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Question #1
As Reconstruction began, the ___________ clause of the Constitution seemed to work to an unfair advantage for the South and the Democratic Party.
A.
Three-Fifths
B.
Two-Thirds
C.
elastic
D.
necessary and proper
Question #2
The Freedmen's Bureau was most successful in providing freedmen with
A.
schools
B.
land
C.
economic independence
D.
training in industrial crafts
Question #3
The 14th Amendment guaranteed ____________ to the freedmen.
A.
religious liberty
B.
citizenship
C.
the right to vote
D.
land ownership
Question #4
Slavery was abolished in the United States as a result of ___________
A.
The Emancipation Proclamation
B.
the ratification of the 13th Amendment
C.
due process clause of the Constitution
D.
the adoption of the 14th Amendment
Question #5
The Reconstruction governments are best characterized by which of the following items listed below.
A.
progressive and beneficial to the South, though run by people who had generally not held power in the South prior to the Civi War
B.
corrupt and inefficient
C.
worse than the governments that ruled the South prior to Reconstruction, and run by Northerners who had no real interest in the region
D.
effective though flawed in that African-Americans were excluded from the Reconstruction governments
Question #6
During Reconstruction, Congress
A.
redistributed Confederate lands to the freedmen
B.
imprisoned the civilian and military leaders of the former Confederacy
C.
refused to appropriate money for the continued presence of Union troops in the South
D.
insisted that the former slavers be recognized as citizens of the United States
Question #7
The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in each one of the states below EXCEPT:
A.
Maryland
B.
South Carolina
C.
Virginia
D.
Mississippi
Question #8
The main purpose of the Black Codes was to
A.
put blacks in an economically dependent position
B.
restore the institution of legalized slavery in the South
C.
open economic opportunities to blacks
D.
build up the Republican Party in the South
Question #9
In the Compromise of 1877, Republican candidate Rutherford B. Hayes promised the South all but one of the following. Select the EXCEPTION.
A.
Federal aid for southern railroads
B.
Appointment of a southern Democrat to his cabinet
C.
To revoke the Civil Rights Act of 1875
D.
removal of federal troops from the South
Question #10
The Gospel of Wealth asserted that business success was the outgrowth of
A.
being in the right place at the right time
B.
a process of natural selection
C.
free competition
D.
God's blessing
Question #11
The policy of laissez-faire following in the quarter century after Reconstruction refers to
A.
surrounding control over public policy to private interests
B.
socializing the major industries that made up the largest segment of the American economy
C.
regulating trade between sections to benefit all equally
D.
letting government solve economic and social problems
Question #12
The doctrine of the New South called for
A.
an emphasis on diversified agricultural growth
B.
making reparations for slavery and extending full civil rights to the freedmen
C.
adoption of the northern model of industrial growth, coupled with the legend of the graceful Old South
D.
the reestablishment of the pre-Civil War social and economic order
Question #13
In Santa Clara Country v. The Southern Pacific Railroad, the Supreme Court ruled that
A.
corporations were entitled to the protection of the 14th Amendment
B.
the due process clause of the Constitution did not apply to CEO's of large corporations
C.
the principle of limited liability was unconstitutional
D.
government land grants to railroads were illegal
Question #14
Through consolidation 19th Century business leaders intended to bring more __________ to the national economy.
A.
competition
B.
government intervention
C.
opportunity
D.
order
Question #15
What was the primary cause for the growth of the urban industrial labor force in the late 19th Century?
A.
migration of African-Americans out of the deep South in the years following the Civil War
B.
the high birthrate of the urban population
C.
migration from America's rural areas
D.
immigration from Europe
Question #16
Samuel Gompers and the American Federation of Labor, founded in 1881, worked for all of the following EXCEPT:
A.
organizing skilled and minority workers
B.
rejecting utopian goals for immediate economic objectives
C.
economic goals such as higher pay and shorter work hours
D.
rejecting political goals in order to advance the economic interest of its members
Question #17
The Haymarket incident (1886) was significant to the labor movement because it
A.
resulted in the first federal intervention on behalf of labor
B.
aroused public opposition against labor and contributed to the decline of the Knights of Labor
C.
opened the way for the peaceful settlement of labor disputes by collective bargaining
D.
discouraged immigrants from seeking employment in the United States
Question #18
Which industry pioneered modern management styles in the 19th Century?
A.
textiles
B.
meatpacking
C.
steel
D.
railroads
Question #19
The primary cause of farmers' economic woes in the South and West in the late 19th Century was
A.
overproduction
B.
high land prices
C.
excessive government regulation
D.
high taxes
Question #20
The immediate reason for President Johnson's impeachment was his,,
A.
pardoning of ex-confederate planter aristocrats
B.
refusal to take the presidential oath of office unless Congress supported his reconstruction plans
C.
dismissal of Secretary of War Edwin Stanton
D.
hostility towards the freedmen
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