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Whom did Congress select as the winner of the 1876 presidential election?
Andrew Johnson
Samuel J. Tilden
Rutherford B. Hayes
Ulysses S. Grant
2
The northerners lost the will to fight for the rights of African Americans because it got too expensive and difficult.
True
False
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What was the outcome of African American turnout trend during Reconstruction?
Southern white Democrats took back control of state governments & Congress
Radical Republicans furthered their influence in the south
Southern white Democrats did not get a say in state elections
Radical Republicans allowed Democrats to have seats in Congress
4
How did Radical Republicans want to deal with the south after the Civil War?
punish them
forgive them
pardon them
allow them to secede
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In the Compromise of 1877, what did the Republicans win?
Federal troops left the south
The presidential election
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Whom did the Republican Party nominate for president in the election of 1876?
Samuel J. Tilden
Ulysses S. Grant
Andrew Johnson
Rutherford B. Hayes
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What years were Reconstruction?
1865-1877
1861-1865
1877-1900
1863-1865
8
Who was Abraham Lincoln referring to when he said "the little lady that started this big war"?
Mary Todd Lincoln
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Clara Barton
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Whom did the Democratic Party nominate for president in the election of 1876?
Samuel J. Tilden
Andrew Johnson
Rutherford B. Hayes
Ulysses S. Grant
10
Where, geographically, were Radical Republicans located during and after the Civil War?
small states
north
south
new territories
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In the Compromise of 1877, what did the Democrats win?
The presidential election
Federal troops left the south
12
What is one word that could be used to describe Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction?
stern
lenient
rigid
strict
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Who was the audience for famous anti-slavery book Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Freed slaves
Northerners
Southern slave owners
Southern slaves
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What did the 14th Amendment do?
Gave women the right to vote
Gave African Americans the right to vote
Legally freed the slaves
Gave African Americans due process of law
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What did the 15th Amendment do?
Legally freed the slaves
Gave African American men the right to vote
Gave African Americans due process of law
Gave women the right to vote
16
True or False: African American voter turnout in the south never decreased during Reconstruction.
True
False
17
What did the 13th Amendment do?
Legally freed the slaves
Gave African Americans the right to vote
Gave women the right to vote
Gave African Americans due process of law
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What year did the Civil War end?
1876
1861
1877
1865
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Why did the voter turnout of African American men in the south trend the way it did during Reconstruction?
Not educated enough
Didn't have the right to vote
Intimidation and discriminatory laws
No suitable candidates
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What legacy did the Compromise of 1877 leave?
the people with the power make the rules
equality wins out in the end
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How many plans for how to reconstruct the south were there?
Three
Two
One
Four
22
Who was the man that Abraham Lincoln ordered to commit "total war" on the south in order to force them to surrender?
General Sherman
General Lee
General Custer
General Grant
23
What tool did Lincoln use in order to speak directly with his generals during the Civil War?
railroads
miniball
telephone
telegraph
24
What happened to Abraham Lincoln after the Civil War ended?
pardoned
re-elected
assassinated
impeached
25
What was sharecropping?
African American men worked on land owned by the government
white men in the south were given land back that they lost
freed slaves were given Confederate land
free men working on land getting share of crops and profit
26
Who lost in the Compromise of 1877?
Southern Democrats
Southern African Americans
Northern Republicans
Citizens in the West
27
Who said that the way to deal with the south was with "malice towards none"?
Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
Benjamin Wade
Harriet Beecher Stowe
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What did the south want out of fighting the Civil War?
Expansion of slavery to the West
a new nation
slavery legalized in the United States
Northerners to buy all of their cotton
29
How long was the Civil War?
four years
five years
six years
ten years
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How did the Radical Republicans control the south during Reconstruction?
Made one African American man a member of state governments
Took away white voting rights
Appointed their own leaders of government
Split into military districts
31
What precedent for future wars America was in did Abraham Lincoln set considering industry in the north during the Civil
allowing the enemy to use "American"-made war products
switching from war-time production to peace-time production
stopping industry all-together
switching from peace-time production to war-time production
