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Grandfather laws established thatA. African Americans could only vote if they could prove that they had been in the United States for at least two generations.B. only African Americans above age fifty could vote.C. certain levels of property holdings could exempt a potential voter from a literacy test.D. men could vote if they met certain property qualifications.E. men who could not meet the literacy and property qualifications could vote if their ancestors had voted before Reconstruction began.The Wade-Davis BillA) essentially followed President Lincoln's Reconstruction plans.B) was criticized by Conservative Republicans for being too mild.C) sought to bring about the disenfranchisement of leading Confederates.D) denied reentry into the Union by former Confederate states for 10 years.E) quickly became the law of the land.Addition to the Constitution that abolished slaveryIn 1865, Southern whites defined "freedom" asA) the right to use federal assistance to recover from the Civil War.B) controlling their future without Northern interference.C) the right of Southern states to remain outside of the Union.D) the removal of freed blacks from their states.E) monetary compensation for lost slaves.In 1865, Southern blacks defined "freedom" asA) an end to slavery.B) an end to slavery and the acquisition of legal rights and opportunities that would allow them to live as did whites.C) the ability to return to their ancestral homelands.D) immediate representation in the U.S. Congress.E) All these answers are correct.As president, Andrew JohnsonA) quickly sided with the Radical Republicans.B) proposed delaying the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment.C) long delayed presenting his own plans for Reconstruction.D) offered amnesty to Southerners who pledged their loyalty to the United States.E) argued the South should be readmitted to the Union without conditions.The assassination of President Abraham LincolnA) involved a larger conspiracy to kill other members of the administration.B) saw John Wilkes Booth convicted of the murder of the president.C) brought a Radical Republican to the presidency.D) was intended to bring Andrew Johnson into the presidency.E) had been planned at the highest levels of the Confederate government.The Fifteenth Amendment dealt with the issue ofA) slavery.B) citizenship.C) cruel and unusual punishment.D) income tax.E) suffrage.In the 1860s, Black Codes wereA) holdovers from the antebellum era that were repealed by Southern state governments.B) passed by Congress to govern former Confederate states.C) enacted by the Freedmen's Bureau to give freed blacks voting rights.D) vetoed by President Andrew Johnson.E) designed to give whites control over freedmen.During Reconstruction, the black labor force workedA) approximately the same number of hours as during slavery.B) significantly fewer hours than had been the case during slavery.C) more hours than had been the case during slavery.D) significantly more hours than the white labor force.E) significantly less hours than the white labor force.In 1868, President Andrew Johnson was impeached because heA) violated the Tenure of Office Act.B) offered political opposition to Radical Republicans.C) dismissed Edwin Stanton from office.D) both violated the Tenure of Office Act and dismissed Edwin Stanton from office.E) All these answers are correct.The Tenure of Office ActA) gave the Senate the power to appoint members of the president's cabinet.B) was designed to limit President Andrew Johnson's authority.C) was roundly condemned by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.D) was both designed to limit President Andrew Johnson's authority and roundly condemned by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.E) None of these answers is correct.The Fourteenth AmendmentA) ended slavery throughout the United States.B) gave voting rights to all male Americans.C) gave citizenship rights to all people born in the United States.D) was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.E) was written in such a way as to appease the woman's suffrage movement.President Abraham Lincoln's "10 percent" plan for the South referred to theA) area of land in each state that should be reserved for former slaves.B) ratio of federal to state money to be spent in rebuilding the Southern economy.C) ratio of federal troops to freed slaves in each Southern state.D) percentage of freed slaves who must be given the vote before setting up a state government.E) number of white voters required to take loyalty oaths before setting up a state governmentDuring Reconstruction, there was a dramatic improvement in SouthernA) transportation.B) education.C) industry.D) banking.E) agriculture.As a result of the Supreme Court's ruling in Ex parte Milligan, some Radical RepublicansA) reduced the number of justices on the Court.B) established military tribunals in additional Southern states.C) proposed abolishing the Court.D) tempered many of their Reconstruction plans.E) ended military tribunals in favor of civil courts.Black sharecroppingA. represented a continuation of the pre-Civil War gang-labor system.B. differed sharply from the tenant system.C. usually led to economic independence.D. was a very common occupation of former slaves.E. involved close white supervision which recalled the days of slavery.During Reconstruction, the term "scalawags" referred toA) Southern white Republicans.B) free black Southerners.C) Southerners who moved north.D) white Southerners who still embraced their former affiliation with the Confederacy.E) Northerners who moved south.Regarding land ownership in the South during Reconstruction,A) the Freedmen's Bureau distributed millions of acres of land to freedmen.B) most plantations abandoned during the Civil War remained vacant.C) ownership by both whites and blacks increased.D) the federal government vigorously acted to confiscate land owned by former Confederates.E) ownership by whites declined, while ownership by blacks increased.13. At the conclusion of President Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial,A) a majority of senators voted to acquit.B) Johnson resigned from office just prior to the vote.C) every Senate Republican voted to convict.D) Johnson was convicted and then pardoned by the Senate.E) Johnson was acquitted by a margin of one vote
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