apush chapter 22 (american pageant)
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 1. The fate of the Confederate leaders after 1865 was | that all were eventually pardoned. |
| 2. In the postwar South | the economy was utterly devastated. |
| 3. At the end of the Civil War, | many white Southerners still believed that their view of secession was correct. |
| 4. Freedom for Southern blacks at the end of the Civil War | came haltingly and unevenly in different parts of the conquered Confederacy. |
| 5. For blacks, emancipation meant all of the following | the ability to search for lost family; the right to get married; the opportunity to form their own churches; and the opportunity for an education. |
| 6. In 1865, Southern blacks often began traveling to | test their freedom, search for family members, and seek economic opportunity. |
| 7. The "Exodusters" westward move to Kansas faltered when | steamboat captains refused to transport them across the Mississippi. |
| 8. The greatest achievements of the Freedmen's Bureau were | in education. |
| 9. The white South viewed the Freedmen's Bureau as a meddlesome federal agency that | threatened to upset white racial dominance. |
| 10. Andrew Johnson was made Lincoln's running mate in 1864 because | Johnson was a Democrat and a loyal unionist from a Southern state. |
| 11. In President Andrew Johnson's view, the Freedmen's Bureau was | an agency that should be killed. |
| 12. As vice president, | Andrew Johnson advocated states' rights. |
| 13. As a politician, Andrew Johnson developed a reputation | as a champion of the poor whites. |
| 14. The controversy surrounding the Wade-Davis Bill and the readmission of the Confederate states to the Union demonstrated | the deep differences between President Lincoln and Congress. |
| 15. In his 10 percent plan for Reconstruction, President Lincoln promised | rapid readmission of Southern states into the Union. |
| 16. That the Southern state were "conquered provinces" and therefore at the mercy of Congress for readmission to the Union, was the view of | congressional Republicans. |
| 17. President Johnson's plan for Reconstruction took away the right to vote from | Confederate leaders and wealthy planters. |
| 18. The main purpose of the Black Codes was | to ensure a stable labor supply. |
| 19. The Black Codes provided for all of the following | a ban on jury service by blacks; punishment of blacks for idleness; a bar on blacks from renting land; and fines for blacks who jumped labor contracts. |
| 20. To many Northerners, the Black Codes seemed to indicate | that possibly the North had not really won the Civil War. |
| 21. Congress objected to the readmission of Southern states to the Union under Johnson's plan because | the states had adopted Black Codes that limited the civil rights of freed slaves; the states had been readmitted without consultation with Congress; many former Confederates were elected to high political office in those states; and it feared that the restored South would be stronger than ever in national politics. |
| 22. For congressional Republicans, one of the most troubling aspects of the Southern states' restoration to the Union was that | the South would be stronger than ever in national politics. |
| 23. The incident that caused the clash between Congress and President Johnson to explode into the open was | Johnson's veto of the bill to extend the Freedmen's Bureau. |
| 24. The Freedmen's Bureau was | a postwar welfare agency for former slaves and was quite successful at providing education for former slaves. |
| 25. The first ex-Confederate state to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment and thus be readmitted to the Union under congressional Reconstruction was | Tennessee. |
| 26. The Fourteenth Amendment guaranteed | citizenship to freed slaves. |
| 27. The Fourteenth Amendment prohibited | ex-Confederate leaders from holding public office. |
| 28. In the 1866 congressional elections, | voters endorsed the congressional approach to Reconstruction. |
| 29. The basis of the battle between Congress and President Andrew Johnson was Johnson's | "10 percent" governments that had passed severe Black Codes. |
| 30. Both moderate and radical Republicans agreed that | freed slaves must be granted the right to vote. |
| 31. Radical congressional Reconstruction of the South finally ended | when the last federal troops were removed in 1877. |
| 32. Congressional Reconstruction hoped to provide basic rights and protection for the former slaves in the South through the | Military Reconstruction Act, Freedmen's Bureau Act, Fourteenth Amendment, and Force Acts. |
| 33. Radical Republican leaders in Congress included | Thaddeus Stevens of Pennsylvania; Charles Sumner of Massachusetts; and Hiram Revels of Mississippi. |
| 34. As part of their Reconstruction plan, radical Republicans originally expected to | secure civil rights for freed slaves; punish the planter aristocracy; restructure Southern society; have President Johnson on their side, and use federal power to aid blacks. |
| 35. Reconstruction involved extended controversies over | readmission of Southern states into the Union, civil and political rights for former slaves, direction and control of the Reconstruction process, and treatment of former Confederate leaders. |
| 36. Reconstruction might have been more successful if | Thaddeus Stevens's radical program of drastic economic reforms and stronger protection of political rights had been enacted. |
| 37. Blacks in the South relied on the | Union League to educate them on their civic duties. |
| 38. During Reconstruction, African-American women assumed new political roles which included all of the following: | participating in black church life; monitoring state constitutional conventions; participating in political rallies; and organizing mass meetings. |
| 39. Radical Reconstruction state governments passed | much desirable legislation and badly needed reforms. |
| 40. Most "radical" Reconstruction regimes in the South | expanded the legal rights of women; established public-school systems; and were troubled by graft and corruption. |
| 41. Under congressional Reconstruction, Southern states were required to | ratify the Fourteenth Amendment and give freed slaves the right to vote. |
| 42. Political corruption during Reconstruction was present in | both North and South. |
| 43. Among the legacies of the Reconstruction effort were | a long-term eclipse of Republican party strength in Southern states; perpetuation of the ideas of states' rights and local self-government under the Constitution and a sense of resentment and grievance among white Southerners. |
| 44. Methods used by Ku Klux Klan members to achieve their goal of white supremacy included | beatings, scare tactics, murder, and mutilation. |
| 45. The goals of the Ku Klux Klan included all of the following: | "keep blacks in their place," that is, subservient to whites; prevent blacks from voting; keep white "carpetbaggers" from voting; and end radical Reconstruction. |
| 46. Congress's impeachment of President Johnson and attempt to remove him from office were | directly precipitated by his dismissal of Secretary of War Stanton in 1867. |
| 47. All of the following were reasons the Senate voted to acquit President Andrew Johnson: | opposition to abusing the Constitutional system of checks and balances; concern about the person who would become President; fears of creating a destabilizing period; and Johnson's promise to stop obstructing Republican policies. |
| 48. In 1867 Secretary of State Seward accomplished an enduring success in foreign relations for the Johnson administration when | he purchased Alaska from Russia. |
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