History 11 - A Political and Social History of the United States I » Summer 2021 » Chapter 16 & 17 Quiz

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Question #1
When the Civil War ended, President Lincoln
A.   gave no specifics about postwar plans, but seemed to support black suffrage.
B.   believed Democrats would support Republican peace policies.
C.   was confident that he would hold the office of president as long as he wanted it.
D.   was confident that the transition to a peaceful nation would be relatively simple.
Question #2
What was the result of the Battle of Vicksburg in July 1863?
A.   Weeks of battle and horrendous casualties produced only a stalemate.
B.   The Confederates forced the Union army out of the deep South.
C.   A Confederate victory forced Union commanders to question whether they could win the war.
D.   Union victory at Vicksburg gave Grant the advantage he sought in the western theater of war.
Question #3
In his first inaugural address, Abraham Lincoln
A.   reassured the South that he had no intention to interfere with slavery where it existed.
B.   threatened to declare war if any more southern states seceded from the Union.
C.   promised he would not allow the South to fire the first shot in a civil war.
D.   declared that he did not have the power to execute the law in states that had seceded.
Question #4
Habeas Corpus guaranteed in the Bill of Rights is the right of individuals to
A.   practice the religion of his or her choice.
B.   a speedy trial.
C.   be charged with a crime if arrested.
D.   bear arms.
Question #5
The Confederate capital was located in Charleston, South Carolina
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #6
What was General William T. Sherman's strategy for defeating the Confederates in Georgia in 1864?
A.   He orchestrated a scorched-earth military campaign aimed at destroying the will of the southern people.
B.   He planned to recruit former plantation slaves for the Union army.
C.   He intended to infect Confederate camps with typhoid fever.
D.   He planned to have his men confiscate Georgians' cotton and sell it to England.
Question #7
What did northern newspapers say after the Battle of Shiloh?
A.   The newspapers praised the Union victory and were convinced that General Grant was going to win the war for the Union.
B.   They reported a Confederate victory and proclaimed the South had control of the Mississippi River.
C.   Despite being a Union victory the newspapers ridiculed General Grant and said he was a drunk.
D.   They reported a Confederate victory and predicted that the Union would not take New Orleans.
Question #8
Despite their ideological commitment to states' rights and limited government, Confederate leaders
A.   denied the right of West Virginians to create their own state.
B.   expanded their power by drafting soldiers into the Confederate army.
C.   continued their staunch support of states' rights critic Jefferson Davis.
D.   forced every state to issue resolutions in opposition to the Emancipation Proclamation.
Question #9
Why did the “twenty-Negro law” enrage many white southerners during the Civil War?
A.   It paid slaveholders scarce government funds for every twenty slaves they owned or supervised.
B.   It targeted for military service every slaveholder with at least twenty slaves.
C.   It exempted any man who owned more than twenty slaves from military service.
D.   It forced every slaveholder with at least forty slaves to turn over twenty of them for use by the government.
Question #10
The 33 hour bombardment of Fort Sumter Major Anderson surrendered to Confederate General Beauregard.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #11
In Lincoln's plan for reconstruction, what did a Confederate state need to do to qualify for readmission into the Union?
A.   Fifty percent of the voting population needed to pledge allegiance to the United States before forming a new government.
B.   The state legislature had to guarantee the right to vote to all former slaves.
C.   Ten percent of the voting population needed to take an oath of allegiance before forming a new government.
D.   High-ranking Confederate officials had to renounce their allegiance to the government in Richmond.
Question #12
Due to massive land redistribution, the majority of freedmen and freedwomen prospered during Reconstruction.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #13
As part of Andrew Johnson’s presidential plan for Reconstruction he
A.   he bribed a Republican senator to support his Reconstruction policies.
B.   he sought to work with Congressional leadership in developing a joint plan for Reconstruction.
C.   he allegedly violated the Tenure of Office Act.
D.   offered amnesty and restoration of property (except slaves) to anyone who took a loyalty oath to the United States.
Question #14
What was the result of the impeachment trial of President Johnson?
A.   He no longer interfered in Reconstruction.
B.   The Court found him guilty of violating the Tenure of Office Act.
C.   He was found guilty of the misuse and abuse of constitutional powers.
D.   A not guilty verdict made him more powerful than ever.
Question #15
Southern Black Codes
A.   allowed former slaves to testify in court against whites.
B.   pleased northerners because they saw that the rule of law was returning to the South.
C.   were denounced by President Johnson and declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
D.   were state laws that controlled the lives of the black population.
Question #16
What was the result of the election of 1874?
A.   Democrats won a majority of seats in the Senate.
B.   Democrats gained control of the House of Representatives.
C.   Democrats won a majority in Congress and took most state governorships.
D.   Republicans maintained slight majorities in both houses of Congress.
Question #17
The purpose of the southern states passing black codes in 1865 was to
A.   provide blacks with economic opportunities.
B.   subordinate blacks to whites.
C.   extend to blacks the same rights that whites enjoyed.
D.   extend civil rights, although limited, to freedmen.
Question #18
After Ulysses S. Grant, the former Union general, was elected president in 1868, he
A.   proved a decisive leader.
B.   became known for his anticorruption activities.
C.   vowed to work for the security of all citizens.
D.   surrounded himself with skilled politicians.
Question #19
Special Field Order No. 15 protected southern white's from having their land confiscated by the Federal government.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #20
Who made up the majority of the Republican party in the South in the late 1800s?
A.   Owners of small businesses
B.   African Americans
C.   Scalawags
D.   Carpetbaggers

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