MCQs of History - Reconstruction – Multiple Choice Question

Question 1 of 42

1. Question

The 1863 Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction proposed ______.

A plan of Radical Reconstruction
The Ten-Percent Plan
The Fifty-Percent plan
Andrew Johnson's plan for Reconstruction

Question 2 of 42

2. Question

Why did the Congress reject Louisiana’s new constitution in 1864?

It was drafted according to the Ten-Percent plan
It gave the black rights to vote
Congressmen believed it was too early to begin readmitting states
All of the aboce

Question 3 of 42

3. Question

The wade-Davis Bill stipulated that states could re-enter the Union_____.

When 10 percent of voters pledged allegiance
When 50 percent of voters pledged allegiance
Only after ratifying the Fourteenth Amendment
He thought it would ruin his chance for re-election

Question 4 of 42

4. Question

Why did Lincoln pocket-vote the Wade-Davis Bill?

He did not want slaves to have the right to vote
He thought it was too early to begin Reconstruction
He thought the bill was too lenient on White Southerners
He thought it would ruin his chance for r-election

Question 5 of 42

5. Question

The Radical Republicans_____.

Were only a minority groups in Congress
Wanted to punish the South for secession and the war
Wanted to protect the civil and political rights of balcks
All of the above

Question 6 of 42

6. Question

The Freedmen’s Burreau the most success in_____.

Establishing schools for blacks
Redistributing land to former slaves
Distributing food and supplies to blacks and poor whites
Safeguarding blacks' civil liberties

Question 7 of 42

7. Question

The Compromise of 1877 was reached after______.

Samuel J. Tiden conceded to Rutherford B. Hayes
Congress passed the Electorial Court Act
Congress agreed to repeal the Civil Rights Act of 1875
Congress agreed to repeal the Ku Klux Klan Act

Question 8 of 42

8. Question

All of the following were components of Lincoln’s blueprint for Reconstruction except_____.

Readmission to the Union when 10 percent of voters pledged their allegiance to the United States
A promise to protect all private property, excluding slaves
Black suffrage
Full Pardons for all white Southerners, except high- ranking military and government officials

Question 9 of 42

9. Question

what did William Tecumseh Sherman’s Special Field Order No. 15 do?

Emancipated all blacks whom his soldiers encountered in the South
Set aside land in Georgia and South Carolina specifically for freed slaves
Established the Freedmen's Bureau
Established martial law in Georgia according to the First Reconstruction Act

Question 10 of 42

10. Question

The Thirteenth Amendment______.

Prohibited slavery
Granted citizenship to all Americans regardless of race
Enfranchised all American men
Prohibited presidents from serving more than two full terms

Question 11 of 42

11. Question

The civil Rights Act of 1886 extended all of the following liberties to black Americans except

The right to testify against whites
The right to serve on juries
The right to enter in to legal contracts
The right to vote

Question 12 of 42

12. Question

Which constitutional amendment did the Civil Rights Act of 1866 most closely resemble?

The Twelfth Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment
The Fourteenth Amendment
The fifteenth Amendment

Question 13 of 42

13. Question

What effect did the 1866 Memphis and New orleans race roots and Andrew Johnson’s “Swing around the Circle” speeches have?

Convinced northeners that racism could never be completely eliminated
Encouraged norherners to vote Democrat
Encouraged northerners to vote Republican
Divided the North between those who wanted harsher Reconstruction and those who wanted to end Reconstruction

Question 14 of 42

14. Question

Which U.S. Supreme Court decision(s) did the Fourteenth Amendment reserve?

The slaughterhouse Cases
The civil Right Cases
Dred Scott v. Sanford
United states v. Cruikshank

Question 15 of 42

15. Question

Andrew Johnson believed that______.

Black should be given the rights to vote
Black should be citizens
Southern should be completely transformed
None of the above

Question 16 of 42

16. Question

By 1880, most southern blacks had found employment as______.

Sharecroppers
Artisans
Landowners of small farms
Wage labourers

Question 17 of 42

17. Question

Southern legislature passed the black codes in response to______.

Depression of 1873
The Civil Rights Act of 1866
The Fourteenth Amendment
The Civil Rights Act of 1875

Question 18 of 42

18. Question

Who were carpetbaggers?

Northern whites who moved to the South after the war
White planter elites in the South
Southern black politicians
Northern Democrats who opposed Radical Reconstruction

Question 19 of 42

19. Question

Who were scalawags?

Northern whites who moved to the South after the war
White Unionists in the South
Southern black politicians
Northern Democrats who opposed Radical Reconstruction

Question 20 of 42

20. Question

The Klux Klan was founded in Tenessee after the passage of the ______.

Fourteenth Amendment
Fifteenth Amendment
Civil Rights Act of 1875
Civil Rights Act of 1866

Question 21 of 42

21. Question

After the Civil War, many former slaves celebrated their freedom by______.

Searching for and reuniting with family members
Pressing for education for their children
Marrying
All of the above

Question 22 of 42

22. Question

Why did most blacks prefer sharecropping to wage labour after the Civil War?

Wages were too low to support their families
They preferred the autonomy of farming their own plots
Jobs with wages were competitive, but share cropping was easy
Not even whites wanted to be wage labours

Question 23 of 42

23. Question

Why did southern white landowners prefer the sharecropping system to wage labour after the Civil War?

paying wage labourers was too expensive
They made more money off the share cropping system
Sharecropping kept blacks bound to servitude as agricultural labourers
Sharecropping required less work

Question 24 of 42

24. Question

One consequence of the Depression of 1837 was that_____.

Democrats regained control of the House of Representative s
Republicans lost the White House in 1876
liberal Republicans split from the moderates and radicals
All of the above

Question 25 of 42

25. Question

Liberal Republicans fought for all of the following except_____.

An end to Reconstruction
Black suffrage
Reform
Downsizing the federal government

Question 26 of 42

26. Question

Who nominated Horace Greeley for president in 1872?

Moderate and Radical Republicans
Democrats
The Union Party
Democrats and Liberal Republicans

Question 27 of 42

27. Question

What was Credit Mobiler?

A dummy construction company created by corrupt railroad executive
A scheme to embezzle funds from the U.S. Treasury
A plot to corner the gold market
A New York City corruption ring

Question 28 of 42

28. Question

Samuel J. Tiden to national rose to national frame when he_____.

Exposed the Whisky Ring
Prosecuted William "Boss" Tweed
Ran for Congress as a liberal Republican
Ran for vice president as Horace Greeley's Running mate

Question 29 of 42

29. Question

Liberal R rose to power primarily because many northerners wanted_____.

To end Military Reconstruction
More protection for blacks' civil liberties
To get Grant out of office
To end widespread corruption with in the government

Question 30 of 42

30. Question

The Depression of 1873 was caused by all of the following except

Bad bank loans
Over-speculation in manufacturing
Over-Speculation in railroads
Fears the federal government was on the verge of bannk ruptcy

Question 31 of 42

31. Question

President Grant is best described as ______.

A corrupt politician who misued government finds and privileges
An apathetic president who only wanted the spoils of office
An honest but politically inexperienced man
A diehard Radical Republica

Question 32 of 42

32. Question

Which of the following was one of the fastest-growing sectors of the economy during the Reconstruction era?

Railroads
Cotton
Shipping
Telecommunications

Question 33 of 42

33. Question

The government officials who embezzled money from the U.S. Treasury in 1874 were know as the_____.

Tweed Ring
Credit Mobiliier
Whiskey Ring
Gold Ring

Question 34 of 42

34. Question

The Civil Rights Act of 1875 was a failure fro all the following reasons except____.

Only individual cold file claim against violators
Military Reconstruction ended before the bill was passed
House Democrats had Weakened the bill
It was too dificult to enforce

Question 35 of 42

35. Question

What brought on the end of Radical Reconstruction?

Democrats rise to power in Congress in 1874
President Hayes's removal of federal troops from the South in 1877
The Civil Rights Act of 1875
The Liberal Republicans' split from the moderates and radicals in 1872

Question 36 of 42

36. Question

Which law did Congress pass to try outlaw radical discrimination in all public places?

Fourteenth Amendment
Fifteenth Amendment
Civil Rights Act of 1866
Civil Rights Act of 1875

Question 37 of 42

37. Question

The Supreme Court’s ruling in the 1873 Slaughterhouse Cases weakened blacks’ rights under the

Fourteenth Amendment
Fifteenth Amendment
Civil Rights Act of 1866
Civil Rights Act of 1875

Question 38 of 42

38. Question

Democrats allowed Rutherford B. Hayes to become president when Republican promise to____.

Repeal the Civil Rights Act of 1875
Withdraw all federal troops from the South
overlook acts of terror by the Ku Klux Klan
Print cheap paper money to assist impoverished farmers

Question 39 of 42

39. Question

What did the Compromise of 1877 do?

Put a Republican in the White House
Ended black dreams of radical equality
Ended Reconstructin
All of the above

Question 40 of 42

40. Question

The supreme Court ruled in United States v. Cruikshank that_____.

The Civil Rights Act of 1875 was unconstitutional
Radical discrimination by the federal government was illegal
Only states could prosecute violators of the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871
Southern states could establish voter qualification requirements

Question 41 of 42

41. Question

Radical in the House impeached Andrew Johnson in 1868 because he had violated the_____.

Civil Rights Act of 1866
Electoral Court Act
Resumption Act
Tenure of Office Act

Question 42 of 42

42. Question

What did the Fourteenth Amendment do?

Forbade slavery
Granted citizenship to black Americans
Gave black men the right to vote
Forbade racial discrimination in public places

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