Test on Reconstruction, Impeachment and the End of the 19th Century

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1 What did the 14th Amendment do?
Prohibited the denial of voting rights on the basis of race.
Defined citizenship.
Prohibited slavery.
Prohibited poll taxes.
2 Which of the following was NOT true of the First Reconstruction Act?
It required Southern states to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment.
It required former Confederate officers to apply to the President for a pardon.
It required states to adopt constitutions guaranteeing blacks the right to vote.
3 The Freedmen's Bureau did all of the following EXCEPT
provide food and clothing to former slaves.
send agents to set up schools.
encourage former slaves to move north.
provide medical care for former slaves.
4 Which of the following is in the correct chronological order?
Wade-Davis Bill, 15th Amendment, 1st Reconstruction Act, Grant Elected
1st Reconstruction Act, Wade-Davis Bill, Grant Elected, 15th Amendment
Wade-Davis Bill, 1st Reconstruction Act, 15th AMendment, Grant Elected
Wade-Davis Bill, 1st Reconstruction Act, Grant Elected, 15th Amendment
5 One reason the Radical Republicans began to lose power was that
leaders such as Stevens and Sumner opposed their policiies.
many northerners lost interest in changing the South.
the southern states were recovering on their own.
President Grant urged them to step aside.
6 Who were the southern politicians who claimed that the states were not morally bound by postwar constitutional amendments and so could restrict the rights of the freed slaves?
Carpetbaggers
Radicals
Scalawags
Redeemers
7 Which Reconstruction plan dissolved the governments of the Confederate states and divided them into five districts?
Lincoln's plan
Wade-Davis BiIll
Johnson's plan
Military Reconstruction Acts
8 Which of the following is in the correct chronolgoical order?
Assassination of Lincoln, Veto of Extension of Freedmen's Bureau, Military Reconstruction Acts, Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
Military Reconstruction Acts, Assassination of Lincoln, Impeachment of Johnson, Veto of Extension of Freedmen's Bureau
Assassination of Lincoln, Impeachment of Andrew Johnson, Veto of Extension of Freedmen's Bureau, Military Reconstruction Acts
Veto of Extension of Freedmen's Bureau, Assassination of Lincoln, Military Reconstruction Acts, Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
9 Which of the following is NOT a trend in the late 19th century?
The population decreases in Eastern cities.
Immigration to the U.S. increases.
The population becomes more educated.
Life expectancy increases.
10 Which election brought an end to Reconstruction?
1868
1872
1876
1880
11 Which were native white Southerners who cooperated with the Republicans during Reconstruction?
Carpetbaggers
Radicals
Scalawags
Redeemers
12 Which of the following is NOT a trend in the late 19th century?
Immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe increases.
Black voting in the South increases.
The number of places that have not yet been settled in the U.S. decreases.
Railroads spread across the country.
13 Which Reconstruction plan set easy terms for the states to form new governments and send their representatives to Congress, but only encouraged the new states to allow freedmen to vote?
Lincoln's plan
Wade-Davis BIll
Johnson's plan
Military Reconstruction Acts
14 The Fifteenth Amendment
officially banned slavery throughout the country.
made blacks citizens.
guaranteed blacks the right to hold public office.
guaranteed blacks the right to vote.
15 Which of the following is NOT a trend in the late 19th century?
Luxuries became increasingly difficult for ordinary people to buy.
Immigration increased.
The rate of new inventions increased.
Leisure time increased.
16 The Reconstruction plan that eventually went into effect was proposed by
Lincoln
Radical Republicans
Johnson
Grant
17 During Reconstruction, all the following groups took part in southern governments EXCEPT
former Confederate officers.
northerners who went South.
white southerners who supported the Republicans.
freedmen.
18 Which of the following was NOT a lasting change brought about during Reconstruction?
Republicans gained control of several Southern states.
Many freedmen received an education.
Blacks received the right to vote.
The federal government reestablished its authority.
19 President Andrew Johnson vetoed the
Wade-Davis Bill
Civil Rights Act
Fourteenth Amendment
Black Codes
20 Congress's decision to bring impeachment charges against President Johnson was most immediately provoked by his
campaigning against the Radical Republicans in the 1866 Congressional elections.
readmission of former Confederate states.
dismissal of the Secretary of War.
vetoing of the Freedmen's Bureau.
21 Which of the following is NOT a trend in the late 19th century?
Women started to be educated.
Labor unions developed.
Fewer people were farmers.
The rich got richer.
22 Which is the correct chronological order for the following>
Slaves are freed, Hayes elected, Blacks get voting rights. Johnson impeached
Slaves are freed, Johnson impeached, Hayes elected, Blacks got voting rights
Slaves are freed, Johnson impeached, Blacks get voting rights, Hayes elected
Johnson impeached, Slaves are freed, Hayes elected, Blacks get voting rights
23 The Wade-Davis Bill required southern states to
guarantee black equality.
repudiate the Confederate debt.
gradually abolish slavery.
guarantee blacks the right to vote.
24 President Johnson's Reconstruction proposal would NOT have
allowed former Confederates to hold public office.
increased the number of Democrats in Congress.
required full civil and political equality for blacks.
allowed southern states to use special legal codes
25 The Fourteenth Amendment
specifically outlawed racial segregation.
specifically prevented any state from denying blacks the right to vote.
significantly altered the power relationship between the federal government and the state governments.
established legal black codes to protect freemen's rights.
26 President Lincoln's "ten percent plan" for Reconstruction did NOT require southern states to
adopt a republican form of government.
accept the fact of slavery's abolition.
require some Southerners to take an oath of loyalty to the Union.
guarantee blacks the right to vote.
27 Andrew Johnson was made President Lincoln's running mate in 1864 primarily for the political benefits that would result from his
being a Radical Republican leader.
patient and compromising manner.
being a Democrat from a southern slave state.
having been a southern slaveowner.

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