HY 103 EXAMS PAPER ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS
SET A+
✔✔•During Reconstruction, most poor rural Southerners relied on credit from
Multiple choice question.
the federal government.
state governments.
local banks.
country stores. - ✔✔country stores.
✔✔•Select all that apply
How did African American family life change after the Civil War?
Multiple select question.
African Americans rushed to have their marriages legalized and blessed by the church.
Gender roles were reversed, and black women were more likely than men to work
outside the home.
African Americans left plantations to search for lost relatives and reunite families.
African Americans remained with their adoptive families rather than seeking out blood
relatives.
Many women and children stopped working in the fields. - ✔✔•African Americans
rushed to have their marriages legalized and blessed by the church
•African Americans left plantations to search for lost relatives and reunite families.
•Many women and children stopped working in the fields.
✔✔•The largest group of Republicans in the South during Reconstruction were
Multiple choice question.
black freedmen.
carpetbaggers.
scalawags.
military commanders. - ✔✔•black freedmen.
✔✔•Which of the following was not a reason Americans disapproved of President
Grant?
, Members of his administration were corrupt.
He ignored established party members in favor of reform-minded politicians.
He had no formal political experience.
He continued to embrace policies of Radical Reconstruction. - ✔✔He ignored
established party members in favor of reform-minded politicians.
✔✔•Which of the following groups were key supporters of educational reform in the
South during Reconstruction?
Northern philanthropic organizations
black Southerners
the Freedmen's Bureau
former plantation owners
white Southern women - ✔✔•Northern philanthropic organizations
•black Southerners
•the Freedmen's Bureau
✔✔•Which of the following best characterizes efforts to reform land ownership in the
South during Reconstruction?
Multiple choice question.
It somewhat successfully provided most former slaves with 40-acre plots in the South.
It was the biggest accomplishment of the Reconstruction governments.
It failed.
It resulted in a drastic redistribution of land to blacks and poor Southerners. - ✔✔•It
failed
✔✔•During Grant's second term, to many in the general public, "Grantism" became
synonymous with
Multiple choice question.
corruption.
prosperity.
honesty.
power. - ✔✔•corruption
✔✔Select all that apply
•The crop-lien system of credit was detrimental to which groups?
poor whites
farmers
African Americans
merchants - ✔✔•poor whites
•farmers
•African Americans
SET A+
✔✔•During Reconstruction, most poor rural Southerners relied on credit from
Multiple choice question.
the federal government.
state governments.
local banks.
country stores. - ✔✔country stores.
✔✔•Select all that apply
How did African American family life change after the Civil War?
Multiple select question.
African Americans rushed to have their marriages legalized and blessed by the church.
Gender roles were reversed, and black women were more likely than men to work
outside the home.
African Americans left plantations to search for lost relatives and reunite families.
African Americans remained with their adoptive families rather than seeking out blood
relatives.
Many women and children stopped working in the fields. - ✔✔•African Americans
rushed to have their marriages legalized and blessed by the church
•African Americans left plantations to search for lost relatives and reunite families.
•Many women and children stopped working in the fields.
✔✔•The largest group of Republicans in the South during Reconstruction were
Multiple choice question.
black freedmen.
carpetbaggers.
scalawags.
military commanders. - ✔✔•black freedmen.
✔✔•Which of the following was not a reason Americans disapproved of President
Grant?
, Members of his administration were corrupt.
He ignored established party members in favor of reform-minded politicians.
He had no formal political experience.
He continued to embrace policies of Radical Reconstruction. - ✔✔He ignored
established party members in favor of reform-minded politicians.
✔✔•Which of the following groups were key supporters of educational reform in the
South during Reconstruction?
Northern philanthropic organizations
black Southerners
the Freedmen's Bureau
former plantation owners
white Southern women - ✔✔•Northern philanthropic organizations
•black Southerners
•the Freedmen's Bureau
✔✔•Which of the following best characterizes efforts to reform land ownership in the
South during Reconstruction?
Multiple choice question.
It somewhat successfully provided most former slaves with 40-acre plots in the South.
It was the biggest accomplishment of the Reconstruction governments.
It failed.
It resulted in a drastic redistribution of land to blacks and poor Southerners. - ✔✔•It
failed
✔✔•During Grant's second term, to many in the general public, "Grantism" became
synonymous with
Multiple choice question.
corruption.
prosperity.
honesty.
power. - ✔✔•corruption
✔✔Select all that apply
•The crop-lien system of credit was detrimental to which groups?
poor whites
farmers
African Americans
merchants - ✔✔•poor whites
•farmers
•African Americans