, Congress appointed a commission that included eight Republicans and seven Democrats. The commission voted along party lines (8-7) to award all the electoral votes from the disputed states to Hayes. The Democrats agreed to accept Hayes as president and accept Reconstruction Amendments (the 13th, 14th, and 15th) if the Republicans agreed to remove the last federal troops from the South, thus ending Reconstruction.

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