AMSCO CH. 15 & 16 MULTIPLE CHOICE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Which of the following would in part cause Douglass's view that for African Americans,
"citizenship is but a sham"? - answer Black Codes
Which best provides an example of how the "Constitution and its righteous laws," according to
Douglass, provide hope for the "colored people of this country"? - answer Civil Rights Act of
1866
Which of the following developed during Reconstruction to provide direct support and support
self-determination for those freed from slavery? - answer Black Churches
In proclaiming that all persons born in the United States were citizens, the 14th Amendment
directly repudiated which of the following? - answer Dred Scott Decision
For Future Supreme Courts, one of the key points of the 14th Amendment would be? - answer
"nor deny...equal protection of the laws
What was most important in enabling the Democratic Party to regain political power in the
South? - answer Limiting the voting rights of the Freedmen
The victor in the 1876 presidential election was decided by... - answer a special electoral
commission
Democrats agreed to accept Rutherford B. Hayes as president in 1876 in part if he agreed to... -
answer to remove federal troops from the south
The ideas expressed in this excerpt(The Challenge of Facts, 1882) most clearly show the
influence of which of the following? - answer Charles Darwin's ,On the Origins of Species
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Which of the following would in part cause Douglass's view that for African Americans,
"citizenship is but a sham"? - answer Black Codes
Which best provides an example of how the "Constitution and its righteous laws," according to
Douglass, provide hope for the "colored people of this country"? - answer Civil Rights Act of
1866
Which of the following developed during Reconstruction to provide direct support and support
self-determination for those freed from slavery? - answer Black Churches
In proclaiming that all persons born in the United States were citizens, the 14th Amendment
directly repudiated which of the following? - answer Dred Scott Decision
For Future Supreme Courts, one of the key points of the 14th Amendment would be? - answer
"nor deny...equal protection of the laws
What was most important in enabling the Democratic Party to regain political power in the
South? - answer Limiting the voting rights of the Freedmen
The victor in the 1876 presidential election was decided by... - answer a special electoral
commission
Democrats agreed to accept Rutherford B. Hayes as president in 1876 in part if he agreed to... -
answer to remove federal troops from the south
The ideas expressed in this excerpt(The Challenge of Facts, 1882) most clearly show the
influence of which of the following? - answer Charles Darwin's ,On the Origins of Species
