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Study Guide: Chapter 10 Reconstruction, 1865-1877
Indicate whether the statement is true or false. If it is false, change the identified word(s) to make the statement true.1. ____ President Johnson, unlike Lincoln, believed a radical policy was needed to bring the South back into the Union.
2.____ By the end of 1868, none of the former Confederate states had met all the requirements to be readmitted to the Union.
3.____ When the House of Representatives voted to impeach President Johnson, the main charge was that he had broken the law by refusing to uphold the Tenure of Office Act.
4.____ In 1865 many members of Congress were hopeful Southern voters would elect former Confederate officers and political leaders to Congress.
5.____ The black codes varied from state to state, but they all seemed intended to keep African Americans in a condition similar to slavery.
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
6.The actions of the Freedmen’s Bureau helped to prevent
a. / economic recovery.
b. / mass starvation.
c. / plantation labor.
d. / special courts.
7.President Johnson proclaimed that each former Confederate state had to call a constitutional convention to revoke its ordinance of secession and ratify the
a. / Fifteenth Amendment.
b. / Fourteenth Amendment.
c. / Military Reconstruction Act.
d. / Thirteenth Amendment.
8.Republican reforms in the South included
a. / the establishment of public schools.
b. / the extension of voting rights to women.
c. / the passage of black codes.
d. / the taking of former plantations.
9.Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction called for
a. / organizing Southern state governments under governors from the North.
b. / reconciling with the South rather than punishing it.
c. / revolutionizing Southern institutions, habits, and manners.
d. / trying Confederate leaders for treason.
10.Under Johnson’s Reconstruction plan, many members of Congress voted to reject the representatives that Southern voters elected to Congress because they
a. / refused to take a loyalty oath.
b. / were African Americans.
c. / were former Confederate leaders.
d. / were rich planters.
11.How did President Grant react to the rise of the Ku Klux Klan after the Civil War?
a. / He chose to ignore it.
b. / He ordered Union troops to invade and impose martial law.
c. / He wanted to intervene, but feared it would only result in more violence against African Americans.
d. / He was outraged and backed legislation outlawing the Klan’s activities.
12.What housed schools, hosted social events and political gatherings, and were the center of many African American communities?
a. / churches
b. / government buildings
c. / plantations
d. / town halls
13.In order to be readmitted into the Union, each former Confederate state had to hold a new constitutional
a. / convention.
b. / office.
c. / rally.
d. / seminar.
14.After gaining their freedom, many African Americans were elected to serve in state governments. Most aligned themselves with the
a. / African Independence Party.
b. / Democratic Party.
c. / Free-Soil Party.
d. / Republican Party.
15.In the election of 1868, Ulysses S. Grant won several Southern states because
a. / Congress did not allow a presidential candidate from the South to enter the race.
b. / Southern hero Robert E. Lee endorsed Grant for the presidency.
c. / Southern voters respected his leadership abilities.
d. / the presence of Union troops in the South allowed African Americans to vote.
Enter the appropriate word(s) to complete the statement.
16.Having gained the right to ______, African Americans quickly began to organize politically and to take part in governing the South.
17.Most white Southerners scorned the ______Party, partly because it included Northerners and African Americans.
18.______, founded in 1868 in Virginia, was an agricultural school first organized by Mary Peake.
19.The first African American to serve in the United States Senate was ______.
20.In the summer of 1876, President Grant sent federal troops in response to race riots and terrorism directed against African Americans in ______.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false. If it is false, change the identified word(s) to make the statement true.
21.____ After assuming the presidency in April 1877, Rutherford B. Hayes sent more federal troops to the South.
22.____ Many Southern leaders were convinced that the region had to develop a strong industrial economy and called for the creation of the "New South."
23. ____ Throughout the 1870s, Southern Democrats agreed with Republicans and cooperated rather than try to regain control of their state and local governments.
24. ____The collapse of Reconstruction ended African American hopes of being granted their own land in the South.
25.____ In one scandal during Grant's administration, his secretary of war, William Belknap, was found to have accepted bribes.
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
26.The outcome of the election that made Rutherford B. Hayes president is known as
a. / carpetbagging.
b. / debt peonage.
c. / the Compromise of 1877.
d. / the Panic of 1873.
27.When the powerful banking firm of Jay Cooke and Company was forced to declare bankruptcy, the nation’s financial community felt a wave of fear called the
a. / Compromise of 1877.
b. / Panic of 1873.
c. / Scandal of 1873.
d. / Scandal of 1877.
28.In the 1874 midterm election, control of the House of Representatives was won by
a. / Liberal Republicans.
b. / Democrats.
c. / Radical Republicans.
d. / independent candidates.
29.The election of 1876 initially resulted in no clear winner because
a. / of an Electoral College tie.
b. / of widespread election fraud.
c. / Southern votes were not counted.
d. / the popular vote was tied.
30.Most tenant farmers became ______, who paid a share of their crops to cover rent and other costs.
a. / forced laborers
b. / landlords
c. / planters
d. / sharecroppers
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