DCMS 2nd Semester Final Exam

Both whites and blacks had trouble adjusting to life after the Civil War. Needless to say, they did not see eye to eye on many issues. Which of the following led to rising racial tensions in South Carolina during Reconstruction?

• The freed slaves took away high paying jobs from the skilled white workers.

• The freed slaves became violent towards the plantation owners who had kept them in slavery.

• African Americans outnumbered whites, which helped them gain more political influence.

• African Americans refused to obey the rules of America's democratic government.

This political cartoon is MOST closely associated with which era of American history?

• The Gilded Age

• Reconstruction

• Manifest Destiny

• The Progressive Age

The Reconstruction plans of President Abraham Lincoln, and later President Andrew Johnson, were not liked by everyone. In fact, the members of Congress battled with both presidents because they felt that the Presidential Reconstruction Plans:

• were too focused on helping the freed African slaves, but not on helping the poor, white farmers.

• were too lenient on the Southern states that had rebelled against the Union.

• were created too quickly without consulting the former leaders of the Confederate

  states.

• were too strict to allow the Union to ever be

  reunited as it was prior to the Civil War.

One of the most heavily debated programs of Reconstruction was the Freedman's Bureau. While it had mixed results, the primary goal of this program was to:

• prevent

  the African American population from voting in federal elections.

• establish

  the "sharecropping" system to make sure that white farmers

  continued to employ African Americans.

• provide

  newly freed slaves with food, shelter, work, and education.

• to

  enforce "Black Codes," or laws that treated African Americans as

  second-class citizens.

Which of these groups was promised "Forty Acres and a Mule" after the Civil War?

• Scalawags

• Former Slaves

• Carpetbaggers

• Former Confederates

The 14th amendment to the Constitution was the second of the "Reconstruction Amendments." It was proposed in 1866, but was not ratified until 1868. What was the purpose of this amendment?

• to

  abolish slavery

• to

  officially terminate the government of the Confederate States of America

• to give

  all American citizens equal protection under the law

• to give

  African Americans the right to vote

Articles of Agreement between A. Van der Horst – and... Freedmen & women who agree to hire ourselves as Laborers... from Jan 10th 1867 to Jan 10th 1868.

We link ourselves to perform any kind of labour he or his agent may direct for which we agree to receive $100 for the twelve months 4 of which to be paid at the end of each month. To be provisioned with 3 lbs. of Bacon, 1 peck of corn or meal, & 1/2 pint of Salt. Also six yards of woolens to make a suit of clothes.

...

Women to receive $60 for the twelve months. $2.50 to be paid at the end of each month.

Any hand which does not suit may be on being paid in full for the time he has laboured be dismissed from this place.

Which statement BEST summarizes the effect of this Reconstruction Era labor agreement?

• Pay was equally distributed regardless of gender.

• Black farmers could legally be kept in an inferior role.

• Industry made farming a low paid and obsolete occupation.

• The Federal government repaid former slaves for their bondage.

The "Red Shirts" are associated with what period of South Carolina history?

• Civil War

• Prohibition

• Reconstruction

• American Revolution

The Reconstruction Era officially ended in South Carolina when:

• President

  Hayes withdrew Federal troops from Columbia.

• Democrats

  gained control of Congress.

• Ulysses

  S. Grant was elected as President.

• the

  "Red Shirt" campaign for governor began.

Which of the following statements is true about the overall wealth in South Carolina following the Civil War.

• Wealth

  declined greatly.

• Wealth

  was redistributed to the freed slaves.

• Wealth

  remained the same.

• Wealth

  increased greatly.