AMH2020- TCC- Exam #1 Pt 2 Questions and Answers
- PARDONED MANY PROMINENT CONFEDERATE
LEADERS AND ALLOWED THEM TO ASSUME
POLITICAL OFFICE.
Johnson felt strongly that the states should be in
1. Under new President control of some of the decisions about
Andrew Johnson, Reconstruction. He turned the other way as former
presidential Confederates obtained positions of power in the state
Reconstruction governments.
- adhered substantially to
the views of congressional
leaders.
- was never implemented
because Congress
passed its own program
before Johnson's could go
into effect.
- would force a harsher
program on the South
than Lincoln's 10 Percent
Plan.
- pardoned many
prominent confederate
leaders and allowed them
to assume political office.
- THEY PASSED A SERIES OF RESTRICTIVE
BLACK CODES.
2. What is one way that
southern states defied Southern states did what they could to restrict the
rights of former slaves, which they felt, gave them
Johnson's plan?
- They passed a series of back a measure of power. They passed black codes
restrictive black codes. to keep African Americans as propertyless agricultural
laborers.
- They overturned martial
law.
- They ripped up their
constitutions.
- They asked for Lincoln's
plan instead.
, AMH2020- TCC- Exam #1 Pt 2 Questions and Answers
- IT AUTOMATICALLY MADE AFRICAN AMERICANS
CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Section I defined an American citizen as anyone born
in the United States or naturalized, thereby
3. Which of the following automatically making African Americans citizens. It
statements about the
was the next step in making sure that African
Fourteenth Amendment is
Americans had basic freedoms in post-slavery
most accurate? America.
- It gave the vote to
African Americans.
- It automatically made
African Americans citizens
of the United States.
- It was part of Johnson's
Reconstruction program.
- It was rejected twice by
the Senate before it finally
passed in June 1866.
- SOUTHERNERS DIDN'T WANT TO FOLLOW THE
PROVISIONS, SO A SECOND ACT FORCED
MILITARY COMMANDERS TO PUT THINGS IN
MOTION.
4. Why was a second
Congressional White southerners were so angry at the requirements
Reconstruction Act put for Reconstruction that they refused to make the
into place? changes. The second act forced the South to make
- Northerners complained the changes.
about the provisions of the
first one.
- African Americans
protested.
- Southerners didn't want
to follow the provisions, so
a second act forced
military commanders to
put things in motion.
- The first one went down
with Johnson's veto.
, AMH2020- TCC- Exam #1 Pt 2 Questions and Answers
- WHITE REPUBLICANS ORIGINALLY FROM THE
NORTH WHO WANTED TO MAKE IT RICH ON THE
SPOILS OF WAR
5. Who were the These northern white Republicans, who allegedly
carpetbaggers? arrived with their possessions in a carpetbag, came to
- African American seek their fortune in the South.
Democrats from the North
- Former slaves who
purchased land after
emancipation
- White republicans
originally from the north
who wanted to make it
rich on the spoils of war
- White Republicans from
the South who wanted to
make it rich on the spoils
of war
- BY ENCOURAGING INDUSTRIAL
DEVELOPMENTS, SUCH AS RAILROADS AND
MANUFACTURING
6. In what way did state The answer to the economic problems in the South
governments try to lay in industrialization, which was already moving at a
support the ailing southern fast pace in the North. Rebuilding the railroad system
economy? and manufacturing were supported by state
- By lowering taxes on all governments through tax breaks, subsidies, and
families loans.
- By encouraging
communities to build
schools and banks
- By encouraging people
to invest in businesses in
the North
- By encouraging
industrial developments,
such as railroads and
manufacturing
, AMH2020- TCC- Exam #1 Pt 2 Questions and Answers
- also occurred in the North, as evidenced by the
Tweed
7. Corruption during There was corruption throughout the nation as people
Reconstruction tried to benefit from the increased need for
- was exaggerated for the industrialization and manufactured goods.
purposes of radical
reform.
- also occurred in the
North, as evidenced by
the Tweed Ring in New
York City.
- was primarily a
Republican phenomenon.
- was limited primarily to
the South.
- the insistence that black women not work in the
fields.
Keeping women out of the fields, among other
8. One measure of black reasons, was designed to insulate the black family
efforts to strengthen the from white control.
family unit was
- the small homes built by
hand in villages separate
from the land they farmed.
- the decision of most to
home school their
children.
- the insistence that black
women not work in the
fields.
- that males would rather
work for wages than live
the rough life of a
sharecropper.
- PARDONED MANY PROMINENT CONFEDERATE
LEADERS AND ALLOWED THEM TO ASSUME
POLITICAL OFFICE.
Johnson felt strongly that the states should be in
1. Under new President control of some of the decisions about
Andrew Johnson, Reconstruction. He turned the other way as former
presidential Confederates obtained positions of power in the state
Reconstruction governments.
- adhered substantially to
the views of congressional
leaders.
- was never implemented
because Congress
passed its own program
before Johnson's could go
into effect.
- would force a harsher
program on the South
than Lincoln's 10 Percent
Plan.
- pardoned many
prominent confederate
leaders and allowed them
to assume political office.
- THEY PASSED A SERIES OF RESTRICTIVE
BLACK CODES.
2. What is one way that
southern states defied Southern states did what they could to restrict the
rights of former slaves, which they felt, gave them
Johnson's plan?
- They passed a series of back a measure of power. They passed black codes
restrictive black codes. to keep African Americans as propertyless agricultural
laborers.
- They overturned martial
law.
- They ripped up their
constitutions.
- They asked for Lincoln's
plan instead.
, AMH2020- TCC- Exam #1 Pt 2 Questions and Answers
- IT AUTOMATICALLY MADE AFRICAN AMERICANS
CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Section I defined an American citizen as anyone born
in the United States or naturalized, thereby
3. Which of the following automatically making African Americans citizens. It
statements about the
was the next step in making sure that African
Fourteenth Amendment is
Americans had basic freedoms in post-slavery
most accurate? America.
- It gave the vote to
African Americans.
- It automatically made
African Americans citizens
of the United States.
- It was part of Johnson's
Reconstruction program.
- It was rejected twice by
the Senate before it finally
passed in June 1866.
- SOUTHERNERS DIDN'T WANT TO FOLLOW THE
PROVISIONS, SO A SECOND ACT FORCED
MILITARY COMMANDERS TO PUT THINGS IN
MOTION.
4. Why was a second
Congressional White southerners were so angry at the requirements
Reconstruction Act put for Reconstruction that they refused to make the
into place? changes. The second act forced the South to make
- Northerners complained the changes.
about the provisions of the
first one.
- African Americans
protested.
- Southerners didn't want
to follow the provisions, so
a second act forced
military commanders to
put things in motion.
- The first one went down
with Johnson's veto.
, AMH2020- TCC- Exam #1 Pt 2 Questions and Answers
- WHITE REPUBLICANS ORIGINALLY FROM THE
NORTH WHO WANTED TO MAKE IT RICH ON THE
SPOILS OF WAR
5. Who were the These northern white Republicans, who allegedly
carpetbaggers? arrived with their possessions in a carpetbag, came to
- African American seek their fortune in the South.
Democrats from the North
- Former slaves who
purchased land after
emancipation
- White republicans
originally from the north
who wanted to make it
rich on the spoils of war
- White Republicans from
the South who wanted to
make it rich on the spoils
of war
- BY ENCOURAGING INDUSTRIAL
DEVELOPMENTS, SUCH AS RAILROADS AND
MANUFACTURING
6. In what way did state The answer to the economic problems in the South
governments try to lay in industrialization, which was already moving at a
support the ailing southern fast pace in the North. Rebuilding the railroad system
economy? and manufacturing were supported by state
- By lowering taxes on all governments through tax breaks, subsidies, and
families loans.
- By encouraging
communities to build
schools and banks
- By encouraging people
to invest in businesses in
the North
- By encouraging
industrial developments,
such as railroads and
manufacturing
, AMH2020- TCC- Exam #1 Pt 2 Questions and Answers
- also occurred in the North, as evidenced by the
Tweed
7. Corruption during There was corruption throughout the nation as people
Reconstruction tried to benefit from the increased need for
- was exaggerated for the industrialization and manufactured goods.
purposes of radical
reform.
- also occurred in the
North, as evidenced by
the Tweed Ring in New
York City.
- was primarily a
Republican phenomenon.
- was limited primarily to
the South.
- the insistence that black women not work in the
fields.
Keeping women out of the fields, among other
8. One measure of black reasons, was designed to insulate the black family
efforts to strengthen the from white control.
family unit was
- the small homes built by
hand in villages separate
from the land they farmed.
- the decision of most to
home school their
children.
- the insistence that black
women not work in the
fields.
- that males would rather
work for wages than live
the rough life of a
sharecropper.
