Reconstruction: After the Civil War

Inflation is

• Wage Cuts

• Steadily higher prices for goods

During the post-war era, a new civil war seemed to be brewing between workers and industry.

• True

• False

What was Lincoln's goal in Reconstruction?

• To keep Civil War from ever happening again

• To get the South back on its feet

• To prosper Northern businesses

• To let the South know it was a conquered

Southern Democrats were known as:

• The champions of civil rights

• Abraham Lincoln's party

• The poor man's party

• The white man's party

Which factor sparked the Panic of 1873?

• Inflation

• Speculation

• Graft

• All of the above

Northerners were happy about the Black Codes because they thought the regulations were a good way to ease blacks into full citizenship.

• True

• False

The telephone and the light bulb were both new technologies that came out of the post Civil War era.

• True

• False

American Indians were among the groups that led public protests in the North after the Civil War.

• True

• False

For what is William Tweed remembered?

• Being a great statesman

• Instituting labor laws

• Massive corruption

• Being a great financier

What defeated Johnson in his struggle to carry out his plans?

• Northern reaction to Black Codes

• Congress' insistence on its own way

• The election results of 1866

• All of the above