History 21 - United States History Since the Civil War » 2019 » Week 1 Quiz

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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.   Two-Thirds
B.   elastic
C.   Three-Fifths
D.   necessary and proper
Question #2
The Freedmen's Bureau was most successful in providing freedmen with
A.   training in industrial crafts
B.   land
C.   economic independence
D.   schools
Question #3
The 14th Amendment guaranteed ____________ to the freedmen.
A.   religious liberty
B.   citizenship
C.   land ownership
D.   the right to vote
Question #4
Slavery was abolished in the United States as a result of ___________
A.   the adoption of the 14th Amendment
B.   The Emancipation Proclamation
C.   due process clause of the Constitution
D.   the ratification of the 13th 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.   refused to appropriate money for the continued presence of Union troops in the South
B.   imprisoned the civilian and military leaders of the former Confederacy
C.   insisted that the former slavers be recognized as citizens of the United States
D.   redistributed Confederate lands to the freedmen
Question #7
The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in each one of the states below EXCEPT:
A.   Virginia
B.   Mississippi
C.   South Carolina
D.   Maryland
Question #8
The main purpose of the Black Codes was to
A.   restore the institution of legalized slavery in the South
B.   put blacks in an economically dependent position
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.   Appointment of a southern Democrat to his cabinet
B.   To revoke the Civil Rights Act of 1875
C.   Federal aid for southern railroads
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.   free competition
C.   God's blessing
D.   a process of natural selection
Question #11
The policy of laissez-faire following in the quarter century after Reconstruction refers to
A.   letting government solve economic and social problems
B.   regulating trade between sections to benefit all equally
C.   surrounding control over public policy to private interests
D.   socializing the major industries that made up the largest segment of the American economy
Question #12
The doctrine of the New South called for
A.   the reestablishment of the pre-Civil War social and economic order
B.   an emphasis on diversified agricultural growth
C.   making reparations for slavery and extending full civil rights to the freedmen
D.   adoption of the northern model of industrial growth, coupled with the legend of the graceful Old South
Question #13
In Santa Clara Country v. The Southern Pacific Railroad, the Supreme Court ruled that
A.   government land grants to railroads were illegal
B.   the principle of limited liability was unconstitutional
C.   corporations were entitled to the protection of the 14th Amendment
D.   the due process clause of the Constitution did not apply to CEO's of large corporations
Question #14
Through consolidation 19th Century business leaders intended to bring more __________ to the national economy.
A.   order
B.   government intervention
C.   opportunity
D.   competition
Question #15
What was the primary cause for the growth of the urban industrial labor force in the late 19th Century?
A.   the high birthrate of the urban population
B.   immigration from Europe
C.   migration from America's rural areas
D.   migration of African-Americans out of the deep South in the years following the Civil War
Question #16
Samuel Gompers and the American Federation of Labor, founded in 1881, worked for all of the following EXCEPT:
A.   rejecting utopian goals for immediate economic objectives
B.   organizing skilled and minority workers
C.   rejecting political goals in order to advance the economic interest of its members
D.   economic goals such as higher pay and shorter work hours
Question #17
The Haymarket incident (1886) was significant to the labor movement because it
A.   opened the way for the peaceful settlement of labor disputes by collective bargaining
B.   aroused public opposition against labor and contributed to the decline of the Knights of Labor
C.   resulted in the first federal intervention on behalf of labor
D.   discouraged immigrants from seeking employment in the United States
Question #18
Which industry pioneered modern management styles in the 19th Century?
A.   railroads
B.   meatpacking
C.   textiles
D.   steel
Question #19
The primary cause of farmers' economic woes in the South and West in the late 19th Century was
A.   excessive government regulation
B.   high taxes
C.   high land prices
D.   overproduction
Question #20
The immediate reason for President Johnson's impeachment was his,,
A.   pardoning of ex-confederate planter aristocrats
B.   dismissal of Secretary of War Edwin Stanton
C.   hostility towards the freedmen
D.   refusal to take the presidential oath of office unless Congress supported his reconstruction plans

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