Which is the best contemporary definition of a "scalawag"?

a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction

Which event was the catalyst for the secession of the first seven Southern states in 1861?

the election of Abraham Lincoln as President

Which of these Jim Crow laws was in direct violation of the 15th Amendment?

African Americans must pass a literacy test to vote.

What impact did Radical Republicans in Congress have on Reconstruction?

They encouraged the freedmen to exercise their new political rights.

How did this law influence condition's for African Americans in Florida?

Schools received fewer resources than schools for white children.

This is from the Plessy v Ferguson Supreme Court Decision. What practice did this ruling uphold?

racial segregation in public places

Which phrase completes the diagram

Discriminated against African Americans

Which view was held by most Southerners of the secession crisis of 1860-1861?

Since the Union was created by the states, they could leave it at any time.

What was the significant impact of the Emancipation Proclamation?

The war became a moral contest over slavery.

Which of the following contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War?

Southerners feared that Northerners intended to abolish slavery.

What was an important effect of the sharecropping system and debt peonage?

Freedmen often remained in economic dependence on their former masters.

What was a positive long-term impact of Radical Reconstruction on the South?

Public education systems were established for students of all races.

What was one impact of these issues on Republicans following the Civil War?

Disagreed over the Prez or Congress should set condition for Reconstruction

Which two groups most helped the freedmen during the Reconstruction Era?

Radical Republicans and carpetbaggers

Which sequence of events correctly identifies a rise in tensions, bringing the nation closer toward armed conflict?

Compromise of 1850 ➔ Dred Scott decision

What were the major consequences of the Civil War?

the end of slavery and strengthening of the power of the federal government

Which constitutional issue was raised in the North during the Civil War?

President have the right to suspend habeas corpus

Which point of view on the cause of the Civil War would have been held by a Northern Republican?

Slave holders so devoted to the system of slavery that betrayed the nation

What contradiction does this Civil War historian find in the secession of the Southern states?

Confederates demanded the freedom to enslave others.

How did this decision from the Dred Scott case contribute to the outbreak of the civil war four years later?

destroyed compromises over slavery that had kept the nation together

Why did the Union impose a naval blockade on the South during the Civil War?

to strangle the shipment of supplies to the Confederacy

What was the primary purpose behind the provisions in this excerpt from the 14th amendment?

to limit the ability of state governments to restrict individual rights.

Which point of view about Reconstruction is illustrated by this cartoon?

Northern civilians exploited the economy in the South

What was the main objective of the plan described in General Scott's letter?

suffocate the South by controlling the Mississippi and the Southern ports

What was the significance of the Dred Scott decision?

Supreme Court overruled attempts by Congress to limit the spread of slavery

What was an immediate effect of the changes described above, which were implemented by Congressional Reconstruction?

The balance of power in Southern state governments shifted.

This is a quote by Thaddeus Stevens, a Radical Republican leader: what reason did he have to give this statement?

Black voters would help Republicans control the Congress and Presidency.

What was the main message of this cartoon?

Opponents of Reconstruction were using violence to intimidate the freedmen

Which social issue is addressed in the cartoon?

the conditions of Southern slaves

Which best expresses the viewpoint of the artist in the cartoon

Southern slaves are better treated than factory workers

Which practices were introduced in Southern states after Reconstruction to circumvent this amendment?

Poll taxes, literacy tests, affected African Americans more than others.

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1
Which is the best contemporary definition of a "scalawag"?
a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction
a freedman entitled to vote
a Northerner who came to the South after the Civil War
a Northern abolitionist who supported the Freedmen's Bureau
2
Which event was the catalyst for the secession of the first seven Southern states in 1861?
passage of a higher protective tariff
the election of Abraham Lincoln as President
the shipment of Union supplies to Fort Sumter
issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation
3
Which of these Jim Crow laws was in direct violation of the 15th Amendment?
Railroad stations must have separate waiting rooms for African Americans.
African Americans must pass a literacy test to vote.
Public schools must be racially segregated.
Marriage between certain groups of people is prohibited.
4
What impact did Radical Republicans in Congress have on Reconstruction?
They prevented President Johnson from sending federal troops to the South.
They persuaded President Johnson to pardon former Confederate leaders.
They encouraged the freedmen to exercise their new political rights.
They opposed the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment.
5
How did this law influence condition's for African Americans in Florida?
given the right to attend free public schools in Florida for the first t
adults were permitted to attend night school to improve their literacy.
Schools received fewer resources than schools for white children.
parents who opposed segregation sent their children to private schools.
6
This is from the Plessy v Ferguson Supreme Court Decision. What practice did this ruling uphold?
free public schooling for all races
job training for freedmen
racial segregation in public places
African-American participation in politics
7
Which phrase completes the diagram
Denied African Americans freedom of movement and basic civil rights
Discriminated against African Americans
Required racial segregation in all public places
Provided Americans of all races with equal rights under the law
8
Which view was held by most Southerners of the secession crisis of 1860-1861?
Since the Union was created by the states, they could leave it at any time.
The Union was formed by the American people, and not by individual states.
Revolution against properly elected officials is never justified.
their economic connections with the North, secession would be disastrous.
9
What was the significant impact of the Emancipation Proclamation?
Slaves in Northern states were freed.
The war became a moral contest over slavery.
African Americans were admitted into the Confederate army.
Slaves in border states were immediately freed.
10
Which of the following contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War?
The Dred Scott decision led Northern state officials to defy federal law.
Southerners feared that Northerners intended to abolish slavery.
Southern states wanted a free hand in suppressing local slave revolts.
Northerners opposed the shipment of Southern cotton to Great Britain.
11
What was an important effect of the sharecropping system and debt peonage?
Freedmen often remained in economic dependence on their former masters.
Freedmen achieved social and political equality in the South.
Freedmen achieved economic independence from their former masters.
Freedmen played an important role in local and state government.
12
What was a positive long-term impact of Radical Reconstruction on the South?
The South remained divided into five districts governed by martial law.
Women were given the right to vote.
Public education systems were established for students of all races.
Confederate leaders never again held elected office.
13
What was one impact of these issues on Republicans following the Civil War?
Agreed to Southerners govern their own affairs without federal interference
Disagreed over the Prez or Congress should set condition for Reconstruction
They refused to treat the Southern states as conquered areas.
Rejected the idea of African-American voters sympathetic to their party.
14
Which two groups most helped the freedmen during the Reconstruction Era?
Confederate veterans and supporters of President Andrew Johnson
Southern Democrats and supporters of the Black Codes
Radical Republicans and carpetbaggers
Northern Democrats and Ku Klux Klan members
15
Which sequence of events correctly identifies a rise in tensions, bringing the nation closer toward armed conflict?
Compromise of 1850 ➔ Dred Scott decision
Kansas-Nebraska Act ➔ Admission of California to statehood
John Brown's raid ➔ Missouri Compromise
Bleeding Kansas ➔ Admission of Maine and Missouri to statehood
16
What were the major consequences of the Civil War?
an end to racial discrimination and establishment of social equality
recognition of the rights of states to leave the Union
abolition of slavery in in all federal territories north of 36° 30'N
the end of slavery and strengthening of the power of the federal government
17
Which constitutional issue was raised in the North during the Civil War?
President have the right to suspend habeas corpus
political opponents have the right to advocate negotiations with the South
President and Congress have the right to raise an armed force
citizens who were in the Army have a right to vote regardless of their age
18
Which point of view on the cause of the Civil War would have been held by a Northern Republican?
Lincoln caused the war by ignoring the fears of the many southerners.
governments had to secede once a majority of their voters had approved it.
Slave holders so devoted to the system of slavery that betrayed the nation
Abolition caused the Civil War by the abolition of slavery ahead of union
19
What contradiction does this Civil War historian find in the secession of the Southern states?
Confederates demanded the freedom to enslave others.
Confederates felt that slaves were better treated than Northern workers.
Confederates were outnumbered by Northerners.
Confederates believed that states had the right to leave the Union.
20
Which of the following did Stephen Douglas support in this speech?
Ostend Manifest
Wilmot Proviso
Freeport Doctrine
Dred Scott decision
21
How did this decision from the Dred Scott case contribute to the outbreak of the civil war four years later?
It led enslaved African Americans to rebel in major Southern cities.
destroyed compromises over slavery that had kept the nation together
It resolved the issue of the extension of slavery in western territories.
It helped abolitionists in their campaign to challenge Fugitive Slave Law.
22
Why did the Union impose a naval blockade on the South during the Civil War?
to strangle the shipment of supplies to the Confederacy
to motivate enslaved African Americans to migrate to the North
encourage Union sympathizers to persuade their states to rejoin the Union
to promote domestic industries in the South
23
What was the primary purpose behind the provisions in this excerpt from the 14th amendment?
to establish federal reservations for American Indians.
to limit the power of the federal government.
to limit the ability of state governments to restrict individual rights.
to protect the rights of American Indians in the West.
24
Which point of view about Reconstruction is illustrated by this cartoon?
Northern industry supplied weapons to the South.
Northern troops destroyed stability in the South.
Northern civilians exploited the economy in the South
Northern politicians provided goods to those in the South.
25
What was the main objective of the plan described in General Scott's letter?
to attack and bring under control a few key Southern cities
sign treaties with Britain and France to prevent from assisting the South
suffocate the South by controlling the Mississippi and the Southern ports
to disrupt supply lines by controlling the railroad junctions in the South
26
What was the significance of the Dred Scott decision?
Supreme Court overruled attempts by Congress to limit the spread of slavery
The Supreme Court held that the practice of slavery was unconstitutional.
Dred Scott and his wife spent the rest of their lives in slavery
While Lincoln objected to the decision, Stephen Douglas supported it.
27
What was an immediate effect of the changes described above, which were implemented by Congressional Reconstruction?
Northern and Southern whites were reconciled more quickly
The balance of power in Southern state governments shifted.
Confederate leaders automatically regained their confiscated properties
The citizenship rights of African Americans were withheld.
28
This is a quote by Thaddeus Stevens, a Radical Republican leader: what reason did he have to give this statement?
They deserved to vote after contributing their unpaid labor for centuries.
Repubs must offer voting rights to freedmen before Southern Democrats do.
Dems and Repubs were in agreement on the fairness of letting all races vote
Black voters would help Republicans control the Congress and Presidency.
29
Which amendment guaranteed the "equal protection'' of the laws to all American citizens?
14th Amendment
1st Amendment
13th Amendment
15th Amendment
30
What was the main message of this cartoon?
Different groups of Southerners were cooperating to rebuild the South.
14th Amendment protected the rights of freedmen despite the Ku Klux Klan
The Ku Klux Klan were assisting the freedmen.
Opponents of Reconstruction were using violence to intimidate the freedmen
31
Which social issue is addressed in the cartoon?
the polluted air in the new industrial towns
the need for public education
the conditions of Southern slaves
the safety of workers
32
Which best expresses the viewpoint of the artist in the cartoon
Factory owners should use slave labor in factories.
Slavery is a moral evil that should be abolished.
Farm life is healthier than city living.
Southern slaves are better treated than factory workers
33
Which practices were introduced in Southern states after Reconstruction to circumvent this amendment?
kids used segregated public schools, and separate playgrounds.
Poll taxes, literacy tests, affected African Americans more than others.
increased participation in nation's first experiment in biracial democracy
"Jim Crow" laws imposed racial segregation in public places.

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