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AMH 2020 Midterm Exam 2026-2027 COMPLETE
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UPDATE THIS YEAR
QUESTION: Which one of the following constitutional amendments abolished slavery?
1. Thirteenth
2. Fourteenth
3. Fifteenth
4. Sixteenth
5. Seventeenth - ANSWER-1. Thirteenth
The 14th Amendment dealt with citizenship
The 15th Amendment dealt with voting
The 16th Amendment dealt with collecting taxes on incomes
The 17th Amendment dealt with the Senators holding office for 6 years.
QUESTION: Black Codes showed that
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1. southerners were willing to allow African Americans legal equality
2. southerners wanted African Americans to return to positions of servility
3. southerners were interested in improving the education of the freedmen
4. the freedmen would be allowed to vote and participate in the political process
5. the idea of "separate but equal" was already established - ANSWER-2. southerners wanted
African Americans to return to positions of servility
Laws passed in ex-Confederate states that included:
1. Homeless ex-slaves = 10 years hard labor on farms
2. Ex-slaves barred from voting (they were forced to pay poll taxes, takee literary tests, and
guess the amount of marbles in a jar)
3. Ex-slaves barred from testifying in court
4. Ex-slaves barred from gun ownership (3 and 4 related, if KKK invaded, blacks cannot defend
themselves and if they were to go to court, blacks could not testify)
5. Ex-slaves subjected to harsher legal penalties
6. African Americans and European Americans were segregated from public facilities (hotels,
restaurants, streetcars, parks, 1st class accommodations)
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QUESTION: The first bill ever passed over a presidential veto was the
1. Wade-Davis bill
2. Freedmen's Bureau extension bill
3. Civil Rights Act of 1866
4. Tenure of Office Act
5. First Reconstruction Act - ANSWER-3. Civil Rights Act of 1866
The Wade-Davis bill was vetoed by President Lincoln.
The Freedmen's Bureau extension bill was passed over a presidential veto, but occurred in July
1866
Civil Rights Act of 1866 was passed in April which is why it was first.
Tenure of Office Act was vetoed by President Johnson
The First Reconstruction Act was vetoed by President Johnson.
QUESTION: The Radical Republicans believed
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1. that the process of Reconstruction should be completed quickly
2. that the South should be treated with sympathy and compassion
3. that Reconstruction policy should be initiated by the president
4. that the rights of the freedom should be ensured by the federal government
5. in inherent equality between races - ANSWER-4. that the rights of the freedom should be
ensured by the federal government
Members of U.S. Congress who supported increased African American civil rights and voting,
strict readmission policy for ex-Confederate States, extra restrictions on specific regions (i.e.
curfews, employment limitations, land confiscations - in order to reduce their power).
QUESTION: On the Sea islands in the early 1860's, former slaves seemed to aspire to live as
1. wage laborers
2. artisans
3. independent farmers
4. plantation owners - ANSWER-3. independent farmers
AMH 2020 Midterm Exam 2026-2027 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS LATEST
UPDATE THIS YEAR
QUESTION: Which one of the following constitutional amendments abolished slavery?
1. Thirteenth
2. Fourteenth
3. Fifteenth
4. Sixteenth
5. Seventeenth - ANSWER-1. Thirteenth
The 14th Amendment dealt with citizenship
The 15th Amendment dealt with voting
The 16th Amendment dealt with collecting taxes on incomes
The 17th Amendment dealt with the Senators holding office for 6 years.
QUESTION: Black Codes showed that
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1. southerners were willing to allow African Americans legal equality
2. southerners wanted African Americans to return to positions of servility
3. southerners were interested in improving the education of the freedmen
4. the freedmen would be allowed to vote and participate in the political process
5. the idea of "separate but equal" was already established - ANSWER-2. southerners wanted
African Americans to return to positions of servility
Laws passed in ex-Confederate states that included:
1. Homeless ex-slaves = 10 years hard labor on farms
2. Ex-slaves barred from voting (they were forced to pay poll taxes, takee literary tests, and
guess the amount of marbles in a jar)
3. Ex-slaves barred from testifying in court
4. Ex-slaves barred from gun ownership (3 and 4 related, if KKK invaded, blacks cannot defend
themselves and if they were to go to court, blacks could not testify)
5. Ex-slaves subjected to harsher legal penalties
6. African Americans and European Americans were segregated from public facilities (hotels,
restaurants, streetcars, parks, 1st class accommodations)
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QUESTION: The first bill ever passed over a presidential veto was the
1. Wade-Davis bill
2. Freedmen's Bureau extension bill
3. Civil Rights Act of 1866
4. Tenure of Office Act
5. First Reconstruction Act - ANSWER-3. Civil Rights Act of 1866
The Wade-Davis bill was vetoed by President Lincoln.
The Freedmen's Bureau extension bill was passed over a presidential veto, but occurred in July
1866
Civil Rights Act of 1866 was passed in April which is why it was first.
Tenure of Office Act was vetoed by President Johnson
The First Reconstruction Act was vetoed by President Johnson.
QUESTION: The Radical Republicans believed
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1. that the process of Reconstruction should be completed quickly
2. that the South should be treated with sympathy and compassion
3. that Reconstruction policy should be initiated by the president
4. that the rights of the freedom should be ensured by the federal government
5. in inherent equality between races - ANSWER-4. that the rights of the freedom should be
ensured by the federal government
Members of U.S. Congress who supported increased African American civil rights and voting,
strict readmission policy for ex-Confederate States, extra restrictions on specific regions (i.e.
curfews, employment limitations, land confiscations - in order to reduce their power).
QUESTION: On the Sea islands in the early 1860's, former slaves seemed to aspire to live as
1. wage laborers
2. artisans
3. independent farmers
4. plantation owners - ANSWER-3. independent farmers
