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Q: Which of the following would help African Americans combat the challenges addressed in both passages? A: a) thirteenth amendment b) fourteenth amendment c) fifteenth amendment d) freedmen's bureau
Q: According to this document, what offense was President Andrew Johnson to be charged with? A: a) Johnson committed treason when he negotiated with the government of the Confederate states of America b) Johnson had fired the Secretary of War without permission of the US Senate c) Johnson had appointed Edwin M. Stanton without the approval of the US senate d) Johnson had pardoned Confederate officials after the conclusion of the Civil war
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Q: Which of the following political actions was a response against the passage of the black codes? A: a) the state ratified the 13th amendment b) president Johnson vetoed the civil rights act of 1866 c) congressional republican took control of reconstruction d) southern democrats backed the republican presidential candidate rutherford b hayes
Q: When Black codes were outlawed by the federal government, which of the following actions did white southerners immediately take to try to maintain pre-war and political and social conditions in the south? A: a) instigating violence, often through groups like the KKK b) rearming old confederate militia and battling union troops c) electing republicans to local and state offices d) backing "redeemer" candidates for the house and senate
How was Lyndon B. Johnson's 'War on Poverty' supposed to assist the poor?A. by providing training for the unemployedB. by increasing unemployment funding to the statesC. by mandating an increase in the federal minimum wageD. by expanding opportunities for college scholarships
What was the effect of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty?A. It ended aboveground nuclear tests.B. It prohibited all testing of nuclear weapons.C. It limited the production of nuclear weapons.D. It authorized nuclear tests in specific countries.
How did the Warren Court's ruling in Gideon v. Wainwright guarantee fair legal treatment for the poor?A. It guaranteed the equal representation of different economic backgrounds on juries.B. It provided the poor access to a lawyer after investigators questioned them.C. It prevented prosecutors from using self-incriminating statements in state and federal trials.D. It required states to grant the poor access to a lawyer if one was unaffordable.
Q: Which of the following was a direct result of the actions shown in the above image? A: a) the black codes were greatly diminished in number and severity b) white redeemer governments regained power c) African American Senators and congressmen were elected for the first time d) African Americans achieved high literacy rates and advanced educations
Q: Who was the second president to be impeached? A: a) Richard M. Nixon b) Lyndon B. Johnson c) Gerald R. Ford d) William J. Clinton
Q: Despite the gains shown in the image above, all of the following undermined the enfranchisement of African Americans in the south during reconstruction except A: a) female suffragists b) the sharecropping system c) the KKK d) the white league
Q: Based on your knowledge of this period, which of the following made passage of the 15th amendment possible? A: a) President Ulysses S. Grant b) the majority-held democratic congress c) the coalition of pro-union democrats and moderate republicans d) the majority-held republican congress
Q: Which of the following statements would best be supported by this example of black codes? A: a) southern states took advantage of president Johnson's lenient reconstruction policies to maintain their pre-war social structures b) the destruction caused by Sherman's march made reconciliation between the north and south difficult after the civil war c) many African Americans found work as sharecroppers or tenant farmers after the 13th Amendment abolished slavery d) the Emancipation Proclamation did not immediately bring about the end of slavery in the south, although it did allow slaves who escaped to northern lines to obtain their freedom
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