History 011 - US History to 1877 » Fall 2020 » Chapter 7 and 8 Quiz

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Question #1
As part of the bargaining that resolved the disputed presidential election of 1876
A.   the president elect, Rutherford Hayes, agreed to appoint his Democratic opponent as vice-president.
B.   the Supreme Court agreed to review the Electoral College's balloting, and eventually declared Tecumseh Sherman he winner via the popular vote.
C.   Democrats in Congress agreed to increase defense spending, and increase troop levels in western forts and encampments.
D.   Republicans promised to withdraw federal troops that propped up remaining Republican governments in the South.
Question #2
The last quarter of the 19th century saw a profusion of _________________ laws in Southern states that segregated public schools, and forbade or limited African-American access to many public facilities.
A.   Jon Snow
B.   John D. Rockefeller
C.   Cornelius Vanderbilt
D.   Jim Crow
Question #3
After the Civil War, combinations of corporations whose stockholders placed their stocks in the hands of trustees were known as
A.   "permanent enterprises"
B.   "contract combinations"
C.   "amalgamations"
D.   "trusts"
Question #4
In the 1860s, 13 separate railroads were consolidated into a single 800 kilometer line between New York City and Buffalo by
A.   John D. Rockefeller
B.   Amazon Prime
C.   Cornelius Vanderbilt
D.   Western Union
Question #5
The railroad company that struck out westward from Council Bluffs, Iowa, after being chartered by Congress to connect the country by rail in 1862 was the
A.   Central Pacific Railroad.
B.   Union Pacific Railroad.
C.   Northern Pacific Railroad.
D.   Santa Fe Railroad.
Question #6
In 1876 Colonel George Armstrong Custer and his detachment of cavalry were completely annihilated by the Sioux at the Battle of
A.   Little Big Horn
B.   Wounded Knee
C.   Black Hills
D.   Tippecanoe
Question #7
Fearing re-election loss in 1864, Lincoln and the Republican party drafted Democrat Andrew Johnson to be the vice-presidential candidate, and
A.   ordered General Sherman to postpone his planned "march to the sea".
B.   renamed themselves as the Union Party ticket.
C.   encouraged Joe Biden to run as a third party candidate.
D.   declared they would call a cease fire with the Confederacy and negotiate a peace if the election was successful.
Question #8
The Enforcement Acts of 1870 and 1871
A.   gave President Grant authorization to prosecute the war out West against various hostile Indian tribes.
B.   imposed strong restrictions on "Carpetbaggers" and "Scalawags" who were trying to impede the progress of Reconstruction in the South.
C.   encouraged the Ku Klux Klan to spread its terror beyond the Deep South.
D.   severely punished those who attempted to deprive African-American freedmen of their civil rights.
Question #9
The Tenure in Office Act
A.   required congressional and administrative staff to maintain separate offices at their own expense when working for a member of Congress or the President.
B.   required Senate approval for the removal of any officeholder the Senate had previously confirmed.
C.   gave any office holder "tenure" or permanent status if elected five or more times to the same office.
D.   was an attempt by the states to term limits that was eventually found unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
Question #10
The Freedmen's Bureau was successful in providing former slaves with political and economic opportunities.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE

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