History 107 Chapters 11,13,16 – Flashcards
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What effect did the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment have on suffrage in the South?
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b. It explicitly granted voting rights to black men though continuing to deny suffrage to all women, white or black.
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When he ascended to the presidency in 1865, Andrew Johnson
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a. extended pardons to thousands of Confederates.
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The Black Codes implemented by southern states under Presidential Reconstruction did all of the following EXCEPT
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a. deny blacks the right to vote.
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Which of the following statements about conditions in the South in late 1865 and early 1866 is LEAST accurate?
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b. The U.S. Congress affirmed the policies of Presidential Reconstruction, thus allowing the worst abuses against southern blacks to continue unchecked.
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All of the following groups supported the enfranchisement of southern blacks in 1866 EXCEPT
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d. Johnson and his supporters in Congress.
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What was the only ex-Confederate state to be exempted from the Reconstruction Act of 1867?
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c. Tennessee
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The Reconstruction Act of 1867 did all of the following EXCEPT
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b. require ex-Confederate states to appoint a certain number of black citizens to offices in the state governments.
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The Fourteenth Amendment divided the members of the abolitionist movement primarily because it
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a. penalized states for abridging the voting rights of men but not those of women.
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Which constitutional amendment ostensibly guaranteed black men throughout the nation the right to vote on an equal basis with white men?
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c. Fourteenth
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What is the claim to fame of Hiram Revels and Blanche K. Bruce?
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b. They were the only black men to serve in the U.S. Senate until the second half of the twentieth century.
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How many black men served in the House of Representatives between 1869 and 1901?
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b. 20
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Which state elected the largest number of black members to the House of Representatives?
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a. South Carolina
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During Reconstruction, South Carolina witnessed
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c. a majority of black senators in the state's senate.
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Which of the following statements about South Carolina politician Robert Brown Elliott is LEAST accurate?
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c. He rose to prominence despite having been born a slave on a South Carolina plantation.
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During Reconstruction, black men in Mississippi served in all of the following positions in the state government EXCEPT
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a. governor.
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For over a month, P. B. S. Pinchback served as the acting governor of which state?
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d. Louisiana
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Which of the following statements about the Union League of America is LEAST accurate?
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c. It was originally founded during Reconstruction by black New England soldiers who wanted to expand black rights in the North.
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With regard to politics, black women during Reconstruction
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b. vocally expressed their opinion on important matters and tried to influence political decisions.
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The Civil Rights Act, passed in 1875, stipulated that
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African Americans could not be denied equal access to public houses and public transportation.
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20. Which of the following statements about the Freedmen's Bureau is LEAST accurate?
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It provided rations to freedpeople while ignoring the plight of white refugees.
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Which of the following statements BEST captures attitudes toward the education of freedpeople during Reconstruction?
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Freedpeople often took the initiative of creating their own schools, but depended on financial assistance from the Freedmen's Bureau and northern churches.
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Which black southern university was named after the head of the Freedmen's Bureau?
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c. Howard University
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Which of the following statements about the education of freedpeople in the Reconstruction era is LEAST accurate?
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a. The schools established to educate freedpeople sought to inculcate the values of the free labor system.
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During Reconstruction, black churchgoers and ministers generally
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c. took a leading role in funding schools and providing social services.
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Economically, most freedpeople in agricultural regions associated freedom primarily with
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a. the ownership of land.
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A persistent rumor spread through the South in 1865 and 1866 that the federal government would provide freedpeople with
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b. forty acres of land and a mule.
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Compared to the 2% of married white women who worked for wages, what percentage of married black women were employed outside the home in 1870?
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b. 40%
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After gaining their freedom, black families preferred that female members
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c. stay home and tend to their household.
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What contributed MOST to the collapse of the Freedmen's Bank in 1874?
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d. As president of the bank, Frederick Douglass insisted on loaning out money to freedpeople who had no collateral, quickly exhausting the bank's funds.
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The three southern states whose governments the Republican Party still controlled in 1876 included all of the following EXCEPT
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a. Georgia.
