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.   elastic
B.   necessary and proper
C.   Three-Fifths
D.   Two-Thirds
Question #2
The Freedmen's Bureau was most successful in providing freedmen with
A.   land
B.   schools
C.   economic independence
D.   training in industrial crafts
Question #3
The 14th Amendment guaranteed ____________ to the freedmen.
A.   land ownership
B.   the right to vote
C.   religious liberty
D.   citizenship
Question #4
Slavery was abolished in the United States as a result of ___________
A.   the ratification of the 13th Amendment
B.   due process clause of the Constitution
C.   The Emancipation Proclamation
D.   the adoption of the 14th Amendment
Question #5
The Reconstruction governments are best characterized by which of the following items listed below.
A.   corrupt and inefficient
B.   effective though flawed in that African-Americans were excluded from the Reconstruction governments
C.   progressive and beneficial to the South, though run by people who had generally not held power in the South prior to the Civi War
D.   worse than the governments that ruled the South prior to Reconstruction, and run by Northerners who had no real interest in the region
Question #6
During Reconstruction, Congress
A.   insisted that the former slavers be recognized as citizens of the United States
B.   refused to appropriate money for the continued presence of Union troops in the South
C.   imprisoned the civilian and military leaders of the former Confederacy
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.   Maryland
D.   South Carolina
Question #8
The main purpose of the Black Codes was to
A.   build up the Republican Party in the South
B.   restore the institution of legalized slavery in the South
C.   open economic opportunities to blacks
D.   put blacks in an economically dependent position
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.   removal of federal troops from the South
D.   Federal aid for southern railroads
Question #10
The Gospel of Wealth asserted that business success was the outgrowth of
A.   free competition
B.   God's blessing
C.   a process of natural selection
D.   being in the right place at the right time
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.   regulating trade between sections to benefit all equally
C.   letting government solve economic and social problems
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.   an emphasis on diversified agricultural growth
B.   the reestablishment of the pre-Civil War social and economic order
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.   the due process clause of the Constitution did not apply to CEO's of large corporations
B.   the principle of limited liability was unconstitutional
C.   corporations were entitled to the protection of the 14th Amendment
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.   opportunity
B.   competition
C.   government intervention
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.   migration from America's rural areas
C.   immigration from Europe
D.   the high birthrate of the urban population
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 political goals in order to advance the economic interest of its members
C.   economic goals such as higher pay and shorter work hours
D.   rejecting utopian goals for immediate economic objectives
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.   railroads
C.   steel
D.   meatpacking
Question #19
The primary cause of farmers' economic woes in the South and West in the late 19th Century was
A.   overproduction
B.   excessive government regulation
C.   high taxes
D.   high land prices
Question #20
The immediate reason for President Johnson's impeachment was his,,
A.   hostility towards the freedmen
B.   refusal to take the presidential oath of office unless Congress supported his reconstruction plans
C.   pardoning of ex-confederate planter aristocrats
D.   dismissal of Secretary of War Edwin Stanton

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