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1
What was one of the provisions of the Compromise of 1877?
Guarantee of civil rights
Withdrawal of federal troops
Expansion of slave trade
Creation of new states
2
'The Solid South' was a stronghold of which party?
Libertarian
Republican
Independence
Democratic
3
How did poll taxes affect voting rights?
They expanded access to the ballot
They increased voter turnout
They disenfranchised many African Americans
They reduced voter fraud
4
Which Supreme Court case upheld Jim Crow laws in 1896?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Miranda v. Arizona
Brown v. Board of Education
5
What was the outcome of Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial?
He was impeached and removed from office
He resigned before the trial
He was impeached but not removed from office
He was acquitted
6
Which African American leader disagreed with Booker T. Washington's approach?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Malcolm X
Marcus Garvey
W.E.B. Du Bois
7
The Reconstruction Acts of 1867 provided for
implementation of anti-African American vagrancy laws in the South
temporary Union military supervision of the former Confederacy
property-holding and voting rights for African Americans
lenient readmission of the formerly Confederate states to the Union
8
Which amendment abolished slavery?
26th
15th
19th
13th
9
What were the Black Codes?
Codes of conduct for slaves
Laws that restricted the rights of African Americans
Hidden messages in songs
Secret societies of freed slaves
10
Which of the following would be considered an achieved success of Reconstruction in the South?
Industrialization was successfully implemented
Tensions with the North were ended
A public school system was successfully created
African-Americans were given redistributed land
11
What was Booker T. Washington's most famous book?
Invisible Man
Up from Slavery
Beloved
The Souls of Black Folk
12
What did Jim Crow laws restrict?
Freedom of speech
Property rights for Native Americans
Civil rights of African Americans
Voting rights for women
13
President Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction was opposed by some Radical Republicans because
felt it was too harsh on Southerners
believed it would be impractical to carry out
believed it was too generous to the freedmen
felt it was too lenient on the South
14
What was the main goal of the Ku Klux Klan during Reconstruction?
To promote racial equality
To support the Republican Party
To suppress the rights of African Americans
To protect Native American rights
15
What is the significance of the Civil Rights Cases of 1883?
They declared segregation illegal
They overturned the Jim Crow laws
They established separate but equal doctrine
They limited the scope of the 14th Amendment
16
The Reconstruction plans of both Lincoln and Johnson included
the requirement that Southern states ratify the Thirteenth Amendment
a call for immediate elections in former Confederate states
a requirement that a majority of citizens sign statements of allegiance
the passage of the Civil Rights Act
17
Which political party did Ulysses Grant belong to?
Federalist
Republican
Democratic
Whig
18
Which Supreme Court case legalized segregation in the South after Reconstruction?
Marbury v Madison
Plessy v Ferguson
Gibbons v Ogden
Brown v Board of Education
19
Which Supreme Court case overturned Plessy v Ferguson?
Brown v Board of Education
Roe v Wade
Marbury v Madison
Gideon v Wainwright
20
What was the Niagara Movement's response to Booker T. Washington's accommodationist approach?
They ignored it
They rejected it
They embraced it
They modified it
21
Which action under Reconstruction officially overturned the Dred Scott Decision?
The Thirteenth Amendment
Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan
Johnson's Reconstruction Plan
The Fourteenth Amendment
22
What does the 14th amendment say about citizenship?
Only white males can be citizens
Citizenship for military veterans
Birthright citizenship
Citizenship for property owners
23
What organization did WEB Dubois help co-found?
Greenpeace
Red Cross
UNESCO
NAACP
24
What was the major difference between black leaders Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois?
The need for better education
Booker T. was Team Meek Mill and W.E.B. was Team Drake
Using white institutions to help blacks
The need for immediate equality for blacks and whites
25
Booker T. Washington’s Tuskegee Institute was founded to do what?
To improve technical and industrial educational opportunities for Blacks
To provide housing for immigrants
To increase political power for women
To end monopolies in the Gilded Age
26
Which war had a significant impact on 'The Solid South'?
World War II
Civil War
Vietnam War
World War I
27
During Reconstruction, Southern Blacks typically did which of the following?
Migrated northward, exercising their new freedom
Owned and worked small farms
Worked as day laborers in towns and cities
Tilled farms as tenant farmers and sharecroppers
28
In 1892, Ida B. Wells launched a campaign aimed at _______
ending segregation.
amend the Constitution to end discrimination based on race
ending the numerous lynchings in the South.
easing voting restrictions for African Americans.
29
Which statement best outlines Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction?
allow states to re-enter the union if 10% of took an oath of allegiance
to let Confederate army officiers take conttrol of the South
to establish military governments in every state of the Confederacy
to disenfranchise all whites, and give the government to freed slaves
30
All of the following elements of the Radical Republican program were implemented during Reconstruction EXCEPT
provision of 40 acres to each freedman
military occupation of the South
punishment of the Confederate leaders
enactment of the Fourteenth Amendment
31
The Ku Klux Klan formed during Reconstruction with the purpose of
fighting Union armies stationed in the South
helping poor whites improve their economic status
restarting the Confederacy
keeping African-Americans from exercising their rights
32
What was the purpose of the Compromise of 1877?
To settle the Reconstruction period
To enforce segregation
To pass new voting laws
To end the Civil War
33
Which of the following statements describes a provision of the 1867 Reconstruction Act?
The law divided the South into districts run by the Union military
The law established a system to end Reconstruction
The law allowed for the legalization of the Black Codes
The law created a system of sharecropping to boost the Southern economy
34
Which president signed the legislation to establish the Freedman Bureau?
Ulysses S. Grant
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Rutherford B. Hayes
35
What was Henry Grady famous for?
Politician
Journalist
Inventor
Explorer
36
What laws were passed that segregated the races during reconstruction?
The 16th amendment
Poll taxes
The 12th amendment
Jim Crow laws
37
Following Reconstruction, the passage of Jim Crow laws in the South limited the effectiveness of
tenant farming and sharecropping
Black Codes
the 14th and 15th amendments
the Freedmen's Bureau
38
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1875 declare regarding racial discrimination in public accommodations?
It was limited
It was encouraged
It was allowed
It was prohibited
39
What is the purpose of the equal protection clause?
To protect freedom of speech
To guarantee voting rights
To ensure equal treatment under the law
To prohibit cruel and unusual punishment
40
What is Reconstruction?
The process of leaving the Union.
The process of fixing buildings destroyed in the war.
The process of planting crops in destroyed fields.
The process of readmitting Southern states to the Union.
41
What was the purpose of the Freedman Bureau?
Land distribution
Civil rights
Education
Tax collection
42
What was the goal of literacy tests in the United States?
To prevent African Americans from voting
To improve general literacy rates
To ensure fair elections
To promote education
43
What did the Freedmen's Bureau do during Reconstruction?
Enforced segregation laws
Provided assistance to newly freed slaves
Protected Confederate rights
Built railroads in the South
44
What effect did the Compromise of 1877 have on Reconstruction policies?
It prolonged Reconstruction era
It led to new voting rights laws
It marked the end of Reconstruction
It accelerated Reconstruction efforts
45
Which group emerged as a political force during Reconstruction?
Freed slaves
Southern plantation owners
Northern industrialists
European immigrants
46
Which of the following statements describes a provision of the 1867 Reconstruction Act?
The law divided the South into districts run by the Union military
The law established a system to end Reconstruction
The law allowed for the legalization of the Black Codes
The law created a system of sharecropping to boost the Southern economy
47
What group tried to help protect African American's Civil Rights during Reconstruction?
Redeemer Democrats
Radical Republicans
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
48
Which Amendment gave African American men the right to vote?
15th Amendment
12th Amendment
14th Amendment
16th Amendment
49
What was the name of WEB Dubois' most famous book?
1984
The Souls of Black Folk
Pride and Prejudi
To Kill a Mockingbird
50
What was Ida B. Wells' famous book about?
Lynching
Segregation
Voting Rights
Women's Rights
51
During Reconstruction in the 1860's, many former slaves continued to live at a subsistence level through
scalawag alliances
copperhead agreements
sharecropping
carpetbagger arrangements
52
What was the main reason for the implementation of the All White primary?
Election fraud
Racial discrimination
Party affiliation
Political apathy
53
Who was the founder of the Niagara Movement?
Ida B. Wells
Frederick Douglass
W.E.B. Du Bois
Booker T. Washington
54
Which action opposed the civil rights advances that the Reconstruction amendments had promised?
The passage of Jim Crow laws
The temperance movement
The passage of anti-trust legislation
The conservation movement
55
The writings of W.E.B. DuBois promoted the idea that
African Americans needed to organize as a political party
African Americans deserved racial equality immediately
African Americans must leave the country to obtain rights
African Americans should seek to gradually gain civil rights
56
Which amendment was at the center of the Civil Rights Cases of 1883?
1st Amendment
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
57
What was the purpose of the Civil Rights Act of 1875?
To abolish slavery
To outlaw racial discrimination in public accommodations
To provide equal voting rights
To grant citizenship to former slaves
58
Which Supreme Court case established 'separate but equal'?
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
Marbury v. Madison
59
Which organization did W.E.B. DuBois help found to work towards ending segregation?
ACLU
NAACP
AARP
UAW
60
Who became president as a result of the Compromise of 1877?
Ulysses Grant
Andrew Johnson
Samuel Tilden
Rutherford Hayes
61
Which of the following best describes the experiences of most recently freed people following Reconstruction?
They were forced back onto the plantations as sharecroppers
They migrated to Northern urban areas and worked as unskilled laborers
They established large cooperative farms
They obtained land from the Freedmen's Bureau
62
This group strongly supported Reconstruction
Radical Republicans
Southern Democrats
Ku Klux Klan
Copperheads
63
Which political party was associated with the All White primary?
Libertarian Party
Republican Party
Green Party
Democratic Party
64
When were grandfather clauses most prevalent?
Modern era
Late 19th to early 20th century
Medieval period
Ancient times
65
During Reconstruction, most former slaves found employment mainly as
skilled craftsmen
sharecroppers
wage laborers
factory workers
66
Which civil rights organization evolved from the Niagara Movement?
NAACP
National Urban League
CORE
SCLC
67
Booker T. Washington started what University?
University of Pennsylvania
Harvard
Tuskegee University
University of Michigan
68
In 1895, Booker T Washington gave a historical speech entitled __________
The Emancipation Proclamation
Atlanta Exposition Speech
I Have a Dream
The Philadelphia Charter
69
What were some consequences of literacy tests?
Higher education rates
Increased literacy levels
Equal opportunity
Voter suppression
70
Slang used to describe Southerners who supported Reconstruction policies.
Yankees
Scalawags
Carpetbaggers
Copperheads
71
Which amendment guarantees equal protection under the law?
14th
15th
11th
13th
72
What did the Niagara Movement advocate for?
Racial equality
Segregation
Separatism
Assimilation
73
What organization did Ida B. Wells help found?
SCLC
NAACP
National Woman Suffrage Association
National Association of Colored Women
74
What was the purpose of poll taxes in the United States?
To encourage civic participation
To ensure fair representation
To deter African Americans from voting
To finance government programs
75
What was the purpose of the Reconstruction?
To preserve the Confederacy
To expand westward
To enforce slavery
To rebuild the South after the Civil War
76
By whom did the Radical Republicans feel Reconstruction should be controlled?
the states
the Supreme Court
Congress
the president
77
What ended Reconstruction?
the Compromise of 1877
the Southern Homestead Act
passage of the Fifteenth Amendment
President Lincoln's assassination
78
What does NAACP stand for?
Nation Sight Association
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Northern American Advancement Civil Progress
National Alliance for African-American Progress
79
Which Supreme Court case legalized segregation in the South after Reconstruction?
Brown v Board of Education
Gibbons v Ogden
Plessy v Ferguson
Marbury v Madison
80
What landmark Supreme Court case did NAACP help win in 1954?
Gideon v. Wainwright
Roe v. Wade
Brown v. Board of Education
Miranda v. Arizona
81
Which political party dominated 'The Solid South'?
Socialist
Green
Republican
Democratic
82
How did Southern states limit the impact of Reconstruction on African Americans?
By passing Jim Crow Laws and Black Codes
By securing the passage of new amendments to the Constitution
By adopting federal laws restricting segregation
By abolishing the Southern sharecropping system
83
Which amendment gave African American men the right to vote in 1870?
14th
19th
15th
13th
84
Which constitutional amendment did the Court rely on in Plessy v Ferguson?
14th
5th
13th
1st
85
When Reconstruction began, which of the following groups of Americans LIVING IN THE SOUTH tended to support Republicans?
scalawags
carpetbaggers
African Americans
Carpetbag Governments
86
What was the goal of the Niagara Movement?
End racial discrimination
Secure voting rights
Promote black businesses
Fight for reparations
87
Booker T. Washington founded which of these associations?
The National Negro Business League
The Worker's Guild
The National Negro Baseball Association
The NAACP
88
The Reconstruction plans of both Lincoln and Johnson included
a call for immediate elections in former Confederate states
a requirement that a majority of citizens sign statements of allegiance
the requirement that Southern states ratify the Thirteenth Amendment
the passage of the Civil Rights Act
89
According to Booker T. Washington explain what would help African Americans gain equality?
working longer and harder
Learning skills and trades
attending meetings and elections
holding protests and strikes
90
Proponents of the New South believed that south should:
Encourage immigration of cheap labor
Be dominated by planter aristocrats
Industrialize
Eliminate agriculture
91
Why did Congressional Reconstruction end in 1877?
GOP & Democratic parties reached a compromise agreement after the 1876 race
Most of the politically active Blacks left the South for Northern cities
The treaty ending the Civil War had set such a time limit
The freed slaves had been successfully integrated into Southern society
92
Who is W.E.B. dubois?
Founder of the NAACP
African-American professor
African-American writer
Civil rights activist
93
Which president invited Booker T. Washington to dinner at the White House?
John F. Kennedy
Theodore Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
Franklin D. Roosevelt
94
What is the due process clause in the 14th amendment?
Right to bear arms
Right to a fair trial
Right to privacy
Right to vote
95
What were the Jim Crow laws?
Laws against interracial marriage
Laws against voting rights
Labor laws for freed slaves
Racial segregation laws
96
Who became the first African American U.S. Senator during Reconstruction?
Hiram Revels
Booker T. Washington
Frederick Douglass
W. E. B. Du Bois
97
Who was the first president to be impeached?
Andrew Johnson
Richard Nixon
Bill Clinton
Donald Trump
98
Who was Ida B. Wells?
Gave the cross of gold speech.
African American leader in the early 1800's.
Leader in the populist party.
Campaigned against lynchings in the south.
99
President who favored the lenient Ten-Percent Plan for Reconstruction
Rutherford B. Hayes
Ulysses S. Grant
Abraham Lincoln
James Buchanan
100
How did the Compromise of 1877 impact African Americans?
It resulted in the Jim Crow era
It ensured their voting rights
It led to racial equality
It established African American schools
